Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/DCW October 2024 - March 2025 Strategic Activity Plan (ID: 22747478)
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Applicant Details
edit- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Aafi (DCW)
- Organization
Deoband Community Wikimedia User Group
- If you are a group or organization leader, board member, president, executive director, or staff member at any Wikimedia group, affiliate, or Wikimedia Foundation, you are required to self-identify and present all roles. (required)
I'm a group leader of a Wikimedia User Group (submitted to the Affiliation Committee).
- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
As noted on Deoband Community Wikimedia/Roles, my role is that of a Program Lead at the DCW. My responsibilities include overseeing the overall development of the affiliate, managing collaborations and partnerships, supporting the optimal growth of our Wiki Clubs, and planning and supporting events at DCW, offering universal support, compiling reports and efficiently manage Meta-Wiki and essential pages for optimal organizational performance.
Main Proposal
edit- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
DCW October 2024 - March 2025 Strategic Activity Plan
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-10-01 - 2025-03-31
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
India
- 5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)
Not applicable
- 6. What is the change you are trying to bring? What are the main challenges or problems you are trying to solve? Describe this change or challenges, as well as main approaches to achieve it. (required)
In the October 2024-March 2025 term, our major challenge revolves around advocacy and capacity development. This is pivotal in navigating our long-term vision to address representation gaps in global Muslim academia, scholarship, history, and culture within Wikimedia projects.
We have implemented several initiatives, such as organizing a monthly open conversation hour, to support the strategic development of our organization and assist emerging affiliates in establishing their foundations. Moreover, we have initiated collaborative projects like "Deoband Yoruba Collaborative Project" and "DCW-K Editathon", to sustain our goals. Our contributions also extend to supporting the future growth and development of Wiki Club Jamia , Wiki Club AMU, and Wiki Club Deoband
Our Heritage Lens initiative aims to facilitate the documentation of Muslim heritage on Wikimedia Commons, placing a strong emphasis on training our members in copyright and other ethical considerations. Looking ahead to the October 2024-March 2025 term, we are gearing up for around twelve offline and in-person training sessions focused on capacity development at our Wiki Clubs. These sessions will drive our organizational growth, support the establishment of new clubs, and foster the development of well-established Wikimedians. Additionally, we also look forward to offering online training sessions on a monthly basis.
- 7. What are the planned activities? (required) Please provide a list of main activities. You can also add a link to the public page for your project where details about your project can be found. Alternatively, you can upload a timeline document. When the activities include partnerships, include details about your partners and planned partnerships.
- 8. Describe your team. Please provide their roles, Wikimedia Usernames and other details. (required) Include more details of the team, including their roles, usernames, Wikimedia group, and whether they are salaried, volunteers, consultants/contractors, etc. Team members involved in the grant application need to be aware of their involvement in the project.
The roles associated are explained at Deoband Community Wikimedia/Roles.
- 9. Who are the target participants and from which community? How will you engage participants before and during the activities? How will you follow up with participants after the activities? (required)
The target participants are students and academicians from Muslim minority institutions such as Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University, and madrasas such as Darul Uloom Deoband. This notably includes the volunteers at Wiki Club Jamia, Wiki Club AMU and the Wiki Club Deoband which we helped establish in our previous programs. Our agenda involves helping these Wiki Clubs sustain and actively involving students in a range of free knowledge activities.
We plan on engaging the participants through our monthly conversation hours, productive activities such as training workshops and edit-a-thons. Maintaining follow up communication using our our mailing list, while also fostering a sense of community through platforms such as Telegram groups. DCW effectively utilizes social media to stay connected with its members, consistently reaching out to attract new individuals into our community. Mehfil-e-Wiki is one of our incubated ideas that we look forward to using as a regular engagement forum at Wiki Club Jamia, and later at other clubs.
We firmly believe that appreciation is the key to nurturing a thriving and expanding community. We value and cherish our community, recognizing the incredible dedication of our volunteers. As a token of our appreciation, we seek merchandise support from the Wikipedia Store that serves as another form of recognizing and honoring our dedicated volunteers.
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
Yes
- 10.1. Please provide a link to your Youth Safety Policy. (required) If the proposal indicates direct contact with children or youth, you are required to outline compliance with international and local laws for working with children and youth, and provide a youth safety policy aligned with these laws. Read more here.
We will adhere strictly to the Wikimedia friendly space policy, WMF Youth Safety policy and the Universal Code of Conduct all through the project activities.
- 11. How did you discuss the idea of your project with your community members and/or any relevant groups? Please describe steps taken and provide links to any on-wiki community discussion(s) about the proposal. (required) You need to inform the community and/or group, discuss the project with them, and involve them in planning this proposal. You also need to align the activities with other projects happening in the planned area of implementation to ensure collaboration within the community.
The program and its ideas have been discussed in our internal communication channels such as WhatsApp. Furthermore, our semi-annual activity plan has also been discussed with the DCW members and volunteers internally through meetings and discussions.
- 12. Does your proposal aim to work to bridge any of the content knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Cultural background, ethnicity, religion, racial
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Education
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Invest in Skills and Leadership Development
Learning and metrics
edit- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
Our focus is on discovering ways to enhance our support for Wiki Clubs that we have helped establish, enabling the continuation of their efforts in advancing Wikimedia's goals and establishing its presence in educational institutions across India. We also aspire to contribute to the documentation of knowledge related to global Muslim academia.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 50 | Active members who participate in our activities online, take part in the events organised by our Wiki Clubs |
| Number of editors | 30 | Active wiki editors |
| Number of organizers | 10 | Trained organisers leading Wiki Clubs |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 100 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 200 |
| Wikidata | 100 |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
N/A
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
No
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
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| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 20. What tools would you use to measure each metrics? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support. (required)
We usually use Event Metrics and Fountain. We plan to use Outreach Dashboard as well.
Financial proposal
edit- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
410000 INR
- 22.2. Convert the amount requested into USD using the Oanda converter. This is done only to help you assess the USD equivalent of the requested amount. Your request should be between 500 - 5,000 USD.
4896.4 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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- Highlighting any aspects they think are particularly well developed: for instance, the strategies and activities proposed, the levels of community engagement, outreach to underrepresented groups, addressing knowledge gaps, partnerships, the overall budget and learning and evaluation section of the proposal, etc.
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- Analyzing if the proposal is going to contribute in any way to important developments around specific Wikimedia projects or Movement Strategy.
- Analysing if the proposal is coherent in terms of the objectives, strategies, budget, and expected results (metrics).