2023:Scholarship outcomes

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We had a total of 3800 applications started, after removing spam and incomplete applications we had 1209 actual applications for review. These application were then grouped according to regions.

Region	# of applications	% applications
Africa, Sub-Saharan	490	40.53%
Central Asia	55	4.55%
Central and Eastern Europe	78	6.45%
East, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific	150	12.41%
Middle East and North Africa	82	6.78%
North America	51	4.22%
South America	68	5.62%
Sub-continental Asia	144	11.91%
Western Europe	91	7.53%
Totals	1209

Scholarship distribution by region

Below you can see the distribution of scholarships by region this was based on the number of completed application received and an allowance ESEAP as the host region with the lowest travel cost both in terms of dollars and carbon footprint. The was also a consideration to take advantage of the friendly visa system and select more from region where a normally the community struggles to get visa's for attendees. The numbers reflect the final list acceptances from those offered, where people declined offers the next in line from that region was offered a scholarship. Wikimedia Australia, Wikimedia Deutschland, and Wikimedia Malaysia collaborated with the Wikimania Scholarship team to help support the distribution of attendees. The final two columns will be filled in after Wikimania to capture outcomes.

Region	Scholars	Volunteer hours	Written report
Africa, Sub-Saharan	38
Central Asia	8
Central and Eastern Europe	17
East, Southeast Asia and the Pacific	53
Western Europe	18
Middle East and North Africa	16
North America	12
South America	15
Sub-continental Asia	20
Total	197

Scholarship recipients for 2023

AdjoEsse	Danbarrameda	Iwuala Lucy	Malikxan	Pellagia	WikiTatik
Agbalagba	Dasilvad	iyumu	Maor X	Pepe piton	Wojciech Pędzich
Aimeabibis	Diahasy	Jagseer S Sidhu	Mardetanha	pgallert	Yamen
AKibombo	Diamantino	Jaluj	Marifer Veloz	Pigsonthewing	Youngjin
Akouete	Diegodlh	janbery	Marinna	ProtoplasmaKid	Yug
Alphama	Discott	JasDoIt	MassiveEartha	Rachidourkia	Zabe
Ambrosia10	DomenikaBo	Jayprakash12345	Maulaninaskah	Raflinoer32	Zapipedia
Ameisenigel	Dreamy Jazz	Jeromi Mikhael	Meghdhanu	Renvoy	ZKang123
Anggabuana	DrThneed	Jjurieee	Mehman	RockyMasum	Рөстәм Нурыев
Angie Cervellera	Dungodung	Jnanaranjan_sahu	Mmaua1	Ruby D-Brown	عرين أسد أبو رمان
ANKAN	effeietsanders	Johnstad Di Maria	Moheen	RXerself	ولاء
Anthere	Ehrlich91	Jon Kolbert	Muhammed amine benloulou	Sandiooses	1233
Arcuscloud	Einebillion	Joris Darlington Quarshie	Mwintirew	sandister
Ardzun	EKokou	Joy Agyepong	Nada kareem22	Señoritaleona
Aristidek5maya	Em-mustapha	joycewikiwiki	Nadzik	Sivakosaran
Armenmir	EmpAhmadK	K2suvi	Nassima Chahboun	Sofiemama
ArnoBOUJIKA	Falilou224	Kaizenify	Nataev	Sohom_data
Astromessier	Fatima	Kanzcech	Nataeva	Soylacarli
Avicenno	Felisberto	Kateregga1	NatasaNedanoska	Sunshine Fionah Komusana
B20180	Fernando Archuby	Khadija	Naval Scene	Suyash.dwivedi
Bajinra	Filipinayzd	Kingoflettuce	Ndahiro derrick	Tbm
Beat Estermann	GhoziSeptiandri	kiraface	Netha Hussain	Techwizzie
Bencemac	Giantflightlessbirds	Kiril Simeonovski	NHC	TheAafi
Bijay Chaurasia	Gikü	Kitanago	Nilamkarn	Tiven2240
Bodhisattwa	gopavasanth	Kowhaiarewhana	Nitesh Gill	Tochiprecious
BugWarp	Gunarta	Kunokuno	Nnadigoodluck	Tofeiku
Buszmail	HakanIST	Kurmanbek	Novem Linguae	Toghrul R
Ceslause	Jaqi-aru	Lajmmoore	Oby Ezeilo	Trainholic
Chinmayee Mishra	Alli_Khalil	Laliv g	ola.mahadi	Tulsi
Chipmunkdavis	Ib	Leonfd1992	Olaniyan Olushola	txolo
Chlod	Ilham Mufti Laksono	LeTechnoLucide	Omorodion1	VIGNERON
Chocmilk03	Ilham.nurwansah	LuisCG11	ovedc	Volstand
Chongkian	Islahaddow	Lunita28mx	Pakoire	Waldyrious

Out of respect for scholars we wont be listing scores or discussing individual merits of those attending. For potential safety and security reasons, some usernames have deliberately been left off this list; if your name is missing, know it's been done to protect others, so please don't add it here.

Scholarship privileges

A participant awarded with a Wikimania scholarship is entitled to:

• Round trip plane ticket from their country of origin to Singapore
• A hotel stay (within August 14 to 20, 2023) either from
  • Village Hotel Bugis
  • PARKROYAL on Beach Road
• Paid event registration ticket along with the delegate's souvenir pack that contain a paper fan, tote bag, water tumbler and complementary gifts from the Singapore Tourism Board
• Cash Stipend through Singapore NETS Card that can be used to pay public transportation, dining establishments, souvenir shops

• 
  NETS Card
• 
  Complementary gifts

Scholarship scoring

Below is how the answers were assessed

Part I

Which project do you call home?

• +1 for not being Wikipedia
• −1  no answer

Is there another project you could also call home?

• −1 no answer

If a person walked up to you and asked you, “What is Wikimedia?” what would you respond?

• −1 no answer
• Scale 0 to 3, 0 basic answer up to a 3 detail answer that reflects the community

Part II

For all of the following questions please use the following method to score

• Scale between 1 to 5, with
  • 1 and 2 for limited insights in answers
  • 3 minimum for a new editor less than 2 years of editing but is active in the community
  • 4 and 5 good insights, very active will add value or gain from being there
• −1 if there isn’t an answer
• +1 point for providing links in answers that support the application
• Up to +2 discretionary bonus points from each reviewer where you see something exceptional, unique, can add to the event, or will potentially benefit from being there — use sparingly
• Up to −2  discretionary points where you have concerns over the attendee or their past, this can be usual suspects, poor on wiki interactions, or other concerns

Tell us about your recent involvement in your home wiki or the broader Wikimedia movement. What have you built or contributed to in order to improve your wiki or community? Have you led or organized any of these activities? Which activity mattered the most to you personally, regardless of outcome? Please indicate which of these activities took place in the last 12 months.Add links to the activities, dashboards, and reporting.

• +2 bonus points for leading outreach in last 12 months
• +1 bonus point for supporting outreach, judging competitions
• +1 bonus points for having written reports about an activity

The ESEAP community chose the theme of Diversity, Collaboration, Future for Wikimania 2023. What does this mean to you? What do you think about when presented with this theme, and how will it impact your attendance at Wikimania?

• +1 bonus point if they are looking to make connections to establish a project like a Wiki Loves after the event, or create an affiliate

How do you usually share your experiences (or things you‘ve learned) with your community? Examples of on-wiki summaries, reports, blog posts, meetup talks, etc. are welcome here. Please include links to examples.

• +2 bonus points if they present a verifiable plan of what they will be doing after the event, i.e. a local meetup to present what they learnt or session they want to share from Wikimania