Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Zürich Hackathon scholarships

2014-03-31 Thread Jon Davies
It is not standard practice for a list of attendees to Wikimedia conferences to be published. It is up to the individuals in question whether they want it be known publicly that they are attending or have attended a particular Wikimedia conference. That any particular individual attendance are

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Zürich Hackathon scholarships

2014-03-31 Thread Michael Peel
Erm, no, it is standard (good) practice! Mike On 31 Mar 2014, at 12:28, Jon Davies jon.dav...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: It is not standard practice for a list of attendees to Wikimedia conferences to be published. It is up to the individuals in question whether they want it be known

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Zürich Hackathon scholarships

2014-03-31 Thread
would be - i.e. hypothetical scenario. Not everything I write needs to be read as an accusation of a crime, no. Fae On 31 March 2014 13:13, HJ Mitchell hjmitch...@ymail.com wrote: Fae, I'll assume you didn't mean that to sound like an allegation of corruption, but regardless, it's not

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Zürich Hackathon scholarships

2014-03-31 Thread Michael Maggs
Fae, this is a standard defence that you run often. Let me say that you do not do yourself any favours when you make a statement accusing the chapter of some outrageous or corrupt act, and then deny responsibility for the intent of your posting by pointing out that you had phrased it in the

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Zürich Hackathon scholarships

2014-03-31 Thread HJ Mitchell
I don't think anybody is suggesting you link somebody's real-life identity to their Wikimedia username against their wishes (unless there's context that I've missed). I'm suggesting you should publish whatever information the recipient is comfortable with, unless they're not comfortable with

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Zürich Hackathon scholarships

2014-03-31 Thread John Byrne
I agree with others that when a scholarship/grant is made involving non-trivial travel and living expenses such as air fares and hotels, the recipients should be identified, if only by username. Exceptions to this should be made very sparingly, and for very good reasons. If individuals

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Zürich Hackathon scholarships

2014-03-27 Thread Katie Chan
There were two valid applications, which we are both funding. Regards, Katie On 26 March 2014 16:22, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: On 13 March 2014 14:08, Katie Chan katie.c...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: A remainder that deadline for this is this Sunday. Don't forget to

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Zürich Hackathon scholarships

2014-03-26 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 13 March 2014 14:08, Katie Chan katie.c...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: A remainder that deadline for this is this Sunday. Don't forget to apply if you haven't already! What was the uptake like? Annoyingly, I didn't think I'd be free, but now find that I am. *kicks self* -- Andy Mabbett

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Zürich Hackathon scholarships

2014-03-13 Thread Katie Chan
A remainder that deadline for this is this Sunday. Don't forget to apply if you haven't already! Katie On 26 February 2014 18:45, Katie Chan katie.c...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Hi all, Wikimedia UK will be offering two to three

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Zürich Hackathon scholarships

2014-03-13 Thread Gordon Joly
On 13/03/14 14:08, Katie Chan wrote: A remainder that deadline for this is this Sunday. Don't forget to apply if you haven't already Who cares about deadlines? And I have had two remainders already! :-) Gordon ___ Wikimedia UK mailing list

[Wikimediauk-l] Zürich Hackathon scholarships

2014-02-26 Thread Katie Chan
Hi all, Wikimedia UK will be offering two to three scholarshipshttps://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich_Hackathon_scholarshipsto the international Wikimedia Hackathon in Zürichhttps://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich_Hackathon_2014this year. Application will be taken through the registration