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UG MYS/Wiki Latih Sama
Wikilatih Sama is a month-long training for new editors for the West Coast Bajau Wikipedia project in Incubator. This month-long training will teach the basic skills needed to expand the project. West Coast Bajau or Ling Sama is one of the major indigenous language found in Sabah, Borneo Malaysia.
targetWest Coast Bajau Wikipedia in Incubator
start date1 March 2021
end date22 March 2021
budget (local currency)MYR 2,200.00
budget (USD)USD 544.28
grant typeIndividual (on behalf of User Group)
non-profit statusYes
contact(s)• mohdtaufikrosman(_AT_)gmail.com• dody.ismoyo(_AT_)gmail.com (President of Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia)• snn1395(_AT_)gmail.com
organization (if applicable)• WIKIMEDIA COMMUNITY USER GROUP MALAYSIA


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Project Goal

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Choose one or more of the following goals. You can add or delete goals as needed.

  1. Recruit new editors among West Coast Bajau people
  2. Increase skills for existing editors
  3. Add or improve articles in West Coast Bajau Wikipedia
  4. Introduce the indigenous community to available resources from WMF
  5. Create awareness on the important of indigenous language to the West Coast Bajau community
  6. Introducing Wikimedia projects as a medium to document their language and culture for the indigeous group
  7. Learn basic skills on editing Wikipedia
  8. Instilling volunteerism to the community through the Wikimedia movement

Project Plan

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Activities

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Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:

1. Are you doing one editathon or training or a series of editathons or trainings?

A series of online training where participants especially new participants from the indigenous community to learn about the basic of editing Wikipedia and create awareness on the importantness of preserving the language as fast as possible.

2. How will you let your community know about the event? Please paste links below to where relevant communities have been notified of your proposal, and to any other relevant community discussions.

  • The most important way to advertise the contest will be central notice banner in Malay Wikipedia.
  • Posting announcements in local language and culture related forums and sites.
  • Press release announcing the training just some days before the starting date
  • Collaboration with other non-governmental organisation i.e. Sama Bajau Language & Culture Association (BSBB).
  • Communication through our social media accounts (Instagram, Facebook) which have limited reach.

3. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event?

Yes. It will lead by me (Tofeiku) and current editors from BSBB.
  • Tofeiku: Organizer of WikiKata, Malay Wikipedia admin and of Sabah indigenous.

4. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?

Participants only need a laptop to edit or a smartphone if they do not have a laptop (current editors mostly use smartphone to edit). They also need to have basic Internet connection to edit.

5. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?

We will keep them in contact and encourage them to continue expand the content in Incubator. We will also invite them to join other activities organised by WCUGMY. Furthermore, we will cooperate with the participants for the development of new Wikipedia versions in Malaysia's indigenous languages through Wikimedia Incubator.

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

Wikilatih aims to teach formally on how to edit Wikipedia articles. Current editors in the Incubator do not follow well the formats. There are only 2 editors in Wikipedia West Coast Bajau. By having this training, it would increase more editors especially from the youth to expand the Wikipedia and release it from Incubator.

Impact

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

  1. Number of participants: 10 - 20
  2. Number of new editors: 5 - 15
  3. Number of articles created or improved: 20 and more
  4. Number of pictures uploaded: 20 and more

Resources

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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).

Human resources
  • Members of UG MYS
  • Individual Wikimedians

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

1 USD = 4.04 MYR as of 2 February 2021 https://www.oanda.com
Project budget table
No. Item Quantity Total (MYR) Total (USD) Notes
1 Prizes for best participants 5 MYR 250.00 USD 61.89 Recent West Coast Bajau dictionary published by partner, BSBB.
2 Internet packet 18 MYR 900.00 USD 222.66 Internet packet (MYR 50) for participants who joined that will be given in second training of the series + 3 additional data for quiz winners.
3 Appreciation to partner (BSBB) 1 MYR 50 USD 12.38 Plaque of appreciation will be given to BSBB for helping coordinate and attract their community to join edit in Incubator.
4 Souvenirs 100 MYR 700.00 USD 173.18 Wikilatih tote bag for participants and partners.
5 Certificate 15 MYR 75.00 USD 18.55 Certificate given for successful participants
6 Delivery 20 MYR 200.00 USD 49.48 Delivery of certificate and souvenirs to successful participants + 5 dictionaries
7 Social media promotions N/A MYR 25.00 USD 6.19 The fund will be use to pay ads in social media such as Instagram and Facebook
Total: MYR 2,200.00 (USD 544.28)

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