Community Resources and Partnerships/India Rapid Project/Wiki Loves Santali Community Awareness
Applicant
edit- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Durga Soren
- Organization
N/A
- If you are a group or organization leader, board member, president, executive director, or staff member at any Wikimedia group, affiliate, or Wikimedia Foundation, you are required to self-identify and present all roles. (required)
I'm a group leader of a Wikimedia User Group (submitted to the Affiliation Committee).
- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
Wikimedians of Santali User Group
Project
edit- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Wiki Loves Santali Community Awareness
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2025-02-07 - 2025-03-31
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
India
- 5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)
Wiki Loves Folklore
- 6. What is the change you are trying to bring? What are the main challenges or problems you are trying to solve? Describe this change or challenges, as well as main approaches to achieve it. (required)
Santali is the Mother Tongue of about 7.6 Million People's in India, According to 2011 Indian Census Report. Santali Community mainly inhabits in Indian states like Jharkhand, Bihar,Odisha, West Bengal,Tripura,Mizoram and other parts of the Country. Santal people primarily uses Olchiki script for their literary writing and this Script was first time developed in 1925 by Pandit Raghunath Murmu. Santali People observing 2025 as the Year of "Centenary of Olchiki Script" or "Mission Olchiki 2025". As the Santali Community is observing it's historic Year, More Community Awareness about Content Digitization is felt by the Wikimedians of Santali Language User Group.Recruiting new Wikimedians, especially those from different institutions in rural areas will create a great impact. We will organize an edit-a-thon to fill the knowledge gap on Santali Wikipedia and Information that we are lacking on Santali Wikipedia as well as on english/hindi wikipedia. This will enrich the encyclopedia, which will lead to unleashing the potential of everyone to access neutral information and the implementation framework of this initiative.I/We planed to organize targeted workshops and training sessions aimed at building the capacity of experienced editors, helping them better understand and apply Wikipedia’s core policies to improve the quality of their contributions. leveraging the community's collective efforts to improve content on Santali Wikipedia.
- 7. What are the planned activities? (required) Please provide a list of main activities. You can also add a link to the public page for your project where details about your project can be found. Alternatively, you can upload a timeline document. When the activities include partnerships, include details about your partners and planned partnerships.
This project will spread awareness about Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons among the Santali rural peoples in the areas. We look forward to partnering with various NGOs, schools, and private institutions where we will work with their volunteers who are willing to learn about Wikimedia and how to contribute to Wikimedia's various projects, especially Wikipedia and Wiki Commons and Wikitionary. We will attract new users to Wikimedia Commons, Wikipedia and its sister projects. We are planning a 3-day training where we will teach participants about Wikimedia and the different ways they can contribute to Wikimedia's projects and contribute to the Movement Strategy recommendations: Invest in skills and leadership development. Equipping our participants with various ways to contribute to Wikimedia projects, we will launch a 2 Months long Wiki Loves Folklore Edit-a-thon competition. Focusing on addressing the challenges faced by New Users or Existed editors and Creating/Improving the quality of articles related to Folklore of Asia regions and specially ADIBASI or Santali Community's Folklore/Folk culture on Santali Wikipedia along with uploading images to Wiki commons and contributing to Santali Wiktionary, Which is now in Incubator/Project level going on. Contributions are welcomed which will focus on increasing the visibility of open-access Information.
- 8. Describe your team. Please provide their roles, Wikimedia Usernames and other details. (required) Include more details of the team, including their roles, usernames, Wikimedia group, and whether they are salaried, volunteers, consultants/contractors, etc.
R Ashwani Banjan Murmu : He will be the project coordinator and will lead on promoting the project related activities . Durga Soren: He is a Santali Wikipedia experienced editor and event organizer. He will lead Support and documentation of this project.Karyalal Baskey : He will support and assist with co-facilitating training and communication.Ramit Tudu : He is an event organizer and contributor with a background in Interface Admin . He will provide general support to task leads, handle communication, and contribute to other aspects of the project.Shakuntala Marndi : She will take a lead on promoting the project, engage the community members in content creation and encourage them to participate proactively in the strategic discussion.
- 9. Who are the target participants and from which community? How will you engage participants before and during the activities? How will you follow up with participants after the activities? (required)
The target Community for this Project is ADIBASI Santali Community. The participants include both active editors who need further training on Wikipedia's core policies and less-engaged editors who can be encouraged to contribute more frequently. We will also welcome new editors.We also planed to identify the most active, knowledgeable, and motivated contributors and invite them to future events, providing them with opportunities to take on leadership roles within the community. Finally, we will add new participants to the existing WhatsApp/Telegram group to encourage continued discussions and collaborations.
- 9.1. If your project includes in-person activities, are there any international participants travelling to India for them? (required)
- No
- 9.1.1. List all countries of participation. (required)
- 9.2. Will the project be transferring funds to any international participants? (required)
- No
- 9.2.1. List all international participants receiving funding and their countries. (required)
N/A
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
- No
- 10.1. Please provide a link to your Youth Safety Policy. (required) If the proposal indicates direct contact with children or youth, you are required to outline compliance with international and local laws for working with children and youth, and provide a youth safety policy aligned with these laws. Read more here.
N/A
- 11. How did you discuss the idea of your project with your community members and/or any relevant groups? Please describe steps taken and provide links to any on-wiki community discussion(s) about the proposal. (required) You need to inform the community and/or group, discuss the project with them, and involve them in planning this proposal. You also need to align the activities with other projects happening in the planned area of implementation to ensure collaboration within the community.
Myself as the organizing Team Leader, I/We shared our idea with the other Santali Wiki User Member's WhatsApp Group Chat. During the implementation period, we plan to use various social media channels to raise awareness. Further discussion is still going on our Whatsup/Telegraam/Facebook Group. I/We will add/update this section in the META PAGE.
- 12. Does your proposal aim to work to bridge any of the content knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Cultural background, ethnicity, religion, racial
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Culture, heritage or GLAM
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Invest in Skills and Leadership Development
Metrics
edit- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
I/We expect that this project will increase the number of active contributors to Wikimedia projects through the Awareness/training approach that we will use to train them and the intention to follow up, this project will also be a great opportunity to expand the network which will also help the participants to contribute with confidence as they will have someone to ask whenever they face problems while contributing as they will be paired with the experienced editors who will also guide them. Participants, especially newcomers, will receive ongoing mentorship and support to ensure that they can successfully create and improve articles on Wikipedia. I/We expect this project to generate a lot of contributions to Wiki Commons, Wikipedia, and other Wikimedia projects (Wikidata, Wiki Sources, etc).
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 120 | Number of total participants to be reached out and trained |
| Number of editors | 40 | Number of participants to edit and do translate. |
| Number of organizers | 8 | 5 organizers/facilitators and 3 members of the jury team |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 500 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 300 |
| Wikidata | 200 |
| Wiktionary | 700 |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | 200 |
| Translatewiki | 100 |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
N/A
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
No
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- 20. What tools would you use to measure each metrics? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support. (required)
Program and event Dashboard tool, Wikimedia hashtag tool, Lists building tools and Fountain Tool.
Budget
edit- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hdXjiaMNVjgbqiJy6JAC2B-1bI8bkOqb82NIQ6SHiX0/edit?gid=0#gid=0
- 22. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in Indian Rupees. (required)
423045.33 INR
- 22.1. Convert the amount requested into USD using the Oanda converter. This is done to help you assess the USD equivalent of the requested amount. Your request should be between 500 - 5,000 USD. (required)
4996.18 USD
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Yes
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