Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/General Support Fund/Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia’s 2024 General Support

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Wikimedia Community Fund

Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia’s 2024 General Support

start date2024-01-012024-01-01T00:00:00Z

end date2024-12-312024-12-31T00:00:00Z

budget (local currency)266212 MYR

amount requested (USD)94925.45 USD ^{[note 1]}

amount recommended (USD)57000

amount recommended (local currency)266719 MYR

grant typeWikimedia Affiliate (chapter, thematic org., or user group)

funding regionESEAP

decision fiscal year2023-24

funding program roundRound 1

organization (if applicable)Pertubuhan Kebajikan Komuniti Pengguna Wiki Malaysia

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Applicant information

Organization name or Wikimedia Username for individuals. (required): Pertubuhan Kebajikan Komuniti Pengguna Wiki Malaysia

Do you have any approved General Support Fund requests? (required): Yes, I have already applied and received 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): Yes

Do you have a fiscal sponsor?: No

Fiscal organization name.: N/A

Main proposal

1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be a title for the Meta-Wiki page. (required): Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia’s 2024 General Support

2. Do you want to apply for the multi-year funding or renewal process? (required): No but we would like to apply for renewal next time

2.1. For how many years of multi-year funding are you applying? (required): N/A

2.2. Provide a brief overview of Year 2 and Year 3 of the proposed plan and how this relates to the current proposal and your strategic plan? (required)

N/A

3. Proposed start date. (required): 2024-01-01

4. Proposed end date. (required): 2024-12-31

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. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required): Regional (more than one country in the same continent or region); Brunei

Singapore Indonesia

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)

Our programs are to teach indigenous communities in Malaysia to add their language into the Malay Wiktionary. After they master how to add them, they will continuing adding more words for few hours. Our challenge will be finding the participants that are interested in joining the event. With that, our strategy is to approach with indigenous associations to do the event. Problem: Lack of volunteers on indigenous languages in Wikimedia projects Objective: To increase indigenous language content in Wikimedia projects Solution: Do outreach to indigenous communities in villages through partnerships with government agencies and public societies. Activities: WikiTraining in villages to train them how to add their indigenous language into Wiktionary

Problem: Lack of editors in Malaysia Objective: To expand Wikimedia movement in Malaysia Solution: Have partnerships with other institutions to bring in more participants Activities: Organise a training and editathon in universities and collaborate with embassies to increase participation

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	No
Gender and diversity	No
Community support and engagement	Yes
Participation in campaigns and contests	Yes
Public policy advocacy	No
Other	No

Education

9.1.1. Select all your programs and activities for Education. (required): Wiki Club, Editing Wikipedia Training, Translation, Wikidata programs, Wikimedia Commons programs, Other Wikimedia project programs; Other programs and activities if any: N/A
9.1.2. Select all relevant audience groups for Education. (required): Primary school students, Secondary school students, Vocational, tertiary, or higher education, Teachers or professors; Other groups 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, Organizing meetups, conferences, and community events, Supporting community members' participation in events and conferences, Offering non financial support and services to community members (equipment, space, books, etc.); Other programs and activities if any: N/A

Participation in campaigns and contests

9.5. Select all campaigns that apply. (required): 1Lib1Ref, Wikipedia Asian Month, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Monuments, WikiGap, Wikipedia Birthday or Anniversary; 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): Q1 2024:

23rd Anniversary of Wikipedia (Jan 15) / Wikikata Bahasa Mandarin (Jan 15) 1Lib1Ref (Jan)/ 100hariwiki (Jan-Apr)/ Departure of Agong (Jan) Lexeme workshop (Feb) Mother Language Day (Feb) Pesta Duang (Feb) WikiGap series (Feb-Mar 8)/ Ukraine Cultural Diplomacy Month (Mar)/ WikiSungkai (Ramadan - Mar)/ World Kidney Day edit-a-thon (Mar 14) Ari Muyang Mah Meri @ Carey Island (Mar)

Q2 2024: WikiSelera (Apr) National Museum Day forum - Wikisumber/WMID (May) ESEAP (May) Pesta Kaamatan - Commons & Wikikamus (May)/ Gawai - Commons & Wikikamus (Jun) Fact for Democracy 2024 - with EU Delegation (Jun)/ 1Lib1Ref (May-Jun) Wikikamus Semai (Jun)/ Wikikamus Iban (Jun)/ WikiLoveEarth (Jun-Jul)

Q3 2024: PBAKL (Jul) Bulan Bahasa Brunei (Jul) Olympic - with France Embassy (Jul) Bulan Bahasa Singapura (Aug)/ Turkiye-Malaysia Relation Anniversary (Aug) Malaysia National Day (Aug) WikiLoveMonument (Sep) Malaysia Day (Sep) WikiSihat/Pengetahuan Perubtan Untuk Semua (Sep) WikiKata Bahasa Orang Asli (Sep)

Q4 2024: Bulan Bahasa Malaysia (Oct) 22nd Anniversary of Malay Wikipedia (Oct) Wikikata Bahasa Tamil (Oct) Wikikata Bahasa Korea (Oct) WikiKata Competition - Indigenous People Day (Oct) World Translation Day - USM (Oct) Wikipedia Asian Month (Nov) Japan-Malaysia Edit-a-thon (Nov) WikiScience Competition (Nov-Dec) 2024 New year’s eve Edit-a-thon (Dec 31)

