Grants:Project/MSIG/IN-KL/MC Malayalam language discourses
Project Goal edit
What will be the outputs of your project and how will those outputs contribute to advancing a specific Movement Strategy Initiative
- Part of this program, I along with some other volunteers from Malayalam Wikimedians and Wikimedians of Kerala will be translating the Movement Charter/Strategy related content into Malayalam language and subsequently gain feedback from the Malayalm community. The Indic Malayalam community is underrepresented and having their feedback documented is helpful. The output of this program can aid us with that.
- What specific Movement Strategy Initiative does your project focus on and why? Please select one of the initiatives described here
- Movement Charter.
MC is unknown in our community so it is difficult to gain engagement from such a community without having them know the MC at first place. Translating MC content and sharing it over the community can help us to get a better participation.
Project Background edit
- When do you intend to begin this project and when will it be completed?
- 30 November 2022 - 18 December 2022
- Online meeting: 4th December 2022, IST 10.00
- Offline meeting : 16th December 2022.
- The feedback will be submitted by 18th December.
- We expect 10-30 members.
- Where will your project activities be happening?
- In-person: Malappuram, Trissure
- Online: To get wider feedback from those who can't join offline.
- Are you collaborating with other communities or affiliates on this project? Please provide details of how partners intend to work together to achieve the project goal.
- This would be done solely under the banner of Malayalam Wikimedians
- We will have a volunteer who can spare time for translation, two other volunteers to host calls and conversations online. A volunteer would organize online and other volunteer would organize offline conversations and also another volunteer to whom all the reports and feedbacks will be forwarded. This co-ordinator would further report to Meta and other MS platforms and also distribute the content around.
- What specific challenge will your project be aiming to solve? And what opportunities do you plan to take advantage of to solve the problem?
- The primary aim of this project is to aid Movement Charter discussions and discourses. These discourses would give us an opportunity towards strengthening of thematic projects in Malayalam language projects, under the ideas of Equity in Decision-making. This project will provide us learnings to make Wikimedia projects better.
- Does this project aim to apply one of the examples shared in the call for grants and if so which one?
Project Activities edit
- What specific activities will be carried out during this project? Please describe the specific activities that will be carried out during this project.
- Translations: The following documents will be translated into Malayalam:
- Movement Charter content pages
- Reports pages
- Forms / Survey translations
- Conversation events pages
- Announcements
- Community Engagement:
- Outreach: Whilst taking care of the translations, we will also take care that the content is distributed to a wider reach of community. Subject to this, we will host several online/offline meetings explaining about what the Movement Charter is with our community members. We will subsequently let them know of practical examples of why their contribution to the Movement Charter discussions is important.
- How do you intend to keep communities updated on the progress and outcomes of the project? Please add the names or usernames of these individuals responsible for updating the community
- We will share the materials through our private chat groups such as on WhatsApp and Telegram. Mailing list is also helpful. Akbarali would be coordinating the program. Reports will subsequently be shared on Meta as well. Timely meetings through Google Meet application seem to be helpful as well.
- Who will be responsible for delivering on this project and what are their roles and responsibilities?
- Akbarali, Co-founder Wikimedians of Kerala
Additional information edit
- If your activities include community discussions, what is your plan for ensuring that the conversations are productive? Provide a link to a Friendly Space Policy or UCoC that will be implemented to support these discussions.
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- We will abide by the Friendly space policies of Wikimedia.
- If your activities include the use of paid online tools, please describe what tools these are and how you intend to use them.
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- Yes, We are planning to use Zoom/google apps for online meetings etc.
- Do your activities include the translation of materials, and if so, in what languages will the translation be done? Please include details of those responsible for making the translations.
- Malayalam language. Akbarali
- Are there any other details you would like to share? Consider providing rationale, research or community discussion outputs, and any other similar information, that will give more context on your proposed project.
Outcomes edit
After your activities are complete, we would like to understand the draft implementation plan for your community. You will be required to prepare a document detailing this plan around a movement strategy initiative. This report can be prepared through Meta-wiki using the Share your results button on this page. The report can be prepared in your language, and is not required to be written in English.
In this report, you will be asked to:
- Provide a link to the draft implementation plan document or Wikimedia page
- Describe what activities supported the development of the plan
- Describe how and where you have communicated your plan to relevant communities.
- Report on how your funding was spent
Your draft implementation plan document should address the following questions clearly:
- What movement strategy initiative or goal are you addressing?
- What activities will you be doing to address that initiative?
- What do you expect will happen as a result of your activities? How do those outcomes address the movement strategy initiative?
- How will you measure or evaluate your activities? What tools or methods will you use to evaluate your activities?
To create a draft implementation plan, we recommend the use of a logic model, which will help you and your team think about goals, activities, outcomes, and other factors in an organized way. Please refer the following resources to develop a logic model:
- Overview of logic models on Meta-wiki
- Example logic models for reference for other movement activities (such as partnerships and edit-a-thons)
- Blank logic model template on Google Drive
Please confirm below that you will be able to prepare a draft implementation plan document by the end of your grant:
- Yes
Optionally, you are welcome to include other information you'd like to share around participation and representation in your activities. Please include any additional outcomes you would like to report on below:
Budget edit
How you will use the funds you are requesting? List bullet points for each expense. Don’t forget to include a total amount, and update this amount in the Probox at the top of your page too!
- Facilitation 100 USD
- Documentation 186 USD
- Translation 400 USD
- Coordination 124 USD
- Online tools or services 62 USD
- Data 50 USD
- Venue or space for meeting 154 USD
- Transportation costs: 680 USD
- Meals (costs related to refreshments, lunches, or other meals during in-person activities): 124 USD
- Other: nill
TOTAL AMOUNT REQUESTED USD: 1880 USD
Endorsements edit
An endorsement from community members (especially from outside your community) will be part of the considerations when reviewing your application. Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!
- Akhilan
- Netha Hussain (talk) 15:35, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
- This candidate is an enthusiastic and active volunteer. Fuadaj (talk) 13:18, 16 November 2022 (UTC)
- Have faith that programs will be conducted under him. Adithyak1997 (talk) 20:11, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
- He can — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tonynirappathu (talk)
Support This project will help Malayalam Wikimedia and the movement at large by making underrepresented community involved in larger movement activity. Erfanebrahimsait (talk) 09:41, 30 November 2022 (UTC)- Support -Shagil Kannur (talk) 15:37, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
- Support I support his project. I think this project will help Malayalam Wikimedia movements.Abdullanafih (talk) 20:34, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
- Support- I endorse this proposal as it helps to consult with the Malayalam community members and gather feedback on the MC.-❙❚❚❙❙ GnOeee ❚❙❚❙❙ ✉ 08:55, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
- Support Osps7 (talk) 11:11, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
- Support Mujeebcpy (talk) 13:00, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
- Support Serchia (talk) 13:27, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
- Support Vis M (talk) 17:21, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
- Support Trusted applicant Gopavasanth (talk) 18:57, 3 December 2022 (UTC)
- Support essential work MassiveEartha (talk) 15:11, 6 December 2022 (UTC)
- Support sounds good to me. Ideophagous (talk) 20:19, 16 December 2022 (UTC)