Community Resources and Partnerships/India General Support Project/Punjabi Wikimedians Annual Grant - 2025

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India General Support Project

Punjabi Wikimedians Annual Grant - 2025

proposed start date2025-01-01

proposed end date2025-12-31

budget (USD)19368.3 USD ^{[note 1]}

institutional partner fee (INR)344655

organization (if applicable)• Punjabi Wikimedians User Group

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Applicant information

Organization name or Wikimedia Username for individuals. (required): Punjabi Wikimedians User Group

Are you a first-time applicant? (required): No, it is my first time applying for a General Support Fund

You are applying as a(n). (required): Wikimedia Affiliate (chapter, thematic org., or user group)

Are your group or organization legally registered in your country? (required): No

Please provide links to the following documents if they are available

These documentation can be provided in your local language(s), no translations required.

Organizational website
Detailed financial reporting and/or audits
Documentation of the governance structure, board list, governance processes
Documentation of the general assembly decision on your plan

https://cis-india.org/a2k/cis-a2k

Main proposal

1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be a title for the Meta-Wiki page. (required): Punjabi Wikimedians Annual Grant - 2025
3. Proposed start date. (required): 2025-01-01

4. Proposed end date. (required): 2025-12-31

5. Does your organization or group have an Affiliate or Organizational Annual Plan that can help us understand your proposal? If yes, please provide it. (required): No

6. Does your affiliate, organization or group have a Strategic Plan that can help us understand your proposal? If yes, please provide it. (required): No

7.1. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required): India

7.2. If your project includes in-person activities, are there any international participants travelling to India for them? (required): No
7.2.1. List all countries of participation. (required)

N/A

7.3. Will the project be transferring funds to any international participants? (required): No
7.3.1. List all international participants receiving funding and their countries. (required)

N/A

8. What are your programs, approaches, and strategies? What are the challenges that you are trying to address and how will your strategies support you in addressing these challenges? (required)

Punjabi Wikimedians was recognised as a User Group by the Affiliations Committee in 2015. There was a period initially when we got some short-term grants but it has not materialised to a full-fledged annual plan. Over the last few years, we have mainly been implementing standalone activities such as the Punjabi Wikimedians Conference earlier this year. As a group of Wikimedians, we have discussed the idea of a sustainable plan for a few years now and after conversations with different volunteers, we have come up with this Annual Plan, in which different volunteers will own different parts but we will also need a paid staff to support these volunteers.

The primary challenge we are trying to address is to have sustainable and well-planned activities for the User Group. For instance, we haven’t been able to host something as simple as our monthly in-person meetings due to the lack of available funding but also due to the lack of a coordinator who can not only make sure that we have a good place to convene such meetings or workshops but also coordinates reimbursements or refreshments.

Another challenge we are going to tackle is the lack of new leadership. With this plan, we will foster the next generation of volunteer leaders. This can be User: Geet Arts, who is a passionate photographer or Tulspal, who is an active Wikidata contributor from the community.

Wikipedia Plan: A Move Towards Quality Content Last year, Punjabi Wikipedia hit 50,000 articles. To build on this, we plan to hold offline workshops for contributors, focusing on creating high-quality articles. Kuldeep and Sidaq will lead an article improvement edit-a-thon. We'll also develop policies and collaborate with communities like Tamil Wikipedia to ensure consistent content quality.

Commons Plan: Illustrating Punjab We will document Punjab’s villages through the Wiki Loves Villages initiative. This includes capturing historical sites and cultural activities and enhancing Wikipedia articles with images. Workshops and a photography competition will also encourage local participation.

Wikisource Plan: Expanding Punjabi Literature We'll organize proofread-a-thons and upload public-domain Punjabi books to Wikisource. Outreach to authors for relicensing their works will further enrich the collection, preserving Punjabi literary heritage.

Wikidata Plan We aim to integrate Wikidata with Punjabi Wikisource, Commons, and Wikipedia, improving data consistency across projects.

Partnerships Plan: Education Program We are reviving the education program with SEABA School to introduce students to Wikimedia projects. On-site workshops will empower students to contribute to Punjabi Wikipedia. During the Punjabi Community Conference in 2024, the community organised a Conference at SEABA school and engaged students with some pieces of training. We also utilised the resource of Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom which we will continue for next activities also.

Community Engagement & Infrastructure Monthly meetings will continue online, with four in-person meetings in a year. We will also create instructional videos to onboard new contributors. New infrastructure, including cameras and mics, will support our activities. As we mentioned, the community we develop the work in other Wikimedia projects such as Wikimedia Commons with Wiki Loves Villages activity and infrastructure such as Camera and Mic will be needful and most of the volunteers don’t have enough resources, so, the community will get one more laptop, so, active users can get the support to increase their work.

Press Outreach We aim to raise awareness of Punjabi Wikipedia through media coverage, including article placements and profiles of notable Wikimedians.

