I would like to have some comments on the issue, first going to wikimania
is not of reward system for editing ( though to some extent it motivates a
lot of people)
Second, though many people get repeated scholarship, scholarships
committees are being changed almost every year, if different people are
choosing same people every year this definitely means these people are
offering a lot, way beyond editing wiki project.
In many countries we have core people are doing the chore and uphill
battle, these are people mostly getting repeated scholarships, I suggest
anyone who objects these issue to serve scholarships committee and pretty
you will be shocked to see you also chose very same people.
Every year we see new faces, i do trust the process.
Mardetanha
On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 3:50 PM praveenp <me.praveen(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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
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