I would like the Wikimedia Foundation NOT to do that. Our user privacy is to be respected. People who applied for scholarships had every reason to expect that the WMF would not publish their names if they were not awarded one, for example. Nobody who applies is guaranteed a WMF scholarship; however, several other organizations actively provide scholarships to community members who did not receive a WMF scholarship. Transparency does not require putting users into embarrassing or awkward situations, and many users who applied for scholarships may not have done so if they were told that the names and details of their application would be published. The scholarship committee is made up largely of volunteers, and they don't deserve the inevitable brickbats that would be thrown their way if particularly vocal members of the community disagreed with their decisions. And it's a given that just about every member of the community will disagree with one or more decision made by the committee. So no, please don't publish any details of any application, or how any individual candidate was assessed. That's not transparency.
Risker/Anne On 18 April 2017 at 22:51, Dr. U.B. Pavanaja <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > > > I would like WMF to make the list of applicants, their contributions, the > weightage used for each kind of contribution and the final list of > scholarship awardees in a table form. Since WMF is run by the contributions > of the volunteers, such a transparency is definitely needed from WMF. I > hope WMF will oblige. > > > > Regards, > > Pavanaja > > > > > > *From:* Wikimania-l [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Ellie Young > *Sent:* 19 April 2017 01:23 AM > *To:* Wikimania general list (open subscription) > *Subject:* [Wikimania-l] WMF Scholarships to attend Wikimania > > > > Everyone who applied for a scholarship to Wikimania '17 has been notified > about the status. If you have not heard, please check your spam filter, > or send email to ask about the status to: wikimaniascholarships@ > wikimedia.org > > > > April 18 is the deadline for people who were offered a scholarship to > respond. > > > > A final list of everyone who was awarded and able to accept will be posted > to on the wiki in early May. > > > > We expect registration for Wikimania '17 to go live on or before May 1st. > > > > > > > > -- > > Ellie Young > > Events Manager > > Wikimedia Foundation > > [email protected] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > >
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