Grants:Project/MSIG/Wikispore Wiki.NYC Map

statusproposed

Movement Strategy

Wikispore Wiki.NYC Map

We will implement Wiki.NYC Map on Wikispore for the city's 400th anniversary. This will pilot hyperlocal content and urban oral history beyond Wikipedia's notability guidelines.

targetWikispore on Wikimedia Cloud Services, Wikidata, Wikipedia + Commons, others

start dateJuly 1

start year2024

end dateDecember 31

end year2024

budget (local currency)$25,000

grant typeorganization

non-profit statusyes

grantee• Pharos

contact(s)• richardwikimedianyc.org• pacitawikimedianyc.org

organization (if applicable)• Wikimedia New York City

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Project Goal

What will be the outputs of your project and how will those outputs contribute to advancing a specific Movement Strategy Initiative

What specific Movement Strategy Initiative does your project focus on and why? Please select one of the initiatives described here

42. Movement Strategy/Initiatives/Policies for experimentation

43. Movement Strategy/Initiatives/Continuous experimentation

Project Background

When do you intend to begin this project and when will it be completed?

July - December 2024.

Where will your project activities be happening?

Primarily online, with development for Wikispore on Wikimedia Cloud Services, with participation from the global tech community. With some in-person engagement for New York City in the United States.

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.

Collaboration beyond New York City will primarily be the Wikispore community and the Wikimaps User Group, as well as working with any other local affiliates that might have interest in this model.

What specific challenge will your project be aiming to solve? And what opportunities do you plan to take advantage of to solve the problem?

This will solve the problem of notability for hyperlocal content and oral history, particularly from marginalized communities, taking advantage of recent global tech initiatives and Wikimedia New York City's extensive ties to city institutions as the 400th anniversary is marked.

Does this project aim to apply one of the examples shared in the call for grants and if so which one?

Yes, oral history is mentioned in 42. Movement Strategy/Initiatives/Policies for experimentation, and new content formats in 43. Movement Strategy/Initiatives/Continuous experimentation, with Wikispore already listed as an example there.

Project Activities

What specific activities will be carried out during this project? Please describe the specific activities that will be carried out during this project.

We will also use this grant to support the technological improvements for the platform e.g. speed, interface, developing different themes and queries, importing data sets etc, as well as a physical installation of a mapping pavilion in a public library or similar space. We will also use it to hold workshops and engagement with civic institutions similar to edit-a-thons we've hosted at the Queens Public Library (coverage in Library Journal) and with community gardens. This will also tie into an initiative through the city around a new law that was passed stating that all streets named after people need to be documented somewhere and we feel that Wikispore would be an ideal host for this.

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 be sharing updates with the Wikimaps user group and within our Wikimedia NYC network. We will be sharing updates at local WikiWednesdays, various meetings of the Wikimaps groups, and at larger conferences/gatherings like Wikimania, WikiConference North America, WikiData Day NYC, and Wikipedia Day NYC. Individuals responsible for updating the community will be Richard Knipel (User:Pharos) and Pacita Rudder (User:Pacita (WikiNYC))

Who will be responsible for delivering on this project and what are their roles and responsibilities?

Pacita Rudder (Pacita WikiNYC) will be the project lead, Richard Knipel (Pharos) will be the community liaison, and we'll have a number of technical advisors.

Additional information

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.

We plan to implement both the Wikimedia NYC Code of Conduct and the Technical Code of Coduct.

If your activities include the use of paid online tools, please describe what tools these are and how you intend to use them.

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.

We will primarily focus on ensuring the tools are multilingual-functional through Wikidata.

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

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

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!

The requested budget and budget breakdown should be in your or recipient’s local currency. We send grant payments preferably in your local currency. In some exceptional cases (e.g. hyperinflation), we allow grant payments to be made in US dollars. If you are requesting a grant in a currency other than your local currency, please reach out to your Program Officer to discuss.

• Research (time needed to review, perform analysis, or investigate any information needed to support implementation ideas or planning):

• $15,000 for development of online platform.

• Facilitation (facilitation time including facilitator preparation, meeting facilitation time, and debriefing):
• Documentation (document preparation time, time spent documenting of discussion, post-meeting work):
• Translation (translation costs for briefs and global materials):
• Coordination (coordinator work to manage or support multiple workflows to prepare for meeting):
• Online tools or services (subscription services for online meeting platforms, social media promotion):
• Data (internet or mobile costs for organizers or participants to access or participate in activities):
• Venue or space for meeting (costs of renting a physical meeting space):
• Transportation costs (costs of supporting organizers or participants to attend the meeting):
• Meals (costs related to refreshments, lunches, or other meals during in-person activities):

• $5,000 for workshops and edit-a-thons, primarily for meals

• Other:

• $5,000 for physical installation of a mapping pavilion in a public library or similar space

TOTAL AMOUNT REQUESTED IN LOCAL CURRENCY: $25,000

Completing your application

Once you have completed the application, please do the following:

• Change the application status from status=draft to status=proposed in the {{Probox}} template.
• Contact strategy2030wikimedia.org to confirm your submission, as well as to request any support around your application.

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