African-Wikimedians March 2016

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Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimania (Olatunde Isaac)
by reachout2isaac＠gmail.com 11 Mar '16

11 Mar '16

I don't think the size is the problem here but the disproportionate overrepresentation of some region/country. I agree with Douglas on the need to increase the number of editors from Africa. This will also help to improve the coverages of Africa-related contents on Wikimedia projects. Asaf and Douglas, are you silently saying that among the continent/countries classified as Global South, Africa have the poorest contributions to Wikimedia projects? We got 4 scholarships out of 93 because we have the least number of active editors? Even if we have the lowest number of active editors, 3% quota is ridiculously too low. Best, Isaac Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld from Glo Mobile. -----Original Message----- From: reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 21:57:43 To: <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Reply-To: reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com Subject: Re: Wikimania (Olatunde Isaac) I agree with Douglas on the need to increase the number of editors from Africa. This will also help to improve the coverages of Africa-related contents on Wikimedia projects. Asaf and Douglas, are you silently saying that among the continent/countries classified as Global South, Africa have the poorest contributions to Wikimedia projects? We got 4 scholarships out of 93 because we have the least number of active editors? Even if we have the least number of active editors, 3% quota is ridiculously too low. Best, Isaac Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld from Glo Mobile. -----Original Message----- From: african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org Sender: "African-Wikimedians" <african-wikimedians-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org>Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 21:41:17 To: <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Reply-To: african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, Issue 39 Send African-Wikimedians mailing list submissions to african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org You can reach the person managing the list at african-wikimedians-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of African-Wikimedians digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Wikimania (Douglas Scott) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 23:40:47 +0200 From: Douglas Scott <douglas.i.scott(a)gmail.com> To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimania Message-ID: <CAJ6y08GjH7brGTa_Dz87otkm5DCXE2y7x0z1HNXOtP_ez3sYdA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" I think Rexford and Asaf raise some good points here. If we are serious about Africa having a stronger presence at future Wikimanias we must improve our efforts at increasing the number of editors from the continent whist encouraging more editors to apply for scholarships with high quality applications. It's a long road to travel that requires a lot of work but I feel that the rewards in terms of edits from African sources and representation within the broader community make it well worth it. Regards, Douglas. On 11 Mar 2016 23:13, "Nkansah Rexford" <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you Ellie for the short breakdown of the stats in here. Will be on > standby for more of these stats to be put up on the wiki. > > I think things will be more clearer when all the stats are up. > > Thanks. > On 11 Mar 2016 7:25 pm, "Ellie Young" <eyoung(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> Isla, >> >> I am in the process of putting up information from the scholarship >> committee onto the wiki and will respond to the other thread on wikimania-l >> soon. >> >> 124 Scholarships were awarded. >> >> Of the 400 scholarships that passed into Phase 2 of the review, 20 were >> African applicants passed Phase 2. 4 of those got scholarships, so by my >> calculations that's 20% of the eligible African applicants. >> >> Geographic regions are *not* the emphasis of the program. >> >> You might want to take this up directly with the Scholarship Committee if >> you have ideas for changes to the program in the future? >> >> Ellie Young >> WMF Events Manager >> on behalf of the Scholarship Committee >> >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 6:18 AM, Isla Haddow Flood < >> isla(a)wikiloveswomen.org> wrote: >> >>> Okay - so - of 170 potential full and partial scholarships offered by >>> the WMF, Africa got 4. >>> >>> FOUR. >>> >>> that is 0.02% of what was on offer. >>> >>> Mexico I could understand was difficult to access. BUT you couldn’t get >>> closer to Africa than Italy, if you tried. >>> >>> That is just not acceptable. >>> >>> >>> On 11 Mar 2016, at 3:50 PM, Douglas Scott <douglas.i.scott(a)gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I got a partial scholarship which means I wont have to pay to be at the >>> conference venue but I will have to pay for my own flight. >>> >>> On 11 March 2016 at 15:43, Ian Gilfillan <wikimediaza(a)greenman.co.za> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I applied, also didn't get. >>>> >>>> On 11/03/2016 14:46, Isla Haddow Flood wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello All >>>> >>>> Just want to do a quick head count to see who got a scholarship to >>>> attend Wikimania. Please just let us know who got one, and who didn’t. >>>> >>>> thanks! >>>> Isla >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> African-Wikimedians mailing list >>>> African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Douglas Ian Scott >>> 司道格 >>> Skype: douglas0scott >>> South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> African-Wikimedians mailing list >>> African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >>> >>> >>> *Isla Haddow-Flood* >>> Project Manager: WikiAfrica >>> Username: Islahaddow >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Ellie Young >> Events Manager >> Wikimedia Foundation >> eyoung(a)wikimedia.org >> c. 510 701 8649 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> African-Wikimedians mailing list >> African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >> >> > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > >

