Grants talk:TPS/Harsh4101991/FOSDEM

Question about your budget[edit]

Dear Harsh:

Thank you for this request. It seems like a great opportunity.

Would you please provide us with some more details about your budget for accommodations? How many nights will the US$300 cover and how did you arrive at that figure?

Thank you, Winifred Olliff (Grants Administrator) talk 17:24, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Winifred

From the Conference Page I found this Hotel http://www.funkeyhotel.com/home/prices, and the price of small room is 59 EURO - 82-84 USD. So for 3 day it may cost around 245-252 USD. Apologies for not clearing this out, I rounded up to 300 USD. I also assure you that if any amount remains unused I wholeheartedly will return it and I am also updating this thing on proposal page.

Thank you. --Harsh4101991 (talk) 17:51, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, Harsh. The budget seems reasonable. Would you kindly update your request with those details? Thank you, Winifred Olliff (Grants Administrator) talk 19:32, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Updated Winifred. Thanks. --Harsh4101991 (talk) 19:38, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Request funded[edit]

This request is funded in the amount of US$1452. We look forward to the results. Congratulations! Winifred Olliff (Grants Administrator) talk 17:08, 9 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Increase to overall grant amount[edit]

Due to an increase in flight costs, WMF approves an additional US$75 for this request, making the total approved grant amount up to US$1527. Cheers, Winifred Olliff (Grants Administrator) talk 23:37, 15 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

At the grantee's request we have also approved an additional US$60 for visa costs. Winifred Olliff (Grants Administrator) talk 18:39, 21 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Reality check[edit]

I understand the need for rhetoric in abstracts, but this is perhaps a bit too much: «I have been contributing in Wikipedia and Mediawiki for last 2 years, and as a volunteer I have been working on various MediaWiki technologies». You have one merged commit only, after all.[1] I don't see any activity with gadgets in your contributions but maybe they're somewhere else.[2] On the language matrix, please also update the wikis in addition to the in-person presentation, because I was unable to find information and it's not clear to me whether it's being used or it needs more work: mw:Summer of Code Past Projects#Language Coverage Matrix dashboard. --Nemo 23:09, 31 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]