It is also worth noting, from WordCamp UK organizer Tony Scott's comments above, that Jane's comment in Manchester, and the resulting controversy, led to an important change in how the single annual WordCamp in the UK is named, which is a real world impact far beyond the limited circumstances she suggested of ...
... once more than one person/group wanted to hold an event in that country, then it would need to broken down into city names so people would know which events were which.

There is, at the very least, confusion regarding this policy and it is alarming that people feel that they must read between the lines so carefully when Jane says something. Frankly, there is a slightly oppressive atmosphere in the WordPress community these days that disappoints me.