Grants:Simple/Applications/Wikimedia South Africa/2019/annualplan
This page describes the annul plan for 2019 of Wikimedia South Africa(WMZA).
Priorities
editThe main goal of Wikimedia ZA is to diversify, augment and improve the content about South Africa on Wikimedia projects and to increase the contribution of South Africans in Wikimedia projects with a particular emphasis on expanding the diversity of South African editors whilst growing the community. This is outlined in WMZA's strategic plan 2019.
To achieve this goal, Wikimedia ZA has identified six priorities for 2019:
- Increase chapter membership
- Increase the public awareness of Wikipedia
- Increase the range and quality of content on Wikipedia on South African subjects
- Grow South African language Wikipedias
- Entrench chapter capacity
- Promote copyright reform
In order to achieve this WMZA has chosen two programs that reflect our theory of change.
- Outreach with possible partner organisations to effectively implement goal meeting projects such as South African language editathons or upload marathons that expand local content on Wikimedia projects.
- Chapter support for local editors to contribute to Wikimedia projects and participate in broader community.
As such all projects carried out by Wikimedia ZA will fall under one of these two program types. Their respective objectives supporting WMZA's six priorities.
SMART
editSMART objectives for the Wikimedia ZA 2019 grant application.
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| Projects | African | Afrikaans | Kwa-Zulu | Wiki Loves
Africa 2019 ZA |
General
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Cape Town | Copyright reform advocacy | Wikimania 2019 Scholarships | WMZA
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| Specific | Primary: encourage the growth of South African language Wikipedia communities
Secondary: Improving quality and number of articles on South African language Wikipedias Focus languages: xh, zu, nso, tn, ts, st, ss, ve, nr |
Improving quality and number of articles on Afrikaans Wikipedia | Increase the number and the diversity of contributors from KZN on Wikimedia projects. | Photographic competition to added African content on a specific topic to improve coverage of African free knowledge. | Grow the South African free knowledge community and expand free knowledge content and awareness. | Setup of technology to support local Kwix projects. | Advocate for the adoption of Freedom of Panorama (FoP) and Fair Use in South African Copyright Law. No funding required or requested from the WMF. | Internationalise the South African editor community. Strengthen international community contacts. Knowledge sharing with other chapters and editors internationally. | Strengthen WMZA institutional capacity. |
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Ability to update Kwix units in the greater Cape Town area via TV signals. | Adoption of FoP and Fair Use into South African copyright law. Progress towards this goal if it is not reached within 2019. | Send 2 South African Wikipedia/Wikimedia editors to attend Wikimania 2019. To be awarded to established editors who have never attended a Wikimania outside of South Africa before. | On time reports, volunteer capacity, institutional capacity to hire an employee. |
| Achievable | Discott, Bobbyshabangu, Puku Foundation | Dumbassman | Bobbyshabangu | A3 Baard | Discott, Bobbyshabangu, A3 Baard, Michaelgraaf, Dumbassman, YaguraStation, Greenman, Dagelf, University of Cape Town | Michaelgraaf, Cape Town TV | Discott | Discott | Dagelf, Discott, Bobbyshabangu |
| Realistic | This is both a very difficult task and one we have no prior metrics to gauge possible impact on. From previous experience (2012) we know that this is a very difficult task.
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Successful setup of technology to allow for remote Kiwix updates. | Uncertain. WMZA has played a significant role in getting both FoP and Fair Use provisions included into the current draft of the Copyright Amendment Bill. |
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Growth of institutional capacity. |
| Time-related | Year long, ongoing | One month | Two weeks | One month | Ongoing | One day | Ongoing | Two months | Ongoing |
With certainty
editDue to the large number of suggested projects and plans (17 in total) and a reliance on volunteers only it is unlikely that the chapter will be able to implement all proposed projects in the 2019 period. As such the chapter board and project implements will have to decided on the most promising projects.
However certain projects are already slated for certain implantation in 2019. These projects are outlined in the table below.
| Time frame | Project | Notes |
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| January to December | WikiDesign | An ongoing series of editathons amongst the design community. |
| January to December | Copyright advocacy | Amendments to the South African Copyright Act, calling for Freedom of Panorama and Fair Use. |
| January to March | 3 editathons | At least 3 editathons hosted by board-members divided into teams of 3 people each. Focus on Cape Town and Johannesburg. |
| May | Kwa-ZuluNatal outreach | Bobby to visit Kwa-ZuluNatal province to strengthen the local community there. |
| July 2019 and Feb/March 2020 | Scholarships | To attend Wikimania 2019 (two attendees). |
| To be determined | Puku education outreach | Education and African language outreach with the Puku Foundation. |