They were sorted into categories (wikimedia, technology, free culture, etc), and slots were apportioned by approximately how many high ranking (>8) submissions there were in each category. The idea was to provide a good programme for a diversity of interests.
I had to make a couple of judgement calls, especially on sessions that asked for a longer slot. How you compare a one hour session rated 8.6 to two 30 minute sessions rated 8.4? Bear in mind the ranking system isn't perfect; it's hard to rank consistently across 500 items, and the difference between an 8.4 and an 8.6 is just noise, really. Anything above 8 is already a "strong accept"! *Edward Saperia* Chief Coordinator Wikimania London <http://www.wikimanialondon.org> email <[email protected]> • facebook <http://www.facebook.com/edsaperia> • twitter <http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia> • 07796955572 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG On 3 June 2014 19:45, edward <[email protected]> wrote: > >>Average first choice score was something like 8.93/10, I think we have > an excellent programme to look forward to! > > I was intrigued by this. If you rank the 400-odd submissions according to > that average score, you get a very wide dispersion. Some of the ones > accepted ranked lower than 200. What was the rationale for picking these? > You can do the same with 'interested attendees'. Again, some submissions > with only 2 or 3 such attendees were accepted. In fact, if you make a > binary sort on ranking<90 (i.e. ranking less than the 90-odd submissions > accepted) plus interested attendees < 10, it turns out that about a quarter > of the accepted submissions fell into that category. Some were extreme > outliers. > > Of course you can use whatever selection criteria you want, but it seems > odd not to make them public. Do you mind my asking what the actual criteria > were? > > The other Ed > > > On 03/06/2014 12:11, Edward Saperia wrote: > > The first round of submission acceptances was sent out on Sunday night. > Acceptees have 3 days to reply with confirmation, or they are considered > withdrawn, and second choice acceptances go out to replace them. This > process continues until the entire programme is confirmed. > > If you haven't received an acceptance do not despair just yet, there may > be quite a few second choices as many submissions were dependent on > scholarships. It's hard to say at this stage how many will withdraw. > > As confirmations come in, they are added to the programme page on the > wiki: https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme > > If you have any questions about the programme don't hesitate to ask me. > However, I won't be making any alterations until after the programme is > confirmed. > > Average first choice score was something like 8.93/10, I think we have > an excellent programme to look forward to! > > *Edward Saperia* > Chief Coordinator Wikimania London <http://www.wikimanialondon.org> > email <[email protected]> • facebook > <http://www.facebook.com/edsaperia> • twitter > <http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia> • 07796955572 > 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG > > > On 3 June 2014 09:29, Hay (Husky) <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Any news on the acceptances? >> >> -- Hay >> >> On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 4:23 PM, HaeB <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Somebody else has now helpfully updated the April 30 date at >> > https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions to read "Delayed >> > until June". >> > >> > Regards, HaeB (T. Bayer) >> > >> > 2014-05-27 7:25 GMT-07:00 Edward Saperia <[email protected]>: >> >> Hi all, >> >> >> >> A completed proposal for the programme is being reviewed by the >> programme >> >> committee, and we hope to start sending out acceptances very soon. >> Apologies >> >> for the delay and poor communication - I'll update the submissions >> page. >> >> >> >> Edward Saperia >> >> Chief Coordinator Wikimania London >> >> email • facebook • twitter • 07796955572 >> >> 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG >> >> >> >> >> >> On 27 May 2014 15:07, Cristian Consonni <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Hi all, >> >>> >> >>> according to this page[1] acceptance of proposal for Wikimania session >> >>> should have been sent out on April, 30th. >> >>> >> >>> Since I have made a submission[2] I was wondering if I may have missed >> >>> some e-mails (including rejection e-mails, eventually). The >> >>> schedule[3] does not give any additional information at the moment. >> >>> >> >>> Maybe the process of proposal approval is late? Do other people having >> >>> submitted their proposal have some info? Is it just me? >> >>> >> >>> Thanks and ciao, >> >>> >> >>> C >> >>> >> >>> [1] https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions >> >>> [2] >> >>> >> https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/The_encyclopedia_and_the_map:_How_Wikipedia_and_OpenStreetMap_can_collaborate >> >>> [3] https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Schedule >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> Wikimania-l mailing list >> >>> [email protected] >> >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimania-l mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing > [email protected]https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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