Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Presenting at WOW 2022, University of Sydney (ID: 21953139)

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Applicant Details[edit]

Please provide your main Wikimedia Username.

Pakoire

Please provide the Usernames of people related to this proposal.

Lisa Maule User: Pakoire Sophia Amore Coghini User: Kowhaiarewhana

Organization

N/A

Are you a member of any Wikimedia affiliate or group, including informal groups like Wiki Fan Clubs, emerging language communities, not recognized Wikimedia groups etc.? Please list them all.

Wikimedia User Group of Aotearoa New Zealand Wikipedia:WikiProject New Zealand/Pacific Arts Aotearoa. WikiProject New Zealand/Performing Arts Aotearoa Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Wellington

Grant Proposal[edit]

M. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.

Presenting at WOW 2022, University of Sydney

Q. Indicate if it is a local, international, or regional proposal and if it involves several countries? (optional)

Regional

Q2. If you have answered regional or international, please write the country names and any other information that is useful for understanding your proposal.

The presentation at WOW is about a project run in Aotearoa New Zealand that created articles about Pacific Island artists with heritage from the following Pacific Island Nations: Sāmoa, Kiribati, Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu and Niue.

R. If you would like, please share any websites or social media accounts that your group or organization has.

1. What is the change that you are trying to bring about and why is this important.

At the beginning of 2022 Sophia Goghini and Lisa Maule were part of a Pacific Arts Aotearoa Wikiproject funded by Creative New Zealand the national arts body. We submitted an abstract and had accepted an abstract about this project to the WOW (Worlds Of Wikipedia) Conference 2022 – Sydney, Australia 16 – 18 November (https://diff.wikimedia.org/event/wow-worlds-of-wikipedia-conference-2022/)

The intention of the paper for this conference is to communicate the learning from the Pacific Arts Wikipedia Project to the Wikimedia community. As a summary the learning is about: Making Wikipedia editing more accessible to Pasifika peoples by removal of barriers. Developing and creating content and knowledge about Pasifika peoples through the Wikimedia Foundation platforms. Improving awareness about Wikipedia in Pasifika peoples artists communities

(Pasifika peoples is an inclusive term covering peoples within the Pacific region)

2. Describe your main approaches or strategies to achieve these changes and why you think they will be effective.

Our goal in the project and in the presentation about the Pacific Arts Aotearoa Wikiproject is to encourage people who are part of under-represented communities to create and develop Wikipedia projects.

Representation is important and the concept of 'Nothing About Us Without Us' applies. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothing_About_Us_Without_Us) It is a key strategy that the paper is co-written and co-presented by the project organiser (who is palangi / white) and one of the participants (who is Nuiean), in addition there are also the perspectives of an older person with more Wikipedia editing experiences who was the coach in the project and a younger person with no previous Wikipedia editing who was learning about Wikipedia from the perspective of an editor. Being at the conference in person will support engagement with others.

3. What are the activities you will be developing and delivering as part of these approaches or strategies?

We present our paper about our project in the WOW conference. Networking with like people and informal conversations who have things we can learn about and who are interested in our project. Be available before and after to give more details about the project and have conversations. We can bring these new insights to the groups we are part of in Aotearoa. We have chosen this conference as the conference theme is closely aligned to our purpose and goal.

4. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign or event? If so, please select the relevant campaign below. If so, please select all the relevant campaigns from the list below. If "other", please state which.

Not applicable

5. Do you have the team that is needed to implement this proposal?

Yes the project organiser, a project participant. We have the support of the Wikimedia User Group of Aotearoa New Zealand in preparing this proposal.

We are both volunteers in presenting this paper at the conference. Lisa Maule User: Pakoire Sophia Amore Coghini User: Kowhaiarewhana

6. Please state if your proposal aims to work to bridge any of the identified CONTENT knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select up to THREE that most apply to your work.

Content Gender gap, Geography, Cultural background, ethnicity, religion, racial

6.1 In a few sentences, explain how your work is specifically addressing this content gap (or Knowledge inequity) to ensure a greater representation of knowledge.

