2023:Scholarship Questions
16–19 August 2023, Singapore and Online
Diversity. Collaboration. Future.
Dis be de application in order of questions we beg make you no answer dis questions hie if you want do dat click de button for below
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Notice: We go endeavour to add translations come de application form top if de language be available, once dat be done we go update de language code for de translation button top we beg make you use de en link as default.
De Wikimedia Foundation go offer partial den full scholarships give Wikimania 2023. Dem go outline what e go cover be under partial den full scholarships for de next section insyd. You fi apply for scholarship thru go de end of day Sunday, 5 February anywer for earth top.
Additionally, Wikimedia movement organizations (chapters, thematic organizations den user groups) go fi offer demma own scholarships for Wikimania. While dis application be for scholarship wey komot de Wikimedia Foundation, movement organizations go fi request access to applications dem submit for hie wey be relevant to demma country or community, secof de purpose make dem select den award demma own, independent scholarships.
We beg make you allow 45–60 minutes so say you go plete dis application.
20 questions wey dey for dis survey insyd.
Forward
Dis section dey relate to types of scholarship you go lyk make dem consider you for
I dey acknowledge say full scholarship go cover:
- Flights
- Accommodation
- Registration
- Meals for de event
- Medical insurance wey be limited
- Online visa cost
If dem offer me partial scholarship e go cover:
- Accommodation
- Registration
- Meals for de event
- Medical insurance wey be limited
- Online visa cost
All oda expenses wey dey include insurance for flights, den oda sundry items be my responsibility.
We beg make you choose one per of de following:
Acknowledge
Full scholarships go cover travel, registration den sum incidental expenses.
Partial scholarships go provide accommodation den registration per.
We beg make you indicate wey type of Wikimedia Foundation scholarship you dey apply for.
Note say:
dem go consider dos wey choose “I dey apply for full scholarship, buh go be able to attend if dem award me partial scholarship” according to de same selection criteria. Dem go fi offer scholarships to applicants plus short history of community involvement.
We beg make you choose one per of de following:
Full scholarship I dey apply for full scholarship, buh go be able to attend if dem award me partial scholarship Partial scholarship (accommodation, registration)
We beg make you indicate whether you go lyk make dem share your information plus oda, independent Wikimedia movement organizations or affiliates if dem dey offer additional scholarships wey you be eligible for.
We beg make you choose one per of de following:
Yes, make you share my application No, make you no share my application
- You dey intend make you apply to any local chapter or oda movement organization(s) for scholarship funding go Wikimania 2023? *
- We beg make you choose den provide comment:
Yes, I dey intend apply come Nah Maybe, if e dey komot Oda
Travel den contact details
For dis section insyd, we beg make you provide contact details den travel information.
Make you no provide passport numbers; dem go request dem if you be successful recipient.
We beg make you note: Singapore dey require say people from sum countries (wey dey include if you travel thru dem) for Africa den Latin America insyd get Yellow Fever vaccination for minimum of 10 days before departure, spy: yellow fever vaccination certificate
We beg make you provide basic contact information.
You get passport for der?
We beg make you choose one per of de following:
Yes, valid until after March 2024 Yes, valid until before March 2024, go hia make I renew E expire, go hia make I renew Nah, I go fi apply by April 2023
Singapore dey require everybro make ein passport be valid for at least 6 months on arrival.
You be responsible make you apply or renew your passport. Delays for obtaining passport go fi cause any offer make dem withdraw am.
Wey country you dey reside insyd?
We beg make you choose one per of de following:
long list for options
We beg make you specify international airport wey you prefer make you depart from den return to. You go fi reduce your carbon footprint so say you go choose to travel via train, or ferry come anoda airport wer direct flights be possible (optional).
We beg make you choose all wey dey apply den provide comment:
depart airport wey dey close dem reduce carbon footprint airport return airport wey be close make you return to airport wey dem reduce carbon footprint oda
De Wikimania team kno say dem make wona carbon footprint be primarily flights, we go lyk make we reduce dat. One way be direct flights so say der go be significant carbon wey dem produce during each take-off.
Specify de airport wey you go prefer to depart from. For example, you fi prefer to depart from Johannesburg as e get direct flights go Singapore.
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Wey country wey issue your passport?
We beg make you choose one per of de following:
long list for options
Statistical Demographics
Dis section go biz you sum demographic questions. We beg make you kai say all questions be optional to answer wey you fi skip dem if you wan.
Dis questions get no impact for de selection process top, wey dem no go make de answers available to de team wey dey review. We dey biz dis information secof statistical purposes, so say we go understand whether de diversity of applications reflect for scholarship awards insyd.
We dey appreciate your support by dis questions you dey answer.
What be your age group?
We beg make you choose one per of de following:
under 18 18 go 24 25 go 34 35 go 44 45 go 54 55 go 64 65+ I dey prefer I no go say
Which of dis categories dey describe your gender identity?
