Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Loves Earth 2025 in Kyrgyzstan (ID: 22954208)
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Applicant Details
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Mamatkazy
- Organization
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Main Proposal
edit- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Wiki Loves Earth 2025 in Kyrgyzstan
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2025-04-20 - 2025-08-31
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Kyrgyzstan
- 5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)
Wiki Loves Earth
- 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)
As part of the Wiki Loves Earth 2025 in Kyrgyzstan, we plan to make significant changes to improve the quality of content uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, as well as to increase the participation of Wikipedians and other stakeholders.
Our experience last year showed that the contest not only helps to quantitatively grow content, but also strengthens community engagement. However, we faced two major challenges:
- The quality of images uploaded. Last year, many photos were uploaded, but their quality often left much to be desired. In addition, many images lacked correct descriptions and metadata.
- Limited geographic coverage. Most of the uploaded photos were taken in popular and well-known locations, while many lesser known but valuable natural areas were left out.
Based on last year's experience we plan the following methods for successful implementation of our contest and solving the above mentioned problems:
1. Improving the quality of uploaded images. To improve the quality of content, we will introduce several initiatives:
- Training events. Conducting online and offline workshops on photography and image processing.
- Instructional design. Creating clear guidelines for uploading images and filling in metadata.
These methods have already proven to be effective. For example, in 2024, a Wiki Photo Workshop was held in Tashkent, which contributed to an increase in the number of high-quality images uploaded to photo contests in Uzbekistan (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Photo_Workshop_2024_in_Tashkent ).
In addition, last year we successfully used Instagram to promote the contest by publishing step-by-step instructions on how to participate and running targeted advertising. This attracted more participants and we plan to build on this approach in 2025.
2. Expanding geographical coverage and engaging new participants In order to avoid a repeated bias towards well-known locations, this year we aim to cover lesser-known natural areas more actively. To this end, we are:
- Organize expeditions to regions that were underrepresented last year (e.g. https://ru.wikivoyage.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%9A%D1%8B%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%8B%D0%B7%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0/en ).
- We will attract local photographers and enthusiasts by offering them cooperation.
- We will launch an advertising campaign on social networks to reach a wider audience.
Past experience has shown that organizing field photo expeditions yields excellent results. In 2024, the Kyrgyz Wikipedian community held two photography workshops in Osh and Bishkek, which led to a significant increase in the number of images from these regions. (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Photo_Workshop_2025_in_Bishkek )
Also, promotion through social media and targeted advertising will allow us to reach an audience that has not previously participated in the contest but may be interested in contributing to the development of Kyrgyz Wikipedia.(https://www.instagram.com/wikilovesearthkyrgyzstan/# )
Thus, our changes are aimed not only at increasing the amount of uploaded content, but also at its quality and at more even coverage of Kyrgyzstan's natural heritage in Wikiprojects.
- 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.
You can find a detailed plan of our project through the link below in the document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bKKEI8cPS43bZDEqady5oJiAqJNzfuu-SJPHThGhjVk/edit?usp=sharing
- 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 project team this year consists of the following: Coordinator, who will be responsible for the realization of this project and gives the financial and narrative report of the project: * Mamatkazy, In addition there is a competition team which is responsible for the implementation of the competition:
- Красный — general coordinator, jury coordinator and member.
- Mamatkazy — Kyrgyz language support and public relations.
- Элдин беги — government relations and community liaisons.
- Bok — tech support and lists of natural monuments.
- Kagansky — jury member .
- Jamshid Nurkulov — jury member.
- Екатерина Борисова — jury member.
- ElenaLitera — jury member.
- 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 audience is nature lovers, photographers and photobloggers, as well as representatives of the Kyrgyz and Central Asian Wikipedia communities, nature conservation activists and people interested in increasing the visibility of natural sites and natural heritage in Kyrgyzstan. We will engage participants through Kyrgyz Wikipedia, social media, specialized communities and platforms (e.g. Wikimedia Commons and Instagram) by creating event announcements and attracting attention through contests, posts and promotional materials. Before and during events, we will actively communicate in groups, organize online and offline sessions and workshops.
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
No
- 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.
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- 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.
Since the Kyrgyz wikipedia community is small, discussions on the organization of the “Wiki Loves Earth” contest were held in the Telegram group of WLE of Central Asia (https://t.me/c/1910933327/1), as well as in the informal Telegram group of the Kyrgyz language Wikipedia community: https://t.me/Kyrgyz_wikipedia. Given the low activity of community members, it would have been ineffective to hold the discussion on Wikipedia pages. Due to time constraints, we decided to focus on the Telegram discussion. Participants expressed support for the idea of the contest and willingness to participate. However, at the organizational level, there were few people interested. In the future, we plan to recruit more community members not only as participants, but also to serve on the organizing committee and jury, in order to strengthen the sustainability of the contest and broaden the circle of those involved.
- 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)
Geography
- 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)
Age (diversity of age groups)
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement
Learning and metrics
edit- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
The main questions we would like to answer include: how to more effectively engage and motivate participants in the long term, what community outreach methods are most successful for implementing initiatives to develop the Kyrgyz wikipedia, and how to maximize collaboration with official and local communities. The project work will give us valuable insight into what approaches promote sustainable engagement and active participation in conservation initiatives through Wikis.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 50 | Number of participant on WLE Kyrgyzstan 2025 |
| Number of editors | 50 | Number editors/uoploaders on WikiCommons in order to take part in WLE Kyrgyzstan 2025 |
| Number of organizers | 8 | Including organizers and jury members. |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | |
| Wikimedia Commons | 1000 |
| Wikidata | |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
New images in Wikimedia Commons;
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
Yes
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | 50 quality images in WikiCommons; | N/A |
| 20 | 20 new Uploaders registered after competition started | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 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)
1) To count the contest indicators we will use Tool Labs - Tools for Wiki Loves Photo https://wikiloves.toolforge.org/earth/2024. 2) In addition, we will use Instagram analytics for social media indicators: https://www.instagram.com/wikilovesearthkyrgyzstan/#.
Financial proposal
edit- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
Budget link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1EvOiRkVepnDG6LFLaUJoBRz_L8ZImsMkRf5DbkEttmY/edit?gid=0#gid=0
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
4696.45 USD
- 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.
4696.45 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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