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

Philippe Beaudette philippebeaudette at gmail.com
Wed Mar 5 22:23:06 UTC 2008


Pshaw, I'm in for Cuba.  Pesky travel/embargo limits be damned!

Note to the surely monitoring US Gov't: I've never been to Cuba.  I would 
love to go to Cuba.  But I've never been.  Please don't tap my phone.

Philippe

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From: "geni" <geniice at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 4:18 PM
To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" <foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Concern for the safety of Wikimedians 
atWikimania in Alex...

> On 05/03/2008, Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I know you would, Gerard, that has become abundantly clear from the
>>  discussion. I personally wouldn't mind going to Eritrea or Cuba for a
>>  trip, but I don't think it is wise, if even possible, to hold a
>>  conference in either location.
>>
>>  Somehow, I do not see a Wikimania Asmera for at least 10 years, nor a
>>  Wikimania Havana.
>
>
> Ten year target would be Port Moresby. If that doesn't get us a decent
> number of interface translations nothing will. 820 languages and
> assuming you don't do something silly like try and introduce wikipedia
> to an uncontacted people fairly safe (last major conflicted ended
> 1997).
>
>
>
> -- 
> geni
>
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