I think the reason is more than obvious: Belarus is south of Moldova and Ukraine is in between, so it went south. As Russia is basically on the east of all of three countries, it's logical to put it among the northern countries. On Jun 11, 2015 9:59 PM, "Yaroslav M. Blanter" <pute...@mccme.ru> wrote:
> Does anybody happen to know why Russia and Moldova are classified as > Global North whereas Ukraine and Belarus are classified as Global South, > from the WMF point of view? There is some discussion (specifically about > Belarus) at the talk page, but it is too heated and I was not able to get > the point. > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Countries_by_Regional_Classification > > I notice this in the Chapter-wide Financial Trends Report 2013. I am > wondering whether this has more serious implications like finance > distribution etc. > > Cheers > Yaroslav > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
