DaB.: Wikimania has already been held in a military dictatorship (Egypt, 2008), without particular problems.
But I suggest that this thread is not helped by personal opinions of countries. I applaud Mykola for introducing actual data into the discussion. A. On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 6:48 PM cs <[email protected]> wrote: > Do you have any idea what you are talking about? I’ve lived here for > nearly 20 years along with a million other Western expats. Or would you > prefer SA with its extremely high crime rate and a history of bigotry that > still lingers to this day. Now that’s a place I won’t be gong to. > > Kudpung > > On 3Jul, 2017, at 04:19, DaB. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > Am 02.07.2017 um 13:37 schrieb cs: > >> a country like Thailand where I live > > > > you mean a country which is currently a military dictatorship (for the > > second time in 10 years)? A country that was THIS close to a open civil > > war? And if not a civil war, maybe a real war with Cambodia? > > > > Visa problems are problematic, but it is 10 times better than to give > > the Wikimania to an instable country – we are not the FIFA. > > > > Sincerely, > > DaB. > > > > > > -- > > Benutzerseite: [[:w:de:User:DaB.]] > > PGP: 0x7CD1E35FD2A3A158 (pka funktioniert) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimania-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >
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