Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/ Enhancing Teacher Training for Content Creation on Northern Cyprus (ID: 22946504)
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Applicant Details
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Biologg
- 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.
Enhancing Teacher Training for Content Creation on Northern Cyprus
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2025-05-11 - 2025-07-30
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Regional (more than one country in the same continent or region) We will bring some wikimedians from Republic of Cyprus and Türkiye to participate in our events.
- 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)
Our main goal is to introduce the students of the Atatürk Teacher Training Academy to the Wikimedia movement and its projects. We strive to foster an appreciation for the importance of free knowledge while encouraging active learning through content creation. Our emphasis will be on developing material about Northern Cyprus, the Turkish Cypriot community, and topics aligned with the participants' personal interests. We have planned a series of events such as a photowalk, a wikicamp, an archive visit, regular presentations including Wiki Women Gap presentation and wikimarathons.
- 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.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Atat%C3%BCrk_Teacher_Training_Academy_Wiki_Club/2025
- 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.
User:Biologg: I am a primary school teaching student, President of AÖA Wiki Club, and only experienced user of the team. I will manage photowalk, wikicamp and archive visit projects. Assisting other team members in their Wikimedia related efforts, as well as running seminars and presentations to promote knowledge sharing and community engagement.
User:Ddovah: She is a primary school teaching student, board member of AÖA Wiki Club, she is responsible to determine the most fitting event date, she will also be in charge of selecting the ideal venue that meets the event's requirements.
User:Luri95: He is a primary school teaching student, board member of AÖA Wiki Club, He will be responsible for supervising, carrying out and developing affairs.
User:Wiki The Vikingg: She is a primary school teaching student, board member of AÖA Wiki Club, She will be responsible for promoting events in all possible ways, including social media, poster advertisements, and collaborations with relevant other societies in our school and with other Wiki Clubs.
User:İlo04: She is a primary school teaching student, board member of AÖA Wiki Club, She will be responsible for public relations and tasked with extending the reach and impact of society's communication efforts. She will also help collaborations with relevant other societies in our school and with other Wiki Clubs.
- 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 focus is on engaging university students mainly from Atatürk Teacher Training Academy, and other universities among the country. Including METU, NEU, EMU and other Wikipedia Student Clubs in Türkiye. While also welcoming other Cypriot Wikimedians beyond the university. We will engage students with our social media accounts, Whatsapp and Telegram groups, and other channels used by our schools student clubs.
- 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.
With the support of the Wikimedia User Group Turkey (WMTR), we have established the Wiki Club at our university. We actively explore the most effective activities for our group during WMTR’s bi-monthly WikiTuesday meetings and stay connected through Telegram channels. Additionally, our ties with other Wikimedia-related clubs in Turkey enable us to exchange ideas and offer mutual support.
- 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)
Geographic
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Improve User Experience
Learning and metrics
[edit]- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
Have we provided clear and complete guidance to potential contributors on how they can actively contribute and improve their skills? How will we use the documents obtained from archive research on Wikipedia? How effective will the photos from our visits to Girne and Karpaz be? Will we be able to encourage photography clubs at other universities to actively contribute to Wikimedia Commons?
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 70 | We expect high participation to our seminars from our past experience. We aim to keep at least half of them to actively contribute in the future. |
| Number of editors | 30 | We expect to gain about 30 new editors by the end of the project. |
| Number of organizers | 8 | We have managing team of 5 people from board members of AÖA Wiki Club. In addition to that, we have advisors from other universities and from our community (Wikimedia Turkey). |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 300 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 250 |
| Wikidata | 150 |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | 20 |
| 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
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
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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 are planning to use outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org for edit counts. We will take attendants list for each event for participant and editors count.
Financial proposal
[edit]- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-11rKEhRQCuGdHATwBrMYE5LgGgQNdEKqmqoAfSwlFU/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)
178500 TRY
- 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.
4995 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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