Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Acquisition of the missing pages and books of Tamil Nadu Nationalised books for Tamil Wikisource - Phase 2 (ID: 22291834)/Final Report
Application type: Standard application
Part 1: Project and impact
1. Describe the implemented activities and results achieved. Additionally, share which approaches were most effective in supporting you to achieve the results. (required)
- All the details are available in this wiki link : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Info-farmer/Rapid_fund-SAARC-2024Report
The Project overview
The Project overview in Tamil language - 20 minutes
This is the project to find out the incomplete pages and unuploaded books of Nationalised books of Tamilnadu in libraries and three workshops in two cities of TamilNadu. Tamil Nadu government funded more than ₹12 crores (150,399.31 US Dollars) to release books under public domain which is called as Nationalised books of the 165 authors. In the year 2016, i as a Wikimedian in Residence uploaded those Nationalised 2217 books at Commons. After the five years of contribution at Tamil Wikisource, we found that in hundred books some pages are not found, some pages should be rescaned, few books are fully rescanned. Then we concluded that we should search in the city libraries. thus we are going to solve this multiple issues of the eminent Tamil books for Tamil Wikisource.
During Phase 1 of this project, we repaired 183 such books and uploaded them to Tamil Wikisource after sourcing their missing pages from libraries around Tamil Nadu. 251 new books are uploaded at Commons after the verification of the 61,724 pages
This phase II project period is three months. With in the period, i am happy for the completion of the project targets and reduced the gender gap as before.
In this phase II project, three main activities implemented and the results are achieved as follows;-
- 208 copy right free books are uploaded at Wikimedia commons.(Refer) The total number of pages of the books are 56, 617. (Refer)
- 48 books are updated (Refer), (Details) after the verification of 460 books's pages. (Refer)
- Workshops conducted in two colleges, one university department and for the college staffs. (Refer)
2. 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
The Project goals and outcomes
| Target outcome | Achieved outcome | Explanation |
| The 40,000 pages of the Nationalised books are to be uploaded. | The 56, 617 book pages are uploaded at Commons after the verification in 208 books. (See all the detailed books list.) | Target achieved as much expected, page numbers verified, 90% of scanned page's margins are cropped to view the printed text clearly from the tamildigitallibrary, Anna Centenary Library, Connemara Public Library and also from selected Tamil Nadu cities like Salem public library, Trichy, coimbatore. |
| To find out the exact missed page/s of existing books, I and Dr. Rathai (she) prepared a check list of 521 books. | In 48 books, the exact issues are solved after the verification of the 521 books / 91, 568 pages. For example, see the bottom of the for File history columns at wikimedia commons. (All the books details) |  |
| Workshops in three colleges 1) Periyar University - off line |
Pages verification and the margin cropping. |  |
| Workshop 2 2) PPG college - off line |
Introduction to Wikimedia projects, Wikisource video tutorials, PAWS usage |  |
| Workshops 3 3) SKACAS college |
Introduction to Wikimedia projects, Wikisource video tutorials, PAWS usage |   |
| 7 screencasts for Tamil wikisource's intermidiate contributors for easy Linux usage, pdf manipulations. | 7 screencasts are created in Tamil language. See the below link c:Category:Rapid Fund SAARC 2024 Tamil Wikisource tutorials | Already created many basic screencasts. (You can find here) |
| Editathon for the existing editors. | You can find the details in the below table. |
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
- c:Category:Rapid Fund SAARC 2022 Tamil Wikisource screencasts
- c:Category:Rapid Fund SAARC 2024 Tamil Wikisource tutorials
3. To what extent do you agree with the following statements regarding the work carried out with this Rapid Fund? 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 | Strongly agree |
| B. Create a more inclusive and connected culture in our community | Strongly agree |
| C. Develop content about underrepresented topics/groups | Strongly agree |
| D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives | Strongly agree |
| E. Encourage the retention of editors | Strongly agree |
| F. Encourage the retention of organizers | Agree |
| G. Increased participants' feelings of belonging and connection to the movement | Not applicable |
| F. Other (optional) | While implementing the each object, discussion with selected editor or a person who is not a Wikimedia contributor is done. The discussion directs me in a progressive result. |
Part 2: Learning
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:
Part 4: Financial reporting
[edit]10. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency. (required)
144300
11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)
1735.03
12. Report the funds spent in the currency of your fund. (required)
Provide the link to the financial report https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Rapid_Fund/Acquisition_of_the_missing_pages_and_books_of_Tamil_Nadu_Nationalised_books_for_Tamil_Wikisource_-_Phase_2_(ID:_22291834)#Financial_proposal
12.2. If you have not already done so in your financial spending report, please provide information on changes in the budget in relation to your original proposal. (optional)
13. Do you have any unspent funds from the Fund?
No
13.1. Please list the amount and currency you did not use and explain why.
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
14.1. Are you in compliance with the terms outlined in the fund agreement?
No
14.2. Are you in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations as outlined in the grant agreement?
No
14.3. Are you in compliance with provisions of the United States Internal Revenue Code (“Code”), and with relevant tax laws and regulations restricting the use of the Funds as outlined in the grant agreement? In summary, this is to confirm that the funds were used in alignment with the WMF mission and for charitable/nonprofit/educational purposes.
No
15. If you have additional recommendations or reflections that don’t fit into the above sections, please write them here. (optional)
Review notes
[edit]Review notes from Program Officer:
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Applicant's response to the review feedback.
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