Grants:Project/Rapid/Yves Madika/Wikipédia dans nos bibliothèques
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yvesefumadikagmail.com
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.
- Introducing librarians to contributing to Wikipedia
- Preparing the community to participate in upcoming #1Lib1Ref campaigns
- Recruit new editors
- Increase skills for existing editors
- Add or improve content
Project Plan[edit]
Activities[edit]
1. Are you doing one editathon or training or a series of editathons or trainings?
- Training
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.
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.
- through the WhatsApp group, Telegram group, Facebook page, mailing list and some posters.
4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals.
5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?
- Being professionals in documentation and collection, source research is their field of work; the training focuses on the insertion of sources and editing techniques of Wikipedia.
6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?
- Through weekly meetings (online or face-to-face) we would engage the community in participation on Wikipedia.
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:
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 : 1
- Number of participants : 15
- Number of new editors : 10-12
- Number of of articles created or improved : 20
- Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) : 3-5
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.
3 days training
Venue : 125$ * 3 = 375$
Transport of professionals librarians : 5$ * 15 * 3 = 225$
Materials (pen, note bloc,etc.) : 50$
Tools Covid-19 : 50$
Breakfast : 3$ * 15 * 3 = 135$
Food and Refreshment : 9$ * 15 * 3 = 405$
Communication : 50$
Miscellaneous (wire, logistic, ...) : 60$
Internet : 150$
Total : 1500$
Endorsements[edit]
Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!
Support capitainAfrika endorses this project. This can in some way improve the quality of editing of the articles. (talk) 07:16, 15 August 2021 (UTC)- Support :Good idea to train librarians on Wikipedia, as they are in a better position to improve articles with reliable and quality sources. VALENTIN NVJ