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Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimania (Olatunde Isaac)
by reachout2isaac＠gmail.com 11 Mar '16

11 Mar '16

I agree with Douglas on the need to increase the number of editors from Africa. This will also help to improve the coverages of Africa-related contents on Wikimedia projects. Asaf and Douglas, are you silently saying that among the continent/countries classified as Global South, Africa have the poorest contributions to Wikimedia projects? We got 4 scholarships out of 93 because we have the least number of active editors? Even if we have the least number of active editors, 3% quota is ridiculously too low. Best, Isaac Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld from Glo Mobile. -----Original Message----- From: african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org Sender: "African-Wikimedians" <african-wikimedians-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org>Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 21:41:17 To: <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Reply-To: african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, Issue 39 Send African-Wikimedians mailing list submissions to african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org You can reach the person managing the list at african-wikimedians-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of African-Wikimedians digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Wikimania (Douglas Scott) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 23:40:47 +0200 From: Douglas Scott <douglas.i.scott(a)gmail.com> To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimania Message-ID: <CAJ6y08GjH7brGTa_Dz87otkm5DCXE2y7x0z1HNXOtP_ez3sYdA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" I think Rexford and Asaf raise some good points here. If we are serious about Africa having a stronger presence at future Wikimanias we must improve our efforts at increasing the number of editors from the continent whist encouraging more editors to apply for scholarships with high quality applications. It's a long road to travel that requires a lot of work but I feel that the rewards in terms of edits from African sources and representation within the broader community make it well worth it. Regards, Douglas. On 11 Mar 2016 23:13, "Nkansah Rexford" <nkansahrexford(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you Ellie for the short breakdown of the stats in here. Will be on > standby for more of these stats to be put up on the wiki. > > I think things will be more clearer when all the stats are up. > > Thanks. > On 11 Mar 2016 7:25 pm, "Ellie Young" <eyoung(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> Isla, >> >> I am in the process of putting up information from the scholarship >> committee onto the wiki and will respond to the other thread on wikimania-l >> soon. >> >> 124 Scholarships were awarded. >> >> Of the 400 scholarships that passed into Phase 2 of the review, 20 were >> African applicants passed Phase 2. 4 of those got scholarships, so by my >> calculations that's 20% of the eligible African applicants. >> >> Geographic regions are *not* the emphasis of the program. >> >> You might want to take this up directly with the Scholarship Committee if >> you have ideas for changes to the program in the future? >> >> Ellie Young >> WMF Events Manager >> on behalf of the Scholarship Committee >> >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 6:18 AM, Isla Haddow Flood < >> isla(a)wikiloveswomen.org> wrote: >> >>> Okay - so - of 170 potential full and partial scholarships offered by >>> the WMF, Africa got 4. >>> >>> FOUR. >>> >>> that is 0.02% of what was on offer. >>> >>> Mexico I could understand was difficult to access. BUT you couldn’t get >>> closer to Africa than Italy, if you tried. >>> >>> That is just not acceptable. >>> >>> >>> On 11 Mar 2016, at 3:50 PM, Douglas Scott <douglas.i.scott(a)gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I got a partial scholarship which means I wont have to pay to be at the >>> conference venue but I will have to pay for my own flight. >>> >>> On 11 March 2016 at 15:43, Ian Gilfillan <wikimediaza(a)greenman.co.za> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I applied, also didn't get. >>>> >>>> On 11/03/2016 14:46, Isla Haddow Flood wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello All >>>> >>>> Just want to do a quick head count to see who got a scholarship to >>>> attend Wikimania. Please just let us know who got one, and who didn’t. >>>> >>>> thanks! >>>> Isla >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> African-Wikimedians mailing list >>>> African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Douglas Ian Scott >>> 司道格 >>> Skype: douglas0scott >>> South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> African-Wikimedians mailing list >>> African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >>> >>> >>> *Isla Haddow-Flood* >>> Project Manager: WikiAfrica >>> Username: Islahaddow >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Ellie Young >> Events Manager >> Wikimedia Foundation >> eyoung(a)wikimedia.org >> c. 510 701 8649 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> African-Wikimedians mailing list >> African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >> >> > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > >

