Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/WikiNgigel:Documenting Lampung Dance and Musical Traditions through High-Quality Open Multimedia (ID: 23751662)
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Applicant Details
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Demiungker
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Main Proposal
[edit]- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
WikiNgigel: Documenting Lampung Dance and Musical Traditions through High-Quality Open Multimedia
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2026-04-03 - 2026-07-03
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Indonesia
- 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)
The transformative change this project seeks to achieve lies in the systematic elevation of the quality, depth, accessibility, and scholarly reliability of Lampung cultural representation across the Wikimedia ecosystem, with a focused emphasis on the two foundational cultural traditions of Lampung society: Pepadun and Saibatin. These traditions constitute the core epistemic and symbolic frameworks through which Lampung identity is constructed and transmitted. Yet, despite their cultural centrality, they remain markedly underrepresented within global digital knowledge infrastructures—particularly in formats that are multimedia-rich, academically contextualized, and openly licensed for reuse and educational dissemination.
This project is grounded in a critical awareness that intangible cultural heritage—especially performance-based forms such as dance, music, and ritual expression—is inherently fragile and highly susceptible to erosion when documentation is partial, fragmented, or inaccessible. The UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003) explicitly underscores that sustainable preservation extends beyond intra-community transmission and necessitates systematic documentation, archiving, and public dissemination. Contemporary scholarship in digital heritage studies further reinforces this mandate, demonstrating that high-quality audiovisual documentation significantly enhances cultural visibility, pedagogical integration, and intergenerational transmission, particularly when disseminated through open digital platforms (Giaccardi, 2012; Cameron & Kenderdine, 2010).
At present, Lampung cultural content hosted on Wikimedia platforms remains far from meeting these standards. High-resolution, professionally produced audiovisual documentation of key ceremonial dances—most notably Sigeh Pengunten and Sembah Batin—is either extremely limited or entirely absent. Existing recordings often suffer from inadequate visual clarity, unstable framing, and the absence of contextual narration, rendering them insufficient for educational use, scholarly analysis, or long-term archival purposes. This gap directly constrains the ability of educators, researchers, and the broader public to apprehend the choreographic structures, symbolic gestures, and philosophical meanings embedded within these dances.
A similar pattern of underdocumentation characterizes Lampung’s bronze-based traditional musical instruments, which possess distinctive construction techniques, material cultures, and acoustic identities. To date, these instruments have not been documented through close-up photographic detail, high-fidelity audio recording, or structured explanatory metadata capable of supporting rigorous academic engagement. This deficiency is further exacerbated by the near-total absence of openly licensed audio recordings of Lampung Gambus music on Wikimedia platforms, despite Gambus’s acknowledged role in shaping regional musical expression and communal identity. In the absence of such sound documentation, the aesthetic, rhythmic, and melodic dimensions of Lampung Gambus remain effectively invisible within global knowledge ecosystems.
Moreover, existing Wikipedia articles related to Lampung culture are predominantly brief, text-heavy, and weakly supported by multimedia assets. Educational research consistently indicates that multimodal knowledge presentation—integrating text, image, and sound—substantially enhances comprehension, engagement, and knowledge retention, particularly for performance-based and sensory cultural subjects (Mayer, 2009). Consequently, the current state of these articles significantly limits both their pedagogical utility and their global impact.
To address these interlinked challenges, the project adopts a strategically integrated, academically grounded, and community-centered approach. It combines professional-grade multimedia production, scholarly collaboration, and Wikimedia capacity building within a coherent workflow designed to ensure cultural accuracy, ethical integrity, and long-term sustainability. Central to this strategy is close collaboration with university lecturers and undergraduate students from Music Education programs, alongside cultural practitioners, local cultural institutions, and regional stakeholders. Structured coordination through regular online meetings, thematic discussions, and clearly delineated roles ensures continuous alignment between academic rigor and community-based knowledge.
The documentation process adheres to internationally recognized best practices in digital cultural heritage production. It encompasses systematic pre-production planning, multi-angle high-resolution video recording of dance performances, acoustically controlled and isolated audio recording of musical instruments, and detailed photographic documentation of costumes and instrument components. All outputs are produced by a professional documentation team to meet the technical, archival, and pedagogical standards expected of high-quality digital heritage assets.
