Outreach programs/Messages to candidates

Boilerplate texts for participants in mentorship programs to be sent as plain text in emails.

Candidate accepted
Congratulations! Your proposal has been accepted. You can find more details at

(URL of the program, for instance https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2014 )

In the next months, you will become a dedicated Wikimedia contributor. Your mentors and the rest of our community will help you succeed in your project; never hesitate to ask questions.

Through this program you will meet interesting people. You will learn what documentation and courses cannot teach you. Our goal is to make you feel at home, to help you become a long term contributor.

Here you have three basic steps to get up to speed:
 * 1) Establish a relationship with your mentors. You are members of the same team now.
 * 2) With the help of your mentors, specify your minimum viable product and publish a first contribution towards that goal.
 * 3) Start a routine of micro-reporting your progress on a weekly (or daily) basis using simple sentences with links.

Now is the time to review our Lessons Learned in order to avoid common mistakes at the beginning of a project:

https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Mentorship_programs/Lessons_learned

Thank you for your interest in contributing to Wikimedia!

Candidate declined
Unfortunately, your proposal has been declined this time, but don't give up. Some of our interns were declined in their first attempt, but then were well prepared in their next application. We encourage you to try again. Wikimedia participates in several outreach programs that offer internship opportunities.

Now that you have invested time and energy in your application, you know more about our community, and you have established contacts that can help you define your next steps.

These are the steps we have seen taken by successful re-applicants: We hope to see you around, becoming a stronger candidate. Some useful links: Thank you for your interest in contributing to Wikimedia!
 * 1) Learn why your application hasn't been accepted. Ask your mentors, the Wikimedia org admins, and other community members that gave you feedback or have helped you in other ways.
 * 2) Keep contributing to your preferred projects consolidating your relationship with other project members.
 * 3) Start working on your next proposal well in advance communicating your initial plans early, and drafting your proposal publicly.
 * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/How_to_contribute
 * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:New_contributors/Starter_kit
 * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Annoying_little_bugs