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 <
ilario.valdelli(a)wikimedia.ch> 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.
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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 <cs(a)edubkk.org> 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.
<wp(a)dabpunkt.eu> 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.
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