[Foundation-l] Concern for the safety of Wikimedians at Wikimania in Alex...

Andrew Whitworth wknight8111 at gmail.com
Wed Mar 5 19:37:19 UTC 2008


On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 2:26 PM, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
> Andrew Whitworth wrote:
>  > My primary concern is for the safety my
>  > fellow Wikimedians, and I want to make damn certain that people are
>  > taking this issue seriously. A "we can never be completely safe, so
>  > why bother trying" attitude, and vague warnings about staying with the
>  > group hardly constitute proper consideration.
>  I would personally resent and resist any imposed babysitting instigated
>  by hyperactive imaginations of the few who have no plans to attend anyway.

That's fair, and I'm not trying to babysit. My frustration stems from
reading several complaints and concerns that have been posted to this
list, and seeing how those concerns were dismissed. I clearly don't
have any kind of personal interest in any of this, I'm just angry
about how others have been treated here. When somebody expresses a
genuine concern over their personal safety, it should be taken
seriously. I can't and won't ask for anything more then that.

--Andrew Whitworth



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