Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Loves Folklore 2025 in Pakistan (ID: 22901105)
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Applicant Details
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
JogiAsad
- Organization
N/A
- If you are a group or organization leader, board member, president, executive director, or staff member at any Wikimedia group, affiliate, or Wikimedia Foundation, you are required to self-identify and present all roles. (required)
N/A
- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
Main Proposal
[edit]- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Wiki Loves Folklore 2025 in Pakistan
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2025-02-15 - 2025-04-30
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Pakistan
- 5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)
Wiki Loves Folklore
- 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)
Despite Pakistan possessing an extremely rich cultural heritage, the number of freely licensed images related to the cultural heritage of Pakistan that is present on Wikimedia Commons is very low. So I want to make a contribution towards bringing a change regarding cultural heritage in Pakistan that will eventually help the people to know about Wikipedia projects, especially Wiki Loves Folklore, Feminism & Folklore. I will also train people through a training workshop, how to upload images under a freely licensed on Wikimedia Commons for the Wiki Loves Folklore contest and I will encourage them to document and share their rich cultural heritage with the world through Wikimedia Commons; so that together with them we are able to document our cultural heritage on Wiki commons.
The main problems or challenges that would be solved are lack of awareness among the people about the Wikimedia Foundation movement, Wikipedia and its sister projects because a lot of people are unaware unless they get relevant information, guidance, encouragement and proper training concerning Wikipedia and its projects. Through this project Wiki Loves Folklore People who are not aware of how they can share their rich cultural heritage with the world through Wikimedia Commons, Wikipedia and its projects may be able to contribute and participate in future projects, hence the little contribution of Pakistanis in Wikepedia and its sister projects may be enhanced. In those circumstances, by this proposal and this strategy, I have talked to my community members, I would like to invite my fellow Wikimedians who are willing to collaborate and motivate others as well to take part in the free knowledge movement, especially about the need for commons to represent the diversities contained in the pillars of Wikimedia Commons.
- 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.
The planned activities are: 1. Awareness campaign on social media. 2. Discussion with the Sindhi Wikipedia community members for the smoothly implementation of the project. 3. Training workshop and a meetup, in-person engagement session with fellow Wikipedians. 4. organize edit-a-thon for Feminism & Folklore. 5. Collaborate with the museums, cultural organizations, local media outlets, folklore experts and influencers to reach broader audiences and document Pakistani cultural heritage. 5. Photo-walk for participants to engage and encourage contributions. 6. Follow-up activities, guidance and active participation.
- 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.
We are a team of volunteers : JogiAsad, Mehtab Ahmed, Momin Dahri, M.Arif and Aziz Kingrani. Team members, their Usernames and Roles: User:Aziz Kingrani - volunteer User:مھتاب احمد سنڌي - Volunteer User:Arif80s - volunteer User:Mir Momin Dahri - Volunteer
Their roles will be to provide help and support to implement this project and to organize the training sessions with new users, new editors, all these are volunteer Wikimedia editors of Sindhi Wikimedians community.
- 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 Target Participants: The target participants are photographers, students and cultural organizations individuals from Pakistan. The goal is to recruit and train the new contributors and engage existing ones with the Wikipedia projects. Prizes are important for the Wiki Loves Folklore initiatives because this helps us to gain the trust of participants and continue to engage them in the future.
Follow-up with the participants: I shall keep in close contact with the persons involved in this project through a WhatsApp group and other social media groups. Before and after the event I will collect feedback from volunteers, inquire if their expectations were met, survey their interests and gather every information about them. This contest is to re-introduce Wiki Loves Folklore project to existing and new contributors of Wikimedia Commons. Recruit and encourage professional and non profession photographers and engage them to continue contributing on Wikimedia Foundation projects and participate in the future editions of Feminisim & Folklore and Wiki Loves Folklore contests. We'll engage participants before and after the activities by publishing event news in local print and electronic media of Pakistan, and provide them necessary awareness, skills, training and knowledge to engage them in the this program. We'll follow up with the participants after the activities by their contributions and the focus will be the contest for media uploads (Audio, short video and pictures) on the topic of folklore culture in Pakistan in the following disciplines : dance , traditional food and cuisine, religion , clothing , music , games , seasonal events , calendar customs , the list is not exclusive , this will have as an objective to protect Pakistan's intangible cultural heritage. We are seeking to address the gap in contributions by reaching underrepresented groups. We will organize also Meetup of Wikimedians alongwith one edit-a-thon workshop as a hands on training in order to engage new editors recruited throughout the folklore project in Pakistan.
- 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.
N/A
- 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.
We had a in-person meeting with two of our fellow Wikipedians and I have discussed with them and shared with Sindhi Wikimedia community members a PDF file containing planned activities and other details about this proposal through our Wikipedia WhatsApp group and had a telephonic conversation with one of our fellow Urdu Wikipedian about the planned activities and this proposal. We will run a social media campaign for this proposal and the interested participants will know about the contest via: Social media: Sindhi Wikipedia Facebook and LinkedIn page and group on facebook and other social media platforms. Earlier this I've discussed with the Sindhi Wikipedia community members about the planned activities and this proposal. We discussed in-person meeting, telephonic conversation and Community discussion page on Sindhi Wikipedia. Offline: We use word of mouth and posters will be printed and displayed in various places. Here is link https://w.wiki/CJm5
- 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)
Gender Identity
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Invest in Skills and Leadership Development
Learning and metrics
[edit]- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
I do hope to learn from our work in this fund proposal and improve my creativity, leadership and presentation skills, and intends to learn how people respond and how they come forward to contribute towards their cultural heritage and other topics of cultural importance on Wikimedia and it's sister projects.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 30 | |
| Number of editors | 10 | |
| Number of organizers | 5 |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 100 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 500 |
| Wikidata | 300 |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| 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)
survey to evaluate participation. Fountain tool, Programs & Events Dashboard
Financial proposal
[edit]- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lEjlUl4pgcy2pl_UaqeSQ3fGB11usjd3pcF_PC0u5wA/edit?usp=sharing
- Wiki Loves Folklore 2025 in Pakistan -Budget.xlsx
- Wiki Loves Folklore 2025 in Pakistan -Budget - Application.pdf
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
834243.35 PKR
- 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.
3001.71 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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