101 ways to contribute to Wikimedia
This is a page to co-ordinate a proposed project to create appealing invitations (calls to action) to contribute in specific ways to Wikimedia, beyond the "default" (and itself implicit) "write articles on Wikipedia".
The idea is spelled out in these slides by Asaf Bartov:
Main landing page[edit]
A section to discuss designs and ideas for the "landing page" for "101 ways to contribute to Wikimedia".
A quick initial list of issues to consider:
- keep it brief
- make it easy to translate (avoid idioms and language-specific wikijargon)
- make it appealing
- make it easy to self-direct towards the avenues of contribution most relevant for the reader (e.g. make it easy for non-programmers to exclude tasks requiring programming)
The main "101" list[edit]
Each activity type here should link to a sub-page for developing documentation for that activity type. For each, we should have:
- A brief text description
- A brief video tutorial demonstrating UI and method.
- Clear expression of pre-requisites ("programming ability", "access to a library", "ability with graphics software", etc.)
- A designated path to mentorship (usernames, a talk page, real-time chat) for that specific task
- ...?
The list[edit]
| # | Task | brief description for newbies | venue of contribution | video tutorial script (link) | skills needed | path to mentorship (link[s]) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General tasks (on all projects) | ||||||
| Correcting spelling and grammar | ||||||
| Facilitate a meetup / talk (not necessarily as speaker!) | ||||||
| Investigate copyright violations | ||||||
| Teach anything using Wikimedia resources | ||||||
| Wikipedia (...) | ||||||
| Expanding an existing article on Wikipedia | ||||||
| Adding useful inline wikilinks or See also links | ||||||
| Improving categorization on Wikipedia | ||||||
| Reading an article and leaving feedback on the talk page | ||||||
| Adding a citation for a fact (e.g. [[m:1lib1ref]]) | ||||||
| Translating an article from/into another language | ||||||
| Add maps to illustrate articles | ||||||
| Integrate media into Wikipedia articles | ||||||
| Fix dead links | ||||||
| Offer an opinion in content disputes | ||||||
| Mediate in disputes | ||||||
| Teach a How to make the most of Wikipedia class | ||||||
| Help reviewing articles in Draft or sandboxes | ||||||
| Wikimedia Commons (image repository) | ||||||
| Creating an illustration for an article | ||||||
| Restoring, cleaning up, or cropping a photograph | ||||||
| Help reach out to subject-matter experts | ||||||
| Upload photography to Commons | ||||||
| Categorize images on Commons | ||||||
| Add structured data claims on images on Commons | ||||||
| Import images to Commons for other people (mass upload/personal collections/GLAMs/etc) | ||||||
| Nominate or judge valued/quality images on Commons | ||||||
| Organize a photo walk event | ||||||
| Help the teams organizing Wiki Loves X events | ||||||
| Wikisource (...) | ||||||
| Proofread a page on Wikisource | ||||||
| Scan old books for Wikisource | ||||||
| MediaWiki (software development) | ||||||
| Help fixing out software on Phabricator | ||||||
| Create a partnership between the community and an institution | ||||||
| Develop a software tool (bot etc.) | ||||||
| Report bugs | ||||||
| Reproduce reported bugs | ||||||
| ... | ||||||
101. Write a new article on Wikipedia
Interested in helping?[edit]
If you're interested in helping out, please don't just sign your name below! Instead, sign your name and say something about what you would like to actively help with.
- I'm interested in project coordination, international communication, volunteer recruitment -- Asaf (WMF) (talk) 12:26, 1 October 2020 (UTC)
- I can help with video. ♥Ainali talkcontributions 10:20, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
- I can dissect and describe workflows, step by step. Ciell (talk) 10:20, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
- --Tohaomg (talk) 10:21, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
- Braveheart (talk) 10:36, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
- I can help with document preperation and testing things locally.Basak (talk) 12:38, 3 October 2020 (UTC)
- I interested in popularization of the sister projects and out-editing ways of contribution. --Kharkivian (talk) 10:41, 13 December 2020 (UTC)
- I am interested in testing it locally in my outreach and retention activities and contributing back to the concept --Pavan Santhosh Surampudi (talk) 13:40, 7 August 2023 (UTC)
See also[edit]
- English Wikipedia's Task Center (a good beginning!)
- English Wikipedia's Master Backlog of Backlogs
- Call for proposals for grants to make video tutorials for Wikidata tasks
- wikivoyage:Wikivoyage:Maintenance panel, especially the mouseover-tooltips in the "Maintenance categories" column (but the whole page is very desktop-oriented.
- Workflows (bottom half) contains other related links