Grants talk:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Bangla Wikibooks and Wiktionary writing contest 2024 (ID: 22472684)

Follow-up Questions and Observations on your grant application

Hello @MdsShakil

Thank you for putting in your grant application. Here are the consolidated questions, comments and observations from the reviewers. Would you be able to provide a response to them? Thank you.

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Feedback on activities proposed

1) How will the contest will contribute to the long-term sustainability and growth of the Bangla Wikibooks and Wiktionary projects. Are there strategies for retaining new contributors?

2) Are there plans to track the quality of contributions and provide feedback to participants?

3) At question 17, you mentioned "organizing similar contests twice in Bangla Wikibooks.[1][2]" Could you provide the links marked [1] and [2]? The links are broken in the application.

Feedback on community notification

3) Given that both Wikibooks and Wiktionary are not active projects, there should be additional efforts to engage the larger Bangla community to provide feedback on this grant by the grantee. How do you plan to do that?

Feedback on budget 4) Could you share more details of sponsorship fee in your proposed budget?

Thank you.

Regards, Jacqueline on behalf of SA Regional Funds Committee and WMF staff who have contributed to the review of your application JChen (WMF) (talk) 05:36, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Hello @JChen (WMF),

Thank you for the questions. The answers are as follows:

1. The competition aims to generate new content while simultaneously promoting and raising awareness of Wikibooks and Wiktionary. We believe that increasing awareness of these projects will lead to greater usage and engagement, thereby attracting new volunteers. At the end of the competition, the top volunteers will be awarded prizes, and online certificates and Wiki Barnstars will be given to all participants who have had at least one article accepted. We are confident that these initiatives will contribute to the long-term sustainability of the project.

2. Yes, our jury team will evaluate the quality of every submitted page and provide necessary feedback to participants via talk page messages and the Fountain tool.

3. I provided the link at the end of the question. Here it is again:

[1]: b:bn:উইকিবই:উইকি_শিশুদের_ভালোবাসে_২০২১

[2]: b:bn:উইকিবই:উইকিবই লিখন প্রতিযোগিতা ২০২২

4. I understand that this grant has not received enough feedback since these two projects are not very active. However, I can assure you that I have consulted several people in the community about this and today requested them to provide public feedback. Additionally, I have posted a message on the Bengali Wikipedia forum to draw the attention of the Bangla Wikipedia community and encourage their participation.

5. Kiwix will help us as a facial sponsor for this grant. I contacted them prior to applying, and this information has been included in the budget sheet.

Please let me know if you have any further questions. —MdsShakil (talk) 13:42, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

Addressing a Necessity

Although I am not currently very active on the Bangla Wiktionary and am only somewhat active on Wikibooks, I strongly believe that this writing contest will significantly benefit both projects. Not only will it promote awareness about these platforms, but it will also attract new users, which is something both projects desperately need. This contest will help enrich the content on these sites, encourage editors to create high-quality books and articles, and make these resources more widely available to people with quality content.

This initiative also marks the first major contest for Wiktionary and sets a precedent for future improvements. I fully support this proposal and am hopeful that it will come to fruition. Asked42 (talk) 19:58, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

Your grant has been approved

Hello @MdsShakil,

Congratulations! Your grant application has been approved in the amount of BDT 82,218.94 from 1 June 2024 to 30 September 2024.

Let’s continue having regular conversations over the course of your grant implementation. Please let me know if you require support in any way or would like to share your experiences with a wider community through the Let's Connect Programme or on South Asia Open Community Calls.

Additional resources which may be useful

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Plug

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Future grants

We thank you for your participation in the grant application process and we hope to continue to journey with you as you embark on this project. For future grant applications, we encourage you to get in touch with the regional programme officer early before submitting your grant application. This allows lead time to support you in putting together an application and also work through fiscal sponsor options (if required) with you. The timeline for future rapid fund grant rounds can be found here - Grants:Project/Rapid#Timeline.

Thank you.

Regards, Jacqueline on behalf of SA Funds Committee JChen (WMF) (talk) 07:40, 24 May 2024 (UTC)