Hello everyone, For those of us interested in applying for a scholarship for next year's Wikimania, you might find this orientation session very helpful. This is the first time I am seeing the Wikimania Scholarships Team officially hosting such an event. As someone who has sat on multiple Wiki scholarship committees -including this one twice-, and seen individuals who I know to be good Wikipedians get denied because they submitted bad applications, I can vouch for the benefit such an orientation can offer. Even for the most veteran Wiki volunteer.
Details are in the forwarded email below. Regards, Douglas. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Wikimania <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 24 Sept 2025 at 15:41 Subject: [Wikimania-l] Join Us for the Wikimania 2026 Scholarship Orientation Sessions To: <[email protected]> Hello everyone, The Wikimania 2026 <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2026:Wikimania> Scholarships Team is hosting orientation sessions to guide you through the application process, explain the selection criteria, and answer your questions. Think of it as your Paris briefing, without the jet lag or the Louvre queues. When? (all online): - French <https://meet.google.com/jei-npdd-isy> – 25 September at 06:30 pm UTC (Please check your timezone here <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1758825000>) - Spanish <http://meet.google.com/koo-migx-gmy> – 26 September at 03:00 pm UTC (Please check your timezone here <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1758898800>) - English I <http://meet.google.com/gni-caqo-gjh> – 29 September at 03:00 pm UTC (Please check your timezone here <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1759158000>) - English II <http://meet.google.com/kaa-evsp-swq> – 30 September at 08:00 am UTC (Please check your timezone here <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1759219200>) - Arabic <http://meet.google.com/xjf-hpgn-yte> – 30 September at 01:00 pm UTC (Please check your timezone here <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1759237200>) Agenda: - Introduction to Wikimania 2026 (taking place in Paris—yes, the Eiffel Tower awaits) - Overview of the scholarship application and selection process (your recipe for success, no croissant needed) - Live Q&A (because sometimes questions deserve more than a shrug) Can’t attend live? No problem. All sessions will be recorded and shared afterwards. Add the session in your language to your Google Calendar using the links above, and get ready to apply <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2026:Scholarships> with confidence. See you online, Afek Ben Chahed, Communications Lead, on behalf of the Wikimania 2026 Core Organizing Team _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] -- Douglas Ian Scott Mobile number: +44 7471 608592 2nd mobile number: +27 79 515 8727 _______________________________________________ WikimediaZA mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to %(real_name)s-unsubscribe@%(host_name)s
