but on 11th march the mentor said in his comment that he has already found some strong students for this project.that means from the beginning only you guys have fixed who will work for you,that is before the student applications begin. he also mentioned in his statement that even if you solve microtasks you would not be selected.I dont deny the fact that the students he has selected may be good ,but they are not the only potential candidates, there will always be a lot of candidates better than him. of course the mentor is not a god that he will know frm the beginning that who is the best candidate for this project without actually looking at al the proposals . even in the official gsoc site in their time line it is mentioned that the mentors are giving a time period where they look at all the proposals and find for any duplication.i know you guys are developers but without even considering a student's proposal you are telling him that you will not be selected.this can only happen if the either the candidate is very close to the mentor i.e from his nation or from his family.
On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 3:05 PM, John Mark Vandenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 7:26 PM, Arindam Padhy <[email protected]> > wrote: > > why is that its always necessary that you have to solve task in order to > > get the project.you should also look at the student's idea,before > rejecting > > him.j > > Completing microtasks is a way for applicants to demonstrate that they > are able to understand the codebase relevant to the project. > Mentors (especially if they are volunteers) dont have spare time to > allocate to student ideas where the applicant cant prove that they can > code by solving some simple bugs. > > -- > John Vandenberg > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
