I feel very sorry for the experience you had. Still the way this mail is phrased leaves me puzzled. The explanations I can find for each project sound very different to me:
[2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T414281#11527150 Quote: "This work is very complex and too large for the scope of the GSoC program. Such a large goal would not be setting a contributor up for success […] We encourage you to consider revisiting this idea with a smaller project or related work that would be more suitable for a limited time frame and a less experienced developer." This sounds reasonable to me and has nothing to do with "AI". [4] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T415465#11563889 "[…] we appreciate that you have taken a different approach on this proposal, but we have a long list of accepted projects already (including your T414617) […] we would strongly prefer to avoid having mentors assigned to more than one project. We will make be sure to include the guidance of "one project per mentor" in our documentation in the future." Again, not a word about "AI". It sounds like there are indeed problems with the documentation. But it's said they will fix this. Impossible to tell why you didn't get another response. Implying that "the real reason" must be something else then is not helpful. Please assume good faith and just ask. [3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T414881#11550204 "[…] the use of AI is controversial in the Wikimedia communities. We do not have the capacity to sufficiently consult the communities on this project and we cannot risk putting a student participant in front of a contentious discussion. Our priority is ensuring a productive and safe learning environment for the participant." This is less about "AI" but more about the high effort and risks in communicating with the Commons community. Such a project would indeed need a few months of communication beforehand and long-term support afterwards. Personally I don't think we should put a GSoC attendee that doesn't know anything about Commons in such a situation. I hope this helps. Thiemo _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/
