Grants:Community Resources and Partnerships/India Rapid Project/Wikimedians of Kerala UG Feb-March 2025 Strategic Activity Plan/Final Report
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Part 1: Project and impact
[edit]1. Describe the implemented activities and results achieved. Additionally, share which approaches were most effective in supporting you to achieve the results. (required)
Our primary objective is to establish strategic collaborations with organizations aligned with Wikimedia mission, specifically within Kerala's robust Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) ecosystem. We are aiming to revive dormant Wikivoyage projects in Malayalam and Tamil languages. We are also extensively trying to enrich data in the Wikimedia ecosystem and reuse the data into various Wikimedia projects. We organized two workshops focused on Wikivoyage in Tamilnadu and Kerala. These workshops help to revive the project with the help of editors in these languages.
- [<a>https://w.wiki/DQ25</a> 'WikiVoyage Workshop 2025 Coimbatore, Tamilnadu']
- 'Activity': Wikimedians of Kerala organized a Wikivoyage workshop at Dr. G.R. Damodharan College of Science, Peelamedu, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, on 21 and 22 March 2025. The primary objective of this event was to revitalize and expand the Tamil WikiVoyage. The intention was to increase participation, enhance existing pages with substantive content, and address informational gaps. The event was organized with the help of Rangan Datta.
- 'Results': 14 Editors including students from GRD College Coimbatore participated in the workshop. 9 New pages created in Tamil Wikivoyage and 151 Edits done in total. User:Rangan Datta Wiki took an in-depth presentation about wikivoyage and its editing policies. He demonstrated how to add maps and geolocations and various color codes in wikivoyage. On the second day we done a photowalk in Coimbatore city to take photos of places of interest to be added into Wikivoyage.
- 'Approaches': Wikimedians of Kerala UG directly contacted Tamil wikipedia editors and User:Bhuvanameenakshi to organize this event. Dr. G R Damodharan College of Science, Peelamedu, Coimbatore Tamil Nadu provided the venue for the workshop. User:Rangan Datta Wiki agreed to give a detailed presentation about the project.
- 'Matrix':
- Users - [<a>https://quarry.wmcloud.org/query/96684</a> Users edited Tamil Wikivoyage]
- Pages - [<a>https://quarry.wmcloud.org/query/96685</a> Pages edited in Tamil Wikivoyage]
- [<a>https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikimedians_of_Kerala/WikiVoyage_Workshop_Coimbatore_2025/home</a> Outreach Dashboard ]
- [<a>https://w.wiki/DPoB</a> 'WikiVoyage workshop Palakkad, Kerala']
- 'Activity': Wikimedians of Kerala organized a Wikivoyage workshop at GUPS Chathamangalam, Palakkad on 23 and 24 March 2025. The primary objective of this event was to revitalize and expand the Malayalam WikiVoyage. The intention was to increase participation, enhance existing pages with substantive content, and address informational gaps. The event was organized with the help of Rangan Datta.
- 'Results': 11 Editors from Wikimedians of Kerala User Group participated in this workshop. 14 New pages created in Malayalam Wikivoyage and 273 Edits done in total. 244 Photographs uploaded in Wikimedia commons as a part of this workshop. Rangan Datta took an in-depth presentation about wikivoyage and its editing policies. He demonstrated how to add maps and geolocations and various color codes in wikivoyage. On the second day we did a photowalk in Nenmara town to take photos of places of interest to be added into Wikivoyage.
- 'Approaches': Wikimedians of Kerala UG headmaster of GUPS Chathamangalam via KITE (Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education) to organize this event. GUPS Chathamangalam provided the venue for the workshop. Rangan Datta agreed to give a detailed presentation about the project.
- 'Matrix':
- Users - [<a>https://quarry.wmcloud.org/query/96688</a> Users edited Tamil Wikivoyage]
- Pages - [<a>https://quarry.wmcloud.org/query/96687</a> Pages edited in Tamil Wikivoyage]
- [[%22https://w.wiki/ES2D%22 https://w.wiki/ES2D] 'Open Data Days 2025 at Digital University Kerala']
- 'Activity':
2.1. Documentation of your impact. Please use space below to share links that help tell your story, impact, and evaluation. (required)
Share links to:
- Project page on Meta-Wiki or any other Wikimedia project
- Dashboards and tools that you used to track contributions
- Some photos or videos from your event. Remember to share access.
