[Foundation-l] Bosnia's Top Cultural Institutions Shutting Down

Sat Jan 7 20:58:42 UTC 2012

The WMF isn't telepathic, at least to the best of my knowledge.  Before you
sent this did you have any reason to believe that the WMF was already aware
of the situation and its significance?  If not - this email chain probably
would have been more likely to be productive if your first email was
just "This is kind of a big deal and I don't see any blog post up about it
yet, can I write one?"  I've always found that all other things being
equal, people are much more likely to want to assist me if I'm not already
assuming that their actions are malicious.

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Kevin Gorman
User:Kgorman-ucb

On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 5:01 AM, emijrp <emijrp at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all;
>
> Bosnia's top cultural institutions[1] (National Museum, Historical Museum,
> National Gallery) and the National Library which was burnt in 1992, are
> closing their doors for funding disputes.
>
> This is a disaster for the spreading of human knowledge, and I don't see
> any blog post in the Wikimedia blog. Are you so worried and biased with the
> US bills?
>
> Imagine the WMF reaction if Library of Congress closes.
>
> Regards,
> emijrp
>
> [1] http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=144755322
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