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Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimania
by Olushola Olaniyan 11 Mar '16

11 Mar '16

Dear Ellie Young ‎ Thank you for this information. Aside, the parameter used for your calculation which is the no of eligible applicants from Africa. I am of the opinion that your parameter only window dress the effect of the selection to show that the selection is fair to Africa. However, if you used "Total Number of Scholarships awarded against the number of African selected" you will noticed that we only have 3%. Though, we may not have the voice to push through our points, but the fact remains the selection is just unfair to the world second largest continent. http://www.africapedia.com/-SIZE-OF-AFRICA-COMPARED-TO-OTHER-CONTINENTS. Though, you mentioned that "Geography regions are "not" the emphasis of the program'. In my opinion, this is the missing link in the organisation of the event year in year out. No wonder, some continents are fast developing while others are struggling. I Let's take a clue... Olaniyan Olushola Director, WUGN Treasurer, FOSSFA MD, Olbims Consulting Phone: +2348154876844 Email: olaniyanshola15@gmail.com|olaniyanshola@yahoo.com|treasurer@fossfa.net User page: Olaniyan Olushola Facebook: Olaniyan Shola Twitter :Olaniyan73 Original Message From: african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 8:25 PM To: african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org Reply To: african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, Issue 34 Send African-Wikimedians mailing list submissions to african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org You can reach the person managing the list at african-wikimedians-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of African-Wikimedians digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Wikimania (Ellie Young) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 10:40:27 -0800 From: Ellie Young <eyoung(a)wikimedia.org> To: Isla Haddow Flood <isla(a)wikiloveswomen.org> Cc: Mailing list for African Wikimedians <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimania Message-ID: <CA+cWZG5vkcm6E9kzyTYDLYRU6i79x81aDhaR7syAnYdXs-HNww(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Isla, I am in the process of putting up information from the scholarship committee onto the wiki and will respond to the other thread on wikimania-l soon. 124 Scholarships were awarded. Of the 400 scholarships that passed into Phase 2 of the review, 20 were African applicants passed Phase 2. 4 of those got scholarships, so by my calculations that's 20% of the eligible African applicants. Geographic regions are *not* the emphasis of the program. You might want to take this up directly with the Scholarship Committee if you have ideas for changes to the program in the future? Ellie Young WMF Events Manager on behalf of the Scholarship Committee On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 6:18 AM, Isla Haddow Flood <isla(a)wikiloveswomen.org> wrote: > Okay - so - of 170 potential full and partial scholarships offered by the > WMF, Africa got 4. > > FOUR. > > that is 0.02% of what was on offer. > > Mexico I could understand was difficult to access. BUT you couldn’t get > closer to Africa than Italy, if you tried. > > That is just not acceptable. > > > On 11 Mar 2016, at 3:50 PM, Douglas Scott <douglas.i.scott(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > I got a partial scholarship which means I wont have to pay to be at the > conference venue but I will have to pay for my own flight. > > On 11 March 2016 at 15:43, Ian Gilfillan <wikimediaza(a)greenman.co.za> > wrote: > >> I applied, also didn't get. >> >> On 11/03/2016 14:46, Isla Haddow Flood wrote: >> >> Hello All >> >> Just want to do a quick head count to see who got a scholarship to attend >> Wikimania. Please just let us know who got one, and who didn’t. >> >> thanks! >> Isla >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> African-Wikimedians mailing list >> African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >> >> > > > -- > Douglas Ian Scott > 司道格 > Skype: douglas0scott > South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727 > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > *Isla Haddow-Flood* > Project Manager: WikiAfrica > Username: Islahaddow > > > -- Ellie Young Events Manager Wikimedia Foundation eyoung(a)wikimedia.org c. 510 701 8649

