Grants talk:Project/Rapid/Folkore Multimedia Recording 2022

Comments from DSaroyan (WMF)

Hi Tomas Castelo Armando, thank you for submitting your grant application. After reviewing your grant proposal, we have some questions to learn more about the project and planned activities.

• What are some examples of articles on Wikimedia or other Wikimedia projects which you plan to illustrate?
• You mentioned you would submit videos to Wikidata. Would you please clarify this?
• How do you plan to incorporate the transcriptions into Wikimedia projects?
• Do you have any plans to promote the created content?
• When traveling to these regions would you also consider taking photos of cultural and other objects to upload to Wikimedia Commons?
• Are there any plans of editing any Wikipedia articles to add more information about these communities and their culture?
• After your first project, do you have any active editors who will be involved in this project?
• Please provide a more detailed breakdown of the budget.

Looking forward to hearing from you soon. Thanks for your time, DSaroyan (WMF) (talk) 14:42, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

What are some examples of articles on Wikimedia or other Wikimedia projects which you plan to illustrate?

In the Project I mention that I have been collection folkores in communities which will be published in Emakhuwa by Ethale Publishing House in Mozambique. It will be the first of its nature e Emakhuwa Language. Published one of the on the AfroCuration 1.0 in 2021.

You mentioned you would submit videos to Wikidata. Would you please clarify this?

The Folkalores which I have collected are in audio version. The idea is to record videos this time which will be send to wikicommons and can be used by other wikipedian in Emakhuwa and other languages. All videos will be transcribed in Emakhuwa and an article will be published in the incubator of Emakhuwa wikipedia project. Then, they will be translated into Portuguese and English by the twelve students.

How do you plan to incorporate the transcriptions into Wikimedia projects?

The Trascriptions will be published in https://incubator.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wp/vmw/, which a project implemented under AfroCuration. Moreover, they will be translated into Portuguese and English.

Do you have any plans to promote the created content?

There will be an Event at University to share the event about the culture, medicinal plans, places from these four communities. We will make a banner about the Project and there will be T-shirts for the 1s students who will participate.

When traveling to these regions would you also consider taking photos of cultural and other objects to upload to Wikimedia Commons?

As community walkproject, we will arrive early in the morning and we will take pictures of all objects, dances, food, cooking, and leisure activities.

Are there any plans of editing any Wikipedia articles to add more information about these communities and their culture?

Yes. Our twelve partipantes will improve the existem articles about these communities. Some of them are not on wikipedia and we will create article about these communities. We will consder taking pictures of their leaders and writing a bit about them.

After your first project, do you have any active editors who will be involved in this project?

Yes. At this moment, I am aorticipating in the AfroCuration 2.0 as a trainer. There five participants of teh AfroCine Project participating here and other Fout participating online.

Please provide a more detailed breakdown of the budget.

• Transport (van rental)= S$1,570.35 - in order four us to go to those Communities, we will have to travel about 80 KM for two days in each community. One to meet community leaders and schedule the activity. Then, another day to implement the community walk. That 8 days in total at 200usd per trip to rent the van so that we move safely.

• Communication (vouchers for students) = S$392.59 - The 12 students need to have vouchers because we will have to keep in tough to clarify any inssues and connected online on WhatsApp for 6 weeks (25 usd for the 12 students and the 4 people from the coordination, Myself, Winnye, Etelvino and Malo).

• Internet (for Students) = S$306.22 - This is a rented serverce on the Internet Cafe because students do not have access to computers for typing. we will pay internet for these students to go and use inthernet during the project time (six weeks abot 50 USD a week).

• Shootings and editing service= S$392.59 - In the Project I have included a Etilvino Mateus who is a photographer and video make to help taking the pictures andvideos of teh project.

• Video Transcription= S$565.33 - This is the honorarium for the volunteer students who will do the transcription of the videos into Emakhuwa, and later translate into Portuguese and English.

• Food during the walk = S$1,319.10 - We are going to give allowance to the all crew in four Ocasions of the walk. Including some small gifts for the cummunity storytellers and leaders during the initial visits to schedule the walks.

