Re: [Wikimania-l] Scholarships for people whose visa were declined

Great news. I hope Maher added too that the WMF would start from today assisting such individuals to obtain visa come 2018 unless the WMF wants to be automatically granting scholarships each year to some applicants from some countries. On Friday, August 11, 2017, Andy Mabbett

Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa rejections

On Thursday, June 22, 2017, Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexf...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, the goal won't be to *influence* or whatnot. That isn't gonna work. > The goal is to provide extra details and answer questions that might come > up. > > Some systems aren't entirely closed. From

Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa rejections

r another. > So while Australia might be relaxed in terms of visas (I'm not confident > of this btw) it's also objectively remote/expensive. > > Whether a location has achieved that balance is always a question, and I > can't think of one Wikimania where everyone's agreed it has ;-) > &

Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa rejections

It is easy to conclude the location hinders visa application acceptance. As much as it appears to be so, I strongly believe if there's good enough Visa support and assistance from the Wikimania Team/WMF, rejected cases could be low. Obviously, an applicant should have documents intact and good,

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wiki (not) Mania?

Just did a quick google search for the word 'Mania'. The definition I got is interesting. I think with such a definition, it is REALLY worth it having a conversation relating to the name. Wiki-mental-illness? Like seriously? All these years? For someone like myself who the word 'mania' never

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2016 Opening

Ww, the video2commons is so cool! On Saturday, June 25, 2016, Asaf Bartov wrote: > We can help port the CC-by videos to Commons, using > https://tools.wmflabs.org/video2commons/ > > Here's Jimmy's opening keynote, which I just uploaded: > >

Re: [Wikimania-l] Breakdown of attribution for scholarships

> America, Mexico, Africa, and the Middle East (with the exception of >>> Israel). If 124 scholarship was awarded, and 75% is expected to be awarded >>> for global south, it means, 93 Wikimedians are expected to get the >>> scholarship from these region. Since global south

Re: [Wikimania-l] Community Village and Meetups at Wikimania 2016

eds to be discussed it needs to be > reconsidered to allow for the changes. > > > > On 11 March 2016 at 23:01, <reachout2is...@gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','reachout2is...@gmail.com');>> wrote: > >> Nkansah Rexford, I have no idea of why you

Re: [Wikimania-l] Breakdown of attribution for scholarships

Category:Wikimania_scholarships > is obviously... not complete either. > > So, rephrasing > > I would find interesting to know which countries were attributed the > scholarships in 2016. > > And I would find interesting to see the 2015 report completed as well :) > >

Re: [Wikimania-l] Breakdown of attribution for scholarships

> PS: transparency... right ? > > > > > > Le 11/03/16 16:01, reachout2is...@gmail.com a écrit : > >> Nkansah Rexford, I have no idea of why you directed such a non-sequitur >> comment to me. Regrettably, your tone is condescending with lack of >> empathy. Ev

Re: [Wikimania-l] Community Village and Meetups at Wikimania 2016

The scholarships are what they are: scholarships, not ticket to heaven. Many factors go into approving an application for scholarships. Plus, hundreds if not thousands apply for the scholarships every year. NOT everyone can be accepted. Neither will everyone be rejected. Some will need to go

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2015 documentary teaser

I saw a message on twitter saying its gonna be released soon, and I was wondering whether it hasnt been released already. On Tue, Jan 5, 2016, 10:30 Gheorghe Zugravu wrote: > Hi, > Was the documentary released already? I have looked for it on Commons, > but there is

Re: [Wikimania-l] Fwd: Wikimania Scholarship

I just want to know why some users were able to achieve scholarship again and again while regular Wikimedians being excluded. And that is EXACTLY what Stuart explained. I understood, unless you didn't! On Friday 31 July 2015 04:01 PM, Stuart Prior wrote: Praveen, I was chair of

Re: [Wikimania-l] Jimmy Wales speech in the Closing Ceremony

Not yet a record until in 2 days time, the videos are uploaded. Fingers crossed On Monday, July 27, 2015, WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@gmail.com wrote: Congratulations Ivan and team, is that a record for wikimania? Regards WereSpielChequers On 27 Jul 2015, at 21:28, Ivan Martínez

