Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos contest in Benin 2022 (ID: 21874459)
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Applicant Details edit
- Please provide your main Wikimedia Username.
Azogbonon
- Please provide the Usernames of people related to this proposal.
Fawaz.tairou
- Organization
N/A
- Are you a member of any Wikimedia affiliate or group, including informal groups like Wiki Fan Clubs, emerging language communities, not recognized Wikimedia groups etc.? Please list them all.
Wikimédiens du Bénin User Group
Grant Proposal edit
- M. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos contest in Benin 2022
- Q. Indicate if it is a local, international, or regional proposal and if it involves several countries? (optional)
Local
- Q2. If you have answered regional or international, please write the country names and any other information that is useful for understanding your proposal.
- R. If you would like, please share any websites or social media accounts that your group or organization has.
https://twitter.com/WikimediaBj
- 1. What is the change that you are trying to bring about and why is this important.
The Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos (WPWP) is an annual campaign where Wikipedians across Wikipedia language projects and communities add photos to Wikipedia articles lacking of images. This is to promote the use of digital media files collected from various Wikimedia photography contests, photowalks organized by the Wikimedia community, on Wikipedia article pages. Photos help to grasp the reader's attention better than a wall of text, illustrate content, and make the article more instructive and engaging for readers. Thousands of images have been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons via various advocacy programs, photowalks, and contests including international photography contests such as Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Folklore etc. Yet relatively few of these photos have been used on Wikipedia articles. Today, the Wikimedia Commons hosts millions of photo images but only a tiny portion of these have been used on Wikipedia article pages. This is a huge gap that this project aims at bridging.
- 2. Describe your main approaches or strategies to achieve these changes and why you think they will be effective.
This contest would focus on the use of free media files on Wikipedia articles. Thousands of images have been donated and contributed to Wikimedia Commons via various advocacy programs, photowalks, and contests including international photography contests such as Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Folklore, etc. We are sure that we will reach our objectives because we are running sessions to help participants to contribute more easily.
- 3. What are the activities you will be developing and delivering as part of these approaches or strategies?
We are doing 4 Offline contest presentation and 1 award ceremony. The 4 Offline contest presentation will concern practical support and follow-up for participants as part of the contest (July - August); Special coaching sessions for novice members.
Details: We are going to conduct a series of Five in person sessions. The first will focus on general instructions on Wikicommons and infoboxes and how to participate in WPWP, the second and third sessions will answer any concerns about eventual challenges which might face the participants, The fourth will be the moment to check with all participants if everything is okay. After that, we are going to have the last session to conclude the contest. During this last one, participants are going to take they prizes and we will also have a discussion with them about what work well and what don't in order to improve the next contest.
This 2022 WPWP is different from the others on 2 points : First of all, We are going to have in person sessions. This didn't not happen since all the world is confronted to COVID-19. It will help us to be in touch with participants and help them directly if needed. Secondly, this Contest have the particularity that all the participants should be on Wikimedia projects at least one year before. This is good because it will allows us to be in touch not with new users but old ones. It will be a moment to share about our experiences and hear from them. By this way, we can improve the organization of coming events by taking into account the what old participants on Wikimedia projects tells us.
- 4. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign or event? If so, please select the relevant campaign below. If so, please select all the relevant campaigns from the list below. If "other", please state which.
Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos
- 5. Do you have the team that is needed to implement this proposal?
Yes Azogbonon Experienced in Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. Fawaz.tairou Experienced in Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. Mah3110 Experienced in Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.
- 6. Please state if your proposal aims to work to bridge any of the identified CONTENT knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select up to THREE that most apply to your work.
Not applicable
- 6.1 In a few sentences, explain how your work is specifically addressing this content gap (or Knowledge inequity) to ensure a greater representation of knowledge.
This project provides an opportunity for the Wikimedia community to grow stronger.
