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2016-03-16 2:18 GMT+04:00 Ellie Young <[email protected]>:

> Apologies for the delay in getting this info up (it’s been busy here with
> getting the awards made, registration system up, etc.)  Here is some
> information about the WMF Scholarship program (you can contact chapters
> directly who are giving scholarships out e.g., WMIT, WMIL, WMDE):
>
> Of the 401 applications that made it into Phase 2 of the review process,
> 124 total Scholarships were awarded (96 full and 24 partial).
>
> Geographic regions are not the emphasis of the program.   (We cannot
> provide a breakdown by country since it would  essentially be releasing
> personally identifying information about the scholarship recipients, which
> they haven’t agreed to.)
>
> The following page has  information on 2015 and preliminary 2016 outcomes
> (and we are updating this page as we go):
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:TPS/Wikimania_scholars/2015_Outcomes
>
> If people would like to suggest changes to the program, we suggest they
> leave comments on the Talk page of the above wiki, or email the Scholarship
> Committee directly at [email protected]
>
>
> Ellie Young, WMF Events Manager
>
> On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 4:17 PM, Nkansah Rexford <[email protected]
> > wrote:
>
>> I think Ellie mentions more information on this whole selection process
>> and whatnot will be put on the wikis soon.
>>
>> I'm sure they'll provide more insight into this whole discussion, helping
>> reducing the guesswork, I think.
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, March 13, 2016, Lodewijk <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Isaac,
>>>
>>> I mentioned the chapter scholarships, because they are distributed /on
>>> top of/ those distributed by the scholarships of the WMF. This is one of
>>> the reasons why the global north gets a lower percentage.
>>>
>>> I don't know if there /are/ formulae for distribution on a lower level
>>> than global north/global south. Maybe the country is less important than
>>> what the applicants bring to the conference, and what they expect to learn
>>> there.
>>>
>>> My point is, this is all guesswork - until we have actual data and more
>>> information.
>>>
>>> Lodewijk
>>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 13, 2016 at 11:05 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Lodewijk,
>>>>
>>>> You might be right but I don't see where it was published that
>>>> scholarships are actually distributed through chapters. Even if that's the
>>>> case, did Turkey, Central America, South America, Mexico, and the Middle
>>>> East have multiple chapters? Why did Wikimedia ZA got one full and one
>>>> partial scholarships? In what ratio were the scholarship shared? What is
>>>> the distribution formulae? Sincerely, the sharing formulae remain a mystery
>>>> to me.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> Isaac
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld from Glo Mobile.
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> *From: * Lodewijk <[email protected]>
>>>> *Sender: * [email protected]
>>>> *Date: *Sun, 13 Mar 2016 22:08:01 +0100
>>>> *To: *<[email protected]>; Wikimania general list (open
>>>> subscription)<[email protected]>
>>>> *Subject: *Re: [Wikimania-l] Breakdown of attribution for scholarships
>>>>
>>>> Hi Isaac,
>>>> running such statistics is always a bit tricky. You make lots of
>>>> assumptions. One being that the number of serious applications is
>>>> distributed in a certain way. As I understand it, the quality of the
>>>> application also plays a role, which can definitely impact distribution
>>>> between countries. Fact is, that there is right now simply not enough
>>>> information to draw conclusions.
>>>>
>>>> Also please note that many many scholarships are actually distributed
>>>> through chapters - which gives even an odder distribution across countries,
>>>> letting applicants in some countries benefit over the fact that there is an
>>>> active office in their country that can run a budget of sufficient size.
>>>> Some chapters try to compensate for that by also allowing applicants from a
>>>> selection of other countries (like Poland does). So for a real analysis,
>>>> one should include all these too.
>>>>
>>>> Lodewijk
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 9:43 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> My understanding of Wikimania Scholarship program is that Full
>>>>> scholarships are subject to quotas, while there is usually no geographical
>>>>> or linguistic limit to partial scholarships.
>>>>> However, final approval for Full Scholarships is based on the
>>>>> applicant's home country, each applicant will be categorized as either a
>>>>> Global North or Global South applicant, with the total number of
>>>>> scholarships distributed between the Global North and Global South being
>>>>> set at 25% and 75% respectively.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Global South includes Asia (with the exception of Japan, Hong
>>>>> Kong, Macau, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan), Turkey, Central America,
>>>>> South America, Mexico, Africa, and the Middle East (with the exception of
>>>>> Israel). If 124 scholarship was awarded, and 75% is expected to be awarded
>>>>> for global south, it means, 93 Wikimedians are expected to get the
>>>>> scholarship from these region. Since global south consists of Turkey,
>>>>> Central America, South America, Mexico, Africa, and the Middle East, then
>>>>> no fewer than 15 Wikimedians are expected to get scholarship from Africa.
>>>>> Unless I'm missing something. If only 4 Wikimedians got scholarship from
>>>>> Africa, where are the 89 scholarships?
>>>>>
>>>>> Warmest regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Olatunde Isaac.
>>>>> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld from Glo Mobile.
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Nkansah Rexford <[email protected]>
>>>>> Sender: "Wikimania-l" <[email protected]>Date:
>>>>> Fri, 11 Mar 2016 16:28:48
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