Have you participated in any Train the Trainer or similar Wikimedia training before? If yes, please mention the name of the event along with the year in which you participated
No. Only had a brief online training on Wikipedia editing for one of the A+F edit-a-thons that I'd participated in 2021.
Are you currently involved in any leadership, facilitation, or mentoring roles within the Wikimedia movement? If yes, briefly describe the imitative and your involvement in it
Facilitation for Wikimedia Commons overview at MKCL Pune for their Art Project. Also a facilitator for two online and two in-person Wikipedia edit-a-thons under the Open Knowledge Fellowship by The Heritage Lab.
I'm interested in Micro-Project Design because the short term projects are useful in engaging several new participants with the Wikimedia projects. Along with these contributors, the end results can be used to rope in institutions (GLAMs in my case) and build a long term partnership with them so that they are able to expand+improve their content on the Wikimedia projects.
Tell us about one Wikimedia program, campaign, or initiative you’ve contributed to in a leadership role
I was the campaign coordinator for Indian Heritage Online, the purpose of which was to upload the openly accessible images related to India from GLAMs across the world. We were able to engage 15 new contributors to upload 1728 images on Commons as part of the contest. The images were then categorized, geo-tagged and then placed on a map. Through this campaign, we learnt that gamification is a wonderful opportunity to engage new contributors. Also, we need to be well prepared for any event with enough content beforehand, in this case images to upload. As during the event the provided set of images were entirely uploaded, thanks to the enthusiasm of the participants, and we had to search for new set of media to share with them for further uploads.
What skills or knowledge do you hope to gain from this training?
I hope to gain insights on how to ideate and design campaigns that will engage culture and heritage enthusiasts with Wikimedia projects.
Learn to set tangible end goals that can serve as a model for further projects.
Based on your selected track, what is one challenge you have encountered in either evaluating Wikimedia programs or designing impactful projects? Please share your experience relevant to your chosen track.
