Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikivoyage article contest 2024 (ID: 22760166)

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Applicant Details

Main Wikimedia username. (required)

Yahya

Organization

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Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)

Main Proposal

1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.

Wikivoyage article contest 2024

2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.

2024-09-30 - 2024-10-30

4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)

Bangladesh The contest will be arranged within the Bengali speaking community from Bangladesh and West Bengal (India).

5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)

Not applicable

6. What is the change you are trying to bring? What are the main challenges or problems you are trying to solve? Describe this change or challenges, as well as main approaches to achieve it. (required)

Challenges We Face:

Since the launch of the Bangla Wikivoyage site, there has been a significant addition of copyrighted content due to a lack of awareness about the policy, along with the creation of many pages that do not comply with the guidelines (e.g., non-travel articles). As a result, the number of articles decreased significantly after these pages were removed or redirected.
Many important travel destinations still lack informative pages.
Despite having 226 million Bengali native speakers worldwide, awareness of this project is minimal.
We lack an active community. Some members of our communication channels have indicated they are unaware of the project's policies and editing procedures, which has led to a lack of interest in contributing.

Proposed Solutions:

We will conduct an online workshop (not included in the budget) to educate participants on how to edit Wikivoyage and understand basic policies. To foster a sense of community, we will organize a contest.
As part of the contest, we will create information-rich travel guides for popular destinations.
We will promote Wikivoyage to a wider audience through contest campaigns and calls for contributions, using central notice, village pump announcements, mass messages, mailing lists, and social media platforms.
To ensure the community's sustainability, we will arrange regular online meetups after the contest (not included in the budget).

7. What are the planned activities? (required) Please provide a list of main activities. You can also add a link to the public page for your project where details about your project can be found. Alternatively, you can upload a timeline document. When the activities include partnerships, include details about your partners and planned partnerships.

We will translate travel guide pages for popular destinations from other language versions of Wikivoyage, primarily from the English Wikivoyage. In cases where information is not available in other language projects, we will create our own content. This contest will run throughout the month of October. You can find the contest project page here: https://bn.wikivoyage.org/wiki/উইকিভ্রমণ:নিবন্ধ_প্রতিযোগিতা_২০২৪.

As the competition progresses, we will continue the review process and ensure that the reviews are completed and prizes issued within the grant timeframe.

8. Describe your team. Please provide their roles, Wikimedia Usernames and other details. (required) Include more details of the team, including their roles, usernames, Wikimedia group, and whether they are salaried, volunteers, consultants/contractors, etc. Team members involved in the grant application need to be aware of their involvement in the project.

Muhammad Yahya (User:Yahya), Project Lead, Steward, Bangla Wikivoyage, Bangla Wikipedia and Wikidata sysop, bnwiki Oversighter
Shakil Hossen (User:MdsShakil), Coordinator, Global Sysop, Bangla Wikipedia and Wikibooks administrator
Rocky Masum (User:RockyMasum), Coordinator, Bangla Wikivoyage and Bangla Wikipedia administrator.

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? (required)

Our target community is the Bangla Wikimedia community. Our goal is to mobilize existing contributors, attract new ones, and ensure their sustained involvement. We will promote the competition through central notice, village pump announcements, mass messages, mailing lists, and social media platforms. Throughout and after the contest, participants will stay connected via the contest talk page, Telegram, and email. Additionally, we will conduct a workshop before the contest begins.

10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)

No

10.1. Please provide a link to your Youth Safety Policy. (required) If the proposal indicates direct contact with children or youth, you are required to outline compliance with international and local laws for working with children and youth, and provide a youth safety policy aligned with these laws. Read more here.

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11. How did you discuss the idea of your project with your community members and/or any relevant groups? Please describe steps taken and provide links to any on-wiki community discussion(s) about the proposal. (required) You need to inform the community and/or group, discuss the project with them, and involve them in planning this proposal. You also need to align the activities with other projects happening in the planned area of implementation to ensure collaboration within the community.

I discussed the project plan with my fellow coordinators via Telegram and Messenger, and also had personal discussions with potential judges and experienced users to gather their suggestions. I informed the community about the project and the grants, and shared the details across several communication channels on Telegram and Messenger. They have shown interest in participating to help make the project a success.

Wikivoyage Village Pump notification: https://bn.wikivoyage.org/wiki/উইকিভ্রমণ:ভ্রমণপিপাসুর_আড্ডা#নিবন্ধ_প্রতিযোগিতা_২০২৪

12. Does your proposal aim to work to bridge any of the content knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)

Language

13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)

Not applicable

14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)

Not applicable

15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)

Manage Internal Knowledge

Learning and metrics

17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)

From this project, we hope to gain several important insights that will contribute to the success of future initiatives. Specifically, we aim to evaluate how well similar contests advance smaller projects and introduce newcomers to the workflows and editing practices of these platforms. We seek to refine our strategies for managing and designing competitions, learning what works best and identifying potential challenges. By discovering these challenges and developing effective solutions, we can improve our approach to future small-scale projects within the community. Additionally, the knowledge gained from this experience will be applied to enhance similar endeavours in other contexts, ensuring broader impact and increased community engagement.

18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)

Number of participants, editors, and organizers
Other Metrics	Target	Optional description
Number of participants	100	New participant: 60 Returning participant: 40
Number of editors	40	Newly Registered Users: 20 Returning editors: 20
Number of organizers	3

Number of content contributions to Wikimedia projects
Wikimedia project	Number of content created or improved
Wikipedia
Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata
Wiktionary
Wikisource
Wikimedia Incubator
Translatewiki
MediaWiki
Wikiquote
Wikivoyage	50
Wikibooks
Wikiversity
Wikinews
Wikispecies
Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia

Optional description for content contributions.

N/A

19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)

No

Main Open Metrics Data
Main Open Metrics	Description	Target
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20. What tools would you use to measure each metrics? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support. (required)

The Fountain tool will be used to measure metrics and track projects. You can access it here: https://fountain.toolforge.org/editathons/voy24.

We will count words for the results using this tool: https://ytools.toolforge.org/wc/

Financial proposal

21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1G81KMWf2WuFpERm6LbU2xZyn9qomz-cew8kjR9NOP0w/edit?usp=sharing

22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)

64417.02 BDT

22.2. Convert the amount requested into USD using the Oanda converter. This is done only to help you assess the USD equivalent of the requested amount. Your request should be between 500 - 5,000 USD.

542.72 USD

We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.

Yes

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