Praveen,
This could also be discussed on the Malayalam Wikipedia village pump and/or the mailing list where the community can request the participants with a list of expectations. When a Wikimedian is awarded the scholarship on the basis of their own contribution to the larger movement, they do owe their own community the wisdom they would bring back from Wikimania.
But I personally don’t see this thread a fruitful one. Many from your own community might not be active here. While sharing this suggestion with I’m also thinking in my head that how we could engage with my own community so that they share such a wishlist. We tried to do it in the past but did not receive many comments. Maybe there is a way we can innovate. If we succeed, I will create a Learning Pattern, and share here. :)
Subhashish
On May 30, 2018, at 2:07 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemowiki@gmail.com wrote:
cs, 30/05/2018 10:16:
Is there any other way of investigating these issues /without/ mentioning the names of the scholarship awardees?
Well, in theory we've been publishing the names of people who got a scholarship for a few years now, so it should be possible to make a complete list of repeat recipients in N years and then talk just about the number rather than names.
I agree that repeat scholarships are a bad way to spend donor money, for the law of diminishing returns. We can disagree on how big the problem is, but we have sufficient evidence that it exists. In the past I've proposed and implemented severe penalties, but I'll clearly admit that I failed to effectively reform the review process.
I personally agree with more draconian solutions which would set very clear expectations. A total ban on a scholarship for those who got one the previous year is a possibility. It would be as fair as re-election limits in democratic competitions.
Federico
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