Grants:PEG/WM ZA/Joburgpedia 2016
The Joburgpedia Project has become a common feature for both Wikimedians as well as Schools and GLAM partners in Johannesburg. We continue to build and evolve from our past successes (Joburgpedia 2013; Joburgpedia 2014 and Joburgpedia 2015) to becoming part of the educational calender for schools in Johannesburg. In the process we continue to increase Wikipedia coverage of iconic buildings around Johannesburg with historic and heritage importance, as well as expose new users (School students, University students and School Teachers) to the world of Wikipedia.
Goal
editOur goal is to introduce Wikipedia to schools and all education-tied stakeholders in Johannesburg and surrounding areas. We have learned a lot in the past three years of this project and have built relationships that are making it easy to scale up the number of participants while keeping our budget reasonable.
We want to continue to increase the participation and retention of especially female editors, bringing on board more mission aligned GLAM institutions, and ensuring that the project feeds to other small Wikipedia language projects through a number of strategic activities outlined below.
Plan
editStrategy & Activities
editThis project is mainly an Educational project which has elements of Edit-A-Thons; Writing Competition as well as an interesting tie-in of a GLAM Institution.
The following activities are planned :
- 3 x Edit-A-Thons for 20 Schools Teachers and 10 University Students from throughout Johannesburg
- Exposing school Teachers to Johannesburg Blue Plaques (Now fitted with QR Codes linking to Wikipedia Articles) in cooperation with the City of Joburg
Further information on the activities mentioned above follow below.
Edit-A-Thons
editWe will host 3 Train-The-Trainer type, edit-a-thons at the Constitution Hill buidlings in Johannesburg. The edit-a-thons will be used to train University students from Wits University Law School ( x 10) who are apprenticed to the Constitution Court education program (ConhillEdu), as well as introduce the school Teachers ( x20) to Wikipedia and Editing, in preparation for the writing competition to be organised in 2017.
Johannesburg Blue Plaques link up
editSince our pilot project in 2013, where we installed 10 QR plaques at historical buildings, The City of Johannesburg has gone on to adopt the Joburgpedia initiative and has gone on to install 14 more plaques between 2015 - 2016. The City of Johannesburg has expressed interest in partnering with us for this writing competition, to expose the schools to the places that have received the new Blue Plaques complete with Joburgpedia logo and QR codes linking to Wikipedia Articles about the buildings. This is just one of the Success story of Joburgpedia.
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New Heritage plaque design -
Photo of New Berea Fire Station plaque
Our relationship building efforts with both the City of Johannesburg and the Johannesburg Heritage foundation, has finally yielded fruits, The city has resolved to incorporate Joburgpedia logo as well as QR code in all future plaques. This is a big gain for the Joburgpedia Project and its sustainability into the future. As of end of December 2015, the City has already commissioned 15 new plaques over and above 11 plaques we commissioned in 2013 as part of the Joburgpedia Pilot.
We will introduce the Trainers to these plaques and how to use them to access specific information on Wikipedia.
GLAM Partners
editOver the past 2 years we have managed to form partnerships with the following institutions who have made an invaluable contribution to our mission:
- Johannesburg Heritage Foundation
- The Constitution Hill Education Project
- The City of Johannesburg
- The Goethe Institute
Each partner has a unique role to play in the grand scheme of Joburgpedia project.
Impact
edit| Target readership (Local Wiki Projects) | Increasing reach | Participation |
|---|---|---|
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This project will benefit the following online communities:
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Increasing Wikimedia's reach in the Global South is one of the salient points of Vision 2015. South Africa is crucial to this objective, as a key African hub. This project is highly anticipated and has already received a fair amount of attention in Johannesburg. | The potential of this project to increase participation is daunting. Extensive focus will be put into creating lasting contacts with those attending our Edit-A-Thons and participating in our other activities. |
| Quality | Credibility | |
| Wikimedia Commons still has a very poor representation of Johannesburg heritage sites. The available images are of moderate to acceptable quality. This project aims to improve the coverage of the Johannesburg heritage sites on commons and Wikipedia projects especially small languages. | The involvement of local authoritities, heritage societies as partners we will be able to improve our credibility as a Chapter and movement in handling such important issues as heritage and historical sites documentation. |
Measures of success
editWe will consider this project a success if we can achieve the following Global Metrics:
| Metric description | Goal | Notes | Metric description | Goal | Notes |
| PARTICIPATION (COMMUNITY) | CONTENT | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Number of active editors involved | 25 | [1] | 4. Number of new images/media | 10 | [2] |
| 2. Number of newly registered users | 20 | [3] | 5. Number of articles added | 20 | [4] |
| 3. Number of individuals involved | 35 | [5] | 6. Number of bytes added | TBD | [6] |
- ↑ We aim to have 20 schools teachers + 10 University students participating in these Train-The-Trainer workshops
- ↑ We estimate that we can source at least 10 images to illustrate Johannesburg Specific Content as part of the Training.
