Wikimania-l July 2017

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Traditional costume party during Wikimania
by Subhashish Panigrahi 13 Aug '17

13 Aug '17

Hello everyone, Is there any traditional/ethnic costume party or that kind of gathering that is being planned already or people might be interested to join for? It would be fun to showcase the diversity of the Wikimedia community? To add some fun Wikimedian A can write/print the name of their costume (preferably English Wikipedia entry) about the costume they would come wearing, and find a buddy (B) who speaks a different language than theirs. B can then create an entry on Wikipedia/Wikidata or expand the entry if already existing, or even record how it is pronounced. People can also gift their buddies small keepsakes. This is still an idea_in_brewing_state. Would love to hear more thoughts. Subhashish

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WMF Scholarship Recipients for Wikimania '17
by Ellie Young 01 Aug '17

01 Aug '17

Just a quick note for anyone who received a scholarship from the WMF to attend Wikimania '17 in Montreal next month. We will be sending you all a packet of information later this week via email with Travel Information, insurance card, and re-confirmation about your accommodations. If you have any questions concerning your scholarship, you can reach me or Irene Tait at: wikimaniascholarships(a)wikimedia.org Thank you, Ellie Young WMF Events Manager

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Montreal airbnb for a group
by phoebe ayers 31 Jul '17

31 Jul '17

Dear all, I have a 5-bedroom airbnb rented during Wikimania (August 8-14) that I am no longer housing a group in (we booked another place) but I messed up and can't get a refund on it. Do you still need a place to stay? Does your group need a place to stay? Have you been looking for a nearby airbnb? Let's talk. It is about 15-20 minutes walk from the venue, looks pretty nice, ~150can/night/person (less than the hotel, more than the dorms). Message me off list ASAP if you are interested! Thanks, Phoebe

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa rejections
by Satdeep Gill 31 Jul '17

31 Jul '17

Hi, Let me correct, Viswa only has an Indian passport. I think Ranjith wanted to say that Viswa's visa got rejected even though he had a Valid US visa. Regards Satdeep Gill Strategy Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation Co-founder, Punjabi Wikimedians Treasurer, Affiliations Committee Member, Language Committee > On 31-Jul-2017, at 8:41 AM, wikimania-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org wrote: > > Send Wikimania-l mailing list submissions to > wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimania-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimania-l-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimania-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Visa rejections (Ranjith S) > 2. Re: Visa rejections (Josh Lim) > 3. Re: Visa rejections (Risker) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2017 08:21:06 +0530 > From: Ranjith S <ranjith.sajeev(a)gmail.com> > To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" > <wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa rejections > Message-ID: > <CAF9aKc+HHXVOo2g+BASG_0xT5FPofW4wufim80pQ+=5OuM6RUA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > On a conversation with ViswaPrabha he confirmed that he got visa rejection > from Canadian embessy so can't participate in this wikimania. > > He is holding a Canadian passport but got bad. > > Very sad to hear this. > >> On 28-Jul-2017 3:50 AM, "Ellie Young" <eyoung(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: >> >> We have a waitlist from the original pool of people who made it into >> Phase 2 consideration by the Scholarship committee. Those people were >> notified that they might be offered a scholarship as late as mid-July. We >> have filled the people who couldn't attend for whatever reason after they >> accepted the scholarship offer with names from there. >> >> Ellie >> WMF Event Manager >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 3:48 AM, Rehman Abubakr <rehman.wikimedia(a)live.com >>> wrote: >> >>> Excuse me for the blunt question. But are there any shortlisted >>> candidates this time? >>> >>> >>> A fellow Wikimedian asked me this, and I though I might as well ask the >>> same on this thread. >>> >>> >>> I'm sure there would be a lot of genuinely interested Wikimedians who >>> would like to attend the conference, in lieu of the sheer number of >>> rejected applicants. (with respect to the successful applicants who would >>> not be able to make it, of course) >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks and regards, >>> >>> User:Rehman <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Rehman> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> >

