Due to differences between climate conditions of DC and HK, Wikimania 2013 will accommodate fewer lectures than Wikimania 2012. The standard of acceptance was already high for 2012, so we plan to move from a 7-point scale to a 10-point scale to allow for more detailed ranking of in-scope submissions.
There will also be better communication between the programme committee and the scholarship committee, to avoid sending confusing messages to submission authors who have also applied for a scholarship.
Of course, we will avoid letting submissions remain "under review" until Wikimania happens.
Deryck On Jan 5, 2013 10:37 PM, "Federico Leva (Nemo)" nemowiki@gmail.com wrote:
Jeromy-Yu Maximilian Chan, 05/01/2013 05:35:
Programme Committee
NameAffiliation Simon Shek2013 local team Deryck Chan2013 local team Katie Filbert2012 PC, WMDC Kiril Simeonovski2012 PC, WMMK Deror Lin 2012 PC, WMIL Gyenes Orsolya Virág WMHU Greg Varnum2012 PC Sarah Stierch2012 PC, WMDC James ForresterPerpetual Wikimaniac John VandenbergWMAU Ota TakashiJapan WG
What are their thoughts on last year's feedback and discussions on the program? Some people (Gmaxwell comes to mind) asked to change the process quite a bit. <https://wikimania2012.**wikimedia.org/wiki/Feedback#**Programhttps://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Feedback#Program
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