Equally central to the project is its commitment to ethical documentation and the recognition of local cultural authority. Sustained collaboration with local cultural organizations—such as Sanggar Setiwang in Liwa, West Lampung Regency, and Sanggar Tari Umbul Dalom in Krui, West Pesisir Regency—alongside traditional musicians, academics, and community leaders, ensures that all content reflects local epistemologies, respects customary norms, and accurately situates cultural practices within their historical and social contexts. This approach is firmly aligned with participatory heritage frameworks that position community agency, consent, and co-authorship as foundational principles of responsible cultural documentation (Smith, 2006).
All resulting materials will be systematically uploaded to Wikimedia Commons and structurally integrated through Wikidata, accompanied by curated metadata, scholarly descriptions, and open licenses that enable unrestricted reuse, adaptation, and dissemination. In parallel, relevant Wikipedia articles will be substantially expanded through rigorous academic literature review, integration of credible secondary sources, and the incorporation of newly produced multimedia assets, thereby transforming them into authoritative, engaging, and pedagogically robust encyclopedic entries.
To ensure that the project’s impact extends beyond content production, it incorporates a structured program of capacity-building workshops and edit-a-thons focused on Wikimedia contribution skills. These activities are designed not as isolated training events, but as strategic entry points into sustained participation within the Wikimedia ecosystem. Participants—including students, cultural practitioners, and community members—will receive hands-on training in encyclopedic writing, media uploads, Wikidata editing, and ethical documentation practices.
Crucially, the project extends its engagement model through post-workshop remote mentorship, utilizing WhatsApp and Google Meet as structured support mechanisms. Research on volunteer-driven knowledge communities consistently demonstrates that continuous mentoring, social reinforcement, and guided practice are key determinants of contributor retention and long-term engagement (Preece & Shneiderman, 2009). By maintaining regular follow-up sessions and open communication channels, the project seeks to transform initial participants into active, committed, and long-term contributors to the Wikimedia movement.
- 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.
1. The project will commence with a structured cultural documentation and research preparation phase during Weeks 1 to 3. This initial phase will focus on field surveys, stakeholder consultations, and administrative coordination to ensure ethical, accurate, and culturally authorized documentation. The project team will conduct site assessments and technical rehearsals, secure formal permissions from cultural institutions and traditional authorities, and finalize documentation protocols. During this phase, close coordination will be established with key partners, including Sanggar Setiwang in Liwa, West Lampung, university-based Music Education programs, and local cultural practitioners. These preparatory activities are essential to align academic standards, community expectations, and Wikimedia documentation requirements before full-scale production begins.
2. Between Weeks 4 and 8, the project will implement its core multimedia documentation activities, focusing on the professional recording of Lampung opening dances and traditional music. This phase includes high-resolution, multi-angle video documentation of Sembah Batin Dance in Liwa, West Lampung, conducted in collaboration with Sanggar Setiwang, followed by the documentation of Sigeh Pengunten Dance in a designated district. In parallel, bronze-based traditional musical instruments and Lampung Gambus music will be documented through structured performances by undergraduate students from Music Education programs, under academic supervision. All recordings will be conducted in controlled indoor environments to ensure optimal audiovisual quality. The documentation process will also include detailed photographic capture of costumes and instrument components, as well as isolated audio recording to preserve authentic sound characteristics. In-depth interviews with cultural academics—most notably Erizal Barnawi, M.Sn, Lecturer in Music Education—will be conducted to contextualize the philosophical, functional, and socio-cultural meanings of the documented traditions. The outputs of this phase will form a comprehensive, high-quality open cultural archive suitable for Wikimedia platforms.
3. Following content production, the project will undertake a systematic post-production and Wikimedia integration phase that overlaps with the latter part of Weeks 6 to 8. During this period, all audiovisual materials will undergo professional editing, quality control, and metadata preparation in accordance with Wikimedia Commons standards. The project team will curate accurate descriptions, contextual annotations, and structured metadata, and apply appropriate open licenses to ensure reusability and long-term accessibility. Selected materials will be linked and structured through Wikidata, while the newly produced multimedia assets will be integrated into existing or newly expanded Wikipedia articles on Lampung culture, supported by academic references and verified sources.
