Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Creating A Unified Editing Community at Montana State University (ID: 22396092)
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Applicant Details[edit]
- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
JamieF
- Organization
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Main Proposal[edit]
- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Creating A Unified Editing Community at Montana State University
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-01-23 - 2024-01-26
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
United States of America
- 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)
We are helping to create a community of editors (and practice) at Montana State University that focuses specifically on empowering BIPOC, female identifying, and LGBTQ+ students and faculty (and supports) at MSU to edit Wikipedia and edit and create entries about topics that are important to them and their community(ies). There has been sporadic engagement with Wikipedia (and Wikidata on campus) and our goal is to help facilitate and support a community of editors across Wikipedia platforms.
- 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.
We are requesting funds to support travel and accommodation costs associated with a new editor training to be held at Montana State University (MSU). Two experienced Wikipedian program leaders will travel to facilitate this event that is being organized in coordination with MSU library staff. Aside from the event, we will also meet with interested librarians and faculty about using Wikipedia for educational purposes and the DPLA Wikimedia Project.
Background: Montana State University has sporadic engagement in Wikipedia across campus and the Montana State University Library is seeking to unify editing efforts and opportunities and facilitate engagement with all platforms of Wikipedia by students and faculty at MSU.
Jamie Flood met with MSU librarians (Melissa Pomeroy and Doralynn Rossman (recently selected as Dean of the library)) at the Tribal College Librarians Institute in Bozeman in May of 2023. Through this connection, Jamie has been working with Melissa and other librarians to facilitate planning and training at the library that will cumulate in an event on January 24, 2024. Jamie has shared training and tools with MSU librarians around editing, training, setting up events, expectations, setting up a dashboard, etc. They have joined Jamie at events at NAL and the January event will be the first event of this partnership. The focus of the event is to involve students and faculty in Wikipedia, particularly those who support or identify as women, Black and Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC), and LGBTQ+ individuals. We are specifically reaching out to the American Indian and LGBTQ+ populations at the university to improve coverage on important, related topics, and to engage students in making Wikipedia more representative and equitable. The editing event will center around topics of health equity and health information access and will feature students talking about issues on campus and resources for accessing information.
- We will include a link to the project page, as we finish it. We are still confirming the students that will speak during the event.
- 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. Team members involved in the grant application need to be aware of their involvement in the project.
Jamie Flood is the Senior Wikipedian and Outreach Specialist at the United States Department of Agriculture National Agriculture Library she it the primary person and point of contact for this proposal and main operator - she has been working with Montana State University Library to organize the event, put together the work list, and will conduct the training for the event. Dominic Byrd-McDevitt (User:Dominic) will come as DPLA and data expert to chat more about the DPLA Wikipedia Project, and issues related to rights statements, metadata, and Commons uploads.
- 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)
Our target participants are interested faculty, staff, and students. In regards to the student body we are specifically connecting with the American Indian student group, LGBTQ+ pride student group, health sciences club, and other disciplines related to the topic (writers, English students, health science students, nurses, computer science, etc.) We are in touch with the student body, and the Diversity and Inclusion Student Council. We have fliers hung around campus and consistent emails going out, we will be creating a MSU project page for students to sign up on, and will train/assist the related staff with utilizing the project page to reach out to students to invite them to future events. During the event we will be connecting with the students and staff to get ideas for the next event, and will try to go ahead and set up one (or more) future events before we leave.
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
No
- 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.
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- 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.
Jamie met with MSU libraries/librarians at the Tribal College Librarian Institute in May 2023. At the event Jamie presented about the library she works for and hosting Wikipedia events and potential topics. From the event, MSU librarian, Melissa Pomeroy met with Jamie during the event, and then followed up to help train for and facilitate this event and starting a editing group on campus (hosted through the library). Through the event we will be developing an on-wiki community and related questions.
- 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)
Other Important Topics (topics considered to be of impact or important in the specific context)
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Gender and diversity
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement
Learning and metrics[edit]
- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
I hope to document this process (and it's outcomes) in order to tweak and recreate similar, successful undertakings and for others to use as a guide for similar events/projects. I hope to connect with the target students and build/maintain relationships around editing and content so we can increase coverage on Wikipedia and maintain/encourage active editors from a variety of backgrounds.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 50 | Returning participants: 5-10
New participants: 40-50 There are some individuals on campus who are already editing that we have reached out to, we are engaged with them and have invited them to the event. We are hopeful for a strong turnout across the hybrid event - we will be offering online and in-person meeting options. |
| Number of editors | 60 | Returning editors: 5-10
New editors: 40-50 There are some individuals on campus who are already editing that we have reached out to, we are engaged with them and have invited them to the event. We are hopeful for a strong turnout across the hybrid event - we will be offering online and in-person meeting options. |
| Number of organizers | 6 | 2 experienced Wikipedians (Dominic & Jamie)
4 individuals from MSU: Melissa Pomeroy melissa.pomeroy@montana.edu Emily O'Brien emily.obrien@montana.edu Jason Clark jaclark@montana.edu Barbara do Amaral barbara.doamaral@montana.edu All organizers are volunteering their time for the event. |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 30 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 20 |
| Wikidata | 20 |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abtsract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
Our intention is to focus on editing, contributing to Commons, and making edits/writing new items on Wikipedia and Wikidata - these are the platforms of the most interest to the folks that will be participating. There may be interest to edit in other languages - particularly indigenous American languages and Spanish.
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
No
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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)
We will be using the Outreach Dashboard to measure analytics from the event - we will also create a Campaign for MSU. We would also appreciate any other suggestions.
Financial proposal[edit]
- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
1374 USD
- 22.2. Convert the amount requested into USD using the Oanda converter. This is done only to help you assess the USD equivalent of the requested amount. Your request should be between 500 - 5,000 USD.
1374 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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