Re: [Wikimania-l] Granting Scholarship to same persons every year

Dear all, Since this thread has gone so long, let me take a bit more freedom to intervene yet another time: I said I am sad for my name was (perhaps) unnecessarily dragged into the list. But I have not felt a bit, even for a moment, that Praveen intended any real harm or hurt for me. His

Re: [Wikimania-l] Granting Scholarship to same persons every year

Thank you Kerry for perfect analysis. I had almost lost hope here. :-) On Monday 22 May 2017 05:38 PM, Isaac Olatunde wrote: Greetings, I want to agree with Gnangara that the OP has no intention to attack the user who was cited as an example. Saying User:XYZ received a scholarship

Re: [Wikimania-l] Granting Scholarship to same persons every year

Hi, For my part I chaired Wikimania Scholarships for 2015. As Adrian points out, it's very competitive. But the idea that it is driven by personal preferences and politics is an unfair accusation to make to the volunteers that put in days of work as committee members. Personally, I found some

Re: [Wikimania-l] Granting Scholarship to same persons every year

Greetings, I want to agree with Gnangara that the OP has no intention to attack the user who was cited as an example. Saying User:XYZ received a scholarship consecutively is not an attack but a statement of fact (if their claim was actually correct). To be honest, interpreting OP's concern as an

Re: [Wikimania-l] Granting Scholarship to same persons every year

Fair comment, and actionable suggestions. P From: Wikimania-l [mailto:wikimania-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Kerry Raymond Sent: Monday, 22 May 2017 4:57 AM To: 'Wikimania general list (open subscription)' Subject: Re: [Wikimania-l] Granting Scholarship to same persons every

Re: [Wikimania-l] Granting Scholarship to same persons every year

​English isnt everyone first language if there had there been no name mentioned the question would have been dismissed as nonsense. Tto quote the original email "*This is not personal, I am just using personalities and scholarships familiar to me" *this made it clear that it was not directed at

Re: [Wikimania-l] Granting Scholarship to same persons every year

I'm sorry, Pine, but I see no way to have a "civil discussion" when the initiator makes it about one single other person. If the originator, after having been redirected, had stuck to general comments instead of continuing to complain about a single user receiving multiple scholarships, I'd have

Re: [Wikimania-l] Granting Scholarship to same persons every year

On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 5:22 PM, Risker wrote: > > > On 21 May 2017 at 20:12, Pine W wrote: > >> >> On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 3:34 PM, Risker wrote: >> >>> I'm sorry, Pinebut no. It's naming and shaming. If Praveen had >>>