Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Photo Workshop 2024 in Tashkent (ID: 22458814)
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Applicant Details edit
- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Красный
- Organization
N/A
- 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 an informal Wikimedia group.
- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
Nikolai Artemyev — co-founder and organizer Nikolai Bulykin — co-founder and organizer
Main Proposal edit
- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Wiki Photo Workshop 2024 in Tashkent
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-04-05 - 2024-04-08
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Uzbekistan
- 5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)
Other (please specify) It's a part of preparatory actions for Wiki Loves Earth and Wiki Loves Monuments 2024 in Uzbekistan but, they aren't included into campaigns straightly.
- 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 a result of local campaigns of WLE and WLM 2023 in Uzbekistan we've noticed that people have participated with a large dedication uploading numbers of photographs. However, overall quality of the most of uploads were less than descent. We want to organize a test workshop in Tashkent where volunteers can study photographing and image procession at a basic levels from expierienced photographers from Russia and Kazakhstan and, maybe, then to implement these workshops everywhere across Central Asia.
- 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.
Our plans include 4 3-hour workshops on 4 topics: "Basics of photograhing", "Nature photography", "Arhitectural photography" and "Image processing". All of them consist from 1 hour lecture and 2 hours practical set. It's planned to make all 4 workshops in 2 days, 2 on each day. At the end participants will get certificates provided by Youth Agency of Uzbekistan, who supports the initiative.
- 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.
- Nikolai Artemyev (Artemev Nikolay) — local organizer, community and government institutions liaisons.
- Nikolai Bulykin (Красный) — overall organizer, tutor for "Image processing" course
- Islam Mirsaitov (Rem.photographer) — tutor for the "Nature photography" course
- Yekaterina Borisova (Екатерина Борисова) — tutor for the "Architectural photography" course
- Elena Zdanovich (ElenaLitera) — tutor for the "Basics of photographing" course
- 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)
We're targeting for any Wikimedian in Uzbekistan, who wants to make descent quality photographs and upload them to Wikimedia Commons.
- 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.
All our activities will be held in compliance with Law of Uzbekistan ЗРУ-139 from 07.01.2008 "Guarantees of child's rights".
- 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 idea was discussed in-between the organizers of "Wiki Loves..." campaigns in Central Asia, then we've offered a participation for some of our campaigns winners and got a positive feedback on the idea.
- 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)
Socioeconomic status
- 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)
We want to understand if this workshops will improve the overall quality of the photographs uploaded to WLE, WLM, and other campaigns and if so, we'll try to make these workshops in other locations in Central Asia.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 25 | Number of students attending workshops |
| Number of editors | 25 | All participants will be required to upload photographs made during a workshop on Wikimedia Commons |
| Number of organizers | 5 | Total number of tutors and organizers. For some of the tutors that will be their first tutoring experience. |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | |
| Wikimedia Commons | 25 |
| Wikidata | |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
Any participant will upload at least 1 self-made photograph at the end of the event. Of course, someone can upload more, but due to different technical equipment someone, for example, will use tutor's camera or a laptop.
- 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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- 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'll not need any tool for that, every participant will submit their photograph to the Commons category of the event.
Financial proposal edit
- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vrXPfGOWjq3CviCWZU8BCgb7lqaGvICasTHNL3vhkMY/edit#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)
32484000 UZS
- 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.
2923.56 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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