I don’t believe it is a to inform people that their scholarship application has passed Phase 1. It raises false hopes and gets some people working hard to develop a presentation or workshop they intended to make and making preliminary tentative arrangements to comply with their domestic and professional commitments - for some people a Wikimania is a journey half around the world incurring a total absence from home of many more days than the duration of the conference. It’s not a pleasure trip.
Kudpung > On 19May, 2017, at 23:36, praveenp <me.prav...@gmail.com> 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 > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
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