wikimediabr-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org is there for this. We also have wikipt(a)lists.wikimedia.org , lista(a)wikimedia.pt and http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Esplanada (if you can't follow any of those list and is brasilian I don't know what else they can be ;) ) _____ *Béria Lima* <http://wikimedia.pt/>(351) 925 171 484 *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que estamos a fazer <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Nossos_projetos>.* On 1 November 2011 20:29, Mateus Nobre &lt;mateus.nobre(a)live.co.uk&gt; wrote: Press *ENTER* to look up in Wiktionary or *CTRL+ENTER* to look up in Wikipedia

Mateus, Esplanada is there for this. If you are a brazilian editor you "MUST" know and follow pt.wiki esplanada (unless, of course, you're outside the country and edit en.wiki, es.wiki or fr.wiki (or any other) and in this case, the rules for visa are different). And I'm completely against restrict scholarships based in visa. _____ *Béria Lima* <http://wikimedia.pt/>(351) 925 171 484 *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que estamos a fazer <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Nossos_projetos>.* On 1 November 2011 20:41, Mateus Nobre &lt;mateus.nobre(a)live.co.uk&gt; wrote:

On 1 November 2011 20:44, Mateus Nobre &lt;mateus.nobre(a)live.co.uk&gt; wrote: I meant 2 months from now, so about 6 months before the conference. That should be enough time, but we would need to start accepting scholarship applications within the next week or two, really.

