Grants:PEG/Bizdin Muras public foundation/Kyrgyz wikipedians movement

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Basic information

Grant details

Official project name: Kyrgyz wikipedians movement
Project start date (include month, day, and year): 20 April 2013
Project completion date (include month, day, and year): 28 February 2014
Please describe this project in 1 - 2 sentences: Over the course of 10 months, we will conduct a series of outreach workshops to university students to contribute to Kyrgyz Wikipedia, digitalize several encyclopedias and dictionaries to create up to 20 000 new articles in Kyrgyz Wikipedia. We will conduct third rally of kyrgyz wikipedians as well.

Financial details

Currency requested (you must specify a currency): KGS
Amount requested in currency requested: 1329219,45
Equivalent amount in US$ on the date of this submission: 27 750
List the exchange rate used to calculate the amount listed in USD: 47.8998 KGS for 1 USD (Official rates of National Bank of KR)
Project start date (include month, day, and year): 20 April 2013

Grantee details

See the eligibility requirements for more information.

Are you an organization, an individual, or an individual submitting on behalf of a group?

ORGANIZATION

Are you a for-profit entity?

No

Are you able to provide local proof of nonprofit status within your country?

Yes

Does your organization currently employ any fulltime or part-time staff or contractors?

Yes

If you answered YES, please indicate how many. You may use fractions or percentages for part-time staff if appropriate.

1 content editor.

If yes, please provide a list of their job functions, or a link to your organization's staff page, if it lists all employees and contractors employed or engaged by your organization.

Contracted to find misspelling on recognition and edit them on "Kyrgyz spelling dictionary". On the base of this dictionary will developed online spellchecker of Kyrgyz language and extension (apps) for internet browsers.

Contact information

Primary contact name: Chorobek Saadanbekov
Primary contact username or email: chorobek@gmail.com
Primary contact title (position within the organization): Director

If this project will be executed by someone other than the primary contact for your organization, please list that person's details here:

Goals and measures of success

Project goal

Extend development Kyrgyz wikipedians movement.
"Kyrgyz wikipedians movement" project implemented by Bizdin Muras public foundation under the support of Soros-Kyrgyzstan Foundation in 2012.
Project provided excellent results. Therefore, we intend to continue successfully growth.

Measures of success

Kyrgyz Wikipedia will continue stable growth. New 20 000 articles will created.
200 new users will trained for editing skills and number of active editors will go up.
Kyrgyz Wikipedia will have good developed Interaction Chapter: Help, Community portal, Guidelines
Quality of Kyrgyz Wikipedia articles will improved.
Interface of Kyrgyz Wikipedia will translated (most used and necessary commands).

Project scope and activities

Provide 20 trainings for 200 new students.
Several (12) encyclopedias and dictionaries will digitalized and created up to 20 000 new articles in Kyrgyz Wikipedia.
Conduct third rally of kyrgyz wikipedians.
Carry out contests for "good" and "best" articles.
Provide public relations and promotional events for Kyrgyz Wikipedia.

Trainings

We will organize 20 trainings in a group of 10 persons in each. The trainings will conducted for the students of universities and other interested organizations and individuals. In universities, explanatory lectures would delivered. After the lectures, students interested in may sign up for trainings. We set contacts with universities; there are groups of wikipedians created with the assistance of our project. In 2012, we organized trainings in 18 universities. We have good cooperation with universities administrations and the students themselves. The universities are interested in trainings and expect us to continue activities in 2013.

Digitization

We have agreement with Kyrgyz National Center of Encyclopedia and plans to digitalize and prepare electronic versions of about 12 encyclopedias and manuals. In the center of Kyrgyz encyclopedia many electronic versions of earlier published encyclopedias were not saved, so we have to scan books and prepare their electronic versions. Sometimes we get electronic version in the publishing format p.65 (pagemaker). But there are a lot of works connected with exporting, converting and formatting the text in order to get full-fledged content. Thanks to this kind of job a big layer of encyclopedic knowledge is given a new life, catching attention of readers.

Third rally of kyrgyz wikipedians

We already conducted 2 annual rally of Kyrgyz wikipedians. The rally brought together active wikipedians to discuss progress and set up new plans. It is usually take place in December as a summary of annual activity.

Public Relations and promotions

Rapid growth of Kyrgyz Wikipedia attracts attention of local mass-media. We planned tell about goals and results of project in the beginning and end of project. In addition, we would like to produce some promotional staffs with Wikipedia logo to stimulate students.