Re: [Wikimania-l] Video recording of Wikimania sessions

Recording video* is easy; you can do it on most mobile phones these days. And on that note, the wiki indaba conference was recorded solely on a mobile phone[1]. Although sound quality wasn't the best, with considerable thought on getting an appropriate accessory to handle sound, phones are

Re: [Wikimania-l] Video recording of Wikimania sessions

video recording is a real cost driver - you need expensive equipment (as of 1.000 USD / day) and a lot of staff if you want to make it professionally. How good is the idea, that instead of hiring these tools year after year, the WMF/Wikimania grabs a set of, say 10 portable, yet good video

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania Documentary Done

+01:00 Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com: Hello everyone, The final version of the Wikimania Documentary can be found on YouTube. Will push to Commons by end of this week as it requires a bit of alteration to make it fully Wikimedia Commons License compliant. Wikimania 2014 Documentary

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania Documentary Done

Crossposted to commons-l. This is about making the Video transcoding/upload tool on labs a bit more visible for potential video contributors on commons. Thanks for crossposting. Good point. We should think about adding it onto [[Special:UploadWizard]] for example in the form of a third

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania Documentary Done

I think Manuel knows _how_ to download youtube videos (youtube-dl for example). The point is that youtube does not _allow_ this. Check the youtube terms of use [1] section 5 paragraph B. @manuel, forgive me for taking your quest to download the videos literal. I get it now. YouTube doesn't

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania Documentary Done

...@wikimedia.ch wrote: Hi! On 02/06/2015 08:17 PM, Nkansah Rexford wrote: Yes, I can upload them to commons with the captions. The captions will only be for the ones I have done captions. Some I haven't because I don't have the translated materials yet. when uploading with captions

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania Documentary Done

formats. /Manuel On 02/10/2015 09:42 AM, Nkansah Rexford wrote: I couldn't upload even a single video of what I did to Wikimedia Commons. For whatever reasons, it doesn't WORK. uploading to YouTube happens at a breeze. Wikimedia Commons? its a no no. All the 6 edited videos on YouTube[1

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania Documentary Done

over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. On 6 February 2015 at 14:57, Subhashish Panigrahi psubhash...@gmail.com wrote: Great work Nkansh! On 6 February 2015 at 16:46, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com wrote: Good morning, With this email, I say I am done with editing

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania Documentary Done

Yeah, thanks for pointing out. I started working on something similar, but got to learn about the videoconvert tool. Will give it a shot soon. On Feb 6, 2015 9:36 PM, Jan Ainali j...@ainali.com wrote: On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 2:17 PM, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com wrote: Can you

[Wikimania-l] Wikimania Documentary Done

=PLWEYPtH04KyJFW6J7IatCww1H5wZ9xWGM On Dec 16, 2014 3:32 PM, Allan Aguilar ral...@vmail.me javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ral...@vmail.me'); wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 El 15/12/2014 17:06, Nkansah Rexford escribió: Hello everyone, The final version

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania Documentary Done

:16 GMT+01:00 Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com javascript:;: Good morning, With this email, I say I am done with editing the wikimania videos I took last year in London. In all, I did one documentary of Wikimania and give interviews parts, involving about 6 different languages

Re: [Wikimania-l] African Documentary

connect you with the Kazakhs. Write to me offlist and tell me what you need exactly. Cheers, A. On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 7:05 AM, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com wrote: Hello all, the african documentary is still in works. The latest update can be found here: https

[Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2014 interview series

Good morning, Please see the part one of the Wikimania interview series involving Kavya Manohar from India, Yassine Tounsi from Tunisia and Johnson Oluata from Nigeria. Special thanks to them for sharing their stories with us. Wikimania 2014 Interview - Part One: http://youtu.be/Fo-3KqbOEgU

