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 information, which the user can elect to disclose or not
disclose (i.e., that the user was granted a visa for attendance at
Wikimania).

It would certainly be inconsiderate, and would be a valid reason for
putting the user on some form of "blacklist" for future requests for
support to attend other Wikimedia-sponsored conferences.

Risker/Anne


On 18 January 2014 22:15, 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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