Budget breakdown

Number	Category	Item description	Unit	Number of units	Cost per unit	Total cost	Currency	Notes
1	Trainings	Trainings for administrators and advansed editors (3 day)	participant	5	150	750	USD	We need trainings for administrators. We have many questions and need help from Wikimedia Foundations experts. Costs of WMF expert not included.
2	Digitalization	Digitalization of encyclopedias	book	12	500	6000	USD	Expenses for scanning, recognizing, editing encyclopedias and formatting text to export.
3	Promotion	Third Kyrgyz wikipedians rally	Unit	1	7200	7200	USD	Annual (3 day) rally for active editors of kyrgyz wikipedia. Expenses for 40 participant accommodation, transporting and meal.
4	Promotion	Press-conference	Unit	2	150	300	USD	We planned inform mass media with goals and results of project in the beginning and end of project.
5	Promotion	T-shorts	Unit	50	10	500	USD	To stimulate active students.
6	Office	Rent of office	month	10	350	3500	USD	Office will used for trainings, digitalization and organization works.
7	Administrative	Project manager	month	10	700	7000	USD	Project manager responsible for successfully implementation of project. Will organize and provide trainings; conduct wikipedians rally; organize digitalization process; provide PR function and reports for sponsor and fiscals.
8	Administrative	Accountant service	month	10	100	1000	USD	Accountant service will provided for according to local tax law.
9	Administrative	Office manager	month	10	150	1500	USD	Assistant for project manager.
10	Equipment	Computers	unit	3	400	1200	USD	Computers would use for digitalization, presentation
11	Equipment	Scanner	unit	1	100	100	USD	Would use for digitalization, presentation.
12	Office	Internet	month	10	50	500	USD	Internet expenses.
13	Wikimania	Participation in Wikimania	participants	2	3000	6000	USD	2 participants will sent to Wikimania 2013 by Soros-Kyrgyzstan Foundation.
14	Conference	Conference on Problems of translations: terminology and methodologies	unit	1	3000	3000	USD	There are problems with translations and usage of terminologies. Conference will work out some recommendations and rules. Wikipedians will have some manuals and arrangements on usage of some terminologies in Kyrgyz.
15	Promotion	Prizes for contests	unit	10	100	1000	USD	There will conducted contests for best articles. Prizes will paid by other private sponsors.
	Total	Total				39550

Total project budget

39550 USD

Total amount requested

27750 USD

Are there additional sources of revenue that will fund any part of this project? List them here.

Soros-Kyrgyzstan Foundation will finance participation of 2 editors from Kyrgyzstan in Wikimania 2013.
We have agreement with private sponsors for 1000 USD for prizes
We have agreement with "Zamandash" association about conduction of terminologies translation conference as an event of Kyrgyz Wikipedia Movement.
Bizdin Muras foundation will provide equipment (computers, scanner etc.) for digitalization and trainings.

Non-financial requirements

We need trainings for administrators. We have many questions and need help from Wikimedia Foundations experts.

We would like to organize it in June or July. We need Russian speaker expert from WMF.

Resources

In 2012, Kyrgyz wikipedians movement project had financed by Soros-Kyrgyzstan Foundation and successfully implemented by "Bizdin Muras" public foundation.
Because of project, Kyrgyz Wikipedia in 2012 made considerable growth.
According the procedures Soros-Kyrgyzstan Foundation does not financing one project twice in succession.

Kyrgyz wikipedians movement project results, 2012

Growth of articles from 4500 up to 24000
Trainings 18 trainings for 200 new users, 3 new administrators
Digitalized and edited several encyclopedias and manuals
Conducted second rally of Kyrgyz wikipedians
Involved all active editors of Kyrgyz Wikipedia into movement
Providing public relations and promotional events for Kyrgyz Wikipedia

Project management
Project will implemented by Bizdin Muras Public foundation.
The main goal of foundation is to develop open knowledge in Kyrgyz language.

Project will managed by Chorobek Saadanbekov - actual administrator of Kyrgyz Wikipedia.

Report about Kyrgyz Wikipedia

Kyrgyz Wikipedia

Impact

There are just over five million speakers of the language, most of whom are located in Kyrgyzstan with others speakers scattered about China, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan. Kyrgyz and Russian are the official languages of Kyrgyzstan, however, more than two million citizens in the small Central Asia nation only speak one of the languages—Kyrgyz. Meanwhile, Russian is the primary language for higher education, science, and the media. Most schools provide instruction in Kyrgyz, but there is a real shortage of Kyrgyz textbooks. The Ministry of Education recently announced that schools are in need of 12 million textbooks—a great expense given the country’s current financial situation. This is where Wikipedia comes in.

Fit to strategy

References from Soros-Kyrgyzstan Foundation

How will this project support the key organizational objectives of,
*Project will train more than 200 new editors. Than more trainings we provide, than stronger skills and competence have our editors.
* Realization of project will facilitate to increment number of articles Kyrgyz Wikipedia from 24 000 to 45 000. Than more articles appears, than more visitors we have (more people actually contributing),
*Usage of encyclopedias as base of articles will provide good quality of articles. And we will increase a quality of existing articles by conducting contest for "good" and "best" articles during the project.

We already implemented same project in 2012. We got excellent results. Reference from Soros-Kyrgyzstan Foundation attached. Kyrgyz wikipedians movement is a young community. We have being organize and working as a community only for last 2 years. We met as participants of previous projects promoted by Soros-Kyrgyzstan Foundation. We conducted two annual rally, where we came together to discuss matters and work out plans. Project will conduct third rally. Successfully growth of Kyrgyz Wikipedia attracts attentions. In current stage, we can attract some small sponsorship from private persons and companies for prizes. In future, we will try becoming as an official chapter of Wikipedia.

Benefits

Our project will benefit 'Kyrgyz Wikipedia.

Our project will retain editors of Kyrgyz Wikipedia. Will influence to increase quality of free accessible knowledge in Kyrgyz language. For example, during the implementation Kyrgyz wikipedians movement in 2012, we bring up spelling and translation of terminologies in Kyrgyz. There were several reforms spelling rules during 200-2007. Now it is complicate to know which variant of spelling is correct. As result of implemented project, Bizdin Muras has started to develop online and offline spellchecker of Kyrgyz language. Conference on translations problems will help work out some rules and recommendations how to translate. In future Kyrgyz Wikipedia will developed by translations. So, it's important to set some rules.