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 embassy and the
Wikimedia.

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On Jan 19, 2014 5:15 AM, "Deryck Chan" <[email protected]> wrote:

> It is a valid blocking reason. It falls under the category of "cross-wiki
> abuse" in the clause "inappropriate use of user rights with access to
> private information". Wikimania is officially a Wikimedia project even
> though it's offline. ;)
>
> Deryck
>
>
>
>
> On 19 January 2014 03:29, Sven Manguard <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> It's also not at all a valid blocking reason, and shouldn't be one.
>>
>> Sven
>> On Jan 18, 2014 2:26 PM, "Amir Ladsgroup" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Jan 18, 2014 10:24 PM, "Federico Leva (Nemo)" <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Muhammad Yahia, 14/01/2014 16:50:
>>> >>
>>> >> "The person who is 'sponsoring' your visit cannot give a guarantee
>>> that
>>> >> you will comply with the terms of your visa, or*that you will leave
>>> the
>>> >> UK at the end of your visit*.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Then it's easy, we ensure they have a return ticket and we promise
>>> block on all Wikimedia projects if they don't leave UK. It's like capital
>>> sentence, who wouldn't comply?
>>> >
>>>
>>> It's enough for me but I don't think that promise convices people in
>>> embassy.
>>> > Nemo
>>> >
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