4. From Weeks 9 to 12, the project will organize a series of in-person Wikimedia workshops and edit-a-thons across multiple cities, including Bandar Lampung and other selected locations. Each workshop will engage participants in hands-on training on contributing to Wikimedia Commons, editing and expanding Wikipedia articles, and structuring cultural data in Wikidata. To strengthen emotional engagement and cultural relevance, each workshop will be framed by curated cultural presentations, such as live performances or screenings of the documented dances and music produced earlier in the project. This approach positions cultural practice not only as an object of documentation but also as a pedagogical entry point for learning Wikimedia skills, fostering deeper participant motivation and ownership.
5. To ensure continuity and sustainability beyond the in-person activities, the project will implement a post-workshop remote mentoring and follow-up program throughout and beyond Weeks 9 to 12. Using accessible platforms such as WhatsApp and Google Meet, the project team will provide scheduled mentoring sessions, technical assistance, and editorial feedback to participants. This phase is designed to support participants in completing unfinished edits, improving content quality, optimizing media uploads, and strengthening Wikidata entries related to Lampung culture. Regular follow-up interactions will also function as a community-building mechanism, encouraging participants—particularly students and younger contributors—to remain active within the Wikimedia ecosystem and to engage in future cultural documentation initiatives.
- 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.
The WikiNgigel project is implemented by a total of twenty individuals who collectively function as the project committee and implementation team. This total number comprises twelve core project team members who are directly responsible for strategic coordination, training, documentation, and knowledge integration, as well as eight additional local activity committee members who support the execution of field-based activities at the community level. This structure is intentionally designed to balance professional project governance with broad-based community participation across multiple locations.
At the core of the project implementation is a multidisciplinary team of twelve individuals, consisting of two salaried core staff members and ten non-staff contributors serving as trainers and local facilitators. This core team carries the primary responsibility for project design, coordination, capacity building, documentation quality, and Wikimedia integration. The hybrid composition of salaried staff and non-staff contributors allows the project to maintain professional accountability while remaining flexible, community-centered, and cost-efficient.
The two salaried core staff members provide continuity and centralized coordination for the entire project. Demiungker, as Project Manager, oversees strategic planning, budgeting, institutional coordination, and compliance with Wikimedia Foundation grant, licensing, and reporting requirements, while ensuring that all documentation activities meet ethical, academic, and cultural standards. Xiangliangzai, as Project Assistant, supports operational logistics, contributor onboarding, training preparation, technical assistance for Wikimedia editing, and documentation of project processes to ensure transparency and replicability.
Supporting the core staff are ten non-staff contributors who function as trainers and field-based facilitators. These contributors provide technical Wikimedia training, cultural and academic expertise, and hands-on assistance during documentation and capacity-building activities. Their roles are designed to directly address identified gaps in Lampung cultural representation by ensuring that newly produced content is multimedia-rich, academically contextualized, and compliant with Wikimedia’s technical and open licensing standards.
Beyond the twelve-member core project team, the WikiNgigel project is further supported by eight additional local activity committee members, bringing the total number of panitia to twenty individuals. These eight members serve as local committees in four locations outside Bandar Lampung—Bandar Jaya, Panaragan Jaya, Liwa, and Krui—with two committee members assigned to each location. Their role is primarily operational and community-oriented: coordinating local logistics, facilitating communication with cultural practitioners and studios, supporting participant mobilization, and ensuring the smooth implementation of documentation sessions and workshops on the ground.
While these eight local committee members are not part of the core project team responsible for strategic planning or Wikimedia training, their involvement is essential for effective field implementation. Their locally embedded presence strengthens trust with cultural communities, enables culturally sensitive engagement, and ensures that project activities are responsive to local contexts and needs. This layered structure—combining a centralized core team with decentralized local committees—allows WikiNgigel to operate effectively across multiple geographic areas while maintaining consistent quality standards.
In summary, the WikiNgigel project is carried out by a total of twenty panitia, consisting of twelve core project team members and eight local activity committee members. This structure directly supports all activities described in Question 7, including professional audiovisual documentation, expert-informed cultural interpretation, Wikimedia capacity-building workshops, and sustained community engagement. Collectively, the full twenty-member committee reflects WikiNgigel’s commitment to ethical cultural documentation, inclusive community participation, and the production of high-quality open knowledge on Lampung’s Pepadun and Saibatin traditions within the Wikimedia ecosystem.