We beg make you choose all wey dey apply:
Woman Man Transgender Non-binary Identity dem no list for hie I dey prefer I no go say
User experiences;
We beg make you provide your current user names, along plus any secondary names you fi use for less secure networks during outreach activities top.
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Dis data be secof we want understand de extent sum users take for security reasons wey dem dey use second account, or dem abandon accounts.
Dem no go retain or share de data.
Wey project you dey bell home?
We beg make you choose one per of de following:
Meta-Wiki Wikimedia Commons Wikispecies Wikibooks Wikidata Wikimania Wikinews Wikipedia Wikiquote Wikisource Wikiversity Wikivoyage Wiktionary Oda
Anotha project dey wey you sanso fi bell home?
We beg make you choose one per of de following:
Meta-Wiki Wikimedia Commons Wikispecies Wikibooks Wikidata Wikimania Wikinews Wikipedia Wikiquote Wikisource Wikiversity Wikivoyage Wiktionary Oda
How muche Wikimanias wey you attend before? Include 2021 den 2022 for your count insyd.
We beg make you choose all wey dey apply:
none online for 2021 insyd online for 2022 insyd 1 go 2 3 go 6 7 go 10 11 go 16 17 all
We beg make you select all wey dey apply.
If you attend online for 2021 or 2022 insyd we beg make you count if you attend live stream session per.
As example, if you attend online for 2022 insyd den in person for 2017 insyd den 2018, male you select "online for 2022 insyd" den "3 go 6".
Assessment question
De following questions be de primary questions wey dem go take assess your application.
E no be about gud story you dey write — sum Wikimedians be better for dat dan odas. E be about de links you go provide take verify your application. Whether e be dashboards, reports, edit histories, media, or oda sources, dis go hia.
De oda aspect go be your willingness to support Wikimania Expo tables, den wey ones. Expo tables go be for de main foyer area insyd wey e go ne open to everybro wey dey include de public. What dem need be recipients for dey dis tables for set times of 2 hours each. Dem go dey participate for 2 hour shift wey e go be substitute for written reports after de event, though dem sanso go welcome any insights.
De Core Organizing Team (COT) dey regard your practical involvement for Wikimania insyd as de most valuable part for attending. Instead of make you write reports after de event, we dey look say make you participate during de event for wona Expo space insyd.
What Expo tables you go fi support? We beg make you include language wey you prefer for de comments insyd. Dem go allocate you 2 hour tym block beforehand so say you fi promote wen you go be der.
While affiliates be very important part of de movement, most affiliates no get de resources or dem dey gain very little from dem dey get individual spaces; COT create affiliate table wey dem go divide am into time slots wey be available give affiliates make dem share experiences.
We beg make you choose all wey dey apply den provide comment:
Meta-Wiki Wikimedia Commons Outreach Wikispecies Wikibooks Wikidata Wikinews Wikipedia Wikiquote Wikisource Wikiversity Wikivoyage Wiktionary Affiliates table Wiki Loves & oda competitions Community Committees - Steering Committee, Language Committee, Movement Strategy Tech den tools Oda:
If person walk up to you den biz you, "What be Wikimedia?" how you go respond?
We beg make you write your answer hie:
Tell we about your recent involvement for your home wiki insyd or de broader Wikimedia movement. What wey you build or contribute to so say e go improve your wiki or community? You lead or organize any of dis activities? Wey activity matter de most give you personally, regardless of outcome? We beg make you indicate wey activities take place for de last 12 months insyd.
Add links go de activities, dashboards, den reporting. *
We beg make you write your answer hie:
De ESEAP community choose de theme of Diversity, Collaboration, Future give Wikimania 2023. What dis dey mean to you? What you dey think about wen dem present dis theme, den how e go impact your attendance for Wikimania?
We beg make you write your answer hie:
How you dey usually share your experiences (or things wey you moe) plus your community? Dem dey welcome examples for on-wiki summaries, reports, blog posts, meetup talks, etc. for hie. We beg make you include links go examples.
We beg make you write your answer hie:
YOUR APPLICATION BE COMPLETE
Email response for completing
Dear applicant,
We dey thank you for taking de tym make you apply for scholarship give Wikimania 2023, wey dem go host am for Singapore insyd from 15-19 August, 2023.
De Scholarships Committee give Wikimania go review all applications according to de eligibility guidance den criteria dem set out for de application process insyd.
Dis process go take place once de application deadline pass. After dat dem go notify all applicants for demma scholarship application outcome for May insyd.
For dos wey be successful, we go then contact further about booking accommodation den travel give you.
If you get any questions for de meantime, we beg make you refer go de Scholarships page for Wikimania Wiki top or contact we for wikimania-scholarships@wikimedia.org
Best Wishes,
De Wikimania Scholarships Committee.
