Wikicamp Nepal 2018/Scholarships

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Wikicamp Nepal 2018

Wikicamp Nepal 2018 (WCN) is a three day event for experienced and new Wikipedians of Nepal. The main objective of the event is to increase the Wikimedia offline activities in Nepal, develop skills of the new Wikipedians and bring together experienced and newbie Wikipedians. This brought together Wikipedians from Nepali, Maithili, Doteli, Newari (Nepal Bhasha), Bhojpuri, Sanskrit and Santali Community as well as 2 emerging Incubator communities - Awadhi and Marwari.
This is first event of its kind being held in Nepal and is intended to become an annual national flagship event for Wikipedia/Wikimedia in the country.

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Wikicamp Nepal 2018 (WCN 2018) is being held on 22^nd, 23^rd & 24^th of November 2018 in Lahan, Province No.2, Nepal. WCN 2018 Scholarships Program is offering a limited number of scholarships to cover the cost of selected individuals' travel, event^[1] registration fee and accommodation.

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Important dates

The anticipated timeline for the WCN 2018 Scholarship Program is as follows:

Scholarship applications open:~~15 August 2018~~
Deadline for applying for scholarships: ~~14 September 2018 23:59 UTC~~
Applicants are notified about final decisions: ~~5 October 2018~~
The final list of recipients will be announced: ~~17 October 2018~~

Scholarship Details

Round trip travel
Shared accommodation
Wiki Camp Nepal registration fee

We expect to support maximum 25-28 individual scholarship holders.

Eligibility to apply scholarship

Any active contributors of Wikimedia Projects (Wikipedia, Incubator projects, Wiki Commons etc) with at least 200 contribution (edits) is considered eligible to apply for a scholarship. Specifically, an active contributors of Nepali, Maithili, Nepal Bhasha (Newari), Doteli, Bhojpuri, Sanskrit, Awadhi (Incubator project) and Marwari (Incubator project) wikip(m)edians are encourage to apply for the full/partial scholarship.

Selection Process

Phase-1: Eligibility assessment

All application will be reviewed by the Scholarship Committee to check whether the application is eligible to pass (1) or fail (0) in accordance to the Phase-1 selection criteria.

Phase-2: In-depth evaluation

All application that pass Phase-1 will be reviewed in more details by the Scholarship Committee, with a minimum of 2 reviewers per application. Each reviewer will independently examine and score each application against the Phase-2 selection criteria, to reach a final score for each application.

Phase-3: Final approval

Based on the Phase-2 reviews, there will be an average final score generated for each applicants. The Scholarship Committee will award the scholarship ensuring the gender and language diversity.

Female participation- To ensure the gender diversity, minimum 4 to 5 female applicants will be awarded by the scholarship.
Language Communities- To make sure the participation from diverse communities, The active contributors based on the community size- Nepali, Maithili, Nepal Bhasha (Newari), Doteli, Bhojpuri, Sanskrit, Awadhi (Incubator project) and Marwari (Incubator project) will be awarded by the scholarship.

Selection Criteria

Phase 1- Eligibility assessment

Application will fail Phase-1, if any of the following failing criteria apply:

The application consist of topic or content which is off- topic or abusive.
The applicant has failed to answer the questions on the application form.
The candidate has been permanently blocked or globally banned in any wikimedia projects.
The candidate has failed to demonstrate the contribution towards the Wikimedia movement.

Phase 2- In-depth evaluation

Each member of Scholarship committee will grade the applicants on a scale of 0-10 based on value addition regarding Collaboration, Leadership, Impact, and Potential. These will cover many aspects of one's activity as seen below:

Contribution to Wikimedia projects.
Demonstrated collaborated activities online and offline on Wikimedia projects.
Role within most active Wikimedia community (editor, sysop, bureaucrat, etc.,)
Offline work related to Wikimedia projects, including contests, collaborations, etc.
Demonstration of blogs, reports, etc. that show valuable contribution back to the community.
Role in organizing WCN 2018 and participation in WCN 2018.

