Erm...I disagree, and cannot imagine that such a blocking reason would be valid on very many projects. The only private information involved is the user's own private information, which the user can elect to disclose or not disclose (i.e., that the user was granted a visa for attendance at Wikimania).
It would certainly be inconsiderate, and would be a valid reason for putting the user on some form of "blacklist" for future requests for support to attend other Wikimedia-sponsored conferences.
Risker/Anne
On 18 January 2014 22:15, Deryck Chan deryckchan@gmail.com wrote:
It is a valid blocking reason. It falls under the category of "cross-wiki abuse" in the clause "inappropriate use of user rights with access to private information". Wikimania is officially a Wikimedia project even though it's offline. ;)
Deryck
On 19 January 2014 03:29, Sven Manguard svenmanguard@gmail.com wrote:
It's also not at all a valid blocking reason, and shouldn't be one.
Sven On Jan 18, 2014 2:26 PM, "Amir Ladsgroup" ladsgroup@gmail.com wrote:
On Jan 18, 2014 10:24 PM, "Federico Leva (Nemo)" nemowiki@gmail.com wrote:
Muhammad Yahia, 14/01/2014 16:50:
"The person who is 'sponsoring' your visit cannot give a guarantee
that
you will comply with the terms of your visa, or*that you will leave
the
UK at the end of your visit*.
Then it's easy, we ensure they have a return ticket and we promise
block on all Wikimedia projects if they don't leave UK. It's like capital sentence, who wouldn't comply?
It's enough for me but I don't think that promise convices people in embassy.
Nemo
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