Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application

2013-02-19 Thread Katie Chan
On 19/02/2013 07:27, Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton wrote: But as the Wikimania is itinerant, lectures in the local language could be very interesting, and even a form of local people interact more, I know that English is present among the HK natives, but I do not see why not have a lectures in Cantone

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application

2013-02-19 Thread Jon Davies
Mozart, being Austrian, was more discreet? On 19 February 2013 07:27, Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton < rodrigo.argen...@gmail.com> wrote: > sooo weird... > > Just some observations, my written English is bad, it is something I have > to > improve, however, my understanding, both read when listening are

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application

2013-02-18 Thread Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton
sooo weird... Just some observations, my written English is bad, it is something I have to improve, however, my understanding, both read when listening are close to a native, and my oral production is excellent (:P). And honestly, I will not really use my writing ability in Wikimania or Hong Kong,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application

2013-02-18 Thread Mathieu Stumpf
Le lundi 18 février 2013 à 21:09 +1100, Liam Wyatt a écrit : > Yes, I think that writing "I will bring Stroopwafels" gives you an > automatic extra 10points in the scholarship assessment ;-) > > wittylama.com > Peace, love & metadata Goddamn[1], why do you tell that only now! [1] Of course you s

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application

2013-02-18 Thread Mathieu Stumpf
Le lundi 18 février 2013 à 09:16 +, Liam Wyatt a écrit : > So... Apparently this is where you are expected to write something that > convinces people you have a firm grasp of English. Unfortunately, this is a > written test, not an oral test - because an oral test might be quite > useful. I kno

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application

2013-02-18 Thread Philippe Beaudette
{{Support}} ___ Philippe Beaudette Director, Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. 415-839-6885, x 6643 phili...@wikimedia.org On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Theo10011 wrote: > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Lodewijk >wrote: > > > As a true Dutch, I shouldn't ev

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application

2013-02-18 Thread Theo10011
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Lodewijk wrote: > As a true Dutch, I shouldn't even consider to share... it is only to get > through the days and survive without having to touch local cuisine... > (French and Germans will probably be able to confirm this) :P > Now, that's just being mean! If I

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application

2013-02-18 Thread Lodewijk
As a true Dutch, I shouldn't even consider to share... it is only to get through the days and survive without having to touch local cuisine... (French and Germans will probably be able to confirm this) :P Lodewijk 2013/2/18 Theo10011 > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Lodewijk >wrote: > > > As

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application

2013-02-18 Thread Theo10011
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Lodewijk wrote: > As a true Dutch, I should bring potatoes, peanut butter and hagelslag. Sorry, stroopwafels is the only dutch currency we recognize! (pref. with hagelslag) -Theo ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application

2013-02-18 Thread Lodewijk
d idea > > after all? ;-) > > > > 2013/2/18 Liam Wyatt > > > > > On Monday, 18 February 2013, Abbas Mahmood wrote: > > > > > > > > From: liamwy...@gmail.com > > > > > Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:47:06 + >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application

2013-02-18 Thread Karthik Nadar
Beware: You'll get lost in Indian cuisine. ;) On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 8:14 PM, Andrew Gray wrote: > On 18 February 2013 13:15, Deryck Chan wrote: > > No, because you haven't described what you're bringing :) > > > > On the other hand, a detailed, gram

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application

2013-02-18 Thread Andrew Gray
On 18 February 2013 13:15, Deryck Chan wrote: > No, because you haven't described what you're bringing :) > > On the other hand, a detailed, grammatically correct description of > stroopwafels will almost certainly gain full marks for the English ability > criterion. (And perhaps a bonus for "inte

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application

2013-02-18 Thread Deryck Chan
; From: liamwy...@gmail.com > > > > Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:47:06 + > > > > To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting > > > application > > > > > > > > &

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application

2013-02-18 Thread Liam Wyatt
Yes, I think that writing "I will bring Stroopwafels" gives you an automatic extra 10points in the scholarship assessment ;-) wittylama.com Peace, love & metadata On 18 February 2013 21:05, Yaroslav M. Blanter wrote: > On Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:52:13 +0100, Lodewijk wrote: > >> oh... so replying

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application

2013-02-18 Thread Yaroslav M. Blanter
On Mon, 18 Feb 2013 10:52:13 +0100, Lodewijk wrote: oh... so replying with "I will bring my own food" wasn't such a good idea after all? ;-) I guess if you have written somewhere that you are Dutch this one becomes redundant. Everybody knows that Dutch bring their own food everywhere. Che

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application

2013-02-18 Thread Lodewijk
t; > > To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting > > application > > > > > > > > > " Hong Kong is an international gourmet paradise. Please use less than > > 200 > > > wor

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application

2013-02-18 Thread Liam Wyatt
On Monday, 18 February 2013, Abbas Mahmood wrote: > > From: liamwy...@gmail.com > > Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:47:06 + > > To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting > application > > > &

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application

2013-02-18 Thread Abbas Mahmood
> From: liamwy...@gmail.com > Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:47:06 + > To: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting > application > > > " Hong Kong is an international gourmet paradise. Please use less

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application

2013-01-22 Thread Liam Wyatt
Glad to see the process is coming along :-) Could you please clarify the purpose of one of the mandatory questions in the form: " Hong Kong is an international gourmet paradise. Please use less than 200 words to describe your favourite dish of food." Is this an English-language test? Or, is this

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application

2013-01-21 Thread Simon Shek
Hi all, Scholarship applications for Wikimania 2013 in Hong Kong are being accept. The application window is one month (through 22 February). Wikimania 2013 scholarship is an award given to an individual to enable them to attend Wikimania in Hong Kong from 7-11 August, 2013. Both types of schola