Congratulations to all the candidates selected -- and their mentors!
Also an encouragement to all the candidates that worked hard but could not get an internship. Our statistics show that applicants going after a second round have a very high success rate.
I also want to thank volunteer org admins Tony and Sumit, who (with just a bit of support from Niharika and me) have run the GSoC and Outreachy selection processes smoothly and on time. Tony, your announcement almost reads like a Wikimedia Blog post (hint, hint). :)
On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 9:56 AM, Aashaka Shah aashaka96@gmail.com wrote:
I had also submitted a GSoC proposal for "Improving static analysis tools for MediaWiki", but
Aashaka, thank your for your understanding. Without knowing the details of this decision, let me note that Priyanka (prnk28) was in a situation similar to yours six months ago, when she was an Outreachy candidate but saw her application declined. Yet she continued being involved, I guess she learned a lot, and got more experience in our developer community, and now that perseverance is paying off.
D3r1ck01 has a similar story, and... can it be that he is our first African GSoC student? He joined this community half year ago, expressed his clear interest in this GSoC round, and since then he has been involved as a volunteer, also learning through practice and informal mentorship from experienced developers.
To all the participants in this round: don't give up! Wikimedia is a movement offering many possibilities to volunteer developers. I'm sure there is a project or two where you can learn, meet interesting people, and prepare for the next round.