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Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimanian (Ellie Young)
by reachout2isaac＠gmail.com 11 Mar '16

11 Mar '16

I'm a bit worried about Ellie Young's comment that "Geographic regions are *not* the emphasis of the program." My understanding of Wikimania Scholarship program is that Full scholarships are subject to quotas, while there is usually no geographical or linguistic limit to partial scholarships. However, final approval for Full Scholarships is based on the applicant's home country, each applicant will be categorized as either a Global North or Global South applicant, with the total number of scholarships distributed between the Global North and Global South being set at 25% and 75% respectively. The Global South includes Asia (with the exception of Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan), Turkey, Central America, South America, Mexico, Africa, and the Middle East (with the exception of Israel). If 124 scholarship was awarded, and 75% is expected to be awarded for global south, it means, 93 Wikimedians are expected to get the scholarship from these region. Since global south consists of Turkey, Central America, South America, Mexico, Africa, and the Middle East, then no fewer than 15 Wikimedians are expected to get scholarship from Africa. Unless I'm missing something. If only 4 Wikimedians got scholarship from Africa, where are the 89 scholarships? Warmest regards, Olatunde Isaac. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld from Glo Mobile. -----Original Message----- From: african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org Sender: "African-Wikimedians" <african-wikimedians-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org>Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 20:45:25 To: <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Reply-To: african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, Issue 36 Send African-Wikimedians mailing list submissions to african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org You can reach the person managing the list at african-wikimedians-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of African-Wikimedians digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, Issue 35 (reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 20:45:17 +0000 From: reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com To: african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, Issue 35 Message-ID: <1922100647-1457729120-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-829217710-(a)b18.c1.bise7.blackberry> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" I'm a bit worried about Ellie Young's comment that "Geographic regions are *not* the emphasis of the program." My understanding of Wikimania Scholarship program is that Full scholarships are subject to quotas, while there is usually no geographical or linguistic limit to partial scholarships. However, final approval for Full Scholarships is based on the applicant's home country, each applicant will be categorized as either a Global North or Global South applicant, with the total number of scholarships distributed between the Global North and Global South being set at 25% and 75% respectively. The Global South includes Asia (with the exception of Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan), Turkey, Central America, South America, Mexico, Africa, and the Middle East (with the exception of Israel). If 124 scholarship was awarded, and 75% is expected to be awarded for global south, it means, 93 Wikimedians are expected to get the scholarship from these region. Since global south consists of Turkey, Central America, South America, Mexico, Africa, and the Middle East, then no fewer than 15 Wikimedians are expected to get scholarship from Africa. Unless I'm missing something. If only 4 Wikimedians got scholarship from Africa, where are the 89 scholarships? Warmest regards, Olatunde Isaac. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld from Glo Mobile. -----Original Message----- From: african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org Sender: "African-Wikimedians" <african-wikimedians-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org>Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 20:42:48 To: <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Reply-To: african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, Issue 35 Send African-Wikimedians mailing list submissions to african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org You can reach the person managing the list at african-wikimedians-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of African-Wikimedians digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Wikimania (Olushola Olaniyan) 2. Re: Wikimania (Olushola Olaniyan) 3. Wikimania (Olaniyan Olushola) 4. Re: Wikimania (Ellie Young) (reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 21:17:55 +0100 From: Olushola Olaniyan <olaniyanshola15(a)gmail.com> To: "african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org" <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimania Message-ID: <20160311201755.5443668.44044.2525(a)gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Dear Ellie Young ‎ Thank you for this information. Aside, the parameter used for your calculation which is the no of eligible applicants from Africa. I am of the opinion that your parameter only window dress the effect of the selection to show that the selection is fair to Africa. However, if you used "Total Number of Scholarships awarded against the number of African selected" you will noticed that we only have 3%. Though, we may not have the voice to push through our points, but the fact remains the selection is just unfair to the world second largest continent. http://www.africapedia.com/-SIZE-OF-AFRICA-COMPARED-TO-OTHER-CONTINENTS. Though, you mentioned that "Geography regions are "not" the emphasis of the program'. In my opinion, this is the missing link in the organisation of the event year in year out. No wonder, some continents are fast developing while others are struggling. I Let's take a clue... Olaniyan Olushola Director, WUGN Treasurer, FOSSFA MD, Olbims Consulting Phone: +2348154876844 Email: olaniyanshola15@gmail.com|olaniyanshola@yahoo.com|treasurer@fossfa.net User page: Olaniyan Olushola Facebook: Olaniyan Shola Twitter :Olaniyan73 Original Message From: african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 8:25 PM To: african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org Reply To: african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, Issue 34 Send African-Wikimedians mailing list submissions to african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org You can reach the person managing the list at african-wikimedians-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of African-Wikimedians digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Wikimania (Ellie Young) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 10:40:27 -0800 From: Ellie Young <eyoung(a)wikimedia.org> To: Isla Haddow Flood <isla(a)wikiloveswomen.org> Cc: Mailing list for African Wikimedians <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimania Message-ID: <CA+cWZG5vkcm6E9kzyTYDLYRU6i79x81aDhaR7syAnYdXs-HNww(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Isla, I am in the process of putting up information from the scholarship committee onto the wiki and will respond to the other thread on wikimania-l soon. 124 Scholarships were awarded. Of the 400 scholarships that passed into Phase 2 of the review, 20 were African applicants passed Phase 2. 4 of those got scholarships, so by my calculations that's 20% of the eligible African applicants. Geographic regions are *not* the emphasis of the program. You might want to take this up directly with the Scholarship Committee if you have ideas for changes to the program in the future? Ellie Young WMF Events Manager on behalf of the Scholarship Committee On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 6:18 AM, Isla Haddow Flood <isla(a)wikiloveswomen.org> wrote: > Okay - so - of 170 potential full and partial scholarships offered by the > WMF, Africa got 4. > > FOUR. > > that is 0.02% of what was on offer. > > Mexico I could understand was difficult to access. BUT you couldn’t get > closer to Africa than Italy, if you tried. > > That is just not acceptable. > > > On 11 Mar 2016, at 3:50 PM, Douglas Scott <douglas.i.scott(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > I got a partial scholarship which means I wont have to pay to be at the > conference venue but I will have to pay for my own flight. > > On 11 March 2016 at 15:43, Ian Gilfillan <wikimediaza(a)greenman.co.za> > wrote: > >> I applied, also didn't get. >> >> On 11/03/2016 14:46, Isla Haddow Flood wrote: >> >> Hello All >> >> Just want to do a quick head count to see who got a scholarship to attend >> Wikimania. Please just let us know who got one, and who didn’t. >> >> thanks! >> Isla >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> African-Wikimedians mailing list >> African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >> >> > > > -- > Douglas Ian Scott > 司道格 > Skype: douglas0scott > South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727 > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > *Isla Haddow-Flood* > Project Manager: WikiAfrica > Username: Islahaddow > > > -- Ellie Young Events Manager Wikimedia Foundation eyoung(a)wikimedia.org c. 510 701 8649

