Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Acquisition of the missing pages and books of Tamil Nadu Nationalised books for Tamil Wikisource - Phase 2 (ID: 22291834)/Final Report

Acquisition of the missing pages and books of Tamil Nadu Nationalised books for Tamil Wikisource - Phase 2

Rapid Fund Final Report

Report Status: Under review

Due date: 31 August 2024

Funding program: Rapid Fund

Report type: Final

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General information

Applicant username: Info-farmer
Organization name: N/A
Amount awarded: 1764
Amount spent: 1735.03 USD, 144300

Part 1: Project and impact

1. Describe the implemented activities and results achieved. Additionally, share which approaches were most effective in supporting you to achieve the results. (required)

All the details are available in this wiki link : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Info-farmer/Rapid_fund-SAARC-2024Report

The Project overview

இத்திட்ட அறிக்கையின் சுருக்கம்
The Project overview in Tamil language - 20 minutes

This is the project to find out the incomplete pages and unuploaded books of Nationalised books of Tamilnadu in libraries and three workshops in two cities of TamilNadu. Tamil Nadu government funded more than ₹12 crores (150,399.31 US Dollars) to release books under public domain which is called as Nationalised books of the 165 authors. In the year 2016, i as a Wikimedian in Residence uploaded those Nationalised 2217 books at Commons. After the five years of contribution at Tamil Wikisource, we found that in hundred books some pages are not found, some pages should be rescaned, few books are fully rescanned. Then we concluded that we should search in the city libraries. thus we are going to solve this multiple issues of the eminent Tamil books for Tamil Wikisource.

During Phase 1 of this project, we repaired 183 such books and uploaded them to Tamil Wikisource after sourcing their missing pages from libraries around Tamil Nadu. 251 new books are uploaded at Commons after the verification of the 61,724 pages

This phase II project period is three months. With in the period, i am happy for the completion of the project targets and reduced the gender gap as before.

In this phase II project, three main activities implemented and the results are achieved as follows;-

208 copy right free books are uploaded at Wikimedia commons.(Refer) The total number of pages of the books are 56, 617. (Refer)
48 books are updated (Refer), (Details) after the verification of 460 books's pages. (Refer)
Workshops conducted in two colleges, one university department and for the college staffs. (Refer)

2. Documentation of your impact. Please use space below to share links that help tell your story, impact, and evaluation. (required)

Share links to:

Project page on Meta-Wiki or any other Wikimedia project
Dashboards and tools that you used to track contributions
Some photos or videos from your event. Remember to share access.

You can also share links to:

Important social media posts
Surveys and their results
Infographics and sound files
Examples of content edited on Wikimedia projects

The Project goals and outcomes

Target outcome	Achieved outcome	Explanation
The 40,000 pages of the Nationalised books are to be uploaded.	The 56, 617 book pages are uploaded at Commons after the verification in 208 books. (See all the detailed books list.)	Target achieved as much expected, page numbers verified, 90% of scanned page's margins are cropped to view the printed text clearly from the tamildigitallibrary, Anna Centenary Library, Connemara Public Library and also from selected Tamil Nadu cities like Salem public library, Trichy, coimbatore.
To find out the exact missed page/s of existing books, I and Dr. Rathai (she) prepared a check list of 521 books.	In 48 books, the exact issues are solved after the verification of the 521 books / 91, 568 pages. For example, see the bottom of the for File history columns at wikimedia commons. (All the books details)	25% of the target achieved. The remaining books are identified. Few books are reprinted but the same issue exists. For example, see the discussion,ta:s:அட்டவணை பேச்சு:ஆலைக் கரும்பு.pdf Finally we re-categorized all the repair books and documented here The process is time consuming because finding exact version of the book is too difficult. Finally, i realized that In TamilNadu, only one (private research) library is having most of the needed exact publication books. But the private research library is under reconstruction.(verify-About RMRL, the reconstruction)
Workshops in three colleges 1) Periyar University - off line	Pages verification and the margin cropping.	PDF manipulation
Workshop 2 2) PPG college - off line	Introduction to Wikimedia projects, Wikisource video tutorials, PAWS usage	Introduction
Workshops 3 3) SKACAS college	Introduction to Wikimedia projects, Wikisource video tutorials, PAWS usage	Introduction to PAWS feedback
7 screencasts for Tamil wikisource's intermidiate contributors for easy Linux usage, pdf manipulations.	7 screencasts are created in Tamil language. See the below link c:Category:Rapid Fund SAARC 2024 Tamil Wikisource tutorials	Already created many basic screencasts. (You can find here)
Editathon for the existing editors.	You can find the details in the below table.

