Re: [Wikimania-l] Personal stories about Wikimedia / free portrait photos

2017-08-03 Thread Peter Southwood
What would you consider a significant percentage? Peter From: Wikimania-l [mailto:wikimania-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Pine W Sent: Thursday, August 3, 2017 11:19 PM To: Wikimania general list (open subscription) Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Personal stories about Wikimedia /

Re: [Wikimania-l] Socket type in the Sheraton Hotel

2017-07-19 Thread Peter Southwood
Which 220V devices do you know that will be damaged by connecting via a laptop power cable to 110V? I don't know of any. Cheers, P -Original Message- From: Wikimania-l [mailto:wikimania-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of DaB. Sent: Tuesday, 18 July 2017 9:24 PM To: Wikimania

Re: [Wikimania-l] Socket type in the Sheraton Hotel

2017-07-21 Thread Peter Southwood
:42 AM To: Wikimania general list (open subscription) Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Socket type in the Sheraton Hotel Hello. Am 19.07.2017 um 09:39 schrieb Peter Southwood: > Which 220V devices do you know that will be damaged by connecting via > a laptop power cable to 110V? everyone that has an ind

Re: [Wikimania-l] Socket type in the Sheraton Hotel

2017-07-21 Thread Peter Southwood
Message- From: Wikimania-l [mailto:wikimania-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of DaB. Sent: Friday, 21 July 2017 1:43 AM To: Wikimania general list (open subscription) Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Socket type in the Sheraton Hotel Hello, Am 20.07.2017 um 21:54 schrieb Peter Southwood: > Wh

Re: [Wikimania-l] Socket type in the Sheraton Hotel

2017-07-20 Thread Peter Southwood
: [Wikimania-l] Socket type in the Sheraton Hotel Hello. Am 19.07.2017 um 09:39 schrieb Peter Southwood: > Which 220V devices do you know that will be damaged by connecting via > a laptop power cable to 110V? everyone that has an induction motor in it for example. And it’s 230V since 30 yea

Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa rejections

2017-07-03 Thread Peter Southwood
A country that almost everyone can go to is important A country that most can afford to go to is important A country where most can reasonably expect to be reasonably safe is important. Without these the purpose of the event cannot be achieved Safety is often a matter of choosing where you

Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa rejections

2017-06-25 Thread Peter Southwood
Hi Amir, If you do write something up, please let me know so I can link from Wikimania 2018 site. Cheers, Peter From: Wikimania-l [mailto:wikimania-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Zana Strkovska Sent: Sunday, 25 June 2017 1:49 AM To: Wikimania general list (open subscription)

Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa rejections

2017-06-22 Thread Peter Southwood
What problems are expected for middle eastern attendees to Cape Town? What countries passports are expected to have problems? Cheers, Peter From: Wikimania-l [mailto:wikimania-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Gnangarra Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 12:14 PM To: Wikimania general

Re: [Wikimania-l] Granting Scholarship to same persons every year

2017-05-23 Thread Peter Southwood
ust not my native language. Regards, Isaac (who has never received a scholarship or apply for one this year) On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 6:12 AM, Peter Southwood <peter.southw...@telkomsa.net> wrote: Fair comment, and actionable suggestions. P From: Wik

Re: [Wikimania-l] Granting Scholarship to same persons every year

2017-05-22 Thread Peter Southwood
Fair comment, and actionable suggestions. P From: Wikimania-l [mailto:wikimania-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Kerry Raymond Sent: Monday, 22 May 2017 4:57 AM To: 'Wikimania general list (open subscription)' Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Granting Scholarship to same persons every

Re: [Wikimania-l] Update Wikimania 2018 and 2019

2017-10-30 Thread Peter Southwood
Hi all, Who handled website for Montreal? Are there thigs that should be done differently? Cheers, Peter (Wikimania 2018 website) From: Wikimania-l [mailto:wikimania-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Jean-Philippe Béland Sent: Monday, October 30, 2017 3:03 PM To: Wikimania

Re: [Wikimania-l] All you wanted to know about the Decolonizing the Internet conference and didn't know whom to ask