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Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, Issue 35
by reachout2isaac＠gmail.com 11 Mar '16

11 Mar '16

I'm a bit worried about Ellie Young's comment that "Geographic regions are *not* the emphasis of the program." My understanding of Wikimania Scholarship program is that Full scholarships are subject to quotas, while there is usually no geographical or linguistic limit to partial scholarships. However, final approval for Full Scholarships is based on the applicant's home country, each applicant will be categorized as either a Global North or Global South applicant, with the total number of scholarships distributed between the Global North and Global South being set at 25% and 75% respectively. The Global South includes Asia (with the exception of Japan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan), Turkey, Central America, South America, Mexico, Africa, and the Middle East (with the exception of Israel). If 124 scholarship was awarded, and 75% is expected to be awarded for global south, it means, 93 Wikimedians are expected to get the scholarship from these region. Since global south consists of Turkey, Central America, South America, Mexico, Africa, and the Middle East, then no fewer than 15 Wikimedians are expected to get scholarship from Africa. Unless I'm missing something. If only 4 Wikimedians got scholarship from Africa, where are the 89 scholarships? Warmest regards, Olatunde Isaac. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld from Glo Mobile. -----Original Message----- From: african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org Sender: "African-Wikimedians" <african-wikimedians-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org>Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 20:42:48 To: <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Reply-To: african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, Issue 35 Send African-Wikimedians mailing list submissions to african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org You can reach the person managing the list at african-wikimedians-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of African-Wikimedians digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Wikimania (Olushola Olaniyan) 2. Re: Wikimania (Olushola Olaniyan) 3. Wikimania (Olaniyan Olushola) 4. Re: Wikimania (Ellie Young) (reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 21:17:55 +0100 From: Olushola Olaniyan <olaniyanshola15(a)gmail.com> To: "african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org" <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimania Message-ID: <20160311201755.5443668.44044.2525(a)gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Dear Ellie Young ‎ Thank you for this information. Aside, the parameter used for your calculation which is the no of eligible applicants from Africa. I am of the opinion that your parameter only window dress the effect of the selection to show that the selection is fair to Africa. However, if you used "Total Number of Scholarships awarded against the number of African selected" you will noticed that we only have 3%. Though, we may not have the voice to push through our points, but the fact remains the selection is just unfair to the world second largest continent. http://www.africapedia.com/-SIZE-OF-AFRICA-COMPARED-TO-OTHER-CONTINENTS. Though, you mentioned that "Geography regions are "not" the emphasis of the program'. In my opinion, this is the missing link in the organisation of the event year in year out. No wonder, some continents are fast developing while others are struggling. I Let's take a clue... Olaniyan Olushola Director, WUGN Treasurer, FOSSFA MD, Olbims Consulting Phone: +2348154876844 Email: olaniyanshola15@gmail.com|olaniyanshola@yahoo.com|treasurer@fossfa.net User page: Olaniyan Olushola Facebook: Olaniyan Shola Twitter :Olaniyan73 Original Message From: african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 8:25 PM To: african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org Reply To: african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, Issue 34 Send African-Wikimedians mailing list submissions to african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org You can reach the person managing the list at african-wikimedians-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of African-Wikimedians digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Wikimania (Ellie Young) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 10:40:27 -0800 From: Ellie Young <eyoung(a)wikimedia.org> To: Isla Haddow Flood <isla(a)wikiloveswomen.org> Cc: Mailing list for African Wikimedians <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimania Message-ID: <CA+cWZG5vkcm6E9kzyTYDLYRU6i79x81aDhaR7syAnYdXs-HNww(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Isla, I am in the process of putting up information from the scholarship committee onto the wiki and will respond to the other thread on wikimania-l soon. 124 Scholarships were awarded. Of the 400 scholarships that passed into Phase 2 of the review, 20 were African applicants passed Phase 2. 4 of those got scholarships, so by my calculations that's 20% of the eligible African applicants. Geographic regions are *not* the emphasis of the program. You might want to take this up directly with the Scholarship Committee if you have ideas for changes to the program in the future? Ellie Young WMF Events Manager on behalf of the Scholarship Committee On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 6:18 AM, Isla Haddow Flood <isla(a)wikiloveswomen.org> wrote: > Okay - so - of 170 potential full and partial scholarships offered by the > WMF, Africa got 4. > > FOUR. > > that is 0.02% of what was on offer. > > Mexico I could understand was difficult to access. BUT you couldn’t get > closer to Africa than Italy, if you tried. > > That is just not acceptable. > > > On 11 Mar 2016, at 3:50 PM, Douglas Scott <douglas.i.scott(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > I got a partial scholarship which means I wont have to pay to be at the > conference venue but I will have to pay for my own flight. > > On 11 March 2016 at 15:43, Ian Gilfillan <wikimediaza(a)greenman.co.za> > wrote: > >> I applied, also didn't get. >> >> On 11/03/2016 14:46, Isla Haddow Flood wrote: >> >> Hello All >> >> Just want to do a quick head count to see who got a scholarship to attend >> Wikimania. Please just let us know who got one, and who didn’t. >> >> thanks! >> Isla >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> African-Wikimedians mailing list >> African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >> >> > > > -- > Douglas Ian Scott > 司道格 > Skype: douglas0scott > South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727 > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > *Isla Haddow-Flood* > Project Manager: WikiAfrica > Username: Islahaddow > > > -- Ellie Young Events Manager Wikimedia Foundation eyoung(a)wikimedia.org c. 510 701 8649