[Wikimania-l] Wikimania Documentary Done

Hello everyone, The final version of the Wikimania Documentary can be found on YouTube. Will push to Commons by end of this week as it requires a bit of alteration to make it fully Wikimedia Commons License compliant. Wikimania 2014 Documentary: http:// http://youtu.be/1444m7vhhFoyoutu.be

Re: [Wikimania-l] WM2014 video labels

Hi Nemo, The video is truly a 2k file size. I'm able to download the 2k version from YouTube. Any reason why you aren't using something like http://www.clipconverter.cc instead? I've never used the YouTube-dl but I think the restriction is coming from the strict, probably. On Dec 2, 2014 8:30

Re: [Wikimania-l] African Documentary

. Subtitles will follow in the final version. Thanks. On Thu Aug 14 2014 at 08:40:24 Naureen msn...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, please ping me or someone at Wikimania social so we can put them up as soon as you have them up in all our social networks. On Thursday, August 14, 2014, Nkansah Rexford

[Wikimania-l] More Wikimania Pictures

Obviously, I'm late to the party, but after struggling with internet https://plus.google.com/107174506890941499078/posts/aM3kuCZbG6j, I'm glad the pictures are now on commons. Category:Wikimania by Rexford https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimania_by_Rexford

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania Android app

. Making a whole app for Wikimanias en generale would be pretty cool, but probably not cool enough to warrant the man-hours ;) Joe On 28 August 2014 at 10:25:58 pm, Nkansah Rexford ( nkansahrexf...@gmail.com) wrote: It likewise didn't serve any useful purpose for me. I just saw

[Wikimania-l] Wikimania Android app

I used the Wikimania Android app during the conference. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.eventspark.wikimania2014 Obviously, it is not up to par with conference apps, like the Google I/O app. Are there any plans to get an official app for use for subsequent conferences of

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania Android app

don't think it's really necessary to do so. Joe On 28 August 2014 at 09:32:30 pm, Nkansah Rexford ( nkansahrexf...@gmail.com) wrote: I used the Wikimania Android app during the conference. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.eventspark.wikimania2014 Obviously, it is not up

[Wikimania-l] India Kazakhstan Wikimania Attendee

Hi, Is there any attendee of the Wikimania 2014 conference who came from Kazakhstan or India on this list? Please get in touch with me off-list. I would also appreciate if you can assist in helping me get in touch with any attendee from India and or Kazakhstan thanks -- +Rexford

Re: [Wikimania-l] India Kazakhstan Wikimania Attendee

, 2014, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Is there any attendee of the Wikimania 2014 conference who came from Kazakhstan or India on this list? Please get in touch with me off-list. I would also appreciate if you can assist in helping me get in touch with any attendee from

Re: [Wikimania-l] Official Wikimania Logo Unused

everything consistent - this includes the WikiProject leaflets, the shirts, posters, main stage slide branding, YouTube pre-rolls... just great. Kudos. Joe On 17 August 2014 at 01:10:41 am, Nkansah Rexford ( nkansahrexf...@gmail.com) wrote: I couldn't spot the use of the official Wikimania

Re: [Wikimania-l] African Documentary

(wikimania social media team leader @wikimanialondon) On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 9:07 AM, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I'm interested in meeting persons who are willing to share their story of their world of Wikimedia. We plan making a video documentary out

Re: [Wikimania-l] Goodies to take home?

I'm on my way to the office now. rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford | sent from smartphone On Aug 10, 2014 11:59 PM, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com wrote: Okay. I will rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford | sent from smartphone On Aug 10, 2014 11:59 PM, Deryck Chan deryckc

Re: [Wikimania-l] Goodies to take home?

| google.com/+Nkansahrexford | sent from smartphone On Aug 11, 2014 2:36 PM, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com wrote: I'm on my way to the office now. rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford | sent from smartphone On Aug 10, 2014 11:59 PM, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com wrote

[Wikimania-l] Goodies to take home?

