Community Resources and Partnerships/India Rapid Project/Kannada-Tulu Wikilearn
statusSupported
Kannada-Tulu Wikilearn
proposed start date2026-01-20
proposed end date2026-11-30
amount requested (INR)311600 INR
amount requested (USD)3495.61 USD
amount recommended (INR)311600
amount recommended (USD)3606.9
applicant• A826
organization (if applicable)• N/A
Applicant
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
A826
- Organization
N/A
- If you are a group or organization leader, board member, president, executive director, or staff member at any Wikimedia group, affiliate, or Wikimedia Foundation, you are required to self-identify and present all roles. (required)
N/A
- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
N/A
Project
[edit]- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Kannada-Tulu Wikilearn
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2026-01-20 - 2026-11-30
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
India
- 5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)
Not applicable
- 6. What is the change you are trying to bring? What are the main challenges or problems you are trying to solve? Describe this change or challenges, as well as main approaches to achieve it. (required)
- Our primary objective is to address the significant knowledge gaps in content on Kannada and Tulu languages across sister projects projects of wikipedia. Currently, the vast majority of content is contributed by a small group of volunteers, which results in an imbalance in the topics that are covered.
- This imbalance is by several barriers: a widespread lack of awareness that anyone can edit, an editing interface that newcomers may find complex without proper guidance.
- This program is designed to dismantle these barriers by introducing the contribution process through learning sessions, demonstrating the value of individual knowledge, and building a more inclusive community of volunteers
- 7. What are the planned activities? (required) Please provide a list of main activities. You can also add a link to the public page for your project where details about your project can be found. Alternatively, you can upload a timeline document. When the activities include partnerships, include details about your partners and planned partnerships.
- Series of 8 offline workshops at various institutions
- Workshops at 2 new institutions: SDM College-Mangalore, MAPS College-Mangalore
- Followup workshops at 3 institutions: Canara College (follow up), Vijaya College (follow-up), St Agnes College -Mangalore (followup)
- Workshops at 2 new institutions: SDM College-Mangalore, MAPS College-Mangalore
- Monthly 1-2 online google meet sessions, topics for online session will cover unexplored part (wikispecies/wikifunctions/wikivoyage etc.,) of Wikimedia
- 1 offline 1day workshop to support translation of help pages on Kannada and Tulu languages (kept as it is)
- 1 month edit-a-thon in the month of November for advanced editing practices such as adding reference, cleaning-up unformatted pages on Kannada and Tulu languages (added this edit-a-thon to encourage further editing recurring/ active users), editing guidance will be provided by weekly google meet sessions, with 1 offline editing workshop.
- Wikisource 20th anniversary edit-a-thon June- July 2026
- Kannada and Tulu Wikilearning Project timeline.xlsx
- 8. Describe your team. Please provide their roles, Wikimedia Usernames and other details. (required) Include more details of the team, including their roles, usernames, Wikimedia group, and whether they are salaried, volunteers, consultants/contractors, etc.
- Anoop Rao: User:A826 - trainer and organiser for these workshops and campaigns
- Individuals from [1] will be assisting/supporting project implementation (planned travel remuneration and Gift sets provided to workshop coordinators as a token of appreciation for their voluntary efforts and assistance during the workshops) <br>
- Coordinators & Co-Trainers are mostly comprise of users from Kannada-Tulu_Language_Group who are vital for assistance during workshops.during my previous project Experinced Users namely Kavitha, Babitha, Vinodha Madam, Bennet Sir have coordinated some workshop, also some students from Canara college-Mangalore, Beasant College-Mangalore, Vijaya College-Mulky assisted in workshops, I would like to continue with same team by adding few more volunteer users/students who are interested in contributing further on wikimedia.
- 9. Who are the target participants and from which community? How will you engage participants before and during the activities? How will you follow up with participants after the activities? (required)
- Educators and Students from participating institutions: who are interested in digital literacy, language preservation, and cultural documentation. who can further disseminate the knowledge gained through the workshops to their students and colleagues. Current contributors to wikimedia projects who wish to enhance their skills and engage more deeply with the community.
- Follow up with participants: As we done in previous iteration [2] , we intend to seek assistance from interested participants to join offline workshop on other institutions, this will also help us build volunteer community and help with being in contact with participants post events.
- 9.1. If your project includes in-person activities, are there any international participants travelling to India for them? (required)
- No
- 9.1.1. List all countries of participation. (required)
- 9.2. Will the project be transferring funds to any international participants? (required)
- No
- 9.2.1. List all international participants receiving funding and their countries. (required)
N/A
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
- Yes
- 10.1. Please provide a link to your Youth Safety Policy. (required) If the proposal indicates direct contact with children or youth, you are required to outline compliance with international and local laws for working with children and youth, and provide a youth safety policy aligned with these laws. Read more here.
Our workshop's focused on Individuals who are considered Young Adults: (20 to 29 years old) : still guidelines posted for Youth Safety has been created https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kannada-Tulu_Language_Group/Youth_Safety_Guidelines
- 11. How did you discuss the idea of your project with your community members and/or any relevant groups? Please describe steps taken and provide links to any on-wiki community discussion(s) about the proposal. (required) You need to inform the community and/or group, discuss the project with them, and involve them in planning this proposal. You also need to align the activities with other projects happening in the planned area of implementation to ensure collaboration within the community.
Discussions shared with community members [3] were Initial proposal to continue with Intent to focus on documentation project in Addition to continuing workshops, subsequently gathered feedback from community member on workshop held through [4] and [5] will further explore opprtunity to extend awareness of project [6] on local events organised by other wikimedia users/organisations.
- 12. Does your proposal aim to work to bridge any of the content knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Language
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Education
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Digital Access
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Innovate in Free Knowledge
Metrics
[edit]- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
Through this project, I aim to understand how language learning, digital literacy, and community participation can come together to strengthen the Kannada and Tulu languages in Wikimedia ecosystems. I hope to learn not only what works in engaging new learners and editors, but also why certain approaches are more effective for small and regional language communities. This can be achieved from experience from my previous rapid project which made me more insightful for organizing a workshop by tackling obstacles and be attentive to be more involved with the community.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 220 | New user: 200
returning users: 20 |
| Number of editors | 220 | New user: 200
returning users: 20 |
| Number of organizers | 15 | User:A826 - Organiser & Trainer: 1
users from https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kannada-Tulu_Language_Group Coordinators & co trainers: 14 |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 300 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 300 |
| Wikidata | 500 |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | 20 |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
N/A
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
No
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
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- 20. What tools would you use to measure each metrics? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support. (required)
Outreach dashboard for event metrics, fountain tool for edit-a-thon, https://stats.wikimedia.org/ to oversee overall improvements through this project
Budget
[edit]- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
- 22. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in Indian Rupees. (required)
311600 INR
- 22.1. Convert the amount requested into USD using the Oanda converter. This is done to help you assess the USD equivalent of the requested amount. Your request should be between 500 - 5,000 USD. (required)
3495.61 USD
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Yes
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