[Foundation-l] Money, politics and corruption

[Sara Crouse]

Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote:
> I think that nobody doubts about it.
> Still, I know some people who were not granted the scholarship and 
> didn't actually understand why (and don't complain about that).
> Can the Scholarships review committee share the chosen criteria?
> The review process can't be ideal due to the huge number of application 
> (2500!!), and I suppose that editcounts or even user groups had to be 
> used: it's completely fair, but I would like to know some details.
> It could also be useful for future Wikimania organizers, if the process 
> is currently not documented even in private wikis.
>   
For the moment, here are the selection criteria that were applied during 
the application review process:

http://wikimania2010.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships#Applicant_Selection_Criteria

These were originally on the Wikimania team planning wiki, and not kept 
private for any specific reason other than that there was no better 
place to put them.

A full report documenting the program, processes, results, and lessons 
learned will be published on meta in September. The report will be open 
for anyone's critique and recommendations on how things may be improved 
going forward.

-Sara