For the record this also happened in 2012. In fact in that case, some people weren’t notified that there submission had been unsuccessful until the conference was over! Perhaps the lesson for future Wikimanias is that the programme should be settled earlier on.
This kind of thing is easier said than done I'm afraid! Turning 500+ submissions into a programme is an enormous task, and it's tough keeping volunteers to deadlines.
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*From:* Thehelpfulone [mailto:thehelpfulonewiki@gmail.com] *Sent:* 03 August 2014 16:52 *To:* Wikimania general list (open subscription) *Subject:* Re: [Wikimania-l] Confirmation submission status
And done. Thanks for bringing this up David, if anything else is incorrect please don’t hesitate to let me know.
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On 3 Aug 2014, at 16:16, Edward Saperia ed@wikimanialondon.org wrote:
Sorry all, the programming process dragged on as people variously pulled out or were slow to confirm, and then other concerns became more pressing. TheHelpfulOne has just volunteered to make sure all the submissions are marked with the correct status, so should be done soon.
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On 3 August 2014 15:17, Tomasz Ganicz polimerek@gmail.com wrote:
Yes, me too. I guess none of submitters, whose submission was not rejected after first screen got any notification about rejection.
2014-08-03 15:43 GMT+02:00 Jane Darnell jane023@gmail.com:
Edward, I had the same question, because I assumed I would be informed one way or another. I only found out by coincidence that the programme was published and that my submissions were not in the programme. Considering David and
my
cases, you should probably send out a quick rejection notice just to
confirm
this to people. I can't believe David and I were the only ones. Jane Sent from my iPad
On Aug 3, 2014, at 3:18 PM, David Gómez dvdgmz@gmail.com wrote:
Ok, Edward; Otherwise, thanks for the confirmation. The program feels interesting and sure we'll have informal chances to
share
this experience.
All the best.
David.
2014-08-03 14:25 GMT+02:00 Edward Saperia ed@wikimanialondon.org:
Hi David,
Afraid so. Everything that's not been accepted into the programme or notified as a backup talk (in case of cancellation) should be considered rejected. I thought all of them had been marked as such, but apparently
we
missed some, sorry about that.
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On 3 August 2014 12:56, David Gómez dvdgmz@gmail.com wrote:
Hi, if my proposal of presentation [*] is still in "open" status and it isn't in the program, I have to consider that it has been discarded?
Just to confirm it. Thanks.
Dvdgmz
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