Scholarship Committee

Recipients

List of recipients (sorted in alphabetical order) approved to attend WCN2018 on scholarship.
We expect to support maximum 25-28 individual scholarship holders but lastly we have managed to support 35-37 individuals from our end.

S. No.	Username	Community	City	Travel via	Attended?
1	Aasish Shah	Maithili Wikipedia	Kathmandu	Flight	-
2	Amrit Ghimire Ranjit	English Wikipedia	Pokhara	Bus/Micro	No (Absent)
3	Anisha Maharjan	Nepal Bhasha Wikipedia	Lalitpur	Flight	-
4	Anup Sadi	-	Dhaka	-	-
5	Bijay chaurasia	Maithili Wikipedia	Kathmandu	Flight	-
6	Biplab Anand	Maithili Wikipedia	Rajbiraj	Bus/Micro	-
7	bishaldev100	Nepali Wikipedia	Lalitpur	Flight	-
8	BRPever	Nepali Wikipedia	Kathmandu	Bus/Micro	-
9	cherishsantosh	-	Bangalore	Train	-
10	Ganesh Paudel	Nepali Wikipedia	Itahari	Bus/Micro	-
11	Haribanshnp	English Wikipedia	Rajbiraj	Bus/Micro	-
12	Harry Paudyal	Wikidata	Kathmandu	Bus/Micro	-
13	Innocentbunny	-	Kolkata	Train	-
14	Janak Bhatta	Doteli Wikipedia	Lalitpur	Flight	-
15	KB Thakulla	Doteli Wikipedia	Mahendranagar	Bus/Micro	-
16	KCVelaga	-	Tenali	Flight	No (Absent)
17	Kiran Kumar Sah	Maithili Wikipedia	Rajbiraj	Bus/Micro	-
18	Komal Prasad Pokharel	Nepali Wikipedia	Surunga, Jhapa	Bus/Micro	-
19	Learnerktm	Nepali Wikipedia	Kathmandu	Bus/Micro	-
20	Nabin K. Sapkota	Nepali Wikipedia	Kathmandu	Flight	-
21	Nawaraj Ghimire	Nepali Wikipedia	Kathmandu	Flight	-
22	Neelatmg	Nepali Wikipedia	Dharan	Bus/Micro	-
23	Nilamkarn	Maithili Wikipedia	Rajbiraj	Bus/Micro	-
24	Nirajan pant	Doteli Wikipedia	Kathmandu	Bus/Micro	-
25	Nirjal stha	Nepali Wikipedia	Lalitpur	Flight	-
26	Nirmal Dulal	Nepali Wikipedia	Kathmandu	Flight	-
27	PANKAJ DEO	Maithili Wikipedia	Rajbiraj	Bus/Micro	-
28	Ram Prasad Joshee	Nepali Wikipedia	Haridwar	Flight	-
29	Ricky Partel	Wikimedia Commons	Kathmandu	Bus/Micro	No (Absent)
30	Satdeep Gill	-	Patiala	Flight	-
31	Shibu Murmu	Santali Wikipedia	Rajgadh, Jhapa	Bus/Micro	-
32	Sushma Sharma	-	Gurgaon	Train	-
33	Zeetendra	Maithili Wikipedia	Kathmandu	Flight	-
34	पर्वत सुबेदी	Nepali Wikipedia	Chitwan	Bus/Micro	-
35	श्रेष्ठ भूपेन्द्र	Nepali Wikipedia	Syangja	Bus/Micro	-
36	सरोज कुमार ढकाल	Nepali Wikipedia	Kathmandu	Flight	-
37	सृजना	Nepali Wikipedia	Itahari	Bus/Micro	-
38	हिमाल सुबेदी	Nepali Wikipedia	Bharatpur	Bus/Micro	-

References

↑ "Wikicamp Nepal 2018 Event".

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