>>Average first choice score was something like 8.93/10, I think we have an excellent programme to look forward to!

I was intrigued by this.  If you rank the 400-odd submissions according to that average score, you get a very wide dispersion. Some of the ones accepted ranked lower than 200. What was the rationale for picking these? You can do the same with 'interested attendees'.  Again, some submissions with only 2 or 3 such attendees were accepted.  In fact, if you make a binary sort on ranking<90 (i.e. ranking less than the 90-odd submissions accepted) plus interested attendees < 10, it turns out that about a quarter of the accepted submissions fell into that category. Some were extreme outliers.

Of course you can use whatever selection criteria you want, but it seems odd not to make them public. Do you mind my asking what the actual criteria were?

The other Ed


On 03/06/2014 12:11, Edward Saperia wrote:
The first round of submission acceptances was sent out on Sunday night. Acceptees have 3 days to reply with confirmation, or they are considered withdrawn, and second choice acceptances go out to replace them. This process continues until the entire programme is confirmed.

If you haven't received an acceptance do not despair just yet, there may be quite a few second choices as many submissions were dependent on scholarships. It's hard to say at this stage how many will withdraw.

As confirmations come in, they are added to the programme page on the wiki: https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Programme

If you have any questions about the programme don't hesitate to ask me. However, I won't be making any alterations until after the programme is confirmed.

Average first choice score was something like 8.93/10, I think we have an excellent programme to look forward to!

Edward Saperia
Chief Coordinator Wikimania London
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On 3 June 2014 09:29, Hay (Husky) <huskyr@gmail.com> wrote:
Any news on the acceptances?

-- Hay

On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 4:23 PM, HaeB <haebwiki@gmail.com> wrote:
> Somebody else has now helpfully updated the April 30 date at
> https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions to read "Delayed
> until June".
>
> Regards, HaeB (T. Bayer)
>
> 2014-05-27 7:25 GMT-07:00 Edward Saperia <ed@wikimanialondon.org>:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> A completed proposal for the programme is being reviewed by the programme
>> committee, and we hope to start sending out acceptances very soon. Apologies
>> for the delay and poor communication - I'll update the submissions page.
>>
>> Edward Saperia
>> Chief Coordinator Wikimania London
>> email • facebook • twitter • 07796955572
>> 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG
>>
>>
>> On 27 May 2014 15:07, Cristian Consonni <kikkocristian@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> according to this page[1] acceptance of proposal for Wikimania session
>>> should have been sent out on April, 30th.
>>>
>>> Since I have made a submission[2] I was wondering if I may have missed
>>> some e-mails (including rejection e-mails, eventually). The
>>> schedule[3] does not give any additional information at the moment.
>>>
>>> Maybe the process of proposal approval is late? Do other people having
>>> submitted their proposal have some info? Is it just me?
>>>
>>> Thanks and ciao,
>>>
>>> C
>>>
>>> [1] https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions
>>> [2]
>>> https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/The_encyclopedia_and_the_map:_How_Wikipedia_and_OpenStreetMap_can_collaborate
>>> [3] https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Schedule
>>>
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