Olatunde raises a significant issue in that call for
communities to
participate in the community village is demoralising if communities dont
have the opportunity to attend the event which is suppose to be bringing
everyone together. We have the underlying principle of sharing the sum
of all knowledge, if we dont do it internally then we cant do it
successfully externally.
As for the response the process for Wikimania has been changed, in Mexico
last year a decision was taken with many communities unaware and excluded
from the discussion because they didnt have anyone there. With Wikmania
being every 2 years its becomes more significant that all communities have
representatives attend every wikimania otherwise it ends up isolating
communities for 4 years from the whole of the movement. The scholarship
process is also broken and its needs to be discussed it needs to be
reconsidered to allow for the changes.
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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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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(a)gmail.com
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User page: Wikicology
Facebook: Olatunde Olalekan Isaac.
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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
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