Additionally, share the materials and resources that you used in the implementation of your project. (required)

For example:

Training materials and guides
Presentations and slides
Work processes and plans
Any other materials your team has created or adapted and can be shared with others

3. To what extent do you agree with the following statements regarding the work carried out with this Rapid Fund? You can choose “not applicable” if your work does not relate to these goals. Required. Select one option per question. (required)

Our efforts during the Fund period have helped to...
A. Bring in participants from underrepresented groups	Strongly agree
B. Create a more inclusive and connected culture in our community	Strongly agree
C. Develop content about underrepresented topics/groups	Strongly agree
D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives	Strongly agree
E. Encourage the retention of editors	Strongly agree
F. Encourage the retention of organizers	Agree
G. Increased participants' feelings of belonging and connection to the movement	Not applicable to your fund
F. Other (optional)	While implementing the each object, discussion with selected editor or a person who is not a Wikimedia contributor is done. The discussion directs me in a progressive result.

Part 2: Learning

4. In your application, you outlined some learning questions. What did you learn from these learning questions when you implemented your project? How do you hope to use this learnings in the future? You can recall these learning questions below. (required)

You can recall these learning questions below: | class='wikitable sortable' |+Summary !Core Metrics !Description !Target |- | Incomplete books completed || Books with missing pages and poorly scanned pages completed by acquiring the pages with issues and uploaded to Tamil Wikisource. || 200 books or 40,000 pages |- |Completed books uploaded || Books that are in complete condition, rechecked, proofread, and uploaded to Ta Wikisource. || 200 books or 40,000 pages |- |Editathons conducted || Existing Tamil Wikisource volunteers and any new volunteers will make a focused push to check, proofread and upload the books to Tamil Wikisource || 6 |- |}

While conducting workshops in academic institutions, select the academic mid months not beginning and the end of academic year.
Learn to answer the questions by screencasts.
While contributing, don't compel others to learn all the nuances of the project he/ she contributing. Just contribute along with them.
To develop your wiki contributions, learn and share your tech skills.

5. Did anything unexpected or surprising happen when implementing your activities? This can include both positive and negative situations. What did you learn from those experiences? (required)

Get appointment of a contributor to discuss with the need of open data. Then, they will contribute for their Mother tongue. Accept their negative comments. Never argue with them.

6. What is your plan to share your project learnings and results with other community members? If you have already done it, describe how. (required)

I already made a screencast about this project report. c:File:Rapid Fund SAARC 2024 Tamil An overview of the report.webm

Part 3: Metrics

7. Wikimedia Metrics results. (required)

In your application, you set some Wikimedia targets in numbers (Wikimedia metrics). In this section, you will describe the achieved results and provide links to the tools used.

	Target	Results	Comments and tools used
Number of participants	100	130	They need additional technical workshops in their holidays.Especially, PAWS running for header. Because wikimedia editing not in their academic syllabus.
Number of editors	100	19	They need additional technical workshops. Because wikimedia editing not in their academic syllabus. page counting scan quality checking (off line) margin cropping (off line ) by pdf arranger see tutorial PAWS running
Number of organizers	1	4

Wikimedia project	Target	Result - Number of created pages	Result - Number of improved pages
Wikipedia
Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata
Wiktionary
Wikisource	40000	56418	52147
Wikimedia Incubator
Translatewiki
MediaWiki
Wikiquote
Wikivoyage
Wikibooks
Wikiversity
Wikinews
Wikispecies
Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia

8. Other Metrics results.

In your proposal, you could also set Other Metrics targets. Please describe the achieved results and provide links to the tools used if you set Other Metrics in your application.

Other Metrics name	Metrics Description	Target	Result	Tools and comments

9. Did you have any difficulties collecting data to measure your results? (required)

No

9.1. Please state what difficulties you had. How do you hope to overcome these challenges in the future? Do you have any recommendations for the Foundation to support you in addressing these challenges? (required)

Part 4: Financial reporting

10. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency. (required)

144300

11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)

1735.03

12. Report the funds spent in the currency of your fund. (required)

Provide the link to the financial report https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Rapid_Fund/Acquisition_of_the_missing_pages_and_books_of_Tamil_Nadu_Nationalised_books_for_Tamil_Wikisource_-_Phase_2_(ID:_22291834)#Financial_proposal

12.2. If you have not already done so in your financial spending report, please provide information on changes in the budget in relation to your original proposal. (optional)

13. Do you have any unspent funds from the Fund?

No

13.1. Please list the amount and currency you did not use and explain why.

N/A

13.2. What are you planning to do with the underspent funds?

N/A

13.3. Please provide details of hope to spend these funds.

N/A

14.1. Are you in compliance with the terms outlined in the fund agreement?

No Your response to the review feedback. 14.2. Are you in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations as outlined in the grant agreement?

No

14.3. Are you in compliance with provisions of the United States Internal Revenue Code (“Code”), and with relevant tax laws and regulations restricting the use of the Funds as outlined in the grant agreement? In summary, this is to confirm that the funds were used in alignment with the WMF mission and for charitable/nonprofit/educational purposes.

No

15. If you have additional recommendations or reflections that don’t fit into the above sections, please write them here. (optional)

Review notes

Review notes from Program Officer:

N/A

Applicant's response to the review feedback.

N/A