Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/USW Wikiquotes I (ID: 21853264)
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Applicant Details
edit- Please provide your main Wikimedia Username.
codtz
- Please provide the Usernames of people related to this proposal.
codtz magotech Awadhi Awampo
- 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.
University Students Wikimedians
Grant Proposal
edit- M. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
USW Wikiquotes I
- 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.
- 1. What is the change that you are trying to bring about and why is this important.
The focus in only one Wikimedia project in Tanzania has been noted and we would like to bring in more Wikimedia projects like Wikiquotes to the members by doing so we will have more people being interested to join and contribute more to many other projects ratherthan just Wikipedia which will lead to more contents
- 2. Describe your main approaches or strategies to achieve these changes and why you think they will be effective.
Edit-a-thons
- 3. What are the activities you will be developing and delivering as part of these approaches or strategies?
Holding in-person and online events which will be Edit-thons
- 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.
Other (please specify)
- Wikiquotes in both English and Swahili languages
- 5. Do you have the team that is needed to implement this proposal?
Sylivester Johnbosco (username:codtz): Project leader Magoiga Mtatiro (username:Magotech): Facilitator Ebenezer Mlay(Username:Caliben):Facilitator
- 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.
Content Gender gap, Language, Topics considered to be of impact or important in the specific context
- 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.
Wikiquote has been seen to be known to many just in English language but for many people who are Swahili speakers have not been able to access contents in the Wikiquote in Swahili thus being hard for them to understand what is written in english
- 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, Advocacy, Public Policy
- 8. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities?
Gender Identity, Geographic , Linguistic / Language
- 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?
The targeted participants are University students from the University Students Wikimedians Community. We will engage the participants by conducting online and in-person events and posting on our social media
- 10. In what ways are you actively seeking to contribute towards creating a safer, supportive, more equitable environment for participants?
By following the code of conduct
- 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.
Posting the Community's Meta page
- 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
If no:
- 12.1 What was the reason for you deciding NOT to develop a joint proposal? How will you guarantee coordination efforts to make sure that you are not duplicating efforts and that you can maximise your work and joint impact.
- Wikimedia communities in Tanzania we have been meeting and cussing on all of our future goals and plans and we have made sure that no duplication is made and so collaboration has been endorsed in all of our projects
- 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.
Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement, Improve User Experience, Innovate in Free Knowledge
Learning, Sharing, and Evaluation
edit- 15. What do you hope to learn from your work in this fund proposal?
We hope to learn about the interests of many students in the quotes era. We hope to learn what other projects can be liked by the University Students
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| participants | N/A | 40 |
| quotes added | N/A | 200 |
| number of events | N/A | 10 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 17. Core quantitative metrics.
| Core metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | ||
| Number of editors | ||
| Number of organizers |
| Wikimedia Project | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 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.
- 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.
outreach dashboard
Financial Proposal
edit- 19. & 19.1 What is the amount you are requesting from Wikimedia Foundation? Please provide this amount in your local currency.
12371331 TZS
- 19.2 What is this amount in US Currency (to the best of your knowledge)?
5259.98 USD
- 20. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it.
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
Endorsements and Feedback
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Community members are invited to share meaningful feedback on the proposal and include reasons why they endorse the proposal. Consider the following:
- Stating why the proposal is important for the communities involved and why they think the strategies chosen will achieve the results that are expected.
- Highlighting any aspects they think are particularly well developed: for instance, the strategies and activities proposed, the levels of community engagement, outreach to underrepresented groups, addressing knowledge gaps, partnerships, the overall budget and learning and evaluation section of the proposal, etc.
- Highlighting if the proposal focuses on any interesting research, learning or innovation, etc. Also if it builds on learning from past proposals developed by the individual or organization, or other Wikimedia communities.
- Analyzing if the proposal is going to contribute in any way to important developments around specific Wikimedia projects or Movement Strategy.
- Analysing if the proposal is coherent in terms of the objectives, strategies, budget, and expected results (metrics).