- 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)
The primary target participants of WikiNgigel are members of the Lampung cultural ecosystem who are directly involved in the preservation, practice, transmission, and study of Pepadun and Saibatin cultural traditions. These participants include cultural practitioners such as dancers, musicians, and ritual performers; members of traditional art studios (sanggar); university lecturers and undergraduate students from arts and music education programs; community-based cultural activists; and emerging Wikimedians in Lampung. The project deliberately prioritizes participants from locations where these traditions remain actively practiced and socially embedded, ensuring that documentation is grounded in living cultural contexts rather than abstract representations.
Geographically, WikiNgigel engages participants across five key locations with distinct cultural significance. In Bandar Lampung, the project works with practitioners and students representing both Pepadun and Saibatin traditions, in close collaboration with the Undergraduate Program in Music Education (Program Studi S1 Pendidikan Musik) and the Undergraduate Program in Dance Education (Program Studi S1 Pendidikan Tari) under the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP), Universitas Lampung (UNILA). This collaboration integrates academic expertise, pedagogical perspectives, and student participation into the documentation and capacity-building process. For Pepadun traditions outside the provincial capital, participant engagement is centered in Bandar Jaya and Panaragan Jaya, with Bandar Jaya specifically involving the cultural community of Muli Mekhanai Gunung Sugih (Abung Siwo Mego Buay Unyi). For Saibatin traditions, activities are conducted in Liwa (West Lampung Regency) and Krui (West Pesisir Regency), working directly with established local art studios, including Sanggar Setiwang in Liwa and Sanggar Tari Umbul Dalom in Krui.
This participant composition is intentionally cross-sectoral and intergenerational. Cultural practitioners and elders contribute embodied knowledge, ritual authority, and historical depth, while students and digitally literate youth bring technical skills, audiovisual literacy, and long-term potential for sustained Wikimedia engagement. Academic participants provide methodological rigor, terminological precision, and alignment with scholarly discourse, strengthening the epistemic reliability and educational value of the resulting Wikimedia content.
Participant engagement begins well before the core activities through structured coordination with cultural studios, community leaders, and academic partners. Outreach is conducted via institutional networks, sanggar coordination meetings, WhatsApp groups, campus announcements, and direct communication with cultural authorities. Prospective participants are invited through a structured registration process that captures their cultural roles, technical skills, prior Wikimedia experience, and availability. During this preparatory phase, the project team also conducts pre-activity briefings to establish a shared understanding of ethical documentation practices, community consent, and open licensing under Creative Commons. Participants are introduced to the objectives of WikiNgigel, the importance of high-quality multimedia documentation for safeguarding intangible cultural heritage, and the role of Wikimedia Commons, Wikipedia, and Wikidata in global knowledge dissemination.
During the activities, participants are actively involved in a combination of professional audiovisual documentation sessions, workshops, and edit-a-thons conducted across the five locations. Cultural practitioners perform and explain key dances and musical repertoires associated with Pepadun and Saibatin traditions, while the documentation team carries out high-resolution, multi-angle video recording and high-fidelity audio capture. Students and community participants take part in guided sessions on media documentation, metadata creation, Wikidata structuring, and Wikipedia article development. Facilitation is conducted collaboratively by project staff, academic mentors from FKIP UNILA, Wikimedia trainers, and cultural authorities to ensure technical quality, cultural accuracy, and contextual depth.
Hands-on learning is emphasized throughout the process, with participants directly uploading media to Wikimedia Commons, drafting or expanding Wikipedia articles, and linking structured data through Wikidata. This participatory approach embeds Wikimedia practices within real-world cultural documentation workflows, reinforcing both technical competence and cultural responsibility.
After the core activities conclude, WikiNgigel sustains participant engagement through a structured post-activity remote mentorship program conducted via WhatsApp and Google Meet. Participants receive ongoing guidance on improving article quality, refining metadata, enhancing media descriptions, and strengthening scholarly references. Follow-up sessions focus on addressing technical challenges, providing editorial feedback, and encouraging peer-to-peer collaboration. Selected participants—particularly students and highly motivated contributors—are encouraged to take on more advanced roles, such as supporting future edit-a-thons or mentoring new contributors within their local communities.