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Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimania (Ellie Young)
by reachout2isaac＠gmail.com 11 Mar '16

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Wikimania
by Olaniyan Olushola 11 Mar '16

11 Mar '16

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Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimania
by Olushola Olaniyan 11 Mar '16

11 Mar '16

Dear Ellie Young Thank you for this information. Aside, the parameter used for your calculation which is the no of eligible applicants from Africa. I am of the opinion that your parameter only window dress the effect of the selection to show that the selection is fair to Africa. However, if you used "Total Number of Scholarships awarded against the number of African selected" you will noticed that we only have 3%. Though, we may not have the voice to push through our points, but the fact remains the selection is just unfair to the world second largest continent. http://www.africapedia.com/-SIZE-OF-AFRICA-COMPARED-TO-OTHER-CONTINENTS. Though, you mentioned that "Geography regions are "not" the emphasis of the program'. In my opinion, this is the missing link in the organisation of the event year in year out. No wonder, some continents are fast developing while others are struggling. I Let's take a clue... Warmest Olaniyan Olushola Director, WUGN Treasurer, FOSSFA MD, Olbims Consulting Phone: +2348154876844 Email: olaniyanshola15@gmail.com|olaniyanshola@yahoo.com|treasurer@fossfa.net User page: Olaniyan Olushola Facebook: Olaniyan Shola Twitter :Olaniyan73 Original Message From: african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 8:25 PM To: african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org Reply To: african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, Issue 34 Send African-Wikimedians mailing list submissions to african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org You can reach the person managing the list at african-wikimedians-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of African-Wikimedians digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Wikimania (Ellie Young) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 10:40:27 -0800 From: Ellie Young <eyoung(a)wikimedia.org> To: Isla Haddow Flood <isla(a)wikiloveswomen.org> Cc: Mailing list for African Wikimedians <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimania Message-ID: <CA+cWZG5vkcm6E9kzyTYDLYRU6i79x81aDhaR7syAnYdXs-HNww(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Isla, I am in the process of putting up information from the scholarship committee onto the wiki and will respond to the other thread on wikimania-l soon. 124 Scholarships were awarded. Of the 400 scholarships that passed into Phase 2 of the review, 20 were African applicants passed Phase 2. 4 of those got scholarships, so by my calculations that's 20% of the eligible African applicants. Geographic regions are *not* the emphasis of the program. You might want to take this up directly with the Scholarship Committee if you have ideas for changes to the program in the future? Ellie Young WMF Events Manager on behalf of the Scholarship Committee On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 6:18 AM, Isla Haddow Flood <isla(a)wikiloveswomen.org> wrote: > Okay - so - of 170 potential full and partial scholarships offered by the > WMF, Africa got 4. > > FOUR. > > that is 0.02% of what was on offer. > > Mexico I could understand was difficult to access. BUT you couldn’t get > closer to Africa than Italy, if you tried. > > That is just not acceptable. > > > On 11 Mar 2016, at 3:50 PM, Douglas Scott <douglas.i.scott(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > I got a partial scholarship which means I wont have to pay to be at the > conference venue but I will have to pay for my own flight. > > On 11 March 2016 at 15:43, Ian Gilfillan <wikimediaza(a)greenman.co.za> > wrote: > >> I applied, also didn't get. >> >> On 11/03/2016 14:46, Isla Haddow Flood wrote: >> >> Hello All >> >> Just want to do a quick head count to see who got a scholarship to attend >> Wikimania. Please just let us know who got one, and who didn’t. >> >> thanks! >> Isla >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> African-Wikimedians mailing list >> African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >> >> > > > -- > Douglas Ian Scott > 司道格 > Skype: douglas0scott > South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 8727 > _______________________________________________ > African-Wikimedians mailing list > African-Wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians > > > *Isla Haddow-Flood* > Project Manager: WikiAfrica > Username: Islahaddow > > > -- Ellie Young Events Manager Wikimedia Foundation eyoung(a)wikimedia.org c. 510 701 8649

