Mike, You will have to direct these questions to the Wikimania Program committee. You and many others are rightfully confused by the process since I don't believe the changes they are introducing next year were widely publicized. I was only posting the submission deadline as part of our promoting the Scholarship program.
Try the following from the conference wiki: For any question you can contact the Programme Committee Chair <https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Atropine>. On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 12:55 PM, Michael Peel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ellie, > > I'm very confused by the submissions process. According to the page > on-wiki, you're only looking for 42 presentations (a maximum of 10 of which > can be WMF-related), and you have to sign up to a third-party website to > submit a presentation. That's very different from past Wikimanias, where > many more presentation slots were available (by a factor of 10 or so), and > you could transparently submit a proposal on-wiki (without giving a third > party your details). What's going on - why has this changed so much from > past years, and why are the number of presentations so restricted? > > (Leaving aside the apparent absence of open calls for non-"critical issue" > presentations/posters/discussions/training sessions, where you apparently > have to ask the organisers nicely off-wiki if you want to do one of > these...) > > Thanks, > Mike > > On 4 Jan 2016, at 23:05, Ellie Young <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Two important reminders concerning Wikimania 2016, which will be held in > Esino Lario, Italy on June 22–27, 2016: > > The Submission deadline has been extended by the program committee to > January 17th. See: > > https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions > > The deadline for applications for the WMF Scholarship program is > approaching! Applications are open until Saturday, January 09 2016 > 23:59 UTC. > > Applicants will be able to apply for a partial or full scholarship. A full > scholarship will cover the cost of an individual's round-trip travel, > shared accommodation, and conference registration fees as arranged by the > Wikimedia Foundation. A partial scholarship will cover conference > registration fees and shared accommodation. > > To learn more about Wikimania 2016 scholarships, please visit: > > https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships > > To apply for a scholarship, fill out the multi-language application form > on: > > https://scholarships.wikimedia.org/apply > > It is highly recommended that applicants review all the material on the > Scholarships page and the associated FAQ ( > https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships/FAQ ) before > submitting an application. > > If you have any questions, please contact: > > wikimania-scholarships at wikimedia.org > <[email protected]> > > or leave a message at: > > https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Scholarships > > > Ellie Young > > Events Manager > > Wikimedia Foundation > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- Ellie Young Events Manager Wikimedia Foundation [email protected] c. 510 701 8649
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