Dear Dumisani, The email from James Alexander makes absolutely no mention of this policy, and it is doubtful whether it would apply outside a venue nor whether Wikimania has any jurisdiction in this regard to impose any demands external to the conference. At no point did any Wikimedia foundation person instruct me on this policy, instead the person in question, proceeded to attack my standing as a member of the press, refusing to accept my response inter alia, that I would consider her instructions as a journalist to not upload any video to the Internet. She however did accept that the right to privacy needs to be weighed against the right to freedom of expression.
Am still compiling a documentary on the problem of Apartheid Memory and Wikipedia, and attacking me in this way serves absolutely no purpose. Would definitely love to give a presentation on the problem of lack of anti-apartheid digital resources and the issues to do with the bannings, removals and deletions of several newspapers for which I worked during that period. With regard to the alleged lateness and disruptive nature of the challenge to the organisers to provide some time for apartheid memory and considering this topic should't be foreign or new to anyone living here, at least for those of us with humanities and social science degrees, I think the omission speaks to the lack of engagement by Wikimedia ZA, the last local event I attended was some time ago, on Wiki loves Monuments, and to my knowledge no further invitations to any local events have been forthcoming, at least no forum for discussion on issues pertinent to local editors. When I first started editing, there was one or two attempts to organise a social, but nothing came of it, I guess this has something to do with general lack of free time in a volunteer framework, so great pity no resources were dedicated by Wikimedia ZA to canvassing local editors, I will take another look at my user page to see if I missed any invites, my apologies if this is the case. Kind regards David Robert Lewis On 20 July 2018 at 18:25, Dumisani Ndubane <[email protected]> wrote: > Good Day Robert > > I believe that the actual reason you were deregistered was for refusing to > follow the "Friendly space policy" By taking photos and videos of people > without consent, and refusing to stop when you were requested to do so. > > I would love to hear about your presentation on Apartheid, which as you > correctly point is still a painful topic for us in this country. Are you > are to share it on this platform? > > Kindest regards > > Dumisani Ndubane > > > On Jul 20, 2018 17:39, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > With regard to my deregistration today, I have refuted the allegations that > I attended and disrupted the Tunis Conference, was never there, also was > not admitted to the Decolonising the Internet preconference. > > Not sure which is more pathetic an invitation-only, secret "Decolonising > the Internet Conference" or a Wikimania Event held in Cape Town South > Africa, that can't find a space for a session on apartheid memory? Yes, you > read that right, apartheid, the thing that our country is famous for, the > problem of lack of digital assets of banned publications like Grassroots, > South Press and New Nation. Editors were detained and tortured, people were > forceably disappeared, and you want me to accept the allegation that I am > hurting the organisers and delegates feelings by raising this question > outside the event? Why am I on the outside, because that's where I belong. > #Wikimania #WikiRacism #WikiApartheid #WikiDeletions > > Placing a person under discursive sanctions, clamping down on press freedom > and barring me from a Wikipedia Conference is never the correct response to > the questions: What about Apartheid Deletions? What about Apartheid Memory? > What about lack of digital assets for the anti-apartheid movement on > Wikipedia > > @*jimmy_wales* <https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales> I am personally > complaining and holding responsible for my de-registration & lack of > apartheid memory session at @*Wikimania* <https://twitter.com/Wikimania>. > Absolutely appalling organisers treat anti-apartheid activists with same > contempt as apartheid state > > This is where I start placarding and reaching out to other banned > individuals > > I think we need to educate people on what is occurring here, build our own > wikipedias, and do as much as possible to disrupt the Wikimedia Foundation > and its Collaboration with the Alt-Right Apartheid State > > https://etherpad.net/p/Wikimania_Censorship > > > On 20 July 2018 at 15:59, Michael Graaf <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > as many people have asked me to share the slides I and others presented > at > > Wikimania, and also as I represented Wikimedia-ZA at the Celtic Knot > > conference, I am sharing the online doc where we workshopped before and > > right up to the last minute: > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aFY4uxHEHBeBIkoznzO3- > > TGAY3PI8XPo3Oh6RnVRWhI/edit?usp=sharing > > > > > > I have also cc'd Kirsten whom I met at Wikimania who wishes to join > > Wikimedia-ZA's email list please. > > > > Regards, > > > > > > -- > > *Michael Graaf* > > > > *Researcher, Editor &* > > > > *Community Informatics Practitioner* > > keybase.io/michaelgraaf > > +27795487242 > > _______________________________________________ > > WikimediaZA mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > > To unsubscribe, send an email to WikimediaZA-unsubscribe@lists. > > wikimedia.org > > > > > -- > *David Robert Lewis* > *PO BOX 4398* > *Cape Town* > *8000* > *South Africa* > > *Mobile 082 425 1454* > *Home 021 788 3119* > *Fax **0862396815* > *Skype david.robert.lewis* > > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaZA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > To unsubscribe, send an email to WikimediaZA-unsubscribe@lists. > wikimedia.org > _______________________________________________ > WikimediaZA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza > To unsubscribe, send an email to WikimediaZA-unsubscribe@lists. > wikimedia.org > -- *David Robert Lewis* *PO BOX 4398* *Cape Town* *8000* *South Africa* *Mobile 082 425 1454* *Home 021 788 3119* *Fax **0862396815* *Skype david.robert.lewis* _______________________________________________ WikimediaZA mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaza To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]
