[Foundation-l] Serbia and Montenegro

Wed May 24 13:14:12 UTC 2006

Delphine Ménard wrote:
> Imposing names or cooperation on chapters that form in different parts
> of the world just because we think it's *nicer* is, in my opinion, not
> the way to go.

I agree, just to be clear.  I think that in this part of the world,
there are good reasons why many local people will want to try to have a
broad umbrella organization.  Contrary to media stereotypes, Serbians
and Croatians do not all irrationally hate each other.  Many Wikipedians
in the area have expressed a desire that Wikipedia be a neutral place to
rise above all that, and I think they are very interested in making sure
that whatever legal structure is adopted does not artificially create
divisions and conflicts.

As it stands at the moment, I think this is mostly an artificial
question, since in fact I think we don't currently have anything like a
critical mass of people in Montenegro to do anything at all.

--Jimbo

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