2018-06-09 Thread Peter Southwood
How much of this information should be on the Wikimania website? Cheers, Peter From: Wikimania-l [mailto:wikimania-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Anasuya Sengupta Sent: Saturday, June 9, 2018 1:23 AM To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimania-l] All you wanted to

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikivoyage page for Wikimania 2018

2018-06-30 Thread Peter Southwood
Updated, let me know if more information is needed. Cheers, Peter From: Wikimania-l [mailto:wikimania-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Nick Wilson (Quiddity) Sent: 29 June 2018 21:26 To: Wikimania general list (open subscription) Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikivoyage page for

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania-l Digest, Vol 146, Issue 16

2018-06-21 Thread Peter Southwood
iko Bouterse , Emna Mizouni , David Richfield , Isla Haddow , Coenraad Loubser , Ivan Martínez , Felix Nartey , Liam Wyatt , Dumisani Ndubane , Rossouw van Rooyen , "bobbyshaba...@gmail.com" , Ian Gilfillan , Andy Rabagli

Re: [Wikimania-l] Friendly Space Policy (was: Sad news)

2018-07-29 Thread Peter Southwood
Unfortunately, almost every tool can be used as a weapon. Cheers, Peter From: Wikimania-l [mailto:wikimania-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Gnangarra Sent: 29 July 2018 04:45 To: Wikimania general list (open subscription) Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Friendly Space Policy (was:

Re: [Wikimania-l] Non-scholarship Wikimania support by Wikimedia affiliates (was earlier posted on [Wikimediaindia-l] list)

2018-08-01 Thread Peter Southwood
That, as you say, is a different matter, and is probably not relevant to this list. Thanks for clarifying Cheers, Peter Southwood From: Wikimania-l [mailto:wikimania-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Bodhisattwa Mandal Sent: 01 August 2018 09:10 To: Wikimania general list (open

Re: [Wikimania-l] Non-scholarship Wikimania support by Wikimedia affiliates (was earlier posted on [Wikimediaindia-l] list)

2018-08-01 Thread Peter Southwood
Any person not specifically banned from attendance is “allowed” to attend Wikimania. Do you have evidence that he was awarded a scholarship from WMF? If not, I don’t understand what this is about. Cheers, Peter Southwood From: Wikimania-l [mailto:wikimania-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimania-l] Friendly Space Policy (was: Sad news)

2018-08-05 Thread Peter Southwood
This is reasonable, and could save lots of dramah. I am going to assume that the default position is “not offended by friendly contact”, but whichever is the most common position should be default in both cases, and suggest that the indicator should be visible all round. Cheers, Peter

Re: [Wikimania-l] Plugs in South Africa

2018-07-05 Thread Peter Southwood
Hi Joe, The information is on the Wikivoyage page https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Wikimania_2018_Cape_Town_Guidebook I have expanded the section at https://wikimania2018.wikimedia.org/wiki/Orientation#Power to include the same

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand

2019-06-12 Thread Peter Southwood
Enjoy, P -Original Message- From: Wikimania-l [mailto:wikimania-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of CS Sent: 12 June 2019 14:31 To: Wikimania general list (open subscription) Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand I am enthralled that finally a Wikimania

Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand

2019-06-12 Thread Peter Southwood
, Thailand Wikimania 2020 in BANGKOK will mark my 20th year living in Thailand as an expat, many years of it working in this amazing city. If anyone wants any genuine, accurate, advance information of any kind, just ask! Kudpung On 12 Jun 2019, at 19:52, Peter Southwood wrote

Re: [Wikimania-l] Surströmming

2019-08-09 Thread Peter Southwood
The airline may not allow it to be transported. The cans build up pressure and the amount is not known. Also you can imagine the complaints if one of the tins burst in the hold. On the other hand, think of the fun if customs decided to open it. Whatever you do, don’t try to take any into

[Wikimania-l] Re: Arrival and travel to hotel

2023-08-06 Thread Peter Southwood
This is the kind of information one might reasonably expect for a well organised event. Cheers, P -Original Message- From: Andy Mabbett [mailto:a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk] Sent: 06 August 2023 16:38 To: Wikimania general list (open subscription) Subject: [Wikimania-l] Re: Arrival and