Grants talk:IdeaLab/Promotion Of Punjabi Wikipedia On Social Media

Next steps to develop your idea

Thanks for submitting your idea, Promotion Of Punjabi Wikipedia On Social Media, for the New Readers Inspire Campaign. In order to help develop your idea further, we want to ask you to respond to the following questions here on the discussion page. Please refer to this document, which contains examples and resources to help you answer these questions:

Thank You @I JethroBT (WMF)!

1. Describe one or two versions of this idea that are smaller than your initial one.

The idea proposed by me includes getting a promotional video created by a professional for Punjabi Wikipedia and then promoting it online using various organic and paid campaigning on social media. The smaller version would be: Getting the video made professionally but instead of doing paid campaigning on multiple social media platforms, we would do organic social media campaigning on one platform.

2. List three assumptions about your project and why you think those assumptions are true (see the document for some examples). One such assumption is that we would be able to do the required work without any external elements affecting the campaign as this is an online project. The other assumption is that we would be able to educate and make the people aware by presenting the right idea about Punjabi language and Wikipedia movement and the role of Punjabi Wikimedians User Group for that. (I will be creating the video-script myself with my prior experience as copywriting). My third assumption is that we can get positive response by targeting the Punjabi speaking audience - Punjabi Literature lovers, Punjabi Social Media Groups, Student wing and professors. Social Media is a powerful tool that can get the best results for branding and awareness. Hopefully, with the awareness, we will start getting more viewers in Punjabi Wikipedia.

3. List three skills or resources you don’t have, that you need for this project to succeed. I need funding, advisor, and a video professional for this project to succeed.

4. How can you determine if your project is successful? I will need assistance with Stats, metrics or analytics for Punjabi Wikipedia. The number of video views, the time each viewer stayed on the page and the number of clicks gotten from youtube to Punjabi Wikipedia would determine the success or failure of the project.

Please contact me on my talk page if you have any questions. I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 21:58, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

Rapid Grant applications due March 15th

Thanks for starting your idea with the New Readers Inspire Campaign. I'm Chris Schilling (User:I JethroBT (WMF)), a community organizer supporting the campaign.

If you think you may need funding for your idea, Rapid Grants are available for ideas submitted during this campaign. Grant applications for ideas related to new readers are due by March 15th, 2018 (23:59 GMT). You can convert your idea into a Rapid Grant proposal by clicking on the Expand into a Rapid Grant button at the bottom of your idea page. Please review the guidelines and criteria before starting your grant application. If you need help completing your grant application, please contact me at cschillingwikimedia.org.

While applications for Rapid Grants can normally be submitted at any time, we have implemented a deadline for ideas on this specific topic. The reason for this deadline is because we plan to develop specific criteria later in 2018 for grant applications related to new readers and awareness-building activities. The applicants and project plans we receive from you in the coming weeks will help us define these guidelines and set expectations for future work in inviting people to use Wikimedia projects generally.

Also, if you do not need funding but would like to discuss other questions or needs for your idea (such as on-wiki volunteers or advising), please feel free to contact me on my talk page or at cschillingwikimedia.org, and we can discuss your needs over e-mail or schedule a time to have a conversation about your needs over Skype / Hangouts / IRC. Thanks, I JethroBT (WMF) 15:47, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Inspire Campaign Rapid Grant applications due today

This is a final reminder that the deadline for Rapid Grant applications for ideas submitted for the New Readers Inspire Campaign are due today (March 15th 2018) by 23:59 GMT. IF you think you need funding for you idea, please review the following instructions:

If you haven't drafted your Rapid Grant proposal: Click on the Expand into a Rapid Grant button at the bottom of your idea page and fully respond to all the questions. Once you've answered the questions and are ready for your proposal to be formally reviewed, submit your draft proposal and change the status=draft to status=proposed in the {{Probox}} template.

If you've already drafted your Rapid Grant proposal: Be sure to fully respond to all questions regarding your activities, measures of impact, and budget, and then change the status=draft to status=proposed in the {{Probox}} template.

If you're not sure you know how to change the status of your proposal or aren't sure if you've changed it properly, please contact me at cschillingwikimedia.org or on my talk page and I can make the changes for you. Thanks, User:I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 15:54, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Approval

Hello Wikilover90 thank you for participating in the Inspire Campaign and responding to my colleague's questions. I am approving your grant request. Best regards, WJifar (WMF) (talk) 13:06, 26 March 2018 (UTC) Thank You WJifar (WMF)--223.225.254.57 13:22, 26 March 2018 (UTC)

@WJifar (WMF) and Jtud (WMF):Hello! I would like to request an extension for additional month for social media marketing purpose. As it happens, the majority time would be taken up with the video production. To get the best results, I would like to request extension for presenting report after one month of the designated timeframe. Thank You. --Wikilover90 (talk) 09:31, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

Hello Wikilover90, thank you for your request, just to clarify you would like the end date of your project to be September 1st and the report to be due on October 1st correct? Please let me know and I can update the dates on the proposal page and in our records. Best regards, WJifar (WMF) (talk) 11:21, 28 March 2018 (UTC)

@WJifar (WMF) and Jtud (WMF): Hello.. Yes that is correct. Thank You! --Wikilover90 (talk) 09:59, 1 April 2018 (UTC)