Through this sustained engagement model, WikiNgigel transforms participation into long-term capacity building. Participants evolve from documentation subjects or trainees into active stewards of Lampung cultural knowledge within the Wikimedia ecosystem, directly contributing to the improved quality, accessibility, and scholarly reliability of Pepadun and Saibatin cultural representation. This approach aligns strongly with Wikimedia’s strategic commitments to Knowledge Equity, Capacity Building, and the ethical representation of marginalized and under-documented cultural heritage.
- 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.
The idea for the WikiNgigel project was developed through a structured, collective, and deliberative process within the Wikimedia Bandar Lampung community, ensuring that the proposal reflects shared priorities, local needs, and collective ownership rather than individual initiative. Initial discussions about the project began during regular community meetings held in December 2025, where members jointly reflected on gaps in the representation of Lampung cultural heritage—particularly Pepadun and Saibatin traditions—across Wikimedia platforms.
During these early discussions, community members exchanged observations based on their previous Wikimedia activities, local cultural engagement, and experiences with documentation projects. The conversation emphasized recurring challenges, such as the dominance of text-centric content, the limited availability of high-quality audiovisual materials, and the lack of academically contextualized cultural documentation from Lampung. These reflections formed the conceptual foundation of WikiNgigel and informed its focus on multimedia-rich, ethically grounded, and community-based documentation.
Following these preliminary discussions, the project idea was further refined through internal consultations and collaborative drafting sessions involving active members of the Wikimedia Bandar Lampung community, including experienced Wikimedians, cultural activists, and members with academic backgrounds. Feedback from these sessions shaped the project’s objectives, activity design, team structure, and geographic focus, ensuring alignment with both community capacity and local cultural realities.
The proposal was formally finalized during a Wikimedia Bandar Lampung community meeting in January 2026. At this stage, the project plan—including its objectives, activities, target communities, timeline, and budget framework—was presented to all community members and discussed in detail. Decisions regarding the submission of WikiNgigel as a Rapid Fund proposal were reached through musyawarah mufakat (consensus-based deliberation), with the agreement of all participating members of the community, without exception. This consensus process reinforced collective responsibility for project implementation and accountability.
To ensure transparency and documentation, the discussion process and agreed project framework were recorded in a shared community document, which remains accessible to community members and serves as a reference point for project implementation and reporting. The relevant community discussion and internal agreement can be accessed at the following link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pcFChBn41gBfLktpWcQBSpvBhxgCB06RhveG2RlIOJM/edit?usp=sharing.
In parallel, the WikiNgigel proposal was intentionally aligned with ongoing and planned Wikimedia-related activities in Lampung, including community training initiatives, cultural documentation efforts, and academic collaborations involving local universities and cultural institutions. This alignment ensures complementarity rather than duplication, strengthens collaboration across initiatives, and reinforces the role of Wikimedia Bandar Lampung as a coordinating hub for open knowledge activities in the region.
Overall, WikiNgigel is the result of a participatory planning process rooted in sustained community dialogue, collective decision-making, and shared commitment. The project reflects the priorities and aspirations of the Wikimedia Bandar Lampung community and is grounded in a transparent, inclusive, and consensus-driven approach to project development, fully aligned with Wikimedia values of collaboration, community governance, and open knowledge.
- 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)
Cultural background, ethnicity, religion, racial
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Culture, heritage or GLAM
- 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)
Innovate in Free Knowledge
Learning and metrics
[edit]- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
Through WikiNgigel, we seek not only to deliver tangible improvements in the quantity and quality of Lampung cultural content across Wikimedia platforms, but also to generate systematic learning on how professionally grounded, community-centered, and academically contextualized documentation can transform the representation of intangible cultural heritage in open knowledge ecosystems. Our learning objectives are structured around the following interrelated thematic inquiries:
1. Effectiveness of High-Quality Audiovisual Documentation for Intangible Cultural Heritage: To what extent does professionally produced, high-resolution audiovisual documentation enhance the accessibility, interpretability, and scholarly usability of Lampung cultural practices—particularly Pepadun and Saibatin ceremonial dances and musical traditions—on Wikimedia platforms? We aim to assess how multi-angle video recordings, high-fidelity audio capture, and detailed visual documentation of costumes and instruments improve users’ ability to understand choreographic structures, symbolic gestures, material culture, and sonic characteristics, compared to previously fragmented or low-quality media.
