Wikimedians of Kerala/Strategic Plan
1. Open Knowledge Ecosystem Buildup through Community Collaboration
[edit]Objective: Strengthen collaboration among volunteers, institutions, and allied organizations to enrich Kerala’s open knowledge movement.
- Foster cross-project-community collaboration (Wikipedia, Wikidata, Commons, Wikisource, Wikivoyage).
- Create mentorship programs to nurture new contributors.
- Build thematic working groups (culture, language, biodiversity, education).
- Conduct regular edit-a-thons, hackathons, and workshops focused on local knowledge.
2. Institutional Partnerships
[edit]Objective: Collaborate with academic, cultural, and research institutions.
- Partner with universities and libraries to digitize archives and manuscripts.
- Establish GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums) collaborations.
- Collaborate with local publishers for open licensing of Kerala literature.
- Build long-term institutional MoUs to sustain contributions.
3. Government Collaborations
[edit]Objective: Work with state and local governments for open knowledge integration.
- Advocate for open licensing of government publications, maps, and data.
- Support Kerala’s Digital literacy with Wikimedia projects.
- Document cultural festivals, rituals, and heritage in collaboration with tourism and cultural departments.
4. Facilitating Global Campaigns
[edit]Objective: Ensure Kerala community contributes actively to international Wikimedia campaigns.
- Participate in global events like Wiki Asian Month, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Loves Folklore.
- Mobilize community for Feminism and folklore
- Localize campaign materials into Malayalam and regional languages.
5. Initiating Global Campaigns
[edit]Objective: Launch Kerala-origin campaigns with global participation.
- Wiki Loves Onam – documenting Kerala’s biggest festival.
- Wiki Loves Village – documenting rural life, biodiversity, and traditions.
- Develop Biodiversity campaigns like Wiki Loves Birds
- Encourage other Wikimedia communities to replicate these campaigns globally.
6. Research in Language and Technology
[edit]Objective: Promote Malayalam and allied languages in digital, AI, and open data spaces.
- Conduct research on machine translation and speech recognition.
- Create linguistic corpora and contribute to Wikidata Lexemes.
- Collaborate with academic research labs on digital humanities.
7. Capacity Building
[edit]Objective: Strengthen community skills, leadership, and sustainability.
- Conduct training on Wikimedia tools, Wikidata, Structured Data on Commons.
- Leadership and project management workshops for volunteers.
- Build trainer-of-trainers programs for scalability.
- Promote diversity and inclusivity in leadership roles.
8. Outreach Projects
[edit]Objective: Expand reach of Wikimedia activities across Kerala.
- Organize school and college-level outreach.
- Conduct rural knowledge documentation drives.
- Launch public campaigns on Wikipedia-Wikimedia awareness.
- Use social media for storytelling and community engagement.
9. Developing Educational Programs and Implementation
[edit]Objective: Integrate Wikimedia projects into education.
- Collaborate with KITE for Wikipedia in classrooms.
- Develop open educational resources in Malayalam.
- Train teachers and students in Wikipedia editing and open data use.
- Implement Wikimedia-based learning projects in higher education.
10. Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
[edit]Objective: Use Wikimedia to document and promote Kerala’s biodiversity and SDGs.
- Wiki Loves Earth – documenting flora, fauna, wetlands, and ecosystems.
- Partner with Civil Society Groups for open access data.
- Promote content creation on SDG-related topics (health, climate change, gender equality).
11. Enhance Projects which Use Data Reuse
[edit]Objective: Strengthen open data applications within Wikimedia projects.
- Promote Wikidata integration with Malayalam Wikipedia.
- Support structured data projects in Commons.
- Develop tools for data visualization and reuse.
- Collaborate with civic tech groups for open government data use.
12. Digital Preservation of Languages
[edit]Objective: Preserve and promote Kerala’s linguistic diversity digitally.
- Document dialects and oral traditions through Wikisource and Commons.
- Record oral histories and indigenous storytelling.
- Support endangered languages of Kerala with Wikimedia tools.
- Collaborate with linguists and researchers for lexicographical projects.
Implementation Roadmap
[edit]- Year 1–2: Focus on partnerships, campaigns, capacity building, and outreach.
- Year 3–4: Launch research projects, global campaigns, and educational programs.
- Year 5: Scale biodiversity + SDG projects, deepen institutional collaborations, ensure sustainability.