Our project had targets for outcomes that met these content gaps. The projects was about increasing biographies of Pacific Island artists, and there was a 50% target for new articles to be women or non-binary people. The grant is for to present the project and the outcomes to the WOW conference in Sydney.

7. Please state if your proposal includes any of these areas or THEMATIC focus. Select up to THREE that most apply to your work and explain the rationale for identifying these themes.

Culture, heritage or GLAM , Diversity

8. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities?

Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background, Linguistic / Language

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?

Participants are the people attending WOW, both in-person and online. People will be engaged with in the following ways:

The abstract will be available prior to the conference
Being at the conference means we will be available to meet with people
There will be a recording available after the event
We are able to be contacted after the event

10. In what ways are you actively seeking to contribute towards creating a safer, supportive, more equitable environment for participants?

In our presentation we will endevour to introduce ourselves and the concepts in a way that invites Pasifika peoples to feel engaged. After the presentation we will respond to questions from people of colour to set the tone as one of prioritising the voices of underrepresented people. We will acknowledge that there may be some triggering content. We will endeavor to make a safe space where people can share their experiences.

11. Please tell us about how you have let your Wikimedia communities know about the planned activities and this proposal. Use this space to describe the processes you carried out to make the community more involved in planning this proposal. Please link the on-wiki community discussion(s) around the proposals.

Attending meetings and talking with the NZ community about the proposal. Using the communication channels of the Wikimedia User Group of Aotearoa New Zealand to publicise the presentation e.g. social media, on-wiki page. Consulting with editors and contributors on the structure and wording of this application and the presentation.

12. Are you aware of other Rapid Fund proposals in your local group, community, or region that are being submitted and that align with your proposed project?

No

If yes:

12.1 Did you explore the possibility of doing a joint proposal with other leaders in your group?

N/A

12.2 How will this joint proposal allow you to have better results?

N/A

13. Will you be working with other external, non-Wikimedia partners to implement this proposal? Required.

No

13.1 Please describe these partnerships and what motivates the potential partner to be part of the proposal and how they add value to your work.

14. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select a maximum of THREE options that most apply.

Invest in Skills and Leadership Development, Identify Topics for Impact

Learning, Sharing, and Evaluation[edit]

15. What do you hope to learn from your work in this fund proposal?

We would like to hear different perspectives on our paper, for example ideas of how the project could be modified and applied in other settings, or expanded. We would like to have received constructive feedback, for example things that weren't present in the project that could have enhanced the experiences or outcomes.

16. Based on these learning questions, what is the information or data you need to collect to answer these questions? Please register this information (as metric description) in the following spaces provided.

Main Open Metrics Data
Main Open Metrics	Description	Target
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17. Core quantitative metrics.

Core Metrics Summary
Core metrics	Description	Target
Number of participants
Number of editors
Number of organizers

Number of new content contributions per Wikimedia project
Wikimedia Project	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

17.1 If for some reason your proposal will not measure these core metrics please provide an explanation.

The core metric that can be measured is Participants - this will be the number of people who attend the presentation either in-person or on-line.

The other aspects to be measured are: Partnerships, connections or proposals going forward that come out of the paper Reflective ways to think about our project - things we could have done differently Raised awareness measured by the types of feedback and questions from the participants Participant evaluations and feedback organised by the conference

18. What tools would you use to measure each metric selected? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support.

Not sure - need support if the things described in 17.1 are not enough.

Financial Proposal[edit]

19. & 19.1 What is the amount you are requesting from Wikimedia Foundation? Please provide this amount in your local currency.

4810 NZD

19.2 What is this amount in US Currency (to the best of your knowledge)?

3045.22 USD

20. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it.

Lisa and Sophia Rapid Fund Budget 2022.xlsx

We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.

Yes

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Analyzing if the proposal is going to contribute in any way to important developments around specific Wikimedia projects or Movement Strategy.
Analysing if the proposal is coherent in terms of the objectives, strategies, budget, and expected results (metrics).

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