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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