Grants:Project/Rapid/Maffeth Opiana/Wiki Loves Fashion in the Philippines

statusfunded
Maffeth Opiana/Wiki Loves Fashion in the Philippines
The purpose of the project is to improve and increase the available media of traditional and modern locally-designed costumes and formal attires reflecting the heritage of the Philippines.
targetCommons
start dateOctober 5
end dateDecember 30
budget (local currency)PHP 85,750
budget (USD)USD 1,656.62
grant typeIndividual
granteeMaffeth.opiana
contact(s)• maffeth.opiana(_AT_)gmail.com


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Project Goal edit

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  1. To engage new and existing contributors of the community.
  2. To add freely licensed, and quality images of traditional and modern locally-designed costumes and formal attires of the Philippines to Wikimedia Commons.
  3. To spread awareness about contributing media contents to Wikipedia and its sister projects through editing sessions on improving articles.

Project Plan edit

Activities edit

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1. What content will the contest focus on, and why is it important to your community?
The contest will focus on freely licensed and high quality images of traditional and modern locally-designed costumes and formal attires in the Philippines, that will be contributed to Wikimedia Commons for free usage and spread its importance via usage in Wikipedia articles. Through Wiki Loves Fashion, quality images of different costumes and formal attires worn in many national and regional pageantry designed by marginalized designers as well as the traditional costumes and attires of different underrepresented ethnic groups in the Philippines. Outreach activities will be conducted observing health and safety protocols due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2. How will you let people know about the contest?

3. How will you judge the contest and award prizes?
People from the Wikimedia community and professional photographers will compose the final jury. Prior to the final selection, volunteers will screen all the entries. Prizes will be in term of gift cards. The final jury will determine the winners taking into the consideration the technical quality (sharpness, use of light, perspective etc.), originality and creativity, and most importantly the potential usefulness and overall value of the image (including its licensing) to the Wikimedia projects.

4. For photo contests, what is the strategy to get images used on projects?
Through outreach activities, new and existing contributors of the community will be engaged in adding images to articles across different Wikipedia editions apart from editing sessions on improving articles.

5. Are you running any in-person events or activities? If so, you will need to complete the steps outlined on the Risk Assessment protocol related to COVID-19. When you have completed these steps, please provide a link to your completed copy of the risk assessment tool below:

The project will be conducted online and in-person events such as edit-a-thons will be limited to less than 10 participants.


Impact edit

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets and feel free to add more:

Number of photographers: 100
Number of images uploaded to Wikimedia Commons: 1000
Percentage of quality photos used on Wikimedia projects: 20%
Number of editing participants: 50
Number of new and improved articles related to fashion: 50

Budget edit

1 USD = PHP 49.80 (as of September 3, 2021 www.oanda.com)
Project budget table
No. Item Quantity Total (PHP) Total (USD) Notes
1 Social media promotion 1 PHP 7,000 USD 140.56 Sponsored posts to reach wider audience
2 Prizes 4 PHP 25,500 USD 512.05 1st prize: Gift Certificate worth PHP 10,000 (USD 200.80)

2nd prize: Gift Certificate worth PHP 7,500 (USD 150.60)
3rd prize: Gift Certificate worth PHP 5,000 (USD 100.40)
Special prize: Gift Certificate - PHP 3,000 (USD 60.24) - most number of quality images contributed

3 Outreach activities 4 PHP 20,000 USD 401.60 Meals for the outreach participants
4 Facilities and internet data 4 PHP 20,000 USD 401.60 Editing sessions
5 Promotional material editor 1 PHP 5,000 USD 100.40 Posters and video presentations to be uploaded on Commons
6 Logistics PHP 8,250 USD 165.66 Meetings, communication, transportation and unexpected expenses
Total: PHP 85,750 (USD 1,656.62)

Endorsements edit

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  •   Support - 175.176.60.6 18:44, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
  •   Support -- Nirmal Dulal (talk) 06:33, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
  •   Strong support - Maffeth did a great job already for Wiki Loves Fashion the last year and I think this is another opportunity of growth for the community and the open content. Camelia (talk) 14:05, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
  •   Support - Philippines is culturally rich and diverse and thru this contest, photography enthusiasts will be able to showcase it Herbertkikoy (talk) 01:23, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
  •   Support - Maffeth is a proven organiser. Wish this Project the very best! -- Mouryan (talk) 12:09, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
  •   Support - Best of luck!! Shahidul Hasan Roman (talk) 13:17, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
  •   Strong support for this project. I am actually planning to launch a Portal for Fashion in Bikol Wikipedia and this project will be of great help. Also, this will have a direct impact on improving the contents relating to culture, society, and history. Best of luck for this project! -Ralffralff (talk) 14:09, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
  •   Strong support for this project. Habib Rabbi (talk)
  •   Strong support - the coast is reasonable, and the project is just perfect. I support this activity. Thank you for making our movement more diverse.--Reda Kerbouche (talk) 06:28, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
  •   Support - Motoko C. K. (talk) 07:38, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
  •   Support -- Janak Bhatta (talk) 09:34, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
  •   Support -- All the Best Bijay Chaurasia (talk) 09:49, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
  •   Support -- Avicenno (talk) 11:41, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
  •   Support - good luck! — Tulsi Bhagat contribs | talk ] 14:15, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
  •   Strong support - This project will help bridge both knowledge and gender gaps. -Filipinayzd (talk) 10:50, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
  •   Strong support - A very nice concept to promote diversity by featuring local fashion. I also seen that this project will contribute to fill gender gaps. MarvinBikolano (talk) 7:34, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
  •   Strong support - Judith.arendaing (talk) 11:51, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
  •   Support - Arupako (talk) 00:01, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
  •   Support - J. Ansari Talk 11:28, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
  •   Support the project. The grantee has demonstrated good practices and outcomes in previous campaigns. ··· 🌸 Rachmat04 · 15:03, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
  •   Support - Good luck- Hasan (talk) 01:20, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
  •   Support this project because this will be able to encourage new and existing contributors of the community to engage and contribute especially in adding quality images of traditional and modern locally-designed costumes and formal attires of the Philippines to Wikimedia Commons. This I think is a great way to improve and add related documentation about the Philippines. Zyrahila (talk) 02:58, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
  •   Support - RamzyM (talk) 10:01, 19 September 2021 (UTC)
  •   Strong support - This project will help increase the scope and reach of Wiki Loves Fashion in Asia. -Filipinayzd (talk) 00:50, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
  •   Strong support - Good concept. WikiWikiWayne (talk) 08:19, 3 October 2021 (UTC)
  •   Strong support - Good luck with this project! Churihan (talk) 14:27, 3 October 2021 (UTC)

Participants edit

  • Volunteer I want to help for the project from Thailand as a volunteer. B20180 (talk) 01:16, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
  • Volunteer I am from Mindanao and this activity would surely boost our cultural pride Herbertkikoy (talk) 01:22, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
  • Volunteer I would like to volunteer and help the organizing committee with this initiative in any way I can and as needed. Zyrahila (talk) 03:00, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
  • Volunteer I would love to promote the project on social media. -Filipinayzd (talk) 00:50, 20 September 2021 (UTC)