Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikisource Loves Proofreading Campaign (ID: 23091842)
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Applicant Details
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
bennylin
- Organization
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- 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)
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- 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.
Wikisource Loves Proofreading Campaign
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2025-07-15 - 2025-11-30
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
International (more than one country across continents or regions) Wikisource communities across the movement
- 5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)
Other (please specify) Wikisource Loves Proofreading Campaign
- 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)
This campaign is geared towards people who are willing to enhance their contributions on Wikisource projects as well as for the newcomers, who are having the interest to start their Wikimedia journey with their first step as Wikisource (proofreading documents)
Challenge : Lots of resources ready on different Wikisource projects to be validated and proofread for a long time. By creating basic guiding / learning materials for the new editors, we want to spread the awareness and a sense of belonging among them, so that they can follow simple steps to validate the existing pages. This will not only enhance the skill but also their knowledge on the contents that are available in their native languages.
Different Wikisource projects / community of volunteers that have not participated in any contest yet, and possibly not globally known for their contents, can be provided the exposure to showcase their work and have a platform to be connected to the well known / established language Wikisource projects. Editions that didn’t have competitions before, or their contents are not in Wikisource before
Reach out their communities through ambassadors, and organize contest, sharing the experience from
We, the organizers, have experience in drawing newcomers to Wikisource in the form of competitions, and we would like to share this experience among the global audience, with the hope that more communities would be able to emulate our experience and drawing newcomers to the proofreading community of Wikisource
This will be the first global event related to Wikisource, and we hope to be able to hold this kind of campaign annually, something like Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Loves Folklores, etc.
- 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 planning to organize a global campaign in three different Wikisource languages
- Recruit ambassadors, juries :
- Organize trainings for ambassadors : Short guiding tutorials as learning resources
- Run campaign
- Using contest tools
- Trainers and online meetings : Regular sync with participants and trainers before and during the campaign
- Organize contest in 3 languages with prize : Focused group in pilot phase 1
- Organize contest in different languages working with other affiliates: Localised implementation of the project by interested affiliates or language community contributors
- Global announcements of winners - celebration
- 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.
1. User: NANöR - Co-Leader: Organizer and trainer of workshops and competitions Arabic Wikisource.
2. User:Bennylin - Co-Leader - Experience: leading several competitions in Indonesian and Javanese Wikisources
3. User:Chinmayee Mishra (Co-ordinator)
The team will coordinate the campaign, recruit ambassadors and juries, and training them.
- 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)
Invitations for all Wikisource communities to participate
We will train the ambassadors, and other volunteers juries from our experience holding campaigns in our respective Wikisources, and we will also open for other affiliates, communities and individuals that want to organize their own contests at the campaign time (in October 2025)
We will organize 3-4 weeks competitions in these 3 Wikisources, then at the end of the competitions, we select the winners using WSContest Tool to find three (or more) contributors with the highest proofreading points, then they will receive the gifts.
After the campaign is over we would follow up with the participants about their experience and their likelihood to further contribute to their respective Wikisource using questionnaires, meetings, and other tools. And also follow up with the ambassadors, and other non-participant volunteers.
- 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.
We share a survey with global Wikisource community for 2 weeks. More than 59 responses were recorded.
- 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)
Language
- 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)
Linguistic / Language
- 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)
That this campaign work globally, not just locally, and to organize this globally, the first time this campaign is held, we could hold it annually
The impact on small Wikisource, the number of proofread pages after the event concluded
How much this campaign helps underrepresented language communities to become more active in global participation.
We hope to share the experience from communities with successful Wikisource contest, and emulate that in other Wikisources, and provide.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 90 | 3 communities, each have 30 participants, with total of 90 participants |
| Number of editors | 75 | 3 communities (Wikisource editions), each have 25 participants (Wikisource editors), with total of 75 participants |
| Number of organizers | 6 | 3 organizers (co-leaders and coordinators), 3 ambassadors (from 3 Wikisource editions) |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | |
| Wikimedia Commons | |
| Wikidata | |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | 60 |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
3 communities (Wikisource editions), each proofread 20 books, with total of 60 books
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
Yes
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Index pages | 3 communities (Wikisource editions), each create 20 book indices, with total of 60 book indices | 60 |
| Page (namespace) pages | 3 communities (Wikisource editions), each create 400 pages (20 pages per book), with total of 1200 pages | 1200 |
| Transcluded pages | 3 communities (Wikisource editions), each create 20 transclusion, with total of 60 transclusion | 20 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 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)
WSContest tool: https://wscontest.toolforge.org/
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)
4282.25 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.
4282.25 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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