[Foundation-l] Contingency plans for Wikimania

Sun Apr 20 13:20:52 UTC 2008

Hoi,
For something more recent, what about the 1973 Yom Kippur war ?
Thanks,
     GerardM

NB the notion that it is currently not a war zone is correct :)

On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 2:41 PM, White Cat <wikipedia.kawaii.neko at gmail.com>
wrote:

> It hasn't been one since the Suez Crisis between 1956 1957...
>
>    - White Cat
>
> On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 3:37 PM, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
>
> > Thomas Dalton wrote:
> > >>  There is lots of standard advice for individuals engaging in foreign
> > >>  travel, including contacting your local embassy before or after you
> > >>  arrive and giving them your contact information and likely location.
> > >>  I don't think the Foundation is in the position to do the work of
> > >>  multiple embassies in this regard.
> > >
> > > Agreed. If the worst happens, people should rely on their country's
> > > embassy, not the WMF - last time I checked, the WMF was not equipped
> > > to evacuate people from a warzone...
> >
> > And last I checked, Egypt is not a warzone.
> >
> > --Jimbo
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