Grants:Project/Rapid/Addis Wang - UGCN/Wikipedia Asian Month 2016
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Addis Wang - UGCN/Wikipedia Asian Month 2016
Repeat Wikipedia Asian Month Edit-a-thon in 2016
targetAll Wikipedia projects
start dateSeptember 22nd
end dateMarch 1st
budget (USD)1282.96
grant typeindividual
Please see the sample Contest application before drafting your application.
Project Goal
[edit]Successfully repeat and improve the Wikipedia Asian Month, with following key goals:
- Invited more than 50 Wikipedia project involve, which 25 will be Wikipedia with less than 10k articles.
- Having more than 1,500 Wikipedians involved
- Creating more than 7,000 high-quality articles
- Organizing Offline Edit-thon in more than 15 places all over the world.
Project Plan
[edit]Activities
[edit]Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:
- Online Editathon
- Onsite Editathon
1. What content will the contest focus on, and why is it important to your community?
- Asian content, under-represented in Wikipedia
2. How will you let people know about the contest?
- Social media, site notice, etc.
3. How will you judge the contest and award prizes?
- Through a judging tool, run by each local organizer. The participants who create more than three qualified articles will get a postcard, and whoever creates the most articles on one Wikipedia will get a certificate recognizing them as a Wikipedia Asian Ambassador.
Impact
[edit]How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets and feel free to add more:
Goals:
- Number of participants: 1,500
- Number of articles created : 7,000
- Improve the organization of the event, reduce delays
- Improve the tools and reduce the labor work
- Have more outreach
Resources
[edit]What resources do you have? Include information on who is organizing the project, what they will do, and if you will receive support from anywhere else (in-kind donations or additional funding).
- International Team: Addis Wang, Liang, Kevin Payravi, Kenrick, Josh Lim, Pharos
- Local Orgnaizers: Listed on this page
We will utilize the remaining postcards and stamps from last year's WAM event.
| Affiliations | Postcards (USD) | Stamp (USD) | Bank fee (USD) | Unforseen | Total (USD) | Remain Fund | Final Request | Except to send postcard | Contact person | Sign |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UG-CN | 25 | 60 | 15 | 10 | 110 | 7 | 103 | 80 | User:AddisWang | AddisWang (talk) |
| WMTW | 20 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 65 | N/A | 65 | 60 | User:Shangkuanlc User:Reke |
Reke (talk) |
| WMPH | 117 | 29.46 | 10 | 10 | 166.46 | 49.46 | 117 | 90 | User:Sky Harbor | Sky Harbor (talk) 14:07, 12 September 2016 (UTC) |
| WMHK | 30 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 70 | N/A | 70 | 40 | User:SusanLai | Rover Wong@WMHK (talk) 15:47, 23 August 2016 (UTC) |
| UG-PAN | 15 | 75 | 10 | 10 | 110 | N/A | 110 | 50 | User:Satdeep Gill | Satdeep Gill (talk) 03:40, 31 August 2016 (UTC) |
| UG-JP | 10 | 60 | 10 | 10 | 90 | 56.45 | 33.55 | 80 | User:Takot | Example |
| UG-KO | 13.5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 38.5 | N/A | 38.5 | 20 | User:Motoko C. K. | Motoko C. K. (talk) 13:32, 30 August 2016 (UTC) |
| WMBD | 31 | 63 | 10 | 10 | 113 | N/A | 113 | 20 | Nahid Sultan | ~ Nahid Talk 06:22, 22 July 2016 (UTC) |
| Total | 762.96 | 112.91 | 650.05 | 440 |
| Item/Affiliations | Request | Note |
|---|---|---|
| UGCN | 110 | |
| WMTW | 65 | |
| WMPH | 166.46 | |
| WMHK | 70 | |
| UG-PAN | 110 | |
| UG-JP | 90 | |
| UG-KO | 38.5 | |
| WMBD | 113 | They will use Express Mail company rather than National Mail service |
| WAM Button | 40 | |
| Certificate Printing | 30 | Will send copy of the certificate |
| Certificate Shipping | 250 | First-class international
will not use if the price exceeds $5 |
| Social Media Ad & Unforeseen | 200 | Total amount for all affiliates, mostly on Facebook; Each affilate will not exceed $20, remaining amount will be unforeseen |
| Total Request | 1282.96 | |
| Actual Amount | 1170.05 | 1282.96-112.91 |
Other requests:
- Would like to get some bookmarks, and some Wikipedia stickers (100pc). I will take other out-dated/ left-over paper based souvenir is there are remains.
- Three Wikimedia Store discount code that awarding the participant (top 3) who created most articles in global event to pick one Wikipedia 15 T-shirt and free shipping. (50 qualified articles will be the minimum requirement)
Endorsements
[edit]Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!
- Yes I will do support this Idea before this we all Asian Wikimedian run successfully such a project. I organized WAM-15 on Sdwiki, this year also intends to do so. Jogi don (talk) 02:15, 3 July 2016 (UTC)
- Having helped organize last year, the event was very successful in content creation and bringing international communities together online. I look forward to this year's event! ~SuperHamster Talk Contribs 16:16, 31 August 2016 (UTC
- Collaborate B20180 (talk) 13:43, 1 September 2016 (UTC)
- Happy to endorse, having spoken to the organisers at WMCON and seeing the great work they did in previous years. I look forward to WAM 2016 and seeing how I can help or assist :) Orderinchaos (talk) 05:16, 7 September 2016 (UTC)
- I feel very excited to have another Wikipedia Asian Month this year. Thanks to Addis to take care of everything and handle the grant writing. Let's do it together :D --Liang(WMTW) (talk) 07:19, 12 September 2016 (UTC)
- Having participated last time, and appreciated Addis' organizing work. Being WAM ambassador from Vietnamese wikipedia, I am happy to endorse this event. Tuanminh01 (talk) 16:16, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
- I will do support this Idea. Its really a great project in Asian countries. Hasive • talk • 08:41, 27 October 2016 (UTC)