[Foundation-l] Swedish Week on Russian Wikipedia

[Yaroslav M. Blanter]

> In Russian Wikipedia, these "slogans" such as "догнать и перегнать
> швекипедию!" ("let's leave swekipedia behind!"), "долой шведские
> стабы" ("throw Swedish stubs away") and others, related to the events
> you've mentioned, are having joky nature; no malicious intent or
> harassment is behind.
>

In the announcement I made in sv.wp over the "Swedish week" I made it
clear that this is a gesture of respect for the Swedish culture. I am sure
Lars got it right, and his contributions to the ru.wp "Swedish week" page
with the suggestions of possible new articles are very much appreciated. I
am actually now editing an article I would never start without his
suggestion.

After all, the project is about spreading information, and I think it is
good that the information on ru.wp will be a bit Swedish-focused for
couple of weeks, so that people who have never been to Sweden and never
developed any particular interest in Swedish culture will get their chance
to learn more. I am actually surprised how successfull the event seems to
be up to now - more than 60 new articles created, several images uploaded,
there will be surely more coming.

Cheers
Yaroslav