Hello everyone,

For those of us interested in applying for a scholarship for next year's Wikimania, you might find this orientation session very helpful. This is the first time I am seeing the Wikimania Scholarships Team officially hosting such an event. As someone who has sat on multiple Wiki scholarship committees -including this one twice-, and seen individuals who I know to be good Wikipedians get denied because they submitted bad applications, I can vouch for the benefit such an orientation can offer. Even for the most veteran Wiki volunteer.

Details are in the forwarded email below.

Regards,

Douglas.

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Wikimania wikimania@wikimedia.org Date: Wed, 24 Sept 2025 at 15:41 Subject: [Wikimania-l] Join Us for the Wikimania 2026 Scholarship Orientation Sessions To: wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org

Hello everyone,

The Wikimania 2026 https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2026:Wikimania Scholarships Team is hosting orientation sessions to guide you through the application process, explain the selection criteria, and answer your questions. Think of it as your Paris briefing, without the jet lag or the Louvre queues.

When? (all online):

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French https://meet.google.com/jei-npdd-isy – 25 September at 06:30 pm UTC (Please check your timezone here https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1758825000) -

Spanish http://meet.google.com/koo-migx-gmy – 26 September at 03:00 pm UTC (Please check your timezone here https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1758898800) -

English I http://meet.google.com/gni-caqo-gjh – 29 September at 03:00 pm UTC (Please check your timezone here https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1759158000) -

English II http://meet.google.com/kaa-evsp-swq – 30 September at 08:00 am UTC (Please check your timezone here https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1759219200) -

Arabic http://meet.google.com/xjf-hpgn-yte – 30 September at 01:00 pm UTC (Please check your timezone here https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1759237200)

Agenda:

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Introduction to Wikimania 2026 (taking place in Paris—yes, the Eiffel Tower awaits) -

Overview of the scholarship application and selection process (your recipe for success, no croissant needed) -

Live Q&A (because sometimes questions deserve more than a shrug)

Can’t attend live? No problem. All sessions will be recorded and shared afterwards.

Add the session in your language to your Google Calendar using the links above, and get ready to apply https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2026:Scholarships with confidence.

See you online,

Afek Ben Chahed, Communications Lead, on behalf of the Wikimania 2026 Core Organizing Team _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list -- wikimania-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to wikimania-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org