• T-Shisrts= S$188.44 Unexpected expense - We are going to make 16 t-shirts at 11usd earch for the studets and the coordination team.

• Unexpected expense = S$100,00 - Last time, the bank discounted 25 an amount. and also, give 28 leaders and 48 storytellers, we may need some money.

• Total = $4,834.61 Tomas Armando Moz (talk) 08:23, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

Hello Tomas Armando Moz, thanks for your responses. I'd like to follow up with you on a few questions:

• What are some examples of articles on Wikimedia or other Wikimedia projects which you plan to illustrate? - You haven't provided any specific examples. Please provide them as requested.
• Do you have any list of articles, pages, entries, or objects which you plan to work with? Please provide it.
• After your first project, do you have any active editors who will be involved in this project? - You mentioned that you are a trainer but I cannot see any edits from your Wikimedia account. How do you train others when you have 0 edits? Who are these active editors? Could you please provide their usernames?
• Who will train and support you on Wikimedia Commons and / or other Wikimedia projects. We need to make sure that you have experienced trainers/editors in order to move forward.

Looking forward to hearing from you. Best regards, DSaroyan (WMF) (talk) 10:18, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

Thank you so much DSaroyan for your questions. They helped grow as wikimedian and understand how some of these things work. The only wondering questions is related to having 0edits. Please check my link below to help me understand.

· What are some examples of articles on Wikimedia or other Wikimedia projects which you plan to illustrate? - You haven't provided any specific examples. Please provide them as requested.

The communities selected are two districts naming Murrupula,(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murrupula_District) and Rapale distrct (https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapale_(distrito)#Divis%C3%A3o_administrativa).

· Do you have any list of articles, pages, entries, or objects which you plan to work with? Please provide it.

These two places have but limited information. No pictures are available about these districts. The districts are divided into Administrative Posts (Mutivaze, Namaita e Rapale, Caramaja and Tchaiane, Anchilo, Chinga, Namilasse, Murrupula-Sede, Gazuzu, Namitotelane, Mulhaniua, Nacocolo) but there is no page about them. There is no mention about cultural objects such as kitchen utensils (traditional pots, plates, spoons), types of housing, roofing, food items, traditional leaders such as Mwene (make leader) and Apiyamwene (female leader), of those regions. Nothing is written what economic activities people do in these regions; Important places such as rivers, community gathering places, cemeteries, worships places, important plants.

· After your first project, do you have any active editors who will be involved in this project? - You mentioned that you are a trainer but I cannot see any edits from your Wikimedia account. How do you train others when you have 0 edits? Who are these active editors? Could you please provide their usernames?

Some of the editors who participated my first project and are still active Malo Carlitos Namige, Sebastiao Valter, Dezembro Faustino, and Sansao Alfredo. If you check from https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Especial:Contribui%C3%A7%C3%B5es/Tomas_Armando_Moz, you will see that have done something. I wonder why I have 0 edits. But in this page, I have a list of all activities that I was able to do and participate. Some of the usernames are

· Who will train and support you on Wikimedia Commons and/or other Wikimedia projects? We need to make sure that you have experienced trainers/editors in order to move forward.

I know how to publish pictures on wikicommons because Tochi_precious taught me and as test I went around Nampula City and took five pictures. Two at Centro Cultural da universidade Rovuama, which I used to write an initial article available at https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centro_Cultural_da_Universidade_Rovuma, and three from the National Museum of ethnology, also used in this article: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museu_Nacional_de_Etnografia_de_Nampula. Moreover, Whenever I have a question, I ask her in the first place. She is the one mentoring me. Tomas Armando Moz (talk) 12:22, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

Thanks Tomas Armando Moz! It seems that the username that you provided on the application page (Tomas Castelo Armando) does not match with your current username. That was the reason why I couldn't see any edits from your account. Now I see them, thanks! I just replaced your username with the correct one. --DSaroyan (WMF) (talk) 15:58, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

Thank for extending my reporting deadline as per my request. The editing process took longer than I expected. This is not under my skills set. I will able to upload the videos and pictures, including the texts by 13. this month. 197.218.100.207 07:41, 5 September 2022 (UTC)