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> Would a HackAfrica event having nothing to do with African problems be appropriate?

Yeah I would imagine that would just be a hackathon taking place in Africa.

Unfortunately, I think you're just causing a stink for no reason, and you're not too familiar with the undergrad 'hacker' culture.

Take a look at these names and tell me which ones you don't like: https://mlh.io/seasons/f2015/events

Something tells me it will be a lot of them.

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Actually no. HackTheNorth is unique on that list. Every other one seems, to me, accurate in terms of geography. All but a couple are named after the unique place where they are being held. Those with regional descriptors (Desert Hacks) seem accurate. But only the waterloo event uses both "Hack" as a verb and addresses a region totally outside of its location. It is also the only one to include "the", suggesting that the thought process behind the name was slightly different.

From now on I will no longer refer to Canada as the North.

I'll call Harper now and make sure the national anthem is also changed.

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