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.

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(a)wikimanialondon.org>rg>: _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

I believe that most of the first choice acceptance notices were sent out very late Sunday night/very early Monday morning (UK time), but that messages to those who have not been selected have not been sent yet as some first choice speakers may not be able to make it (scholarships, visa issues, etc). I don't know the timescale for the process (I'm not involved in the programme committee at all), but I would imagine that you would hear definitively shortly. Chris On 3 June 2014 09:29, Hay (Husky) <huskyr(a)gmail.com> wrote: -- Chris McKenna Wikimania 2014 Support Wikimedia UK chris.mckenna(a)wikimedia.org.uk tel: +44 (0) 20 7065 0990 Wikimedia UK is a Charitable Company registered in England and Wales. Registered Company No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office: 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

Any news on the acceptances? -- Hay On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 4:23 PM, HaeB <haebwiki(a)gmail.com> wrote: programme Apologies wrote: https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/The_encyclopedia_and_t… _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

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 <http://www.wikimanialondon.org> email &lt;ed(a)wikimanialondon.org&gt; • facebook <http://www.facebook.com/edsaperia> • twitter <http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia> • 07796955572 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG On 3 June 2014 09:29, Hay (Husky) &lt;huskyr(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing listWikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.orghttps://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

I did this. Why were low ranking submissions in the same category accepted over higher ranking ones? If you sort each category, you find that some high-ranking submissions were not accepted. Why was this? I can provide precise figures if you want. To be clear, are you using average scores, as you said? Or sum? On 03/06/2014 20:36, Edward Saperia wrote: They were sorted into categories (wikimedia, technology, free culture, etc), and slots were apportioned by approximately how many high ranking (>8) submissions there were in each category. The idea was to provide a good programme for a diversity of interests. I had to make a couple of judgement calls, especially on sessions that asked for a longer slot. How you compare a one hour session rated 8.6 to two 30 minute sessions rated 8.4? Bear in mind the ranking system isn't perfect; it's hard to rank consistently across 500 items, and the difference between an 8.4 and an 8.6 is just noise, really. Anything above 8 is already a "strong accept"! *Edward Saperia* Chief Coordinator Wikimania London <http://www.wikimanialondon.org> email &lt;ed(a)wikimanialondon.org&gt; • facebook <http://www.facebook.com/edsaperia> • twitter <http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia> • 07796955572 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

On Tue Jun 3 20:18:02 UTC 2014, Edward Saperia wrote: you're seeing. Sorry, but what were these subtracks, and on what basis were they chosen? Were the other judges OK with this? _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

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 <http://www.wikimanialondon.org> email <mailto:ed@wikimanialondon.org>•facebook <http://www.facebook.com/edsaperia>•twitter <http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia>• 07796955572 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG On 3 June 2014 09:29, Hay (Husky) &lt;huskyr(a)gmail.com <mailto:huskyr@gmail.com>> wrote: Any news on the acceptances? -- Hay On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 4:23 PM, HaeB &lt;haebwiki(a)gmail.com <mailto:haebwiki@gmail.com>> wrote: "Delayed <mailto:ed@wikimanialondon.org>>: programme soon. Apologies submissions page. &lt;kikkocristian(a)gmail.com <mailto:kikkocristian@gmail.com>> wrote: session have missed moment. people having https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/The_encyclopedia_and_t… <mailto:Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org> <mailto:Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org> <mailto:Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org> _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org <mailto:Wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

Ed's email earlier in this thread should answer your question. It will take a couple of rounds of invitations for the schedule to fill out. On 4 Jun 2014 02:49, "Hegger" &lt;heinz.egger(a)gmx.at&gt; wrote: > I haven´t received any information if my submission was accepted or not! > > > https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Language_and_Dialect_D… > > H. > Am 03.06.2014 13:11, schrieb Edward Saperia: > > 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 <http://www.wikimanialondon.org> > email &lt;ed(a)wikimanialondon.org&gt; • facebook > <http://www.facebook.com/edsaperia> • twitter > <http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia> • 07796955572 > 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG > > > On 3 June 2014 09:29, Hay (Husky) &lt;huskyr(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > >> Any news on the acceptances? >> >> -- Hay >> >> On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 4:23 PM, HaeB &lt;haebwiki(a)gmail.com&gt; 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 &lt;ed(a)wikimanialondon.org&gt;rg>: >> >> 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 &lt;kikkocristian(a)gmail.com&gt; >> 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_t… >> >>> [3] https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Schedule >> >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> Wikimania-l mailing list >> >>> Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> >> Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimania-l mailing list >> > Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimania-l mailing list >> Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing listWikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.orghttps://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >

Hi, Wikimedia Hungary wishes to give away a few scholarships but we haven't received any list of Hungarian related (speaks/works in/lives at) applications yet from the organizers. Do you know who to ask for them? We would need the final scores of the applications as well as that would sort them for us. Cheers, Balazs 2014.06.04. 14:51, "Richard Symonds" &lt;richard.symonds(a)wikimedia.org.uk&gt; ezt írta: To clarify, "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." Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. On 4 June 2014 08:54, Richard Symonds &lt;richard.symonds(a)wikimedia.org.uk&gt; wrote: Ed's email earlier in this thread should answer your question. It will take a couple of rounds of invitations for the schedule to fill out. On 4 Jun 2014 02:49, "Hegger" &lt;heinz.egger(a)gmx.at&gt; wrote: I haven´t received any information if my submission was accepted or not! https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Language_and_Dialect_D… H. Am 03.06.2014 13:11, schrieb Edward Saperia: _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

Could you please add WMHU to the affiliate scholarship section on https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships#Affiliate_scholarships . Thanks Martin (DerHexer) Wikimania scholarship committee member 2014-06-04 22:56 GMT+02:00 Balázs Viczián &lt;balazs.viczian(a)wikimedia.hu&gt;hu>: _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l

I wasn’t involved in direct communication with chapters, but I do know that the list is re-written from scratch every year, as which chapters are offering scholarships, and how and what they are offering, often changes. Kind regards, Christopher User: CT Cooper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:CT_Cooper https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:CT_Cooper https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:CT_Cooper *From:* Balázs Viczián [mailto:balazs.viczian@wikimedia.hu] *Sent:* 04 June 2014 22:22 *To:* Wikimania general list (open subscription) *Subject:* Re: [Wikimania-l] Acceptance of proposal for Wikimania Thanks for the quick reply. Strange that we're not on the list as we are offering scholarships for at least 3-4 years in a row and I remember that when it was asked, we replied with a "yes, we offer scholarships this year as well". Balazs 2014.06.04. 23:15, "Martin Rulsch" &lt;martin.rulsch(a)wikimedia.de&gt; ezt írta: Could you please add WMHU to the affiliate scholarship section on https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships#Affiliate_scholarships . Thanks Martin (DerHexer) Wikimania scholarship committee member 2014-06-04 22:56 GMT+02:00 Balázs Viczián &lt;balazs.viczian(a)wikimedia.hu&gt;hu>: Hi, Wikimedia Hungary wishes to give away a few scholarships but we haven't received any list of Hungarian related (speaks/works in/lives at) applications yet from the organizers. Do you know who to ask for them? We would need the final scores of the applications as well as that would sort them for us. Cheers, Balazs 2014.06.04. 14:51, "Richard Symonds" &lt;richard.symonds(a)wikimedia.org.uk&gt; ezt írta: To clarify, "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." Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. United Kingdom. Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* On 4 June 2014 08:54, Richard Symonds &lt;richard.symonds(a)wikimedia.org.uk&gt; wrote: Ed's email earlier in this thread should answer your question. It will take a couple of rounds of invitations for the schedule to fill out. On 4 Jun 2014 02:49, "Hegger" &lt;heinz.egger(a)gmx.at&gt; wrote: I haven´t received any information if my submission was accepted or not! https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/Language_and_Dialect_D… H. Am 03.06.2014 13:11, schrieb Edward Saperia: 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 <http://www.wikimanialondon.org> email &lt;ed(a)wikimanialondon.org&gt; • facebook <http://www.facebook.com/edsaperia> • twitter <http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia> • 07796955572 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG On 3 June 2014 09:29, Hay (Husky) &lt;huskyr(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: Any news on the acceptances? -- Hay On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 4:23 PM, HaeB &lt;haebwiki(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: programme Apologies wrote: https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/The_encyclopedia_and_t… _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list Wikimania-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l