Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Introducing Setswana Wiktionary (ID: 22041354)
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Applicant Details
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Rebel Agent
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Rebel Agent
- Organization
N/A
- Are you a member of any Wikimedia affiliate or group, including informal groups like Wiki Fan Clubs, emerging language communities, not recognized Wikimedia groups etc.? Please list them all.
No, but I sometimes attend training's with the Wikimedia community user group Botswana maybe I will join them as time goes by.
Grant Proposal
edit- M. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Introducing Setswana Wiktionary
- Q. Indicate if it is a local, international, or regional proposal and if it involves several countries? (optional)
Local
- Q2. If you have answered regional or international, please write the country names and any other information that is useful for understanding your proposal.
- R. If you would like, please share any websites or social media accounts that your group or organization has.
- 1. What is the change that you are trying to bring about and why is this important.
I will be introducing the Setswana Wiktionary to the Setswana speakers in Botswana, at this moment the Setswana Wiktionary's performance is very poor with only 131 entries and 1 active contributor which is me, a lot of work need to be done to change this situation this is why I decided to make this project and introduce the Setswana Wiktionary to Batswana since it seems most of them don't know about it or how to contribute to it.
- 2. Describe your main approaches or strategies to achieve these changes and why you think they will be effective.
I will be doing 4 training's ( 3 in person training and 1 online) to train and teach the participants how to edit or contribute to the Setswana Wiktionary, the online training will be for participants who couldn't make it to the in person training's or those who still need me to explain some things they didn't understand. I will also be doing one competition to test how much the participants have learnt.
- 3. What are the activities you will be developing and delivering as part of these approaches or strategies?
I will be developing the Setswana Wiktionary
- 4. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign or event? If so, please select the relevant campaign below. If so, please select all the relevant campaigns from the list below. If "other", please state which.
Not applicable
- 5. Do you have the team that is needed to implement this proposal?
No I will be working on this project as an individual but if anyone is will to help they can contact me on my email.
- 6. Please state if your proposal aims to work to bridge any of the identified CONTENT knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select up to THREE that most apply to your work.
Language
- 6.1 In a few sentences, explain how your work is specifically addressing this content gap (or Knowledge inequity) to ensure a greater representation of knowledge.
- 7. Please state if your proposal includes any of these areas or THEMATIC focus. Select up to THREE that most apply to your work and explain the rationale for identifying these themes.
Education
- 8. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities?
Not applicable
- 9. Who are the target participants and from which community? How will you engage participants before and during the activities? How will you follow up with participants after the activities?
Since this is my first project I'm mostly targeting people from the two cities of Botswana, Francistown and Gaborone but everyone will be allowed to participate. I will call the participants to remind them about the training's and I will also create a WhatsApp group for the participants to communicate with me when needed.
- 10. In what ways are you actively seeking to contribute towards creating a safer, supportive, more equitable environment for participants?
Participants will be provided with food computers and internet at the training's and they will be provided with data bundles to attend the online training.
- 11. Please tell us about how you have let your Wikimedia communities know about the planned activities and this proposal. Use this space to describe the processes you carried out to make the community more involved in planning this proposal. Please link the on-wiki community discussion(s) around the proposals.
I will be personal going to the library's, school and other public places where possible to find the people who will be interested in participating mostly teachers and librarian's.
- 12. Are you aware of other Rapid Fund proposals in your local group, community, or region that are being submitted and that align with your proposed project?
No
If yes:
- 12.1 Did you explore the possibility of doing a joint proposal with other leaders in your group?
- N/A
- 12.2 How will this joint proposal allow you to have better results?
- N/A
- 13. Will you be working with other external, non-Wikimedia partners to implement this proposal? Required.
No
- 13.1 Please describe these partnerships and what motivates the potential partner to be part of the proposal and how they add value to your work.
- 14. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select a maximum of THREE options that most apply.
Improve User Experience
Learning, Sharing, and Evaluation
edit- 15. What do you hope to learn from your work in this fund proposal?
I'm willing to learn or to find out what can be done for people to continue contributing in the Setswana projects.
- 16. Based on these learning questions, what is the information or data you need to collect to answer these questions? Please register this information (as metric description) in the following spaces provided.
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | What makes people willing to contribute. | N/A |
| N/A | To find out why people are not contributing to the Setswana Wiktionary and what can be the solution. | N/A |
| N/A | What can be done for people to continue contributing even after the campaign or this project | N/A |
| N/A | Between youth and adults with are more interested in the Wikimedia projects? | N/A |
| N/A | To find out what can be done to involve more Batswana in the Wikimedia projects | N/A |
- 17. Core quantitative metrics.
| Core metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | This target is of new participants but we will also be welcoming returning participants | 10 |
| Number of editors | 10 | |
| Number of organizers | This is a small project and I will be the only organizer | 1 |
| Wikimedia Project | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Wiktionary | My target is 100 entries but I'm confident we will pass it. | 100 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 17.1 If for some reason your proposal will not measure these core metrics please provide an explanation.
N/A
- 18. What tools would you use to measure each metric selected? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support.
I will use the dashboard to track participants edits.
Financial Proposal
edit- 19. & 19.1 What is the amount you are requesting from Wikimedia Foundation? Please provide this amount in your local currency.
7136 BWP
- 19.2 What is this amount in US Currency (to the best of your knowledge)?
547.69 USD
- 20. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lU-UIbqJgBZyTlu-BQHYTIbAUKkZFqeL/view?usp=sharing
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
No
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