Grants talk:Project/Wikidata Impact: mapping records quality and user experience

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--Marti (WMF) (talk) 19:25, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

Eligibility provisionally confirmed, Round 2 2021 - Research and Software proposal

This Project Grants proposal is under review!

We've provisionally confirmed your proposal is eligible for review in Round 2 2021 for Research and Software projects, contingent upon:

• confirmation that the project will not depend on staff from the Wikimedia Foundation for code review, integration or other technical support during or after the project, unless those staff are part of the Project Team.
• compliance with our COVID-19 guidelines.

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Marti (WMF) (talk) 05:30, 17 April 2021 (UTC)

Aggregated feedback from the committee for Wikidata Impact: mapping records quality and user experience

Scoring rubric	Score
(A) Impact potential Does it have the potential to increase gender diversity in Wikimedia projects, either in terms of content, contributors, or both? Does it have the potential for online impact? Can it be sustained, scaled, or adapted elsewhere after the grant ends?	4.8
(B) Community engagement Does it have a specific target community and plan to engage it often? Does it have community support?	5.0
(C) Ability to execute Can the scope be accomplished in the proposed timeframe? Is the budget realistic/efficient ? Do the participants have the necessary skills/experience?	6.2
(D) Measures of success Are there both quantitative and qualitative measures of success? Are they realistic? Can they be measured?	5.6
Additional comments from the Committee: The project fits with Wikimedia's strategic priorities. However its long term impact and the sustainability of its results are unclear. The project is a feasible project and it’s inline with the wikimedia strategic properties of the community. That is trying to structure data in the GLAM community and making it available on wikidata after which everything would be documented in a toolkit for further use after the research. The project can be sustained and scaled in other communities. The proposal already fits with Wikimedia's strategic priorities, especially in the area of GLAM and adding more data to Wikidata. The overall project idea is clear. This project will continue to provide meaningful data for GLAM institutions even after the project ends. It looks sustainable to me and can be adapted by other institutions outside GLAM. The project idea is innovative. However the potential impacts are unclear while there are some risks. The evaluation plan and measures of success are vague. The project takes innovative approach to solving key problems. The potential impact of the project is greater than risk. The project has an evaluation plan that measures the outcomes of the project This project looks outstanding because it will improve the user experience of Wikidata and the selected GLAM institutions. The project also seeks to map the current usage of Wikidata GLAM institutions which is a great step towards identifying the need to proceed with this project. Simultaneously, a summative statical analysis has also been outlined in the project to give an overall outcome of this research. It is pretty much clear what the target of this project is and the long term impact it will have on Wikidata and the selected GLAM institutions. Ambitious. It would be good to limit to a range of institutions. The scope can be accomplished in 12 months. The budget seems to be ok. The necessary skills are probably present. Seems to be experienced researchers but with no wiki-experience. and budget is too high The project can be completed in 12 month based on their experiences and ability to work as a team. Looking at the budget structure and the team to work on the project is realistic enough. Participants have the necessary skill set for the project, moreover they have some worth of experience related to the research. The total duration for this project is 12 months, and the method, output and outcome of this project within the 12 months duration is clearly outlined. The budget looks pretty ok, and the team members involved in the execution seem to look solid. I believe they can deliver with the budget proposed. The Community engagement is present though limited but there has been insufficient time for it. Project made by complete outsiders, see no involvement of our community It has a target related community which is the GLAM community and also would engage community members It does have community support, looking at bringing Andrew Lih and others on to the advisory board is of essence. It support diversity, thus it involves inclusion of other language group in the course of their work This project is targeted at Wikidata and the GLAM sector, which is great. It also looks like the plan to engage the GLAM community after the project has been indicated but not clearly outlined. I would have loved to see how the team members will continue to engage the community during and after the project duration. The project has community support and also support diversity. The team itself is diverse, which is also great. Too big and ambitious. Poor research aspects, it seems more a project of outreach. I am skeptical about this project. It is rather vague about statistical methods and metrics that they are going to use. The planned toolkit is also not described in much detail. So, it is not clear if anything useful will emerge out of it. I didn't get the idea how this descriptive analytics will help us to solve our strategic tasks. No hypothesis proposed, no description of how this information will be converted to Wikimedia benefits. Seems to be more a research for some external institution than beneficial to us I would choose to support this project because it would enhance skills development, contribution and growth in wikidata activities related to GLAM. I would award the full funding stated in the proposal ($70,840). The project scope is quite broad, but I am confident that the team can deliver at the end of the 12 months. I will give fund funding for this project.

Opportunity to respond to committee comments in the next week

The Project Grants Committee has conducted a preliminary assessment of your proposal. Based on their initial review, a majority of committee reviewers have not recommended your proposal for funding. You can read more about their reasons for this decision in their comments above. Before the committee finalizes this decision, they would like to provide you with an opportunity to respond to their comments.

Next steps:

1. Aggregated committee comments from the committee are posted above. Note that these comments may vary, or even contradict each other, since they reflect the conclusions of multiple individual committee members who independently reviewed this proposal. We recommend that you review all the feedback carefully and post any responses, clarifications or questions on this talk page by 5pm UTC on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. If you make any revisions to your proposal based on committee feedback, we recommend that you also summarize the changes on your talkpage.
2. The committee will review any additional feedback you post on your talkpage before making a final funding decision. A decision will be announced Thursday, May 27, 2021.

Questions? Contact us at projectgrants wikimedia  · org.

Marti (WMF) (talk) 04:02, 5 May 2021 (UTC)

Round 2 2021 decision

This project has not been selected for a Project Grant at this time.

We love that you took the chance to creatively improve the Wikimedia movement. The committee has reviewed this proposal and not recommended it for funding. This was a very competitive round with many good ideas, not all of which could be funded in spite of many merits. We appreciate your participation, and we hope you'll continue to stay engaged in the Wikimedia context.

Comments regarding this decision:
While some of the reviewers of your proposal expressed a lot of confidence in your work, others who have a lot of experience with GLAM and Wikidata had concerns about the specific approach described in the proposal. We appreciate that the proposed work, if successful, could positively impact the cultural sector’s engagement with Wikidata but we recommend that you further refine the assumptions and questions in the proposal, perhaps in consultation with Wikimedia community members experienced with both GLAM and Wikidata.

Next steps: Applicants whose proposals are declined are welcome to consider resubmitting your application again in the future. You are welcome to request a consultation with staff to review any concerns with your proposal that contributed to a decline decision, and help you determine whether resubmission makes sense for your proposal.

Over the last year, the Wikimedia Foundation has been undergoing a community consultation process to launch a new grants strategy. Our proposed programs are posted on Meta here: Grants Strategy Relaunch 2020-2021. If you have suggestions about how we can improve our programs in the future, you can find information about how to give feedback here: Get involved. We are also currently seeking candidates to serve on regional grants committees and we'd appreciate it if you could help us spread the word to strong candidates--you can find out more here. We will launch our new programs in July 2021. If you are interested in submitting future proposals for funding, stay tuned to learn more about our future programs.

Marti (WMF) (talk) 22:10, 27 May 2021 (UTC)