I hope so, Beria. Really I'm more worried with the disappointment that the recipcient who couldn't get the visa would stay. _____________________ MateusNobre MetalBrasil on Wikimedia projects (+55) 85 88393509 30440865 Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 20:48:57 +0000 From: berialima(a)gmail.com To: wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012: The Visas Issue Any visa can be denied, Mateus. And there are a waiting list for Wikimania scholarship. You don't need to worry, no scholarship will be wasted._____ Béria Lima (351) 925 171 484 Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que estamos a fazer. On 1 November 2011 20:44, Mateus Nobre &lt;mateus.nobre(a)live.co.uk&gt; wrote: Yeah Thomas, I forgot that. It's prundet give the scolarschips to whom already have the visas. Two months would be impossible normally (at least for Brazil, idk for other countried visa-needed). We could request special priority, but it's risky and always can be denied. _____________________ MateusNobre MetalBrasil on Wikimedia projects (+55) 85 88393509 30440865 From: mateus.nobre(a)live.co.uk To: wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 23:41:09 +0300 Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012: The Visas Issue Yeah, but not all brazilians editors follow these lists. A good idea too give priority to whom already have the visa. This could avoid problems to Wikimania staff. _____________________ MateusNobre MetalBrasil on Wikimedia projects (+55) 85 88393509 30440865 Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 20:36:20 +0000 From: berialima(a)gmail.com To: wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012: The Visas Issue wikimediabr-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org is there for this. We also have wikipt(a)lists.wikimedia.org , lista(a)wikimedia.pt and http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Esplanada (if you can't follow any of those list and is brasilian I don't know what else they can be ;) ) _____ Béria Lima (351) 925 171 484 Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que estamos a fazer. On 1 November 2011 20:29, Mateus Nobre &lt;mateus.nobre(a)live.co.uk&gt; wrote: For me it's easy. But it could catch someone by surprise and this someone may not have the visa. And take a U.S. visa in six months in some countries is really hard.... _____________________ MateusNobre MetalBrasil on Wikimedia projects (+55) 85 88393509 30440865 Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 20:26:02 +0000 From: berialima(a)gmail.com To: wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012: The Visas Issue How that can be possible if the answers to scholarship applications are made in January - March? I would suggest to - If you applied for the scholarship - send a mail to the USA embassy scheduling the request for visa. If takes at least 3 months, will be done only in Feb (if you request now - December is a dead month in Brazil) and by them, you will have a result for your application. _____ Béria Lima (351) 925 171 484 Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que estamos a fazer. On 1 November 2011 20:20, Mateus Nobre &lt;mateus.nobre(a)live.co.uk&gt; wrote: http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/without/without_1990.html#countries Hello everyone, As you know in 2012, United States will held Wikimania at Washington D.C.! Yeah. But make a Wikimania in U.S.A. have some problems, you probably know it but I wanna clarify to you. U.S. just dispense visas to thirty-six nations. All of the dozens left over need a visa to enter in. Last year I was selected to attend Wikimania 2011 at Haifa (the best moments ever in my life, btw, would love to support Washington too, ops :D) and WMF contacted me six months before. In this ''six months before'' have one problem. In Brazil (not only, but in the most countries that need the visa) we take 3 months to schedule (and get some free time - it's vacation in Brazil and the people wanna travel) the visit to U.S. Embassy to require the visa. When we requite the visa, we take more 3~~4 months to receive the answer of Embassy. Over 6 months. And half per cent of the visas are denied. We could appeal, and would take more two months. It would be the biggest problem ever in a Wikimania organization. And happens in a really lot of countries which need a visa to enter in U.S.A. I suggest to announce to the people who live in that countries early. Earliest as possible. Maybe 8 or 9 months before... Take a visa to US really isn't easy. 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Sorry for the errors, I'm writing fast. I'm already prevented, the problem is the people who doesn't have the visa yet. _____________________ MateusNobre MetalBrasil on Wikimedia projects (+55) 85 88393509 30440865 Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 22:55:41 +0100 From: sterkebak(a)gmail.com To: wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012: The Visas Issue Ehm... scholarship and suprise? You should be able to check if its possble to get a visa before you apply? The same goes for taking vacation.... 2011/11/1 Mateus Nobre &lt;mateus.nobre(a)live.co.uk&gt; For me it's easy. But it could catch someone by surprise and this someone may not have the visa. And take a U.S. visa in six months in some countries is really hard.... _____________________ MateusNobre MetalBrasil on Wikimedia projects (+55) 85 88393509 30440865 Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 20:26:02 +0000 From: berialima(a)gmail.com To: wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Wikimania 2012: The Visas Issue How that can be possible if the answers to scholarship applications are made in January - March? I would suggest to - If you applied for the scholarship - send a mail to the USA embassy scheduling the request for visa. If takes at least 3 months, will be done only in Feb (if you request now - December is a dead month in Brazil) and by them, you will have a result for your application. _____ Béria Lima (351) 925 171 484 Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. É isso o que estamos a fazer. On 1 November 2011 20:20, Mateus Nobre &lt;mateus.nobre(a)live.co.uk&gt; wrote: http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/without/without_1990.html#countries Hello everyone, As you know in 2012, United States will held Wikimania at Washington D.C.! Yeah. But make a Wikimania in U.S.A. have some problems, you probably know it but I wanna clarify to you. U.S. just dispense visas to thirty-six nations. All of the dozens left over need a visa to enter in. Last year I was selected to attend Wikimania 2011 at Haifa (the best moments ever in my life, btw, would love to support Washington too, ops :D) and WMF contacted me six months before. In this ''six months before'' have one problem. In Brazil (not only, but in the most countries that need the visa) we take 3 months to schedule (and get some free time - it's vacation in Brazil and the people wanna travel) the visit to U.S. Embassy to require the visa. When we requite the visa, we take more 3~~4 months to receive the answer of Embassy. Over 6 months. And half per cent of the visas are denied. We could appeal, and would take more two months. It would be the biggest problem ever in a Wikimania organization. And happens in a really lot of countries which need a visa to enter in U.S.A. I suggest to announce to the people who live in that countries early. Earliest as possible. Maybe 8 or 9 months before... Take a visa to US really isn't easy. What do you think? _____________________ MateusNobre Wikimedia Brasil - MetalBrasil on Wikimedia projects (+55) 85 88393509 30440865 _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l -- Kind regards, Huib Laurens WickedWay.nl Webhosting the wicked way. _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

Here you can see the expected wait time for a visa in any US consulate. http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/wait/wait_4638.html 2011/11/1 Josh Lim &lt;jamesjoshualim(a)yahoo.com&gt;