Re: [Wikimania-l] Question for the WM 2014 London team

2014-01-19 Thread Lodewijk
Hmm, does this discussion mean it was not an ironic comment, as I read it initially? 2014/1/19 Risker risker...@gmail.com Erm...I disagree, and cannot imagine that such a blocking reason would be valid on very many projects. The only private information involved is the user's own private

Re: [Wikimania-l] Question for the WM 2014 London team

2014-01-19 Thread Deryck Chan
I think it was an ironic comment, but there's some truth to it, which was expounded in the subsequent posts. On 19 January 2014 16:52, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: Hmm, does this discussion mean it was not an ironic comment, as I read it initially? 2014/1/19 Risker

Re: [Wikimania-l] Question for the WM 2014 London team

2014-01-19 Thread Tobias
On 01/13/2014 02:13 AM, Ellie Young wrote: And while we are on this subject, I want to reiterate that we expect individuals to cover their own visa expenses as well as contacting the British Consulate on their own or through a visa service in their home country. The UK accepts applications

Re: [Wikimania-l] Question for the WM 2014 London team

2014-01-19 Thread Ellie Young
Ellie Young eyo...@wikimedia.org On Jan 19, 2014, at 8:49 AM, Tobias church.of.emacs...@googlemail.com wrote: On 01/13/2014 02:13 AM, Ellie Young wrote: And while we are on this subject, I want to reiterate that we expect individuals to cover their own visa expenses as well as contacting

Re: [Wikimania-l] Question for the WM 2014 London team

2014-01-19 Thread Muhammad Yahia
Well, besides the tangents this conversation went into, did anyone reach for the UK government to get their official position? Some people are waiting on that to decide whether or not to apply for scholarships... On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Ellie Young eyo...@wikimedia.org wrote: Ellie

Re: [Wikimania-l] Question for the WM 2014 London team

2014-01-19 Thread Ellie Young
On Jan 19, 2014, at 12:51 PM, Muhammad Yahia shipmas...@gmail.com wrote: Well, besides the tangents this conversation went into, did anyone reach for the UK government to get their official position? Yes and I haven't heard back from them yet Some people are waiting on that to