You can also share links to:
- Important social media posts
- Surveys and their results
- Infographics and sound files
- Examples of content edited on Wikimedia projects
2.2. Additionally, share the materials and resources that you used in the implementation of your project. (required)
For example:
- Training materials and guides
- Presentations and slides
- Work processes and plans
- Any other materials your team has created or adapted and can be shared with others
3. To what extent do you agree with the following statements regarding the work carried out? You can choose “not applicable” if your work does not relate to these goals. Required. Select one option per question. (required)
| A. Bring in participants from underrepresented groups | |
| B. Create a more inclusive and connected culture in our community | |
| C. Develop content about underrepresented topics/groups | |
| D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives | |
| E. Encourage the retention of editors | |
| F. Encourage the retention of organizers | |
| G. Increased participants' feelings of belonging and connection to the movement | |
| F. Other (optional) |
Part 2: Learning
[edit]4. In your application, you outlined some learning questions. What did you learn from these learning questions when you implemented your project? How do you hope to use this learnings in the future? You can recall these learning questions below. (required)
You can recall these learning questions below: We want to learn how to make our community stronger and more impactful on Wikimedia projects. Specifically:
- Increasing Participation: What motivates active contribution?
- Enhancing Influence: How can we better represent our community's needs?
- Building Partnerships: What types of partnerships benefit us most?
- Measuring Impact: How do we measure our success and ensure lasting change?
- Welcome New people: How to engage new people into the wikimedia ecosystem?
These insights will guide our community's sustainable growth and development.
5. Did anything unexpected or surprising happen when implementing your activities? This can include both positive and negative situations. What did you learn from those experiences? (required)
6. What is your plan to share your project learnings and results with other community members? If you have already done it, describe how. (required)
Part 3: Metrics
[edit]7. Wikimedia Metrics results. (required)
In your application, you set some Wikimedia targets in numbers (Wikimedia metrics). In this section, you will describe the achieved results and provide links to the tools used.
| Target | Results | Comments and tools used | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 40 | ||
| Number of editors | 30 | ||
| Number of organizers | 6 |
| Wikimedia project | Target | Result - Number of created pages | Result - Number of improved pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | |||
| Wikimedia Commons | 100 | ||
| Wikidata | 1000 | ||
| Wiktionary | |||
| Wikisource | |||
| Wikimedia Incubator | 25 | ||
| Translatewiki | |||
| MediaWiki | |||
| Wikiquote | |||
| Wikivoyage | 10 | ||
| Wikibooks | |||
| Wikiversity | |||
| Wikinews | |||
| Wikispecies | |||
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
8. Other Metrics results.
In your proposal, you could also set Other Metrics targets. Please describe the achieved results and provide links to the tools used if you set Other Metrics in your application.
| Other Metrics name | Metrics Description | Target | Result | Tools and comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Templates in Incubator Wikivoyage | Necessary templates to setup main page and other pages in Malayalam Wikivoyage | 5 | ||
9. Did you have any difficulties collecting data to measure your results? (required)
9.1. Please state what difficulties you had. How do you hope to overcome these challenges in the future? Do you have any recommendations for the Foundation to support you in addressing these challenges? (required)
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Parts 1-3: Project and impact
[edit]1. What was built or achieved during the project, and how did it align with your original goals, milestones and technical plan? (required)
Our primary objective is to establish strategic collaborations with organizations aligned with Wikimedia mission, specifically within Kerala's robust Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) ecosystem. We are aiming to revive dormant Wikivoyage projects in Malayalam and Tamil languages. We are also extensively trying to enrich data in the Wikimedia ecosystem and reuse the data into various Wikimedia projects. We organized two workshops focused on Wikivoyage in Tamilnadu and Kerala. These workshops help to revive the project with the help of editors in these languages.
- [<a>https://w.wiki/DQ25</a> 'WikiVoyage Workshop 2025 Coimbatore, Tamilnadu']
- 'Activity': Wikimedians of Kerala organized a Wikivoyage workshop at Dr. G.R. Damodharan College of Science, Peelamedu, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, on 21 and 22 March 2025. The primary objective of this event was to revitalize and expand the Tamil WikiVoyage. The intention was to increase participation, enhance existing pages with substantive content, and address informational gaps. The event was organized with the help of Rangan Datta.