11. Describe your team. (required)

All members of Wikimedia Community User Group Malaysia are voluntarily not salaried; User:Chongkian, President User:SNN95, Vice President I User:Sabre23t, Vice President II User:Jayraj15, Secretary General User:Tofeiku, Treasurer General User:WAqil (WMYS), Outreach and Program Coordinator User:MYMMMC, Researcher User:Zahirulnukman, Media Social Committee User:EmpAhmadK, Graphic Designer Committe User:PeaceSearcher, Media Social Committee

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)

Wikimedia Indonesia Wikimedia community in Japan Embassy of Sweden Embassy of France Embassy of Turkiye Embassy of Japan Institut Pendidikan Guru Kampus Kent, Tuaran University of Malaya, Language & Linguistics Faculty Universiti Malaysia Sabah Universiti Sains Malaysia Perak State Education Department Sarawak State Education Department Malay Language Council, Singapore Bajau Sama Cultural and Language Association Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, Malaysia Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Brunei Sabah State Library

The characteristics that they have is that they are influential which makes our Wikimedia events more trusted and big. Other than that, they bring their participants which we have trouble with since it is hard to find participants alone without partners.

For example, the EU Delegation in Malaysia has helped us in bringing many universities exposed with editing Wikipedia. Hopefully in 2024 they want to do the same again.

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, Provide for Safety and Inclusion, Coordinate Across Stakeholders, 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	1025	Q1 2024: 23rd Anniversary of Wikipedia (Jan 15) 20 Wikikata Bahasa Mandarin (Jan 15) 20 1Lib1Ref (Jan) 50 100hariwiki (Jan-Apr) 30 Departure of Agong (Jan) 5 Lexeme workshop (Feb) 20 Mother Language Day (Feb) 50 Pesta Duang (Feb) 10 WikiGap series (Feb-Mar 8) 100 Ukraine Cultural Diplomacy Month (Mar) 20 WikiSungkai (Ramadan - Mar) 20 World Kidney Day edit-a-thon (Mar 14) 10 Ari Muyang Mah Meri @ Carey Island (Mar) 5 Q2 2024: WikiSelera (Apr) 50 National Museum Day forum - Wikisumber/WMID (May) 20 ESEAP (May) 5 Pesta Kaamatan - Commons & Wikikamus (May)/ 10 Gawai - Commons & Wikikamus (Jun) 5 Fact for Democracy 2024 - with EU Delegation (Jun)/ 60 1Lib1Ref (May-Jun) 30 Wikikamus Semai (Jun)/ 20 Wikikamus Iban (Jun)/ 20 WikiLoveEarth (Jun-Jul) 40 Q3 2024: PBAKL (Jul) 5 Bulan Bahasa Brunei (Jul) 20 Olympic - with France Embassy (Jul) 20 Bulan Bahasa Singapura (Aug)/ 10 Turkiye-Malaysia Relation Anniversary (Aug) 20 Malaysia National Day (Aug) 5 WikiLoveMonument (Sep) 50 Malaysia Day (Sep) 5 WikiSihat/Pengetahuan Perubatan Untuk Semua (Sep) 10 WikiKata Bahasa Orang Asli (Sep) 20 Q4 2024: Bulan Bahasa Malaysia (Oct) 50 22nd Anniversary of Malay Wikipedia (Oct) 30 Wikikata Bahasa Tamil (Oct) 20 Wikikata Bahasa Korea (Oct) 20 WikiKata Competition - Indigenous People Day (Oct) 40 World Translation Day - USM (Oct) 40 Wikipedia Asian Month (Nov) 10 Japan-Malaysia Edit-a-thon (Nov) 20 WikiScience Competition (Nov-Dec) 20 2024 New year’s eve Edit-a-thon (Dec 31) 10
Number of all editors	N/A	N/A
Number of new editors	N/A
Number of retained editors	N/A
Number of all organizers	12	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	300	350
Wikimedia Commons	1000
Wikidata	300	400
Wiktionary		1000
Wikisource	50	60
Wikimedia Incubator	300	350
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): No


Other 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

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. Your local currency. (required): MYR

18. What is the total requested amount in your local currency? (required): 266212 MYR

Multi-year funding request summary
Year	Amount (local currency)
Year 1	N/A MYR
Year 2	N/A MYR
Year 3	N/A MYR

Requested amount in USD: 94925.45 USD ^{[note 1]}

Multi-year funding request summary in USD
Year	Amount USD ^{[note 1]}
Year 1	N/A USD
Year 2	N/A USD
Year 3	N/A USD

↑ ^a ^b ^c 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 funded, the funding will be sent in the recipient’s local currency.

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

19.1. How many paid staff members do you plan to have? (required)

Include the number of staff and contractors during the proposal period. If you have short-term contractors or staff, please include them separately and mention their terms.

2

19.2. How many FTEs (full-time equivalents) in total? (required)

Include the total FTE of staff and contractors during the proposal period. If you have short-term contractors or staff, please include their FTEs with the terms separately.

2 FTE of contractors

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


Budget category	Amount in local currency
Staff and contractor costs	149500 MYR
Operational costs	0 MYR
Programmatic costs	116712 MYR

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

https://docs.google.com/file/d/1zVIx2UItwmdk1-2K3nPax9Oo53Nl72Oi/edit?usp=docslist_api&filetype=msexcel

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Yes

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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 funded, the funding will be sent in the recipient’s local currency.

[note 1]