Community Resources and Partnerships/India Rapid Project/Kannada and Tulu Language Wiki Learning
statusWithdrawn
Kannada and Tulu Language Wiki Learning
proposed start date2025-11-01
proposed end date2026-10-31
amount requested (INR)298400 INR
amount requested (USD)3334.4 USD
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)
I'm a group leader of an informal Wikimedia group.
- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kannada-Tulu_Language_Group
I am not group leader for group but serve as contact person https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kannada-Tulu_Language_Group#Contact ,Our Intention for creation of this Informal group is to organize our volunteer community under single group.
Project
[edit]- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Kannada and Tulu Language Wiki Learning
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2025-11-01 - 2026-10-31
- 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 and systemic bias 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 find complex and intimidating.
- 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 12 offline workshops at various institutions
- including follow-ups at institutions from [1]
- monthl 1-2 online workshops sessions
- Wikisource 20th anniversary edit-a-thon June- July 2026
- 1 offline 1day edit-a-thon to support translation of help pages on Kannada and Tulu languages
- 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 , lead this project as trainer
- Individuals from [2] will be assisting/supporting project implementation (travel remuneration will be given)
- 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 .
- Language Enthusiasts: Individuals with an interest in Kannada and Tulu languages, literature, history, and culture, including local writers, poets, and linguists. Current contributors who wish to enhance their skills and engage more deeply with the community.
- Follow up with participants: As we done in previous iteration [3] , 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 [4] 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 post [5]
- 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)
Linguistic / Language
- 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)
Learning opportunity through collaborating with community: As I implement this project learning new things along with community is major thing I hope to learn from this project, As my previous grant 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 | 350 | |
| Number of editors | 250 | |
| Number of organizers | 1 |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 100 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 200 |
| Wikidata | 500 |
| Wiktionary | 100 |
| Wikisource | 15 |
| 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 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 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)
298400 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)
3334.4 USD
- By submitting this proposal request you agree with the Institutional Partner Privacy Policy, Application Privacy Statements, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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