I wish I could take with me some goodies back home. As a WiR, I meet some GLAMs and as appreciation for their cooperation and support, I normally wish to reward them with something cute and nice. My bag is already full, but a couple of bags and t-shirts and other goodies I'll be able to squeeze

Re: [Wikimania-l] T-shirt winners

I know I didn't win, but I badly need one of the t-shirts. Unless there are only three of the shirts available Thanks for mentioning me. rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford | sent from smartphone On Aug 10, 2014 2:05 PM, Denise Jansen jan...@wikimedia.nl wrote: Hey all, The jury has choosen

[Wikimania-l] Hope to meet in Mexico

Hello Wikimaniacs, As you're aware, some of us are already going back today. On my way to airport now. I wish to say thank you to all who made this conference happen. It is (or was) a nice experience for me and enjoyed meeting you all. Hope to meet in Mexico and safe journey to all.  rexford

Re: [Wikimania-l] Goodies to take home?

Okay. I will rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford | sent from smartphone On Aug 10, 2014 11:59 PM, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com wrote: Rex, Visit the WMUK office tomorrow! Deryck (and HJM) On 10 Aug 2014 09:17, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com wrote: I wish I could take with me

[Wikimania-l] African Documentary

Hello, I'm interested in meeting persons who are willing to share their story of their world of Wikimedia. We plan making a video documentary out of it to share with other Africans and raise their interest in the world of wiki. I've talked to a couple of persons already but looking for more.

Re: [Wikimania-l] Live video

I think I can help doing that, unless that'll violate any terms and conditions of the conference. One or two friends of mine back home who couldn't make it would love to enjoy some nightlights of the event in real time. rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford | sent from smartphone On Aug 7, 2014

Re: [Wikimania-l] Live video

with professional equipment. On 7 Aug 2014 07:36, Pine W wiki.p...@gmail.com wrote: That would be great, thank you Rexford. Please check with the conference organizers about setting up live video of at least the keynote presentations. Pine On Aug 6, 2014 11:20 PM, Nkansah Rexford

[Wikimania-l] Sim card?

I'll like to have a UK Sim card, anyone have one available? I don't care much about what network it is. rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford | sent from smartphone ___ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimania-l] Sim card?

Okay, thanks rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford | sent from smartphone On Aug 7, 2014 2:53 PM, Joseph Fox josephfoxw...@gmail.com wrote: I think he's in the Garden Room (floor 3)... Joe On 7 August 2014 at 02:53:08 pm, Nkansah Rexford (nkansahrexf...@gmail.com) wrote: Can I have his

Re: [Wikimania-l] Not attending Wikimania

All are good points. However, from my point of view, the host chapter or organization ought to communicate with their local embassy of an upcoming conference in their country, what it means and areas attendees are expected from. I personally think no embassy will 'intentionally' sabotage someone

Re: [Wikimania-l] UK Sim Cards for Wikimania

Can't wait to find you. rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford | sent from smartphone On Jul 29, 2014 3:12 PM, Sam Reed re...@wikimedia.org wrote: I've just ordered a stack (30) of UK sim cards for Wikimania. This is a mix of dual normal/micro sims, and also some nano sims.. They're with

Re: [Wikimania-l] Happy one year inactive

From facebook comment: Naureen Nayyar https://www.facebook.com/norabean?fref=ufi Hi! I've realized this myself and we are working on an issue with our hootsuite and plan to incorporate things then. Cheers ! July 5 at 1:23pm

Re: [Wikimania-l] Happy one year inactive

Its unfortunate that many who consider none of their friends to be on Google+ *already *have a Google plus account themselves. Many pretend as if Gmail and Google+ are different companies like Apple and Microsoft. In the case of +Wikimania, its not as if no one wants to make it engaging, but its

Re: [Wikimania-l] Happy one year inactive

@Daniel, the crossposting is something that Naureen is looking into. On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Daniel Schwen li...@schwen.de wrote: Rimshot. :-) Anyhow, crossposting to multiple social networks is not really a big overhead. As far as I know there are existing tools for that. An

Re: [Wikimania-l] Happy one year inactive

. In an effort to be accommodating, we have spread ourselves too thin, and information has fallen through the cracks. When it comes to information channels, we need to shift from quantity to quality. -Sven (not a Wikimania organizer) On Jul 5, 2014 12:55 AM, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com

