[Foundation-l] [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2008 will happen in Alexandria, Egypt

Fri Oct 12 16:43:36 UTC 2007

On 10/12/07, Ayelie <ayelie.at.large at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/12/07, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
> >
> > On 10/12/07, Oldak Quill <oldakquill at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 12/10/2007, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
> > > > No, but I find parts of this thread to be ridiculous.  Egypt, like
> > > > every other country, has a lot of sucky laws.  If you don't want to
> > > > follow them, don't go there.
> > >
> > > Isn't this the point of the discussion? LGBT Wikimedians may want to
> > > go to Wikimania but will not if they feel intimidated by the laws of
> > > the country in which it is held.
> > >
> > Same thing with potheads, though.
>
>
> Or nudists. I don't think the locals would take kindly to people walking
> around Cairo naked.
>
> So maybe we should only hold wikimania events in marijuana-supporting nudist
> colonies in Antarctica? That way everyone's interests are looked after ...

A Wikimania spread out across geographical locations, so that each
person would have a choice of which one to go to, would accomplish a
similar goal.

It wouldn't allow people from such disparate locations to meet each
other face-to-face, but with the number of people who do so being so
tiny (a few hundred people) I don't see the great benefit to that.