Grants:Project/Rapid/AGDastider/Amar Ekushey Article Contest 2022

Improve the content on Bangla Wikipedia, with a special focus on the articles on women’s contribution and participation
Recruit new editors
Engage existing editors

Project Plan

Activities

Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:
1. What content will the contest focus on, and why is it important to your community?

The contest is one of the signature events of Bangla Wikipedia that is being organized for a long time on a yearly basis. The focus of the proposed contest is improving the quality of the existing articles of Bangla Wikipedia and at the same time recruiting new volunteers with a special focus on reducing the gap of content on women’s participation and contribution. In Bangla Wikipedia, almost 12% of articles are stub or extremely small. But these articles include some really important and fundamental topics. In the meetups and online discussions, community members have expressed their concern regarding the issue and they agree that a contest can help to minimize this problem. Previously, the "Amar Ekushey Article Contest 2021" aimed to increase the number of qualitative articles in Bangla Wikipedia. It got great participation and 220 articles got improved. Previously, the "Wikipedia Article Contest" targeted creating new articles in Bangla Wikipedia by translating the highly qualitative articles from English Wikipedia. The list is prepared by experienced Wikipedians. This contest became tremendously successful in terms of the number of new qualitative articles and the number of new active editors [1]. The active editor number experienced significant growth in the time of contests (2017 and 2018: February-March, 2019: July-August, 2021: February-March). A lot of newcomers join the movement through this contest. This time, the contest will be focussing on improving existing articles instead of creating new ones.

2. How will you let people know about the contest?

We shall announce the news of the contests through press coverage on various online and offline media, social media platforms, mailing lists, emailing the previous participants, banners so that we can ensure participation.

3. How will you judge the contest and award prizes?
Note: Grantees, judges, and other contest leaders are ineligible to receive prizes. Grantees who are serving as judges may not receive gifts through grant funding.

The articles will be primarily reviewed by a team of experienced Wikipedians and finally judged by the organizing team (See below). Reviewers will primarily check whether the whole article has been translated or not along with their word counts. The final score will be based on the number of words among the completely translated articles. One can't review one's article(s). The organizing team (who will not participate in the contest) will finally manage the scores.

4. For photo contests, what is the strategy to get images used on projects?

5. Are you running any in-person events or activities? If so, you will need to complete the steps outlined on the Risk Assessment protocol related to COVID-19. When you have completed these steps, please provide a link to your completed copy of the risk assessment tool below:

It will be an online event. We are expecting to organize an offline edit-a-thon^{Note 1}, but that will be limited and all the COVID-19 guidelines will be followed strictly. Please find the Risk Assessment protocol here.

6. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?

The history of this contest is really encouraging both for the organizers and for the community. This edition of the contest is also expected to continue its legacy by improving qualitative articles on Bangla Wikipedia and simultaneously having a noteworthy growth in the newcomer number.

Impact

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets and feel free to add more:

For writing contests:

Number of participants: 100+
Number of articles created or improved: 150+

Resources

What resources do you have? Include information on who is organizing the project, what they will do, and if you will receive support from anywhere else (in-kind donations or additional funding).

Team:

Ali Haidar Khan (Organizer, grant processing, coordinating the organizers)
Ankan Ghosh Dastider (Organizer, grant processing, answering to the queries, coordinating the reviewers’ team, delivering the prizes)
Masum-Al-Hasan (Organizer, contest page management, answering to the queries, coordinating the reviewers’ team, delivering the prizes)
Shabab Mustafa (Organizer, coordinating the reviewers’ team, delivering the prizes)

What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.

1st prize: 5000 Tk. Gift voucher+printed certificate
2nd prize: 3000 Tk. Gift voucher+printed certificate
3rd prize: 2000 Tk. Gift voucher+printed certificate
4th, 5th prize: 1500 Tk. Gift voucher+printed certificate
6th-10th: 1000 Tk. Gift voucher+printed certificate
Translating at least 3 articles: Printed certificate (x15)^{Note 2}
Translating at least 5 articles: 500 Tk Gift voucher (x 10 persons)+printed certificate for 10 persons = 5,000 Tk+printed certificate for 10 persons^{Note 2}
Offline Edit-a-thon: 30,000 Tk

Subtotal: 53,000 (excluding printed certificate)

Certificate+courier+envelope: 180 Tk x 35 pieces = 6,300 Tk^{Note 2}
Zoom subscription (1 year) = 15000

(Will be used for virtual prize-giving ceremony, meetups, and workshops throughout the year)

Logistics: 5000
Facebook promotion: 8000
Token of appreciation for reviewers: 650 x 12 persons = 7,800

Total: 95,100 BDT (1,085.11 USD)

Notes: Note 1. ^ If the COVID-19 situation stays safe for organizing such an event following all the guidelines.; Note 2. ^ The number of winners may increase, which may require additional support later.

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

Support —MdsShakil (talk) 17:46, 12 February 2022 (UTC)
Support — Meghmollar2017 • Talk • 05:48, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
Support – Imtiaz ahmed rifat (talk) 07:16, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
Support — কৃষক (আলাপ) 12:04, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
Support —Yahya (talk • contribs.) 12:21, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
Support — Sajid Reza Karim 12:33, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
Support অনুদানটি প্রতিযোগিতা সম্পন্ন করতে সাহায্য করবে। আফতাবুজ্জামান (talk) 14:08, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
Support — This event is an iconic annual event for the community, upholding spirits of 'Int'l Mother Language Day' and is a must have event for the community. Thank you! — Lifeberg (talk) 16:29, 13 February 2022 (UTC)
Support Mehediabedin (talk) 14:52, 15 February 2022 (UTC)
Support -Nahid Hossain (talk)

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