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Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, Issue 28
by Kayode Yussuf 11 Mar '16

11 Mar '16

I did not apply so I obviously did not get the scholarship. Kayode Yussuf Original Message From: african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 15:19 To: african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org Reply To: african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, Issue 28 Send African-Wikimedians mailing list submissions to african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org You can reach the person managing the list at african-wikimedians-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of African-Wikimedians digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Wikimania (Ian Gilfillan) 2. Re: Wikimania (Douglas Scott) 3. Re: Wikimania (Isla Haddow Flood) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 15:43:06 +0200 From: Ian Gilfillan <wikimediaza(a)greenman.co.za> To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimania Message-ID: <56E2CB6A.2090306(a)greenman.co.za> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" I applied, also didn't get. On 11/03/2016 14:46, Isla Haddow Flood wrote: > Hello All > > Just want to do a quick head count to see who got a scholarship to > attend Wikimania. Please just let us know who got one, and who didn’t. > > thanks! > Isla >

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Re: [African Wikimedians] African-Wikimedians Digest, Vol 8, Issue 28
by Habib M'henni 11 Mar '16

11 Mar '16

Hello, I've got a full scholarship. Best regards, Habib from Tunisia Le 11 mars 2016 15:18:59 CET, african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org a écrit : >Send African-Wikimedians mailing list submissions to > african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > african-wikimedians-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >You can reach the person managing the list at > african-wikimedians-owner(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of African-Wikimedians digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Wikimania (Ian Gilfillan) > 2. Re: Wikimania (Douglas Scott) > 3. Re: Wikimania (Isla Haddow Flood) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 15:43:06 +0200 >From: Ian Gilfillan <wikimediaza(a)greenman.co.za> >To: Mailing list for African Wikimedians > <african-wikimedians(a)lists.wikimedia.org> >Subject: Re: [African Wikimedians] Wikimania >Message-ID: <56E2CB6A.2090306(a)greenman.co.za> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > >I applied, also didn't get. > >On 11/03/2016 14:46, Isla Haddow Flood wrote: >> Hello All >> >> Just want to do a quick head count to see who got a scholarship to >> attend Wikimania. Please just let us know who got one, and who >didn’t. >> >> thanks! >> Isla >> > >

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