Grants talk:Start/2022

Dr. Subhani here.

The following discussion is closed.

Dear sir, Happy New Year from Pakistan. This is Dr. Subhani here. We (Dr. Subhani and Amber Osman) were working on the proposal for Wikimedia Research fund and we are already done with writing the propsal. Due to no access of internet since couple of days in our town, we were not able to submit the proposal on time. Kindly extend the date for submission for us as we are from the less privileged town.

Hoping to hear from you soon.

Best, Dr. Subhani drsubhani.oric@gmail.com 39.51.94.252 15:31, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

For archive happiness: this is now resolved as the applicants reached out to us and we found an appropriate solution.

Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/26/en

Regarding translation segment Translations:Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/26/ja, do you mean

• Travel and participation fees for organizers? ->（主催者の）旅費滞在費と参加費

-- Omotecho (talk) 16:23, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

OpenReview website broken?

I tried to save a review but I get "Error: An unexpected Error occurred". I'll try again in a few days... --Piotrus (talk) 11:00, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

Update. Tried on another assigned review, same problem. At least the text is saved, but not the checkboxes. Piotrus (talk) 11:02, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

Clarity for rounds 1 vs 2

Round 1 is currently October. Round 2 is March. Could we invert those, so Round 1 is March, round 2 is October. Being more logical it would avoid misunderstanding. While the Grant page have been recently revamped and still modernized, it's the ideal time to push for such improvement. See Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund#General_Support_Fund_2. Yug (talk) 14:22, 10 February 2022 (UTC)

@Yug: Thanks for this feedback, and I can understand why this manner of numbering would be disorienting. The round numbers reflect the order of rounds according to the Wikimedia Foundation's fiscal year, which begins on 1 July and goes until 30 June the following year. Once a fiscal year is over, our team has a new budget for our funding programs for the next fiscal year. One possible solution here could be to name the rounds based on the month applications are due to avoid this issue of numbering altogether. I'll need to discuss this possibility with the Community Resources team, but what do you think about this approach? I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 15:52, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

Or by season 😉 Automn vs Spring.

Your idea to take out the counter intuitive numerals is a good lead yes. Yug (talk) 16:24, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

@Yug: Thanks, I'll see what we can do about these changes. Season is probably not going to be workable since it will only be relevant to one hemisphere of the world or the other. I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 22:15, 11 February 2022 (UTC)

🤯 True Yug (talk) 07:16, 13 February 2022 (UTC)

Technology fund, 2022

The Technology fund will be launched in 2022. People interested to be pinged when this fund opens can list their usernames below :

• User: Chiemezie Atama (User talk: Chiemezie Atama)
• Yug (talk)
• Basak (talk)
• Jimfhahn (talk)
• Susanna Ånäs (Susannaanas) 🦜
• Kaldari (talk)
• DesiBoy101 (talk)
• EpicPupper (talk) 00:23, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
• Major Lyte (talk)
• Africommunity (talk)
• Jc.Mandy(discuss|talk)2022/07/02 22:56(GMT+8)
• Omotecho (talk)
• RamiroHGalvez (talk)
• Danieltbingham (talk)
• TBurmeister (WMF) (talk)

Orabs1996 Orabs1996 (talk) 01:36, 4 October 2022 (UTC)

• User:Piotrus
• User:SD0001
• Diegodlh
• Omotecho (talk)

Usability testing

Does the Research Fund ever get requests to do usability testing, like to advise volunteer editors on how standard templates are seen and read by users? It would seem like a good match but I don't know if it's closer to work for hire than a grant for which academics would apply, though it would have incredibly practical use for our encyclopedias. czar 23:00, 15 February 2022 (UTC)

@Czar: Thanks for your question. The Wikimedia Research Fund has only just launched its first round, so there haven't been any definite patterns in submissions as of yet that we can report on at this time. In terms of whether the proposal is a good match, it depends on whether the proposal meets both the basic eligibility criteria and the more specific selection criteria. You may consider reaching out to research_fundwikimedia.org for more details, and potentially to get more direct feedback on your idea. I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 03:12, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

multiple support

Because multiple john was been reported to fixing the promoted action and take action but no body help Sumonkamrul32 (talk) 21:07, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

@Sumonkamrul32: Hello, I'm sorry about the issue you are having. This space is dedicated to discussions around the Wikimedia Foundation's funding programs, and am not sure if we are able provide support for your issue. If you let me know more about your situation, I might be able to direct you to the right place. I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 15:32, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

Core Metrics

The new Wikimedia Community Fund-application introduces Core Metrics which are similar, but different to, the old Global Metrics and Grant Metrics. Is there a central documentation (similar to the two earlier links) for these new metrics which we can link to when talking about them? /André Costa (WMSE) (talk) 20:02, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

@André Costa (WMSE): Thanks for your question. Documentation around this framework for Core metrics is available on the application guides provided for the Wikimedia Community Fund programs. I would recommend referring to the documentation in these guides for the General Support Fund or this guides for Rapid Funds as needed and review the Learning, sharing, and evaluation section for relevant documentation on these metrics and examples. I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 15:23, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

translation segment T:68: Stipends for Wikimania

@I JethroBT (WMF): Wikimania information is piece by piece available, please have a look and update if required: The translation segment <!--T:68--> is for stipend paid for Wikimania attendee. But, that box is shown in English on /ja page, so does it mean that piece of translation original is not tweeked yet? Maybe since in numerical order, that segment appears after T:69? -- Omotecho (talk) 15:36, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

@Omotecho: <!--T:68--> itself appears in Japanese (ウィキマニア奨学金). The main text doesn’t belong to <!--T:68-->—and this was the problem, namely that it didn’t belong to any other translation unit either. I’ve marked it up now, so you should be able to translate it. Thanks for bringing the translation to 100%! —Tacsipacsi (talk) 00:12, 20 July 2022 (UTC)

@Omotecho: For clarity, did this refer to a translation for a page on Meta or on one of the separate Wikimania wiki pages? I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 07:54, 20 July 2022 (UTC)

Done Yes, talking about which has been solved per diff=23539472&oldid=23352087 on Grants:Start, or the front page to this talk. @Tacsipacsi: thank you so match for the very fast pitch in (= Cheers, 0-- Omotecho (talk) 10:39, 20 July 2022 (UTC)