Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Setswana Wiktionary Edit-a-thon (ID: 22190032)

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Applicant Details

Main Wikimedia username. (required)

Rebel Agent

Organization

N/A

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N/A

Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)

Main Proposal

1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.

Setswana Wiktionary Edit-a-thon

2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.

2023-09-01 - 2024-01-31

4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)

Botswana

5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)

WikiGap

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)

My main approach is to expand the Setswana Wiktionary project. Setswana Wiktionary has very few entries and editors which shows a lot of work needs to be done, with this project i hope to train participants on how to create new entries and how to improve existing entries, this will reduce the Setswana projects content gap.

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.

I will organise two in person training and two online training for participants who did not manage to attend the in person training.

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.

I'm planning this project as an individual if approved i will seek support from the Francistown librarian's and some Wiktionary experieced editors.

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)

I am targeting participants from different places in Botswana, the project will be announced on social media and also the national radio station Radio Botswana, i will add the participants to our whatsapp group to follow up with them after the activities.

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.

https://www.youthpolicy.org/factsheets/country/botswana/ and i will also make sure tha the Wikimedia Foundation Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct is followed in this project.

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.

Setswana Wiktionary doesn't have an active community or editor's but i have left an invitation at the community portal.

https://tn.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Faphegileng:MobileDiff/8566

Also i will make all information of the project available on the project's Wikimedia page.

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)

Language

13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)

Other

14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)

Linguistic / Language

15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)

Innovate in Free Knowledge

Learning and metrics

17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)

I hope to gain skill on organising Wikimedia projects i also hope to learn what makes people interested in joining the Wikimedia movement.

18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)

Number of participants, editors, and organizers
Other Metrics	Target	Optional description
Number of participants	50
Number of editors	50
Number of organizers	2

Number of content contributions to Wikimedia projects
Wikimedia project	Number of content created or improved
Wikipedia
Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata
Wiktionary	500
Wikisource
Wikimedia Incubator
Translatewiki
MediaWiki
Wikiquote
Wikivoyage
Wikibooks
Wikiversity
Wikinews
Wikispecies
Wikifunctions or Abtsract Wikipedia

Optional description for content contributions.

N/A

19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)

No

Main Open Metrics Data
Main Open Metrics	Description	Target
N/A	N/A	N/A
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)

I will be using the Wikimedia dashboard and other Wikimedia tools to track the participants edits.

Financial proposal

21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11bSHIM-fN7uaBJvHO43TgPqN8CIpY40ilyDY3NOa1Bw/edit?usp=drivesdk

22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)

26200 BWP

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.

1929.16 USD

We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.

Yes

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