Grants:PEG/Mohamed Ouda/Egyptian Wikimedians User Group/Wikimedia projects activities in Egypt

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Egypt Wikimedians user group / Wikimedia projects activities in Egypt

The intention of this project is organizing events and activities supporting the Wikimedia movement in Egypt and people involved in this movement over the course of six months.

targetArabic Wikipedia - Commons

strategic priority*larger and more diverse groups of people are contributing to Wikimedia projects.

better quality and quantity of content on Wikimedia projects

start date1 September

start year2015

end date1 March 2016

end year2016

budget (local currency)90,325 EGP

budget (USD)$11,833

grant typeGroup

non-profit statusNo

creator• Mohamed Ouda

contact(s)• mmustafa8 gmail.com• ah.hamdi@ymail.com

organization• Egypt Wikimedians user group

website• https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaEgypt?fref=ts

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Goal

This project has the following goals:

Promoting the quality and quantity of articles on the Arabic Wikipedia.
Help recruiting new volunteer editors to labedit Wikipedia by supporting the Education Program and holding edit-a-thons.
Help recruiting new volunteer ambassadors and professors to assign and help their students edit Wikipedia.
Organizing training sessions for students and volunteers.
Covering needed equipment costs for holding workshops which will support sustainability of the program in Egypt.
Promoting competition between volunteers and editors.
Attracting photographers to take photos and share them under free licence.

Plan

Activities

List of activities

Wiki Loves Monuments Egypt 2014 winner photo

Wiki Loves Monuments

compare WLM in 2013 and 2014

The aim of this project is to encourage and facilitate the capturing and upload of photographs of Egyptian heritage sites or monuments under free licensing during heritage month (September). This includes encouraging those who upload media, to write about their monument of choice on Wikipedia, Through this competition we aim to not only increase the quality of photographs on Commons, but also the number of active participants. We aim to inspire participants to contribute to Wikipedia in terms of improving articles, creating articles or uploading new content and media which can be used on Wikipedia or other related Wiki projects. This is the 3th year that WM EG will run the competition locally, in the last year the competition added more than 6000 free photo to commons

1 photography trip.
Advertising Campaign online and offline.
Photographers editing workshop (to help them upload photos and use them on Wikipedia)
Prize Awarding event.

WLM-2015: Global Metrics

The following are global metric goals for this project

Wiki Loves Monuments Metrics Planning table (Global metrics)
PARTICIPATION (COMMUNITY)		CONTENT
Metric description	Goal	Metric description	Goal
1. Number of active editors involved	20	4. Number of new images/media	4000
2. Number of newly registered users	50	5. Number of articles added	10
3. Number of individuals involved	90	6. Number of bytes added	14,000,000,000
4. photo integration in the articles	10%

User Group Coordination

Holding 2 meetings for user group members.
Assisting with transportation for members who live outside Cairo or on long distances.

User Group Activities

Organizing Writing Competition
Organizing 4 edit-a-thons for new/existing users in Egypt.

The main objective of the writing competition is to create awareness of the Wikipedia among the potential younger users within the Egyptian community.

Education Program Activities

48% of bytes added by students during spring/summer 2014 was in September (during the contest)

Providing internet access for ambassadors to can make workshops.

Education Program Activities: Global Metrics

The following are global metric goals for this project

Education program activities Metrics Planning table (Global metrics)
PARTICIPATION (COMMUNITY)		CONTENT
Metric description	Goal	Metric description	Goal
1. Number of active editors involved	40	4. Number of new images/media	100
2. Number of newly registered users	50	5. Number of articles added	10
3. Number of individuals involved	120	6. Number of bytes added	7 million

Impact

Target readership

The target will be primarily Arabic Wikipedia and commons .

Fit with strategy

What crucial thing will the project try to change or benefit in the Wikimedia movement? Please select the Wikimedia strategic priority(ies) that your project most directly aims to impact and explain how your project fits. Most projects fit all strategic priorities. However, we would like project managers to focus their efforts on impacting 1–2 strategic priorities. Examples of strategic priorities can be found here.

this will help in increare Wikipedia contributors in Egypt and The Education program volunteers and professors encourage new students to create user accounts and edit Wikipedia.

Measures of success

Please provide a list of both quantitative and qualitative criteria that will be used to determine how successful the project is. You will need to report on the success of the project according to these measures after the project is completed. See the PEG program resources for suggested measures of success.

By the end of the grant we expect the below success

+2500 photos uploaded to Wikimedia commons.
+5 Million bytes added to the Arabic Wikipedia.
Recruitment +100 new editors/contributors
Increasing skills for editing for the new users by the edit-a-thons
+10 Featured articles nominated on the Arabic Wikipedia.
To get at least 30 new active female contributors for Wikipedia.
+600 new articles added to the Arabic Wikipedia.

Note: In addition to your project-specific measures of success, you will also be asked to report on some global metrics at the end of your final report. Please keep this in mind as you plan, and we'll support you as you begin your project.

