sir in so less time it is not possible to think on a different project or try to choose another project. i have already done a lot of thinking on this project. if possible we both can design half projects respectively because i assure i can do this also and quite well. please consider my proposal and think about it. please it is a request
On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 11:21 PM, Quim Gil <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Arindam, > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 8:20 PM, Arindam Padhy <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > How can project ideas being assigned to a student before all students > have > > submitted their proposal. i too wanted to put my proposal but my mentor > > says he has already selected one student for this project. this is not > > fair. > > > > So this is about https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T90238#1110579 > > I have asked the mentor for more details. Yaron has a very good track as a > mentor of students that are indeed strongs and complete their projects, but > I also see your point. > > The replies of my colleagues, all with mentor/intern experience, are very > valid as well. While this approach might have this problem, the frequent > alternative (not to say anything for fairness, even when you have already a > very strong candidate) generates a lot of extra work to candidates with > less options in that exact project. Meanwhile, these candidates might be > missing good opportunities in other projects still looking for > candidates... and in this sense it is also fair to warn them and encourage > them to focus in other projects where they might have better chances. > > While we cannot be certain about measuring the fairness of each approach, I > can assure you that the Wikimedia mentors and community all go an extra > mile or two with a process that enforces transparency and public > participation well beyond GSoC's requirements. > _______________________________________________ > 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
