Re: [Wikimedia-l] No internet censorship in Hong Kong

2012-05-11 Thread Deryck Chan
Not a problem. Many east and south-east Asian countries' citizens enjoy visa-free access to Hong Kong ( http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:HK_Visa_Policy.png ). Visa-on-demand for business or leisure travel is also available for residents of most major cities in mainland China and all of Guang

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Creative Commons 4.0 draft--please help answer questions about attribution!

2012-05-11 Thread Kat Walsh
As has been posted here before, CC is working on version 4.0 of their licenses--in case you haven't seen it, the public draft is up in several different formats at http://wiki.creativecommons.org/4.0_Drafts Right now their focus is on attribution, and they are asking several specific questions abo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] No internet censorship in Hong Kong

2012-05-11 Thread Katie Chan
On 11/05/2012 21:16, Kim Bruning wrote: Right. My concern about Israel was that almost no one from the surrounding area would be able to visit. (This turned out to be accurate, but it was too late to fix). Will many people from surrounding countries be able to visit .hk without problems? If

Re: [Wikimedia-l] No internet censorship in Hong Kong

2012-05-11 Thread David Gerard
On 11 May 2012 21:10, Kim Bruning wrote: > On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 01:23:58AM +0100, Katie Chan wrote: >> If the community want to include anti-censorship (and or numerous other >> possible complaints) as one of the requirements, then good luck finding >> any city in the world to host Wikimania.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] No internet censorship in Hong Kong

2012-05-11 Thread Kim Bruning
On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 03:46:20PM -0700, James Alexander wrote: > It does, at least at some level, seem to be an argument (usually from > different people) every Wikimania. There just isn't a way to have it in a > place that everyone is happy with (especially if you want to rotate around > the wor

Re: [Wikimedia-l] No internet censorship in Hong Kong

2012-05-11 Thread Kim Bruning
On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 01:23:58AM +0100, Katie Chan wrote: > On 11/05/2012 00:14, Tom Morris wrote: > > > In the bidding process, there rightly are some minimum standards, > > specifically with regards to freedom of speech laws and whether or not > > the cities in question are welcoming to reli

[Wikimedia-l] Seeking responses to Chapter Finances Survey to aid Funds Dissemination Process

2012-05-11 Thread Narayanan, Divya
Dear Chapter Leaders, My name is Divya Narayanan and I am part of the team at The Bridgespan Group working with Wikimedia to design the Funds Dissemination Committee. We are currently working to define a process for the allocation of movement funds across the community. We would appreciate

[Wikimedia-l] Reminder: IRC office hours with Sue Gardner, 5/11 at 17:00 UTC

2012-05-11 Thread Steven Walling
This will be happening in a few minutes in #wikimedia-office. -- Forwarded message -- From: Steven Walling Date: Mon, May 7, 2012 at 11:19 AM Subject: IRC office hours with Sue Gardner, 5/11 at 17:00 UTC To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Hi everyone, This is just a quick note

Re: [Wikimedia-l] No internet censorship in Hong Kong

2012-05-11 Thread Anirudh Bhati
On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 5:53 AM, Katie Chan wrote: > If people have a problem with one of the most multi-ethnic, multicultural > & number 1 ranked index of economic freedom place in the world with > constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech and press, then I give > up. > +1 Hong Kon