So it is incredibly appropriate to grant scholarship to same person
again and again? Usually applicant do not complain about this disparity
because it would immediately branded as their desperation. If we could
not speak about this, how could we ensure diversity and equality?
On Saturday 20 May 2017 01:53 AM, LFaraone wrote:
It would be incredibly inappropriate to discuss a specific person's
eligibility in public like this.
Simply put: people who get scholarships do so according to the
published selection criteria. People who do not, did not qualify.
In my opinion, sending emails like this one would
certainly in-and-of-itself be a reason against.
As a community, if questioning a process leads to disqualification, is
not a good tendency. I was the only one sent mails in 2015. Why none of
the other applicant gets scholarship?
While discussing this without any name, it immediately rebutted as false
argument. If we use any names, it is inappropriate!
On 19 May 2017 at 18:36, praveenp <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi,
I have sent a similar email on 2015 [1]
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/2015-July/006921.html>,
but I haven't got a clear answer there yet. I simply asked why
certain people get Wikimania Scholarship each year, while other
applicants rejected repeatedly. I have used a comparison of
User:Viswaprabha and myself (User:Praveenp) there.
Please note that this email is not about someone going to
Wikimanias again and again, it is about granting Wikimania
scholarships to same persons again and again. This is not
personal, I am just using personalities and scholarships familiar
to me. I am sure that, atleast other Indian language communities
facing similar problem. I occasionally hear people from other
communities mentioning scholarship by terms like "Winkimania
Scholarship" or "Wikimania Permanent Scholarship".
From my home wiki community (Malayalam Language Community), only
year I remember that User:Viswaprabha didn't recieve the Wikimania
scholarship was 2016. I assume that was just because of the thread
regarding this issue in 2015. User:Netha Hussain, another user
from our premises also get repeating scholarships (not this year),
but I am not sure that whether she represents Malayalam Language
Community. Frankly, I haven't seen any of these scholarship
receivers sharing anything to community in recent years. Then,
what is the advantage of selecting same persons again and again
for scholarship? Isn't it better to let more different people to
share and experience global community?
I also wish to share a personal experience of intolerance. I
raised the issue in 2015 and then in 2016 I applied scholarship. I
didn't even pass "Selection Phase 1" yesteryear. According to
Phase 1 criteria, every serious application must pass to Phase 2.
I asked about this to Ellie Young in a reply, which I didn't get a
response yet. Ironically, a very similar application by me entered
Phase 2 this year!
Could someone clarify?
[1] -
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/2015-July/006921.html
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/2015-July/006921.html>
Praveen Prakash
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