Wikimania 2021/Scholarships/Wikimedia Polska/Report

The scholarship process

The scholarships were given by a committee of community members supported by a WMPL community support staff member. The process was designed to be very straightforward and providing the applicant a quick decission.

All the applications were accepted and all applicants have received funding.

Funded items

Overall we funded:

• 8 headsets
• 3 cameras
• 1 data package
• 1 Wikimania-watching space
• Lunch-sets for 6 people
• 1 Wikimania watching event
• 8 post-Wikimania session translations

Motivation to Wikimania participation (according to scholarship survey)

• learning from other Wikimedia communities
• gaining more knowledge about technical-related topics
• networking and renewing contacts
• updated on interesting projects related to GLAM, gender gap and education
• learning more about sister projects and copyright

Learnings

• For 50% of people who took part in the scholarship program this was the first Wikimania and the first international Wikimedia event – it has been the most inclusive Wikimania ever!
• small hardware hase been used after the Wikimania on other Wikimedia-related events which means Wikimania scholarships boosted participation in other online events as well
• community scholarship committee helped the process to go smoothly and quickly

Translations

The translations have been added to sessions:

• Supporting a gentle discussion - Can we raise awareness through research results to bring about change
• Integrating Wikidata into the Wikimedia projects.webm
• Come on, It’s Wikipedia, not Westeros
• Wikidata What happened Where are we going
• Wikifunctions and Abstract Wikipedia
• Wikimania 2021 Wikimedia Movement and the Paradox of Open
• Wikipedia is Gamified- Prove me wrong
• Alternative text to images as cohesively structured data on Commons

Budget

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