Proposals are scored according to the following criteria.
| Evaluation criteria
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Considerations
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1 = Weak alignment
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10 = Strong alignment
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| Impact potential
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- Does it fit with Wikimedia's strategic priorities?
- Does it have potential for online impact?
- Can it be sustained, scaled, or adapted elsewhere after the grant ends?
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Projects receiving this score may...
- have no clear fit to strategic priorities
- have low potential for online impact
- lack ability to sustain, scale, or be adapted elsewhere after the grant ends
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Projects receiving this score may...
- directly address one or more strategic priorities.
- have significant online impact
- be sustained by volunteers and potentially scaled or adapted elsewhere
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| Innovation and learning
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- Does it take an innovative approach to solving a key problem?
- Is the potential impact greater than the risks?
- Can we measure success?
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Projects receiving this score may...
- replicate past solutions and teach us little that is new/useful
- involve risks that are larger than its potential for impact
- have unrealistic or vague measures of success
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Projects receiving this score may...
- be the next Big Idea for solving a key Wikimedia problem
- risk very little compared to the large potential for impact
- have realistic measures of success and clear targets for evaluating impact
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| Ability to execute
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- Can the scope be accomplished in 6 months?
- How realistic/efficient is the budget?
- Do the participants have the necessary skills/experience?
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Projects receiving this score may...
- have an unrealistic scope
- have significantly over- or under-budgeted
- lack the necessary skills or experience on the team, with no plan to fill these gaps
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Projects receiving this score may...
- be completed in 6 months
- have a clear and reasonable budget and cost projections
- have the necessary skills and experience on the team, and a plan to fill any gaps
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| Community engagement
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- Does it have a specific target community and plan to engage it often?
- Does it have community support?
- Does it support diversity?
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Projects receiving this score may...
- lack a plan to engage with a specific target community.
- not have any community discussion or endorsements
- not support diversity in the movement in terms of projects, languages, or demographics
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Projects receiving this score may...
- have identified a specific target community and proactively plans to engage it
- have notified members of the relevant target community and have significant interest/endorsements
- support or grow diversity in the movement in terms of projects, languages, or demographics
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