Concerning photographs, it would be easier if they were generally limited to some kind of "official photographers" & group photographs during those events. I'm new to Wikimedia events, and only attended two, last WMCON in Berlin and Big Fat Brussels. In Brussels we were asked to not photograph the participants unless it was explicitly allowed (such as in group photographs), which I found quite reasonable - and, frankly, it was a relief.
As for touching, I'm a bit shy myself, and feel somewhat uneasy when someone hugs or touches me, but I would never ask someone to not do what generally is a genuine proof of affection & friendship, let alone denounce that person. When it's too close that it becomes embarassing, one can just ask the other to stay a bit farther. We just need to ask, to communicate - it doesn't seem that hard, that difficult. And doesn't seem at all the kind of thing that would grant a report to the Safety team, and even less some kind of reaction from them.
All the best,
Paulo
2018-08-06 10:21 GMT+01:00 Pierre-Selim pierre-selim@huard.info:
Le lun. 6 août 2018 à 09:34, CS cs@edubkk.org a écrit :
I concede your points, but people who don't want to be photographed at an event which of its very nature is much photographed, just need to be aware of that and stay out of range of the viewfinder. That is not a Herculean task.
The goal of Wikimania is not to produce pictures of Wikimania, but to attend to conferences and share experiences, build new projects with others, etc. And Even with the OK photo lanyard, it does not mean people like to be photographed in ridiculous situation or when eating food, etc.
So this is not an herculean task, but it's up to the photographer to get it right, not the other way around.
-- Pierre-Selim
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