Being a participant of the first TTT in 2013 and also having the privilege
to attend some of the previous TTTs in recent years, I personally see that
the diversity has increased in the previous years. Comparing the percentage
of participants listing projects other than Wikipedia as their primary
Indeed. And specifically, "they did not pick me, therefore the
criteria are not good" is a very immature statement to make. So far we
have not seen anything to suggest there is a genuine problem with the
criteria used.
A.
Asaf Bartov (he/him/his)
Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia
I'm not sure if this discussion should even happen in a public list like
this in the first place. The Jan. 20 version here [1] mentions the criteria
before the announcement went public. When it can be debated how the
criteria can be improved to be more inclusive (let's say, "someone who has
Thanks for your messages, and thanks for assuming good faith. Yes, we tried
ensuring region, gender, language, and other things. The candidates were
selected after recommendations of jury members. 24 members were selected
over-all. 1 person could not attend for some reason. So we have 23
Please assume some good faith.
Even if all 60 candidates who applied are eligible, they still need to
select 25 people.
Even if only two people are selected from each community, it can easily
fill the 25 seats.
The selection criteria listed by CIS-A2K is good.
May be they can also display how
Good luck.
On Tue, Feb 25, 2020, 6:20 PM subodh kulkarni wrote:
> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> We are thankful for the response to TTT this year. We received total 60
> applications, out of which 25 participants were selected.
>
> Two jury members from the community and A2K team selected the
>
Dear Wikimedians,
We are thankful for the response to TTT this year. We received total 60
applications, out of which 25 participants were selected.
Two jury members from the community and A2K team selected the participants.
The selection criterion were as follows -
- Wikimedian from India
I think this email did not reach the India mailing list. Hence I am fwd-ing it.
Regards,
Pavanaja
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