(It got in moderation because of big size, I deleted everything) Not Correct. When a regular attendee goes a Wikimania, he or she knows better about the environment, can make better connection and work more efficiently.

I (as a regular attendee) reported to my community this year in 23 July https://fa.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D9%82%D9%87%D9%88%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87/%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%86&oldid=15647104#.DA.AF.D8.B2.D8.A7.D8.B1.D8.B4_.D9.88.DB.8C.DA.A9.DB.8C.E2.80.8C.D9.85.D8.A7.D9.86.DB.8C.D8.A7 and I haven't written my report for WMF yet. When I finish my report for WMF you can see how a regular attendee can help in a way that a newbie can't (and don't get me wrong, IMHO scholarships should be granted to combination of newbies and regulars, regulars were newbies once.)

Accusation of trying to undermine other people of global south community so we can get scholarship or lead the community is offensive to me. I helped people in Persian Wikipedia to elect more 'crats (which the community considers them as leaders) and helped wikimania newbies to write their applications more efficiently and helped them to prepare proper documents for visa which is super complicated.

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On Sat, Aug 1, 2015 at 4:09 PM Zana Strkovska 777.zana@gmail.com wrote:

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Just some thoughts over this sentence:

*The ability to share experiences and information with a wider community indicates that the applicant, if awarded a scholarship, would be able to bring those experiences or lessons learned at Wikimania back home, thereby enriching their home wiki community or home country.*

New attendants at Wikimania, I mean - new at Wikimania, not new in the movement, are delighted by contact with so many Wikimedians, they bring new ideas at home, want to share more, in a contrary of one who attends Wikimania year after year.

Sometimes this is not recognize as fact.

Regards, Zana