If it's ok with everyone, can we update this <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:TPS/Wikimania_scholars#2017_WMF_Wikimania_Scholarships> table with visa status (Approved, Rejected, In progress)?
On Tue, Jul 4, 2017 at 5:16 PM, Béria Lima <[email protected]> wrote: > Out of how many people who tried for a visa from those countries? > > > On Jul 3, 2017 14:09, "Jayanta Nath" <[email protected]> wrote: > > As per latest update: from India 4 Indian, 3 Armenian and 3/2 African > rejected. > > Regards, > > Jayanta Nath > > On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 10:34 PM, Dhaval S. Vyas <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Can we please not keep this thread dedicated to the discussion that the >> subject suggests? What European medias has shown and what any individual's >> belief for any country of the world could be fun to discuss on social media >> where more people can join. These kind of personal views can hurt feelings >> of citizens/residents of those countries. >> >> This thread started with the issues faced in getting visa to this year's >> Wikimania, let us stick to that please. >> >> Thanks, >> Dhaval >> >> On 3 Jul 2017 17:18, "DaB." <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> Am 03.07.2017 um 04:41 schrieb Asaf Bartov: >> > DaB.: Wikimania has already been held in a military dictatorship (Egypt, >> > 2008), without particular problems. >> >> that’s not a reason to repeat the mistake. If you held an event >> (especially such a big one as the Wikimania) in a dictatorship, you >> support this dictatorship. You support the suppression of free speech >> and other human rights. >> >> And cs, just to quote enwp: >> >> “Since May 2014 Thailand has been ruled by a military junta, the >> National Council for Peace and Order, which has partially repealed the >> 2007 constitution, declared martial law and nationwide curfew, banned >> political gatherings, arrested and detained politicians and anti-coup >> activists, imposed internet censorship and taken control of the media.” >> >> The conflicts of the yellow- and the red-shirt-people were so bad you >> even got reports in European news-programs on TV, and so was the >> conflict of the Preah Vihear Temple. So please try not to fool me. >> >> Thailand is surely a great country, but it has many problems >> (dictatorship, civil uprisings, corruption, police-corruption, high >> number of deaths on road traffic, and so on) that makes it unsuitable >> for a conference. >> >> Sincerely, >> DaB. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- Thanks & Regards, Shanmugam Pachamuthu.
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