Grants:PEG/Kannan Shanmugham - Malayalam Wikipedia/10th Birthday Celebrations
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- Legal name of organization or individual requesting this grant
- Kannan Shanmugham on behalf of Wikipedia Malayalam Community (www.ml.wikipedia.org)
- For organizations: Are you a for-profit entity? NA
- For organizations: If non-profit (US) or equivalent (outside the US) status is available in your country, do you have or are you pursuing such status (please be specific): NA
- For individual applicants: Please note that if your request is accepted you will be required to provide documentation verifying your full legal name and address. Yes
- Grant contact name
- Adv. T.K. Sujith
- Grant contact username or email
- tksujith at gmail dot com
- Grant contact title (position)
- Organising Committee Member Malayalam Wikipedia/10th Birthday Celebrations (Grant Contact name of Earlier grant allocation of WikiSangamotsavam 2012)
- Project lead name
- Kannan Shanmugham
- Project lead username or email
- fotographerkannan at gmail dot com
- Project lead title (position), if any
- Organising Committee Member Malayalam Wikipedia/10th Birthday Celebrations (Former General Convener, WikiSangamotsavam Organizing Committee)
- Full project name
- Malayalam Wikipedia 10th Birthday Celebrations [1] (Additional request for Reallocation of Balance Amount of Wikisangamotsavam 2012
- Amount requested in USD or local currency (USD will be assumed if no other currency is specified)
- 25,949 INR =~ $477
- Provisional target start date
- 21 December 2012
- Provisional completion date
- 8 February 2013
Budget breakdown
edit| No | Item | Amount (INR) | Amount (USD) | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Publicity | 5000 | 92 | |
| 2 | Printing | 4000 | 74 | |
| 3 | Photography | 2000 | 37 | |
| 4 | Projector & Internet | 1000 | 19 | |
| 5 | Transportation Charge | 1000 | 19 | |
| 6 | Hall Rent | 4000 | 74 | |
| 7 | Food | 10000 | 184 | 200 Delegates |
| 8 | Unforeseen Expenses | 1,000 | 19 | |
| Total | 28000 | 499 |
| No | Source | Amount (INR) | Amount (USD) | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grant From WkiMedia Foundation | 25,949 | 477 | (Reallocation of Balance Amount of Wikisangamotsavam 2012 |
| 2 | Local Sponsorship | 2051 | 38 |
Project goal
edit- Commemorate the tenth anniversary of creating Malayalam Wikipedia.
- Use the occasion as a vehicle for massive outreach through public events
- Introduce new readers, users and editors to Wikimedia projects
- Enrich Wikipedia content by learning from subject matter experts attending the events
- Acquire, gather and upload photographs and media available during the events to the Wikimedia commons.
- Reinforce the belief and trust in Wikipedia among its chronic users.
Project scope and list of activities
editThese events are conducted as a series of celebrations of the tenth anniversary and birthday of Malayalam Wikipedia (considering the first logged in edit that occurred in http://ml.wikipedia.org). The event page in local language can be seen here
The tenth anniversary is an effective opportunity for considerable and massive outreach by way of news reports and features in mass media (print, audio and visual) as well as online channels. Apart from introducing a lot of common public to the concept of Wikipedia (both as readers and editors), it also rejuvenates the spirits and passion of the existing user base. The Malayalam community has shown excellent unity and togetherness during all such off-line programs held until now. They consider that the opportunity to meet and interact with each other during such occasions, is a sort of reward for the efforts they have put into Wikipedia projects. Existing Wikipedia editors, aspiring Wikipedia users, subject matter experts and media representatives will be participating in these events. As organizers, Our team (consisting of several active Wikipedians) will garner the infrastructural and logistical resources to accomplish the envisaged mission. We are devoting all possible times for this cause. We will also be participating throughout during these events.
Non-financial requirements
editWe request any official permission that may be required to use the logo and trade name for the above purpose without any commercial or competitive intentions.
We would happy that if the news of the event may spread in international wiki community through meta wiki and wiki data. As the project is initiated by local Wikipedia volunteers, no need for other assistance.
Fit to strategy
edit- We can give a memorable happy birthday to Malayalam Wkipedia
- The widespread publicity of the Birthday Party through our website, social media and other mass media enlighten the people of Kerala about the scope of Malayalam Wikipedia and other projects.
- Through this publicity people will more attracted into wikipedia and we hope a leap in the number of our contributors.
- It is expected to taken place a detailed discussion and frame up of Novel projects which develop the scope of Malayalam Wikipedia in this event.
Other benefits
editPlease see the Project Scope above
Measures of success
edit- Number and quality of participants in the events.
- Reflections and waves of the event in mass media reports and other channels of outreach
- Enhanced number of active users (both readers and editors)
- More uploads and content addition to Wikimedia repositories
- Reflections from the participants by way of blog posts and other social networks
- Added participation in each succeeding events of tenth anniversary celebrations of Malayalam Wikipedia.
Team members (optional)
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