- 'Results': 14 Editors including students from GRD College Coimbatore participated in the workshop. 9 New pages created in Tamil Wikivoyage and 151 Edits done in total. User:Rangan Datta Wiki took an in-depth presentation about wikivoyage and its editing policies. He demonstrated how to add maps and geolocations and various color codes in wikivoyage. On the second day we done a photowalk in Coimbatore city to take photos of places of interest to be added into Wikivoyage.
- 'Approaches': Wikimedians of Kerala UG directly contacted Tamil wikipedia editors and User:Bhuvanameenakshi to organize this event. Dr. G R Damodharan College of Science, Peelamedu, Coimbatore Tamil Nadu provided the venue for the workshop. User:Rangan Datta Wiki agreed to give a detailed presentation about the project.
- 'Matrix':
- Users - [<a>https://quarry.wmcloud.org/query/96684</a> Users edited Tamil Wikivoyage]
- Pages - [<a>https://quarry.wmcloud.org/query/96685</a> Pages edited in Tamil Wikivoyage]
- [<a>https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikimedians_of_Kerala/WikiVoyage_Workshop_Coimbatore_2025/home</a> Outreach Dashboard ]
- [<a>https://w.wiki/DPoB</a> 'WikiVoyage workshop Palakkad, Kerala']
- 'Activity': Wikimedians of Kerala organized a Wikivoyage workshop at GUPS Chathamangalam, Palakkad on 23 and 24 March 2025. The primary objective of this event was to revitalize and expand the Malayalam WikiVoyage. The intention was to increase participation, enhance existing pages with substantive content, and address informational gaps. The event was organized with the help of Rangan Datta.
- 'Results': 11 Editors from Wikimedians of Kerala User Group participated in this workshop. 14 New pages created in Malayalam Wikivoyage and 273 Edits done in total. 244 Photographs uploaded in Wikimedia commons as a part of this workshop. Rangan Datta took an in-depth presentation about wikivoyage and its editing policies. He demonstrated how to add maps and geolocations and various color codes in wikivoyage. On the second day we did a photowalk in Nenmara town to take photos of places of interest to be added into Wikivoyage.
- 'Approaches': Wikimedians of Kerala UG headmaster of GUPS Chathamangalam via KITE (Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education) to organize this event. GUPS Chathamangalam provided the venue for the workshop. Rangan Datta agreed to give a detailed presentation about the project.
- 'Matrix':
- Users - [<a>https://quarry.wmcloud.org/query/96688</a> Users edited Tamil Wikivoyage]
- Pages - [<a>https://quarry.wmcloud.org/query/96687</a> Pages edited in Tamil Wikivoyage]
- [[%22https://w.wiki/ES2D%22 https://w.wiki/ES2D] 'Open Data Days 2025 at Digital University Kerala']
- 'Activity':
2. Share links that demonstrate your project's impact, usage, and technical outcomes. (required)
Required links:
- Project page on relevant Wikimedia spaces (e.g. Phabricator, Wikimedia projects, Toolforge)
- Code repository (e.g. Gerrit, GitHub or GitLab)
- Documentation or user guides
- Dashboards, metrics tools, or analytics used to track usage or contributions
Optional links you may include:
- Diff or mailing list announcements
- Community feedback
- Demos or product presentations
- Survey results or user testing feedback
- Examples of integrations or usage within Wikimedia projects
3. What are the key lessons you learned during this project, both technical and non-technical? (required)
4. How did the Wikimedia community or your target audience engage with your project during its development or release? (required)
5. What risks or challenges did you encounter (related to delivery, safety, or security), and how did you address them? (required)
6. Who will maintain the project going forward, and what is your plan for long-term maintenance? (required)
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Part 4: Financial reporting
[edit]10. State the total amount spent in your Indian Rupees. (required)
11. State the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)
12. Report the funds spent in the currency of your fund. (required)
12.1. If you have not already done so in your financial spending report, provide information on changes in the budget in relation to your original proposal. (optional)
13. Do you have any unspent funds from the project? (required)
13.1. Amount of unspent funds.
N/A
13.2. Explain the reason for unspent funds.
N/A
13.2. What are you planning to do with the underspent funds?
N/A
13.3. Please provide details of hope to spend these funds.
N/A
14. Are you in compliance with all applicable terms, laws and regulations as outlined in the project agreement?
15. If you have additional recommendations or reflections that don’t fit into the above sections, please write them here. (optional)