Resources and risks

Resources

User:Mohamed Ouda Event coordinator.
User:لا روسا Education Program leader - Cairo University.
User:May Hachem93Education Program leader - Ain Shams University.
User:Samir I. Sharbaty Event coordinator.
User:Ahmed Mohi El din Event coordinator.
Full list of user group member who can help achieve this project can be found here.
Full list of Education Program volunteers (in Arabic) can be found here.

Onwiki evidence of community support (such as a project about this discussion):

Evidence of past success in executing similar projects:

30 million bytes added by Wikipedia Education Program students in Egypt in 4 terms.
40 featured/good articles.
The percentage of female participation reached 89% last term.

Risks

Budget

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Grantees are subject to line-item scrutiny of expenses. Changes to the approved budget beyond 10% in any category must be approved in advance.

Number	Category	Item description	Unit	Number of units	Cost per unit	Total cost	Currency	Notes
1	WLM Photography trips	Bus rental from Cairo to Nuweiba	Day	3 day	$500	$500	$
2	WLM Photography trips	Internal transportation in Nuweiba	Day	3 day	$300	$300	$
3	WLM Photography trips	Accommodation	Day	3 day for 15 member	$100	$1500	$
2	WLM Photography trips	Refreshments for participants	Day	3 day	$45/day	$135	$
3	WLM Photography editing workshop	Refreshments for participants (2$/person)	Person	50	$2	$100	$
4	WLM ِAdvertising	Poster printing and Online Ads	N/A	N/A	N/A	$500	$	We will use social media websites to promote the contest and print posters to be published in public places.
5	WLM Prize	First Prize	Prize	1	$750	$750	$
6	WLM Prize	Second Prize	Prize	1	$250	$250	$
7	WLM Prize	Third Prize	Prize	1	$150	$150	$
8	WLM Prize	Special Prize for most linked photos in articles	Prize	1	$150	$150	$
9	Photobooks	print Photobooks with the winning photos	advertising	60	$5	$300	$
10	Gift packages for the judges	Gift packages for the judges	Gift packages for the judges	3	$100	$300	$
Total						$4935	$

User group coordination

Number	Category	Item description	Unit	Number of units	Cost per unit	Total cost	Currency	Notes
1	Regular meetups	Dinner for 3 meetups (@ $15/person)	Meal/Person	15 People	$15	$225	$	The number of group members now is 15 and some of them are not in Egypt. 12 is the average of people who possibly will attend.
2	Transportation/shipment fees	Transportation and material shipment fees	Monthly fees	6 months	$100	$600	$	This amount will be used to help covering travelling/transportation fees for membforers who live outside Cairo and shipment of needed material.
3	Equipment	Laptop	Laptop	2 Laptops	$612	$1224	$	Laptops will help us in managing Edit-a-thons , education program and User group coordination
4	Equipment	Portable hot spot router	router	1	$150	$150	$
Total						$2199	$

Edit-a-thons

Number	Category	Item description	Unit	Number of units	Cost per unit	Total cost	Currency	Notes
1	Promotion	Printed T-shirts, for the participants	T-shirt	40 T-shirts	$6	$240	$	The 40 printed T-shirts will be dispensed on participants during the 4 edit-a-thons.
2	Edit-a-thon transportation	Bus rental	Day	4 days	$150 per day	$600	$
3	Meals	Meals & Refreshments for 4 edit-a-thons (@ $5/person)	people/editathon	50 people/editathon	$5	$1000	$	The number of participants/edit-a-thon will be 50 (including volunteers)
4	Edit-a-thon Space rental	Edit-a-thon Space rental	Space rental	Space rental for 4 Edit-a-thons	$40 per Edit-a-thon	$160	$
5	Edit-a-thon Advertising	Edit-a-thon Advertising	online and printed ads	Advertising for 4 Edit-a-thons	$50 per Edit-a-thons	$200	$
6	Writing Competition first prize	Writing Competition first prize	prize	1	$350	$350	$
7	Writing Competition second prize	Writing Competition second prize	prize	1	$250	$250	$
8	Writing Competition third prize	Writing Competition third prize	prize	1	$100	$100	$
Total						$2900	$

Education Program Equipment

Number	Category	Item description	Unit	Number of units	Cost per unit	Total cost	Currency	Notes
1	Equipment	Internet access subscription	1 month subscription for 4 users	6 months	$26 per month	$624	$
Total						$624	$

Education Program End-of-term celebration conference

Number	Category	Item description	Unit	Number of units	Cost per unit	Total cost	Currency
1	Ceremony	Certificates	1 Certificate	150	$1.5	$225	$
2	Food& Drinks	Refreshments/Snacks	N/A	150	$3	$450	$
3	Awards	Simple awards for students	N/A	100	$5	$500	$
Total						$1175	$

Total cost of project

$11833 {| | |}

Total amount requested from the Project and Event Grants program: $11833

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