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Visa rejections
by Bodhisattwa Mandal 30 Jul '17

30 Jul '17

Hi, The main topic of discussion among the scholarship recipients from global south this month is the high visa rejection rate by Canadian embassies from these countries. This year, we had 7 scholarship recipients from Bengali community, 4 from India and 3 from Bangladesh. Already 3 out of 4 scholarship recipients from Indian part of the communities got their visa rejected, others are waiting. Although I am hoping for the best for all the scholarship recipients, but may be news of more rejections are coming soon. Wikimania should be organised in a visa friendly country, and not in those countries where global south citizens are not allowed to enter even for a 6-days conference. Otherwise, a global community is not truly presented. Best wishes, Bodhisattwa

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Local Transport update needed
by Yongmin H. 30 Jul '17

30 Jul '17

Hi, Local Transport page[1] says (Please update post-July 1st, as new tax regulations might impact service). Can someone from the local update the information (if any)? Thanks! [1]: https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Local_transportation#Taxi_and_Uber -- Yongmin Sent from my iPhone https://wp.revi.blog Text licensed under CC BY ND 2.0 KR Please note that this address is list-only address and any non-mailing list mails will be treated as spam. Please use https://encrypt.to/0x947f156f16250de39788c3c35b625da5beff197a.

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Wikimania presenters: double-check the program
by phoebe ayers 29 Jul '17

29 Jul '17

Dear Wikimania presenters and attendees! Over the last couple of days I have resolved several schedule conflicts, swapped some sessions between rooms for size/setup reasons, and scheduled some birds-of-a-feather sessions. These changes are all visible here: https://wikimania2017.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme Please, if you are presenting at Wikimania, double-check the updated schedule to make sure you know when your session is and that there are no newly created problems :) If you find any major schedule conflicts, email me at wikimania-program(a)wikimedia.org. See you in Montreal very soon! Phoebe

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Visa rejections
by Dhaval S. Vyas 26 Jul '17

26 Jul '17

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." <wp(a)dabpunkt.eu> 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 Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Sim card in Canada
by risker.wp 25 Jul '17

25 Jul '17

Oops, I should specify 5 dollars per day. Risker/Anne -------- Original message --------From: "risker.wp" <risker.wp(a)gmail.com> Date: 2017-07-25 7:47 PM (GMT-05:00) To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" <wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Sim card in Canada While I don't have a specific suggestion, because availability varies from province to province, I will warn you that any option that includes data is quite expensive in Canada. In some cases, it may be more cost effective to buy your home provider's traveling plan. If your home provider's plan costs less than the equivalent of 5 Canadian dollars, you are getting a good deal. Risker/Anne -------- Original message --------From: Mardetanha <mardetanha.wiki(a)gmail.com> Date: 2017-07-25 5:48 PM (GMT-05:00) To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" <wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: [Wikimania-l] Sim card in Canada Dear fellow wikimedian specially those who reside in canada, could please let me/us know what is cheapest sim card availabe there with data package in Canada?Thanks-- Sent from iphone using Gmail mobile

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Re: [Wikimania-l] Sim card in Canada
by risker.wp 25 Jul '17

25 Jul '17

While I don't have a specific suggestion, because availability varies from province to province, I will warn you that any option that includes data is quite expensive in Canada. In some cases, it may be more cost effective to buy your home provider's traveling plan. If your home provider's plan costs less than the equivalent of 5 Canadian dollars, you are getting a good deal. Risker/Anne -------- Original message --------From: Mardetanha <mardetanha.wiki(a)gmail.com> Date: 2017-07-25 5:48 PM (GMT-05:00) To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" <wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: [Wikimania-l] Sim card in Canada Dear fellow wikimedian specially those who reside in canada, could please let me/us know what is cheapest sim card availabe there with data package in Canada?Thanks-- Sent from iphone using Gmail mobile

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