The detailed plan can be found here: [1]

9. What categories are your main programs and related activities under? Please select all that apply. (required)


Category	Yes/No
Education	Yes
Culture, heritage or GLAM	Yes
Gender and diversity	Yes
Community support and engagement	Yes
Participation in campaigns and contests	Yes
Other	No

Education

9.1.1. Select all your programs and activities for Education. (required): Editing Wikipedia Training, Wikidata programs, Wikimedia Commons programs, Other Wikimedia project programs, Other activities, Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom or other Reading/Evaluating Wikipedia Training; Other programs and activities if any: Punjabi Wikipedia guidlines and policies, Press Media
9.1.2. Select all relevant audience groups for Education. (required): Secondary school students, Vocational, tertiary, or higher education, Teachers or professors; Other groups if any: N/A

Culture, heritage or GLAM

9.2. Select all your programs and activities for Culture, heritage or GLAM. (required): Supporting institutions to open up their collections, data, metadata, and research, Partnering with institutions, professional associations, and allied organizations to raise awareness of open culture, ethical sharing, and related issues; Other programs and activities if any: N/A

Gender and diversity

9.3. Select all your programs and activities for Gender and diversity.: Bringing in women and/or gender diverse participants and editors, Building organizer skills in women and diversity groups; Other programs and activities if any: N/A

Community support and engagement

9.4. Select all your programs and activities for Community support and engagement.: On-wiki training of community members, Off-wiki training of community members, Organizing meetups, conferences, and community events, Supporting community members' participation in events and conferences; Other programs and activities if any: N/A

Participation in campaigns and contests

9.5. Select all campaigns that apply. (required): Feminism and Folklore, Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos, Wikipedia Birthday or Anniversary, Wikipedia Asian Month; Other programs and activities if any: N/A
10. Please include a link to or upload a timeline (operational calendar) for your programs and activities. (required): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SleoxlBsVzXR0E4LXM7w21TkY8zU9dZXZeH6KfN9jxk/edit?usp=sharing

11. Describe your team. (required)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1q67U4VXigOeiroTG5sOnOlr1dYd1UOPaE80Il8gqXr8/edit?gid=0#gid=0

12. Will you be working with any internal (Wikimedia) or external partners? Describe the characteristics of these partnerships and bring a few examples of the most significant partnerships. (required)

CIS-A2K

13. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select all that apply. (required): Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement, Invest in Skills and Leadership Development, Identify Topics for Impact

Metrics

Wikimedia Metrics

14. Please select and fill out Wikimedia Metrics for your proposal. (recommended)

14.1. Number of participants, editors, and organizers.

All metrics provided are optional, please fill them out if they are aligned with your programs and activities.

Participants, editors, and organizers
Metrics name	Target	Description
Number of all participants	100	N/A
Number of all editors	70	N/A
Number of new editors	30
Number of retained editors	20
Number of all organizers	11	N/A
Number of new organizers	5	N/A

14.2. Number of new content contributions to Wikimedia projects. (recommended)

Contributions to Wikimedia projects
Wikimedia project	Created	Edited or improved
Wikipedia	1000	2000
Wikimedia Commons	500
Wikidata	500	500
Wiktionary
Wikisource	1000	2000
Wikimedia Incubator
Translatewiki
MediaWiki
Wikiquote
Wikivoyage
Wikibooks
Wikiversity
Wikinews
Wikispecies
Wikifunctions / Abstract Wikipedia

Description for Wikimedia projects contributions metrics. (optional)

Other Metrics

15. Do you have other quantitative and qualitative targets for your project (other metrics)? (required): Yes


Other Metrics	Description	Target
Number of Campaigns	Wiki Loves Villages - 1Fairs and Festivals Photography Competition - 1	2
Number of Meetups	Wikimedia Commons - 1Wikipedia - 1Wikidata - 1Wikisource - 1	4
Number of Workshops	Wikimedia Commons - 1Wikipedia - 1Wikisource - 1	3
N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	N/A	N/A

Budget

16. Will you have any other revenue sources when implementing this proposal (e.g. other funding, membership contributions, donations)? (required): No

16.1. List other revenue sources. (required)

N/A

16.2. Approximately how much revenue will you have from other sources in your local currency? (required): N/A

17. Local currency: Indian Rupees (INR)

18. What is the requested amount in Indian Rupees? (required): 1610000 INR
Requested amount in USD: 19368.3 USD ^{[note 1]}

↑ ^a ^b The following amount in US dollars was calculated by Wikimedia Foundation staff using the fixed currency rates. This amount is approximate and may not reflect the actual currency exchange rates on the day of submission or distribution. If the application is supported, the amount will be sent in Indian Rupees.

19. Does this proposal include compensation for staff or contractors? (required): Yes

19.1. How many paid staff members and contractors do you plan to cover with this General Support Project? (required): We plan to hire one paid FTE for the Punjabi Wikimedians UG for the whole year.

19.2. How many FTEs (full-time equivalents) in total will be covered with this General Support Project? (required): 1 FTE of staff

19.3. Describe any staff or contractor changes compared to the current year / ongoing General Support Project if any. (required only for returning applicants): N/A

20. Please provide an overview of your overall budget categories in your local currency. The budget breakdown should include only the amount requested with this General Support Project. (required)


Budget category	Amount in local currency
Staff and contractor costs	480000 INR
Operational costs	180000 INR
Programmatic costs	640000 INR

21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15tabB01Al4-_oGgMQ_QIhAjGkrHI6R-amRo957y4sp4/edit

Additional information

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[fixedrate-1] The following amount in US dollars was calculated by Wikimedia Foundation staff using the fixed currency rates. This amount is approximate and may not reflect the actual currency exchange rates on the day of submission or distribution. If the application is supported, the amount will be sent in Indian Rupees.

[note 1]