[Wikimania-l] Happy one year inactive

Hi, I've been monitoring the Wikimania page on Google plus for some time now and its managed to go a year solid without any activity. https://plus.google.com/116447448432892218985 Its likely obvious it needs someone to contribute to. I'm sure the current managers of the page are die hard

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2013 videos

Thanks for sharing. I didn't know of the category. Only 21 videos so far? rexford | google.com/+nkansahrexford | sent from tab On Mar 25, 2014 8:07 PM, Matthew Flaschen mflasc...@wikimedia.org wrote: On 01/26/2014 06:48 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote: And now all the 71 1280x720px videos are

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2014 updates on a separate mailing list?

I agree with Base Yes, I've been looking at that footer signature for centuries now and wondering when it will be made a little bit stylish and at least be in HTML format with regards to the links. Every browser or app can open HTML emails by default these days, unless the person opts out

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2013 videos

Will it be a good idea if the wmf or Wikimania writes to YouTube to asked of much details or rights for that? If the tos is in certain areas ambiguous, I think one can take advantage of that. There are many sites I've noticed that allows one to input YouTube link and it'll allow to download.

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

Yes Deryck, it is for Wikimedia to a great extent. But for the embassy, it won't make that much sense. I'm just imagining now what I will lose if the wmf bans me from using their site indefinitely. Will I lose since I'm a volunteer? A valid reason here should be a valid reason for both the

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

On Jan 13, 2014 9:32 AM, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com wrote: Do the invitation letter really change a thing? I will be surprised to see a consular waive all those requirements because of a 1-paged white paper with black in on, signed by an organization called Wikimedia UK

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

be 5x worse. If the best the inviting organization can do is send a letter, then there's little the applicant here can do. Rexford | Africa Center | wikiafrica.net | sent from Tab On Jan 13, 2014 9:32 AM, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com wrote: Do the invitation letter really change

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

:50 AM, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com wrote: Well, don't be tricked! They have outsourced the COLLECTION of the visa from the public to vfs, but it is the embassy that ISSUES the visa. The vfs people, EVERYDAY, send in applications they've received to the embassy they work

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

. If the best the inviting organization can do is send a letter, then there's little the applicant here can do. Rexford | Africa Center | wikiafrica.net | sent from Tab On Jan 13, 2014 9:32 AM, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com wrote: Do the invitation letter really change a thing? I

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

Do the invitation letter really change a thing? I will be surprised to see a consular waive all those requirements because of a 1-paged white paper with black in on, signed by an organization called Wikimedia UK. For instance, in Ghana, consulate don't care who or what is inviting you, nor even

Re: [Wikimania-l] Videos of Wikimania 2013

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Videos of Wikimania 2013

I think the archives are available too. http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/2013-August/005333.html It was way back in August. We're in December. Perhaps we're still waiting for volunteers. google.com/+Nkansahrexford | sent from Tab On Dec 12, 2013 12:28 PM,

Re: [Wikimania-l] Videos of Wikimania 2013

I think this video issue was resolved some time ago. Since its a volunteer work, persons who wanna watch the videos are forced to compromise even if it'll be ready the following year. Someone has volunteered, so until his or her time permits, ALL the videos won't be ready to watch at least for

Re: [Wikimania-l] WMHK Videos?

volunteers!) On 28 August 2013 18:18, Quiddity pandiculat...@gmail.comjavascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'pandiculat...@gmail.com'); wrote: Nkansah Rexford wrote: Please, can I get a link to watch some of the WMHK videos online? Or they're not yet out? rex I too would love to see the videos

Re: [Wikimania-l] WMHK Videos?

volunteers!) On 28 August 2013 18:18, Quiddity pandiculat...@gmail.comjavascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'pandiculat...@gmail.com'); wrote: Nkansah Rexford wrote: Please, can I get a link to watch some of the WMHK videos online? Or they're not yet out? rex I too would love to see the videos

Re: [Wikimania-l] WMHK Videos?

this to take a few months based on past experience - we only have volunteers!) On 28 August 2013 18:18, Quiddity pandiculat...@gmail.comjavascript:; wrote: Nkansah Rexford wrote: Please, can I get a link to watch some of the WMHK videos online? Or they're not yet out? rex I too

Re: [Wikimania-l] WMHK Videos?