- ↑ Counting only the school teachers, as we anticipate to have University Students returning and already Using Wikipedia
- ↑ We estimate about 20 A class articles will be added.
- ↑ Including, existing WMZA volunteers, schools teachers and University students
- ↑ We did not measure this metric, due to difficulty in using the Wikimetrics tool. The tool has been made easy to use, so we will report on this item this year.
Resources and risks
editResources
editWikimedia ZA coordination team
Risks
edit- The ConhillEdu Project has undergone structural changes and thus unable to supply similar monetary contributions (Part Catering and Part Transport Costs) as they did last year. As a result we have allowed for these two items in our budget to mitigate this risk.
Budget breakdown
edit| Description | Requested Funds (ZAR) | Requested Funds (USD) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qty | Rate | Total (ZAR) | Rate | Total (USD) | Notes | ||
| Bill No. 1 - Preliminaries and General | |||||||
| 1.1 | Telcom Costs | 2 | 350.00 | 700.00 | 24.53 | 49.05 | |
| 1.2 | T-Shirts and Memorabillia | 30 | 175.00 | 5 250.00 | 12.26 | 367.90 | |
| 1.3 | Incidental costs & contingencies | 1 | 5 000.00 | 5 000.00 | 350.39 | 350.39 | |
| 1.4 | Project Management - 2 people (Bobbyshabangu; Thuvack) | 2 | 2 500.00 | 5 000.00 | 175.19 | 350.39 | [1] |
| TOTAL BILL Number 1 | 15 950.00 | 1 117.73 | |||||
| Qty | Rate | Total (ZAR) | Rate | Total (USD) | Notes | ||
| Bill No. 2 - Train The Trainer Edit-A-Thons x 3 events | |||||||
| 2.1 | Data and Wifi Connectivity | 3 | 550.00 | 1 650.00 | 38.54 | 115.63 | |
| 2.1 | Transportation of students outside of JHB (30 Seater Mini-Bus) | 3 | 1 850.00 | 5 550.00 | 129.64 | 388.93 | |
| 2.2 | Catering (Lunch - @ R135 per Person x 30 People) | 3 | 4 050.00 | 12 150.00 | 283.81 | 851.44 | |
| TOTAL BILL Number 2 | 19 350.00 | 1 355.99 | |||||
- ↑ Compensation to Project Coordinators and Support team for time required during working hours.
Bills Subtotals
edit| Description | Requested Funds (ZAR) | Requested Funds (USD) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROJECT SUMMARY PAGE | Total in Rands (ZAR) | Total in Dollars (USD) | |||
| 1 | Bill No. 1: Preliminary & General | R | 15 950.00 | $ | 1 117.73 |
| 2 | Bill No. 2 - Edit-A-Thons | R | 19 350.00 | $ | 1 355.99 |
| 3 | SUBTOTAL | R | 35 300.00 | $ | 2 473.72 |
| 4 | VAT (14%) | R | 4 942.00 | $ | 346.32 |
| 5 | TOTAL BUDGET PRICE | R | 40 242.00 | $ | 2 820.04 |
Budget Summaries
edit- Total project budget
- ZAR 40 242.00 or $ 2 820.04 rounded total as calculated per exchange rate of R14.27/1USD on 06/09/2016 using South African Reserve Bank – USD:ZAR Hitorical rates
- Total amount requested
- ZAR 40 242.00 or $ 2 820.04 rounded total as calculated per exchange rate of R14.27/1USD on 06/09/2016 using South African Reserve Bank – USD:ZAR Hitorical rates
- Are there additional sources of revenue that will fund any part of this project? List them here.
- YES
- ConhillEdu = R 9 500 worth of Venue costs to host the work shops.
- City of Johannesburg = R 15 000 worth of City Tours for Students.
Non-financial requirements
edit- None
Resources
editFor more information on project team members and the local organizing committee, visit our Team page.
Discussion
editCommunity notification
editEndorsements
editDo you think this project should be selected for a Project and Event Grant? Please add your name and rationale for endorsing this project in the list below. Other feedback, questions or concerns from community members are also highly valued, but please post them on the talk page of this proposal.
Support I shared Rubin16's concerns but they can be addressed. All the best.Wikicology (talk) 17:54, 11 June 2016 (UTC)- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WM:A 2A02:C7D:412A:9500:D85F:7649:1649:B460 19:09, 26 July 2017 (UTC)
