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Re: [PATCH 2/2] Disclaimer about the number of slots.

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Matthieu Moy <matthieu.moy@grenoble-inp.fr>
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Mar 4, 2015, 07:56 UTC
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Jeff King <peff@peff.net> writes:
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> Maybe something along the lines of "If you are really excited about
> working on git, we would love to see your application; if you are just
> looking for a random project, there may be a lot of competition for a
> small number of slots". Except I am not quite sure how to phrase "just
> looking for a random project" that does not sound quite so demeaning.

Yes, that's the idea, but I didn't find a way to say "if you're one of the great students we're looking for, please come in, otherwise go away", so I went for a neutral wording that would let the reader infer it by themselves ;-).

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  1. 1/2 Ask students to include a link to their microproject in their applicationMatthieu Moy, Mar 4, 2015
  2. 2/2 Disclaimer about the number of slots.Matthieu Moy, Mar 4, 2015
  3. Jeff KingMar 4, 2015
  4. Matthieu MoyMar 4, 2015
  5. Junio C HamanoMar 4, 2015
  6. Matthieu MoyMar 6, 2015
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