Re: [Wikimania-l] Non-scholarship Wikimania support by Wikimedia affiliates (was earlier posted on [Wikimediaindia-l] list)

2018-08-01 Thread Peter Southwood
That, as you say, is a different matter, and is probably not relevant to this list. Thanks for clarifying Cheers, Peter Southwood From: Wikimania-l [mailto:wikimania-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Bodhisattwa Mandal Sent: 01 August 2018 09:10 To: Wikimania general list (open

Re: [Wikimania-l] Non-scholarship Wikimania support by Wikimedia affiliates (was earlier posted on [Wikimediaindia-l] list)

2018-08-01 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Rahul was not a WMF scholarship recipient, he was sent by affiliate organization CIS -A2K, which declared that they will send first 3 Wikimedians from India who were in the waiting list of WMF scholarship recipient list, 2 of them declined to attend the conference. Instead of arranging for the

Re: [Wikimania-l] Non-scholarship Wikimania support by Wikimedia affiliates (was earlier posted on [Wikimediaindia-l] list)

2018-08-01 Thread Peter Southwood
Any person not specifically banned from attendance is “allowed” to attend Wikimania. Do you have evidence that he was awarded a scholarship from WMF? If not, I don’t understand what this is about. Cheers, Peter Southwood From: Wikimania-l [mailto:wikimania-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On

Re: [Wikimania-l] Non-scholarship Wikimania support by Wikimedia affiliates (was earlier posted on [Wikimediaindia-l] list)

2018-08-01 Thread Bodhisattwa Mandal
Hi, My question was not whether, the presence of Rahul was useful or not in the Wikimania. My question was, why he was allowed to attend Wikimania depriving other Wikimedians who were in the waiting list of scholarship recipients in India, as the scholarship was said to be given to those who were