[Wikimedia-l] Re: Seven Wikimedia chapters rejected as permanent observers to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Hi all, I just saw this thread. I hardly engage with this list nowadays, in order to keep my sanity, but I need to set one thing straight: The initiative to join WIPO came from (a couple of) European chapters years ago. It was these chapters and me personally who were asking (even pressuring!)

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Seven Wikimedia chapters rejected as permanent observers to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

I acknowledge the disappointment of those Affiliates, and movement in general this is worth a statement from the WMF but its very poor politics to single out China. It reads as if its almost an AUKUS driven press release, I think its wrong to ignore the other

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Seven Wikimedia chapters rejected as permanent observers to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Having read the Foundation press release, I have to say that if it were a Wikipedia page, I would have edited it since it is quite misleading as written. I understand the reticence to mention other countries since I expect you want to portray China as a rogue actor here and I'm sympathetic to that

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Seven Wikimedia chapters rejected as permanent observers to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Jan -- Nice work. Who will represent us to ECOSOC? ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Seven Wikimedia chapters rejected as permanent observers to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Dear Jan, Well, the accuracy of the press release would be enhanced if it mentioned the support China received from over a dozen other countries. This isn't just my opinion: https://twitter.com/Wikiland/status/1550515724673761280 Congratulations on the ECOSOC accreditation. Andreas On Mon,

[Wikimedia-l] Re: Seven Wikimedia chapters rejected as permanent observers to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

Hi Andreas China was in fact the only country to oppose the Wikimedia chapters' request for observer status. Other countries for political or unknown reasons may have aligned with China's position on process, but no country besides China unilaterally or independently opposed the Wikimedia