Grants:Project/Rapid/Richest Kid/Wiki Loves Africa SDC
Please see the sample Editathon/Training application before drafting your application.
Project Goal[edit]
Choose one or more of the following goals. You can add or delete goals as needed.
- Recruit new editors
- Increase skills for existing editors
- Add or improve content
Project Plan[edit]
Activities[edit]
Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:
1. Are you doing one editathon or training or a series of editathons or trainings?
- We are looking at organizing a series of editathons for the Wiki Loves Africa photo contest. We are at structured data on commons (sdc), where we we will looking at structuring most of the images submitted to the contest. We will also be having a day of photo walk whereby we will take photos and also add them to sdc.
2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? You are required to provide links to on-wiki pages to inform these communities about your proposed work. Examples of places where this can be done include community discussion pages, affiliate discussion pages, or relevant project talk pages.
You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.
- We will let relevant community know about the event on meta page and also some preferred social media platform
3. How will you let participants know about the edit-a-thon? In what ways will you be communicating with them?
For example, these can include on-wiki spaces, social media channels, mailing lists, messaging apps, or physical/online gatherings.
Participant will know about the event by sharing information about the event on various social media planform and also using the meta space
4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals.
For example: User:I JethroBT
- Yes we do have experience editors in place for this project
5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?
- Yes we have all the necessary skill set need for the our event
6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?
7. Are you running any in-person events or activities? If so, you will need to complete the steps outlined on the Risk Assessment protocol related to COVID-19. When you have completed these steps, please provide a link to your completed copy of the risk assessment tool below:
- Link is available here
8. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?
Impact[edit]
How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets:
- Number of events-5
- Number of participants-20
- Number of new editors-5
- Number of of articles created or improved -10
- Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) - 15
- Number of SDC created - 300+
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).
What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.
- Transportation - $500 - for team and participant
- Venue - $ 200 - for the event venue
- food - $ 200 - food for both participant and facilitators
- Internet $1000- for the whole of the event
- Contigency - $100 - for unforeseen engagements in the project
Endorsements[edit]
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