Added the suggestion to WMLondon brainstorming: https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Brainstorming#Decentralize_Video_Sharing On Wednesday, August 28, 2013, Nkansah Rexford wrote: Sharing videos are so important. This is what I suggest. At the end of the wikimania, all videos shot (even

Re: [Wikimania-l] WMHK Videos?

takes a lot of time. I don't see how they could have done it in time to hand it to participants. Daniel On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 4:31 PM, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com wrote: Sharing videos are so important. This is what I suggest. At the end of the wikimania, all videos shot (even

Re: [Wikimania-l] WMHK Videos?

center, bypassing any FTP madness. I presume ops would be willing to do so again. PB — Philippe Beaudette Director, Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation, Inc On Aug 28, 2013, at 6:12 PM, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com wrote: Does it mean those 10s of Gigs are all gonna

Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa Acquisition Assistance

be 'abnormal' in another. What then is a 'normal' visa procedure for US? On Aug 16, 2013 4:45 PM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: Please read this in context: compared to normal US visa procedures. 2013/8/16 Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com ..-Wikimania had the support

Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa Acquisition Assistance

Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com ..-Wikimania had the support of the state department so the bureaucracy was handled quite smoothly Really? You think so? I don't think so. On Aug 16, 2013 8:59 AM, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com wrote: No, the person who didn't receive his visa

Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa Acquisition Assistance

in London Olympics! Fingers crossed. Also, unfortunately, this year we did have one person who didn't get his visa on time. One is too many for Hong Kong! :( On 15 August 2013 16:02, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com wrote: Without doubt, Wikimania HK has been a successful one

Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa Acquisition Assistance

Unfortunately, in my case, it was only one way - a way that doesn't speak much in our local environment in terms of serious documents such as visas. I was disappointed, to experience the definition of 'visa assistance' executed in such a manner. Other organizations made it and makes it work for

Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa Acquisition Assistance

Applying online doesn't give the visa. Rather meeting the consular does. That's where the assistance can be vital and is much needed. On Aug 16, 2013 5:04 PM, Joseph Fox josephfoxw...@gmail.com wrote: One more thing - if you're from a visa national country that is not Cuba, Malawi, North Korea,

Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa Acquisition Assistance

procedures. 2013/8/16 Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com ..-Wikimania had the support of the state department so the bureaucracy was handled quite smoothly Really? You think so? I don't think so. On Aug 16, 2013 8:59 AM, Deryck Chan deryckc...@gmail.com wrote: No, the person who

[Wikimania-l] Visa Acquisition Assistance

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Re: [Wikimania-l] New collaboration Wikineering: wiki engineering - Need your help!

. Coders, designers, editors. Please contact me at guy _att_ wikineering _dot_ org, let me know how you can help. On Aug 13, 2013, at 9:24 AM, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.comjavascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'nkansahrexf...@gmail.com'); wrote: Is a website for Wikineering up and running

Re: [Wikimania-l] certificate of attendance

Does it even exist for attendees? Will be nice I think. On Jul 30, 2013 11:11 AM, Esteban Zarate jezar...@gmail.com wrote: I'll need a certificate of attendance to show in my job. It may be via email. Thanks a lot!!! ___ Wikimania-l mailing list

Re: [Wikimania-l] UK Visa Bond

The news item: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/after-india-protests-uk-says-no-final-decision-on-rs-2-7-lakh-visa-bond-384665 On Thursday, June 27, 2013, Nkansah Rexford wrote: Hello, UK confirmed it will collect in cash, 3k pounds from citizens from what she calls 'High Risk' countries

Re: [Wikimania-l] Bank statement from WMHK? Letter of Invitation?

