I would like to see a breakdown of scholarships attributed per countries.
My memory was that WMF was aiming to support 75% from Global South and 25% from Global North. However, I can not find track of that information on the scholarship page :
* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania/Scholarships/2016 which refers, in terms of goals to * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania/Scholarships/SWOT_2005-2014_and_go...
If the goal is 75% of Global South... given that Africa got 2%, I would find interesting to know which countries were attributed the 73% left.
Florence
PS: transparency... right ?
Le 11/03/16 16:01, reachout2isaac@gmail.com a écrit :
Nkansah Rexford, I have no idea of why you directed such a non-sequitur comment to me. Regrettably, your tone is condescending with lack of empathy. Everyone have the right to voice their concerns and you're not in the best position to criticize them. That being said, Nobody begged for Wikimania scholarship but we have the right as a community to raise concern on certain issues and that is none of your business. You're neither a chair of the scholarship committee nor the Wikimedia Foundation Events Manager. You are not in the best position to respond to this. It is always a good idea to learn to be reserved.
I don't like to say you're crude and rude but kindly have the decency to be polite when addressing your fellow Wikipedians.
Warmest regards,
Olatunde Isaac.
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*From: * Nkansah Rexford nkansahrexford@gmail.com *Date: *Fri, 11 Mar 2016 14:30:07 +0000 *To: *reachout2isaac@gmail.com; Wikimania general list (open subscription)wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org *Subject: *Re: [Wikimania-l] Community Village and Meetups at Wikimania 2016
The scholarships are what they are: scholarships, not ticket to heaven.
Many factors go into approving an application for scholarships. Plus, hundreds if not thousands apply for the scholarships every year. NOT everyone can be accepted. Neither will everyone be rejected.
Some will need to go this year. Others will have to wait on the turn (assuming they check all the application requirement boxes) Unfortunately, this year, Nigeria couldn't win a scholarship slot. That's unfortunate but NOT demoralising, I think. It's not as if anyone promised you a scholarship...
To say it's 'demoralising' is a strong word to use here. How is it demoralising? No one has guaranteed anyone of a scholarship should they edit Wikipedia or not.
If because you didn't get the scholarship, and you think that's demoralising and wish to stop contributing to Wikipedia, that's in your hands. However, such an approach will defeat the whole purpose behind contributing to Wikipedia.
We don't contribute to Wikipedia because we want scholarship. Rather, it's primarily for the love of contributing to the freeness and openness of knowledge globally.
Nigeria isn't the only country in the world, nor the country without a representation this year at wikimania. That doesn't mean a country representing is better than Nigeria. It simply means, there're fewer slots than the scholarship grant can handle.
Forget about demoralisation! Help improve knowledge freely and openly. I find that to be of more concern than anything at the moment.
I'll recommend we work on meeting the application criteria from now until next year and hope to be called for scholarship. Even if then we're still not called, keep making the world a better place with free knowledge.
Hi Ginevra,
No scholarship was awarded to any member of the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria. This is worrisome as Nigeria will not be represented at Wikimania. I don't think this is a good idea and I wonder why American and European countries have more representative than Africa. This is demoralizing and the community is not happy about it.
Warmest regards,
Olatunde Isaac, Manager, Wikipedia Education Program Nigeria Coordinator, The Wikipedia Library, Yoruba. Secretary, Wikimedia User Group Nigeria. Phone: +2348166620737 Email: reachout2isaac@gmail.com mailto:reachout2isaac@gmail.com User page: Wikicology Facebook: Olatunde Olalekan Isaac. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld from Glo Mobile.
-----Original Message----- From: Ginevra Sanvitale <ginevra.esse@gmail.com mailto:ginevra.esse@gmail.com> Sender: "Wikimania-l" <wikimania-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org mailto:wikimania-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org>Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 10:05:40 To: Wikimedia Mailing List<wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org mailto:wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org>; Wikimania general list (open subscription)<wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org mailto:wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org>; <chapters@wikimedia.ch mailto:chapters@wikimedia.ch> Reply-To: "Wikimania general list (open subscription)" <wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org mailto:wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org> Subject: [Wikimania-l] Community Village and Meetups at Wikimania 2016
Hi people, it's finally time to send your applications for the Community Village at Wikimania 2016:
https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_village
And you can also start planning your meetups:
https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetups
Finally, remember that the calls for discussions, posters and trainings closes on March 20, so you have 10 days left!
Have a nice weekend,
Ginevra Wikimania Programme Committee
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