2. Scholarly Reliability and Educational Value of Multimedia-Enriched Wikipedia Articles: How does the integration of newly produced audiovisual materials, curated metadata, and academically grounded references reshape the quality and pedagogical potential of Wikipedia articles on Lampung culture? We seek to evaluate whether multimedia-rich and well-contextualized articles facilitate deeper comprehension, higher engagement, and broader reuse in educational and research settings, in line with established findings on multimodal learning (Mayer, 2009).
3. Documentation of Musical Instruments and Sonic Heritage in Open Knowledge Systems: What methodological insights emerge from documenting Lampung’s bronze-based traditional musical instruments and Gambus music through isolated, high-fidelity audio recordings and close-up visual documentation? We aim to learn how detailed sonic and material documentation—supported by explanatory metadata—can expand scholarly engagement with musical heritage that has historically been underrepresented or entirely absent from Wikimedia repositories.
4. Integrating Community Authority and Academic Rigor in Digital Heritage Workflows: How can collaboration between cultural practitioners, academic experts, and Wikimedians be operationalized to ensure both ethical legitimacy and scholarly reliability in open cultural documentation? Through WikiNgigel, we seek to identify effective mechanisms for balancing local cultural authority, participatory consent, and academic interpretation within a single, coherent documentation and publication workflow, aligned with participatory heritage frameworks (Smith, 2006).
5. Capacity Building and Contributor Skill Development in Multimedia-Based Projects: What skills, competencies, and confidence do participants—particularly students, cultural practitioners, and community members—develop through hands-on involvement in Wikimedia Commons uploads, Wikipedia article expansion, and Wikidata structuring? We aim to understand how participation in high-stakes, real-world documentation activities differs from conventional training workshops in fostering technical proficiency, editorial responsibility, and long-term contributor commitment.
6. Contributor Retention and the Role of Post-Activity Mentorship: How effective is structured post-workshop remote mentorship, delivered through low-barrier platforms such as WhatsApp and Google Meet, in sustaining contributor engagement after the completion of core activities? By tracking participation longitudinally, we seek to learn how continuous mentoring, feedback loops, and social reinforcement influence contributor retention, content quality, and the transition from novice participants to active, long-term Wikimedia contributors (Preece & Shneiderman, 2009).
7. Scalability and Replicability of a Community-Centered Digital Heritage Model: What elements of the WikiNgigel approach—team composition, documentation standards, partnership models, and engagement strategies—are most critical for replication in other underrepresented cultural contexts? We aim to distill transferable lessons that can inform future Wikimedia initiatives focused on intangible cultural heritage, particularly in regions where high-quality documentation and academic contextualization remain limited.
Through these interconnected lines of inquiry, WikiNgigel seeks to contribute not only improved cultural representation on Wikimedia platforms, but also actionable knowledge for the broader Wikimedia movement regarding ethical documentation, multimedia standards, and sustainable community engagement. All findings and reflections will be consolidated into a public project report and shared via Meta-Wiki, Wikimedia Indonesia channels, and relevant cultural documentation networks, supporting transparency, peer learning, and long-term impact.
Ultimately, WikiNgigel aspires to demonstrate that systematic, culturally grounded, and academically informed collaboration can significantly elevate the quality and credibility of open knowledge, while empowering communities to reclaim authorship over their cultural narratives within global digital infrastructures.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
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| Number of participants | 70 | |
| Number of editors | 50 | |
| Number of organizers | 20 |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
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| Wikipedia | 10 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 2000 |
| Wikidata | 10 |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | 10 |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | 5 |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
N/A
- 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 employ the Outreach Dashboard as a robust and systematic monitoring instrument to rigorously track, document, and evaluate participants’ contributions throughout the program lifecycle. In parallel, the structured use of category tagging will enable a precise quantitative and qualitative assessment of the outputs generated, allowing us to accurately measure both the volume of pages created or improved and their thematic distribution across relevant subject areas.
Financial proposal
[edit]- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-oCu-3xUUtMSWCOrX2eFfP3CE-txfr4OUwzu4navnsg/edit?usp=sharing
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
83840000 IDR
- 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.
4998.36 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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