[Wikimedia-l] Wikimania 2013 scholarship now accepting application

[Jon Davies]

Mozart, being Austrian, was more discreet?

On 19 February 2013 07:27, Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton <
rodrigo.argenton at gmail.com> wrote:

> sooo weird...
>
> Just some observations, my written English is bad, it is something I have
> to
> improve, however, my understanding, both read when listening are close to a
> native, and my oral production is excellent (:P). And honestly, I will not
> really use my writing ability in Wikimania or Hong Kong, but my English was
> evaluated for it.
>
> But I think the message should be "have a level of English sufficient to
> follow the lectures, discussions and conversations"
>
> And also I did not find that a good test for English, there's a maximum
> limit, but there is no minimum limit. I could say: "I have a very
> restricted diet because I am Jewish and vegan, so my diet is restricted to
> that."
>
> I could say, or, "I like almost everything, but I'm lactose intolerant, so
> I can do much poop if I eat things with milk." Until that can be
> interpreted only
> as something to check if I have dietary restrictions, as in previous
> questionnaires.
>
> And one of the advantages of being Brazilian, is that many of us find it
> easy to understand other Latinos, the reverse is not true, I would not find
> it strange to see some lectures in Interlingua, or even, Italian or
> Spanish.
>
> But as the Wikimania is itinerant, lectures in the local language could be
> very interesting, and even a form of local people interact more, I
> know that English
> is present among the HK natives, but I do not see why not have a lectures
> in
> Cantonese to appreciate local culture...
>
>
> On 19 February 2013 01:09, Mathieu Stumpf <psychoslave at culture-libre.org
> >wrote:
>
> > Le lundi 18 février 2013 à 21:09 +1100, Liam Wyatt a écrit :
> > > Yes, I think that writing "I will bring Stroopwafels" gives you an
> > > automatic extra 10points in the scholarship assessment ;-)
> > >
> > > wittylama.com
> > > Peace, love & metadata
> >
> > Goddamn[1], why do you tell that only now!
> >
> > [1] Of course you should have read "le Mariage de Figaro" to understand
> > this subtle reference :
> > {{fr}} http://monsu.desiderio.free.fr/bibliotheque/goddam.html
> >
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