...@live.hk Kevin On 2013/05/22 0:27, Nkansah Rexford wrote: Hi, I'm from Ghana. I'm rexford. I'm sorry this comes off lengthy, but its something i've faced before so wanna bring it up. *Bank Statements* To enter many countries ( I don't know yet for Hong Kong), the embassy requires

[Wikimania-l] Bank statement from WMHK? Letter of Invitation?

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Felix. We're sorry but not a list for Weight Loss tips. @Wikimania-L admins - As usual... On Thursday, February 7, 2013, felix jimoh wrote: http://www.mendeszoon.com/uiwf/xuztb6pgnnlo7cyi8lrvsnzg426276cqmj.gif !!! -- +Rexford https://plus.google.com/107174506890941499078 | +Blender

Re: [Wikimania-l] No updates on Google+?

for those underestimating g+ rex On Wednesday, January 23, 2013, Nkansah Rexford wrote: That's fine @John. In case you'll wish to have others help you manage the page, i'll be willing to help. but for now, you're the *defacto *:) On Wednesday, January 23, 2013, John Vandenberg wrote

[Wikimania-l] No updates on Google+?

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Re: [Wikimania-l] No updates on Google+?

@Thomas I'm not good g+ stats though but as at beginning of this year there were 400M+ of users on G+. Not many that deserves a wikimania page? On Tuesday, January 22, 2013, Thomas Dalton wrote: On 22 January 2013 10:38, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.comjavascript:; wrote: I wish

Re: [Wikimania-l] No updates on Google+?

media platform use. rex On Tuesday, January 22, 2013, Jeromy-Yu Maximilian Chan wrote: Hi All On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.comjavascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'thomas.dal...@gmail.com'); wrote: On 22 January 2013 10:38, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf

Re: [Wikimania-l] No updates on Google+?

On Tuesday, January 22, 2013, Thomas Dalton wrote: On 22 January 2013 12:32, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.comjavascript:; wrote: @Thomas I'm not good g+ stats though but as at beginning of this year there were 400M+ of users on G+. I question that statistic. How many of those

Re: [Wikimania-l] No updates on Google+?

On Tuesday, January 22, 2013, Andrew Lih wrote: On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 4:25 AM, Jeromy-Yu Maximilian Chan y...@wikimedia.hk javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'y...@wikimedia.hk');wrote: besides, I think the biggest problem is the Google + still didn't open its API for sync post so usually,

Re: [Wikimania-l] No updates on Google+?

clients that automatically post to Google+. I guess that is what Andrew et al meant. On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.com javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'nkansahrexf...@gmail.com'); wrote: On Tuesday, January 22, 2013, Andrew Lih wrote: On Tue, Jan 22, 2013

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimedia Loves Monuments Takes Gabz City

Hi Oarabile Since the official WLM is ended, i think uploading photos to Commons under the name of the WLM won't be possible. however, you can still upload the photos onto Commons as we do ordinarily. If you can also wait till next year and have the specific photos uploaded during the month of

[Wikimania-l] Thanks - Wikimedia DC

Hello My name is Rexford, a member of the Planning wikimedia Ghana team. I wish to also use this platform to say thank you to James of Wikimedia DC for the gift goodies. 12 Wikimania bags with other goodies got to our shores on the 24th of this month. We're glad and we hope to put them to good

Re: [Wikimania-l] visa for hong kong ... Alternate way of apply from HK immigration directly

I +1 Doraemon! The idea of writing invitation letter, i wonder if that *really * is support for acquiring a visa. A letter is simply a letter and I wonder how that affects the processing of the visa. If Wikimania offers the invitation letter *only *and the the individuals works on the

Re: [Wikimania-l] visa for hong kong ...

rex On Sunday, September 30, 2012, Jeremy Baron wrote: On Sep 30, 2012 10:51 AM, Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexf...@gmail.comjavascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'nkansahrexf...@gmail.com'); wrote: Specifically, I think there is no Hong Kong embassy in Ghana to handle even visa application requests

Re: [Wikimania-l] UK budget plan for 2014 Wikimania bid

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