Re: [Wikimania-l] Acceptance of proposal for Wikimania

2014-06-06 Thread edward
As you know, I contacted you by email, but you stopped replying the instant you learned who I actually was. I know you are really busy but I would like to understand the discrepancy here. Why were some good submissions, as ranked by the judges, not accepted? On 03/06/2014 21:40, Edward

Re: [Wikimania-l] Registration payment options

2014-06-06 Thread Lodewijk
I'm quite disappointed to see that the UK-based wikimania team seems to have decided that everyone will have to get a credit card to be able to participate wikimania. A few years back this would indeed have stopped me from participating in Wikimania. Paypal was already a huge step for me to take -

Re: [Wikimania-l] Registration payment options

2014-06-06 Thread aude
On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 8:32 AM, Lodewijk lodew...@effeietsanders.org wrote: I'm quite disappointed to see that the UK-based wikimania team seems to have decided that everyone will have to get a credit card to be able to participate wikimania. A few years back this would indeed have stopped me

Re: [Wikimania-l] Registration payment options

2014-06-06 Thread Andrew Gray
On 6 June 2014 08:03, aude aude.w...@gmail.com wrote: Looks like Eventbrite has made paypal a bit easier to integrate: http://help.eventbrite.com/customer/portal/articles/426298-use-paypal-to-process-orders (the openstreetmap conferences do this, using eventbrite and also allow me to send

Re: [Wikimania-l] Registration payment options

2014-06-06 Thread aude
On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Andrew Gray andrew.g...@dunelm.org.uk wrote: On 6 June 2014 08:03, aude aude.w...@gmail.com wrote: Looks like Eventbrite has made paypal a bit easier to integrate: http://help.eventbrite.com/customer/portal/articles/426298-use-paypal-to-process-orders

Re: [Wikimania-l] Registration payment options

2014-06-06 Thread Stuart Prior
Thanks Federico for pointing that out. Best Stuart On 4 June 2014 17:24, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: Stuart Prior, 04/06/2014 16:33: there are effective and commonly used bank transfer systems in some European countries Some?

Re: [Wikimania-l] Registration payment options

2014-06-06 Thread Steffen Prößdorf
This seems very comlicated at all. Apart from this year I would very strong support the idea of Aude: In the future, we probably want a registration system (like the scholarship app) that reuses more of the fundraising infrastructure (e.g. Global Collect) and so that each year's team doesn't have

Re: [Wikimania-l] Registration payment options

2014-06-06 Thread Bence Damokos
In the interest of providing free knowledge for all(/me), how is Paypal better where credit/debit cards don't work? (I would assume you still have to get your money into Paypal somehow.) Best regards, Bence On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Stuart Prior stuart.pr...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:

Re: [Wikimania-l] Registration payment options

2014-06-06 Thread Steffen Prößdorf
Hi Bence, this may differ from country to country. In Germany I can put money on my PayPal account via credit card, wire transfer, or direct debit/withdrawal. That's why PayPal is (I know, in Germany) quite comfortable to use. Best, Steffen 2014-06-06 13:17 GMT+02:00 Bence Damokos

Re: [Wikimania-l] Registration payment options

2014-06-06 Thread Liangent
At least PayPal supports more bank card organizations. Not to say other methods like asking someone else to transfer me some money, which is obviously easier to ask someone else to provide me with their credit card info. -Liangent On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 7:17 PM, Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com

Re: [Wikimania-l] Registration payment options

2014-06-06 Thread Joseph Fox
Can confirm - in the UK one can link their bank account directly to Paypal. The advantages and disadvantages of doing so are probably obvious. Joe *Joseph Fox* enwp.org/user:foxj On 6 June 2014 13:29, Steffen Prößdorf steffen.proessd...@wikimedia.de wrote: Hi Bence, this may differ from

Re: [Wikimania-l] Registration payment options

2014-06-06 Thread Ed Saperia
Joe, Increasingly we are finding that very little is obvious :-) EdSaperia Sent from my iPhone On 6 Jun 2014, at 12:31, Joseph Fox josephfoxw...@gmail.com wrote: Can confirm - in the UK one can link their bank account directly to Paypal. The advantages and disadvantages of doing so are

Re: [Wikimania-l] Registration payment options

2014-06-06 Thread Martijn Hoekstra
On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 4:17 AM, Bence Damokos bdamo...@gmail.com wrote: In the interest of providing free knowledge for all(/me), how is Paypal better where credit/debit cards don't work? (I would assume you still have to get your money into Paypal somehow.) Best regards, Bence Hi Bence,