- 7. Please state if your proposal includes any of these areas or THEMATIC focus. Select up to THREE that most apply to your work and explain the rationale for identifying these themes.
Culture, heritage or GLAM , Diversity
- 8. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities?
Not applicable
- 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?
Target participants are mainly from Bénin and to engage them during and after the conster, we are using :
- Offline: Word of mouth and posters will be printed and displayed in libraries, Universities and schools
- Online: We set up social media pages (Facebook, Twitter ) to reach people online.
We have also created poject pages on meta, wikipedia. This proposal will be published on our affiliate discussion page.
- 10. In what ways are you actively seeking to contribute towards creating a safer, supportive, more equitable environment for participants?
As said in the Ucoc, this project as in all Wikimedia projects, spaces and events, behaviour will be founded in respect, civility, collegiality, solidarity and good citizenship. So, during this constest, the code will be applied to all contributors and participants in their interaction with all contributors and participants, without any expectations.
- 11. Please tell us about how you have let your Wikimedia communities know about the planned activities and this proposal. Use this space to describe the processes you carried out to make the community more involved in planning this proposal. Please link the on-wiki community discussion(s) around the proposals.
Our Wikimedia Community is informed :
- Offline: Word of mouth and posters will be printed and displayed in libraries, Universities and schools
- Online: We set up social media pages (Facebook, Twitter ) to reach people online.
We have also created poject pages on meta, wikipedia. This proposal will be published on our affiliate discussion page.
- 12. Are you aware of other Rapid Fund proposals in your local group, community, or region that are being submitted and that align with your proposed project?
No
If yes:
- 12.1 Did you explore the possibility of doing a joint proposal with other leaders in your group?
- Yes
- 12.2 How will this joint proposal allow you to have better results?
- N/A
- 13. Will you be working with other external, non-Wikimedia partners to implement this proposal? Required.
Yes
- 13.1 Please describe these partnerships and what motivates the potential partner to be part of the proposal and how they add value to your work.
The project is coordinated by an international team with which we work for the success of the event every year.
- 14. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select a maximum of THREE options that most apply.
Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement, Improve User Experience, Provide for Safety and Inclusion
Learning, Sharing, and Evaluation edit
- 15. What do you hope to learn from your work in this fund proposal?
In our everyday life‚ we make decisions that may change the world we live in‚ if only slightly. However‚ each decision we make has an impact on our life and is therefore important. I hope that this project will can change some people life not only participants but also wikipedia visitors. Photos as you know change the vision we have about an article. I hope to learn how to increase my group working, listening and attention for other people.
- 16. Based on these learning questions, what is the information or data you need to collect to answer these questions? Please register this information (as metric description) in the following spaces provided.
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | People that are going to participate to to contest 2022 of WPWP | 20 |
| Images to be used on Wikipedia | Images to be inserted in existing articles and to be created (500 images and 10 articles to be created) | 500 |
| Project to be improved | Wikipedia in French and 1 Wikipedia incubator in Fongbé are going to be improved during the campaign | 2 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 17. Core quantitative metrics.
| Core metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 20 | 20 |
| Number of editors | 20 | |
| Number of organizers | Azogbonon Experienced in Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.
Fawaz.tairou Experienced in Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. Mah3110 Experienced in Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons |
3 |
| Wikimedia Project | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 500 photos to be add on Wikipedia project and Wikipedia in Fongbé . 10 new articles to be created | 500 |
| Wikidata | At least, 10 new articles Wikidata is going to be added | 10 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 17.1 If for some reason your proposal will not measure these core metrics please provide an explanation.
500 photos to be add on Wikipedia project and 10 articles to be created
- 18. What tools would you use to measure each metric selected? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support.
Financial Proposal edit
- 19. & 19.1 What is the amount you are requesting from Wikimedia Foundation? Please provide this amount in your local currency.
1435000 XOF
- 19.2 What is this amount in US Currency (to the best of your knowledge)?
2310.35 USD
- 20. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it.
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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