Yes I was wondering about that. Helping people with visa applications is not a Wikimedia specialty (though I appreciate the work that has gone into the meta Learning patterns and those Wikipedia pages on visa policy that were linked earlier).
I am thinking that maybe we need local collaboration on visa issues through our chapter representatives with e.g. local conference holders? Maybe in local academia? On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 10:02 AM, Ilario Valdelli < [email protected]> wrote: > And to progress the best is to don’t forget some interesting points > already defined in the previous emails. > > > > One factual point is to have locally a mature and stable organization that > can manage Visas and related problems with visas. > > > > So, instead of speaking about dictatorships, the best is to stress this > point. > > > > Kind regards > > > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for > Windows 10 > > > > *From: *Asaf Bartov <[email protected]> > *Sent: *03 July 2017 04:43 > *To: *Wikimania general list (open subscription) > <[email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa rejections > > > > DaB.: Wikimania has already been held in a military dictatorship (Egypt, > 2008), without particular problems. > > > > But I suggest that this thread is not helped by personal opinions of > countries. I applaud Mykola for introducing actual data into the discussion. > > > > A. > > > > On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 6:48 PM cs <[email protected]> wrote: > > Do you have any idea what you are talking about? I’ve lived here for > nearly 20 years along with a million other Western expats. Or would you > prefer SA with its extremely high crime rate and a history of bigotry that > still lingers to this day. Now that’s a place I won’t be gong to. > > Kudpung > > On 3Jul, 2017, at 04:19, DaB. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > Am 02.07.2017 um 13:37 schrieb cs: > >> a country like Thailand where I live > > > > you mean a country which is currently a military dictatorship (for the > > second time in 10 years)? A country that was THIS close to a open civil > > war? And if not a civil war, maybe a real war with Cambodia? > > > > Visa problems are problematic, but it is 10 times better than to give > > the Wikimania to an instable country – we are not the FIFA. > > > > Sincerely, > > DaB. > > > > > > -- > > Benutzerseite: [[:w:de:User:DaB.]] > > PGP: 0x7CD1E35FD2A3A158 (pka funktioniert) > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimania-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > > > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > Mail > priva di virus. www.avast.com > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient> > <#m_-8796327857715561708_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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