Grants:PEG/Satdeep Gill/Punjabi Wiki Workshop Chandigarh

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Satdeep Gill/Punjabi Wiki Workshop Chandigarh

This will be our first workshop at the state capital of Punjab. We aim to bring new editors as well as gather most of the current editors living in Punjab and nearby states.

targetPunjabi Wikipedia

strategic priorityIncrease participation

start date15 October

start year2015

end date16 17 October

end year2015

budget (local currency)90,000 INR

budget (USD)US$1,382

grant typeGroup

non-profit statusNo

creator• Satdeep Gill

contact(s)• satdeep_gill@yahoo.com• grewalparveer@yahoo.com

organization• Punjabi Wikimedians

created on07:59, 14 August 2015 (UTC)

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Goal

We wish to have a gathering of current editors at the state capital. There will be a workshop to motivate new editors to join the movement and then there will be separate sessions for current editors.

Plan

Activities

• A session about the history of the Wikimedia movement as well as Punjabi Wikipedia.
• Workshop to teach the basics of wiki-editing to the participants
• Sessions for current editors by experienced editors. Sessions will be about Sister projects of Wikipedia, Content Translation, Gadgets etc.
• A special session dedicated to various competitions and events such as Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Loves Food etc.
• A discussion to plan future events and the future of the movement in Punjabi.
• Discussion about possible collaborations with various institutions.

Here is a draft of the Program of the Workshop. We are going to make some changes after our meeting on 25 September.

First of all we are going to give scholarships to active editors to come and attend the event. 3-4 scholarships can be given to editors who are inactive now but have been active in the past. We will gather on the day before the Conference and everyone will introduce themselves.

Schedule of the Workshop
Time	Session	Presenter
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM	Introduction to Wikipedia
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM	Punjabi Wikipedia (Gurmukhi and Shahmukhi)
11:00 AM - 12:00 AM	How to Edit Wikipedia
12:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Questions
12:30-1:30 PM	Lunch
1:30-2:00 PM	Introduction by existing editors and new recruits (~ 30-35)
2:00-2:15 PM	ProveIt and Hotcat
2:15-3:00	Content Translation
3:00- 3:30	Visual Editor
3:30-4:00 PM	Templates and Tables
4:00-4:15 PM	Talkpages and Village Pump
4:14-4:30 PM	Wiki Loves Food and other events
4:30-4:45 PM	Feedback
4:45-5:00 PM	Word of Thanks

Impact

Target readership

Punjabi Wikipedia and its sister projects

Fit with strategy

Increasing Reach and Participation:

• We are organizing the workshop at Panjab University, Chandigarh which is one of the most important institutions of Punjab. We are expecting that most of the participants will be students.

Increasing Quality:

• The quality of contribution by current will surely increase as we will be teaching them about various projects they can contribute to and the tools they can use.

Measures of success

• Gathering of around 20 existing Punjabi Wikipedians. 3-4 such editors can be asked to attend who have been inactive lately but have contributed significantly in the past.
• Around 50 students participating in the Workshop with around 5 new accounts. There will be some edits on that very day as they will be taught to edit and they will attend other training sessions as well.
• This workshop aims in increasing participation from Chandigarh as well as to train editors. We will ask participants to fill a survey after the workshop. By this we can see how many people have started using new tools.
• News reporting in reputed newspapers.
• We have plans to follow up with new editors as we already have two active editors from Chandigarh. One of them, Gaurav Jhammat, studies at the host institute. We might plan some of our future meetups in Chandigarh to follow up as well.

Resources and risks

Resources

Team Members are experienced editors of Punjabi Wikipedia:

• User:Charan Gill
• User:Parveer Grewal
• User:Satdeep Gill

Competitions and Editathons organized in the past: All these have shown results which were noted by communities all over the world.

• Punjabi Wikipedia Article Writing Competition
• Punjabi Wikipedia 13th Anniversary Edit-a-thon
• Punjabi Wikipedia International Women's Day Edit-a-thon

We have organized some meetups without any funding and from our own pockets:

• Punjabi Community Meetup 1 February 2015
• Punjabi Community Meetup 14 March 2015
• Punjabi Community Meetup 6 June 2015
• Punjabi Community Meetup - 8 August 2015

Risks

There are some risks as this is the first time we are organizing a workshop which will be funded by some Organization(WMF). As the workshop is the responsibility of the whole community and not any one individual, the risk is not as much as it could have been.

Budget

Please provide a detailed breakdown of project expenses according to the instructions here. See Budget Guidelines. Grantees are subject to line-item scrutiny of expenses. Changes to the approved budget beyond 10% in any category must be approved in advance. I can assure you one thing that this is the maximum budget and we will do the conference in way less than this.

Project budget table

Number	Category	Item description	Unit	Number of units	Cost per unit	Total cost	Currency	Notes
1	Venue	Conference Hall	1	1	2,500	2,500	INR	This is the approximate price as we have not booked a hall yet.
2	Logistics	Travel Scholarships	1	20	1,000	20,000	INR	The total cost will be less as it won't 1000 INR to everyone.
3	Logistics	Accomodation (2 nights)	Twin Sharing	10	2,000	20,000	INR	We are looking for cheaper alternative.
4	Food and beverages	Dinner day 0	Per person	25	200	5,000	INR	Expected price for Dinner.
5	Food and beverages	Breakfast day 1	Per person	25	200	5,000	INR	Expected price for Breakfast
6	Food and beverages	Lunch day 1	Per person	100	200	20,000	INR	Lunch for all the attendees at the venue
7	Food and beverages	Dinner day 1	Per person	25	200	5,000	INR	Expected price for Dinner
8	Posters	Posters and pamphlets				5,000	INR
8	Awards	Certificates for Active Editors	1	25	100	2,500	INR	Certificates of Appreciation to Active Editors.
9	Swag	T-shirts for Active Editors		25		Requested from WMF		These will not be handed over to all the participants.
10	Swag	Stickers, Badges, Pens, Pencils and Notebooks				Requested from WMF
11	Miscellaneous	Other things				5,000	INR	This is for other costs that might occur while organizing the conference.

Total cost of project

90,000 INR 
1382 USD as of 15 August 2015 on http://inr.fxexchangerate.com/usd/

Total amount requested

Total amount requested from the Project and Event Grants Program.

90,000 INR 

Additional sources of revenue

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Non-financial requirements

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T-shirts and other items such as pens, pencils, stickers, badges etc.

Discussion

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1. Chandigarh ,the State Capital of Punjab ,is the most appropriate and potential centre for such kind of activities.Organising such workshop here will attract the attention of press and media which will generate adequate awareness about the subject .Punjab University being the most reputed educational institution of the region has better potential to create new editors. Harvinder Chandigarh (talk) 19:36, 18 August 2015 (UTC)
2. Wikimedia India has been a strong supporter of Punjabi community activities (ex: Article writing competition, 13th anniversary edit-a-thon) but we were unable to fund this event in time due to issues not pertaining to this grant. However, we helped by providing inputs for this grant request and program design. I am endorsing this grant request on behalf of the chapter. Best wishes for the Punjabi community for a successful event.--Ravidreams (WMIN) (talk) 15:25, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
3. Such kind of Workshop is needed in the Punjabi community!! Endorsing this grant as a Wikimedian. Yohannvt (talk) 06:45, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
4. This workshop will be definitely useful to the wiki community. Bhaskaranaidu (talk) 14:54, 6 October 2015 (UTC)

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