Grants:PEG/Vishwanatha Badikana/Kannada Wikipedia Thirteen years Celebrations

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Vishwanatha Badikana/Kannada Wikipedia Thirteen years Celebrations

Kannada Wikipedia is one of the active Indian language Wikipedias. We are celebrating its 13 years by organizing a Wiki meetup of Kannada Wikipedians and outreach activities.

targetKannada Wikipedia

strategic priorityIncrease reach

start dateDecember 15

start year2015

end dateFebruary 15

end year2016

budget (local currency)311,000 INR 237,916 INR

budget (USD)4,740.81 USD 3556 USD

grant typeGroup

non-profit statusNo

creator• Vishwanatha Badikana

contact(s)• Vishwanatha Badikana• Vikashegde

organization• Kannada Wikimedians

website• kn.wikipedia.org

created on13:47, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

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Goal

To commemorate 13 years of Kannada Wikipedia and to strengthen Kannada Wikipedia community, its outreach efforts. To increase reach of Kannada Wikipedia through print and electronic media, social networking.

Plan

Activities

• Focused editathons at 4 locations - Sagara, Mysore, Mangalore and Bangalore. 100 new articles on Kannada Wikipedia.

1. Focused Editathon at Mangalore - Theme - Female Writers and Achievers of Karnataka - Date of the Workshop fixed 0n 10th, 11th and 12th December 2015.
2. Focused Editathon at Bangalore - Theme - Science Article - Date of the Workshop fixed 0n 19th and 20th December 2015.
3. Focused Editathon at Sagara - Theme - Mechanical Engineering - Date of the Workshop fixed on 25th, 26th and 27 January 2016.
4. Focused Editathon at Mysore - Theme - History of Kannada Literature - Date of the Workshop fixed on 11th, 12th and 13th January 2016.

• Spread news about Kannada Wikipedia across print and electronic media. 10 media mentions.
• Four projects on Kannada Wikipedia.
• Photo competition for Wikimedians with a target of 50 theme based images.
• Installing Offline Wikipedia (Kiwix) at places without internet (at least 10 locations).

Impact

Target readership

• Kannada Wikipedia
• Commons

Fit with strategy

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• Increasing reach
  • Creating partnerships to target offline populations (Schools and colleges without internet)
  • Spreading the word about Wikimedia projects to a general audience with no follow-up (press and media)
• Increasing participation
  • Woman focused editing
• Increasing quality
  • Add images to Karnataka specific articles

Measures of success

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• About 80 new editors are expected to be generated by these 4 pre-event editathons.
• At least 40 existing Wikipedians participating in the event.
• At least 100 quality, properly referenced articles on Kannada Wikipedia.
• At least one project involving women participation.
• At least 50 quality images uploaded as part of this event.

Resources and risks

Resources

• All 4 locations have active Kannada Wikipedians
• Being faculty at college, and active team working on Kannada Wikipedia

Risks

• No history exists of conducting such a large scale event.
• Lack of relevant experience.

Budget

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Project budget table

Number	Category	Item description	Unit	Number of units	Cost per unit	Total cost INR	Total cost USD	Notes
1	Pre-event	Transportation	3 people 4 locations	12	5,000	60,000	$919	Transportation for 3 people to 4 locations
2	Pre-event	Food	4 places, 10,000 at each location	4	10,000	40,000	$610	Food for participants at four pre-event editathons
3	Banners, Pamphlets, Handouts, etc	Miscellaneous costs	Miscellaneous costs	4	2,500	10,000	$150	Miscellaneous costs
4	Event day	Transportation	per person	varies	varies	66,000	$1006	Estimating 30 outsiders with 1500 as TA, 30 people from closeby locations with 500 as TA and 40 locals with 200 as TA
5	Event day	Accommodation	per person	30	1,500	45,000	$686	Accomodation for out station participants
6	Event day	Food	per person	100	300	30,000	$457	Food for all participants
7	Event day	Miscellaneous costs	-	-	-	10,000	$150	Miscellaneous costs
8	Event day	SWAGs (Bag and flash drive)	per person	500	100	50,000	$762	SWAG

Total cost of project

INR 311,000/4,740.81 USD

Total amount requested

Total amount requested from the Project and Event Grants Program.

INR 311,000/4,740.81 USD

Additional sources of revenue

Additional sources of revenue, other than the Project and Event Grants Program, that may fund part of this project, and amounts funded.

• In kind support in terms of venue, publicity, etc.

Non-financial requirements

See a description of non financial assistance available. Please inform the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) of any requirements for non-financial assistance now.

• Supply of Wikipedia branding souvenirs like stickers etc.,
• A blog post in Wikimedia blog regarding the thirteen years of Kannada Wikipedia.

Discussion

Community notification

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• Kannada Wikipedia village pump discussion

• Focused Editathon at Sagara and Mysore Workshop Dates are fixed.

Endorsements

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1. --BHARUAB (talk) 10:13, 6 November 2015 (UTC)
2. Project will be of very much help to spread awareness about Wikipedia and will help to attract more contributors and content. A lot of content is expected to be added as a part of this project and many editors will get trained at different geographical locations to help is quality editing. Vikashegde (talk) 14:02, 9 November 2015 (UTC)
3. This project will help Kannada Wikipedia in multiple ways. Content and community growth will be the result of this project and I fully support this.-Pavanaja (talk) 10:07, 21 November 2015 (UTC)
4.  Support It is heartening to see that the Kannada community has decided to engage community members both new and old on multiple levels. I wish the idea every success and support the plan. --Lahariyaniyathi (talk) 14:34, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
5.  Support--Rahmanuddin (talk) 14:39, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
6.  Support --Ananth subray (talk) 08:01, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

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