Applicants tend to forget that same people are likely
to be selected
if same people are applying.
I don't remember how many times I applied for
scholarship, but I am sure
that I applied regularly since users started seriously doubting
scholarship granting process. In the year 2015 (I think) some users
thought, we were needed a more serious approach for scholarship
application and started helping each other. I received a compiled file
with answers specifically for me for scholarship form, in-case I would
apply. I've used those answers as a template for my application since
2015, without much tweaking, because it was better.
In 2015, I passed to Phase 2. Once the scholarship receiver's list was
published, I shared some doubts in Wikimania mailing list.
In 2016, failed in Phase 1, totally against phase 1 criteria. My
queries to find whether that happened as a repercussion for questioning
the process in 2015 in public mailing list didn't get any answers.
In 2017, Passed to Phase2.
This year I didn;t apply for the scholarship. Partially because I was
immediately not able to find my template file, and partially because
there was no reason to spent some 30 minutes or more for just
substantiate an already proven point (atleast to us).
This year, I didn't participated any related discussion. I don't know
how many were applied, but it is safe to assume there were more users
applied.
Again I am using my username as an example. I am not in search of
scholarship. Even in local meet-ups, I attended only once (more than 10
years ago).
~user:Praveenp