Grants:Project/Rapid/Moore Wikimedia Community/TranslateWiki.net

The goal of this community is to bring to limelight Moore language through the Moore Wikipedia incubator and to work towards getting live on the wikimedia projects. The Mossi are a Gur ethnic group native to modern Burkina Faso, primarily the Volta River basin. The Mossi are the largest ethnic group in Burkina Faso, constituting 52% of the population, or about 11.1 million people. The Mossi are one of the Mole-Dagbani ethnic groups who are also in Ghana. In Ghana, the mossi constitute more than 505,000. We will do so by;

Recruit new editors
Recruiting and training new editors to translate the most commonly used words in the Moore language.
Increase skills for existing editors
Add or improve content
Train members on the basics of Wikipedia.

Project Plan edit

Online and offline training workshops will be organised to assist members to be acquainted with the tools and skills required to translate commonly used English words to Moore language via Translate Wiki.
We will be meeting with Moore language teachers and writers who would assist for the project to run smoothly.

Activities edit

Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:

There will be two face to face training in Ghana, two online training and two online editathons sessions.

1. Are you doing one editathon or training or a series of editathons or trainings?

We will organise a series of training and translate-a-thon

2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? You are required to provide links to on-wiki pages to inform these communities about your proposed work. Examples of places where this can be done include community discussion pages, affiliate discussion pages, or relevant project talk pages.
You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.

Communities will get to know about this proposal through Dagbani Wikimedia User Group social media handles below:

3. How will you let participants know about the edit-a-thon? In what ways will you be communicating with them?
For example, these can include on-wiki spaces, social media channels, mailing lists, messaging apps, or physical/online gatherings.

Participants will be communicated to via WhatsApp, Telegram and calls to participants from areas with poor internet access.

4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals.
For example: User:I JethroBT

The sub-project leads are as follows:

User:Musahfm - Technical support
User:Hasslaebetch - Facilitator and leader
User:Alhassan Mohammed Awal- Facilitator
User:Dhee jah - Logistics and communications

5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?

Majority of our community members access the internet and thus, would contribute on wikipedia mainly via smart phones. A handful of members have access to laptop computers.

Most of the participants are new to wikipedia and thus require a great deal of training and support to be able to contribute on wikipedia projects, especially on Moore wikipedia.

6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?

We will continue discussions on the social media platforms especially on Moore Wikimedia community WhatsApp and Telegram pages including dagbani Wikimedians User Group's and its Mailing list.

7. 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:

Yes. Risk Assessment protocol

8. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?

This project will serve as a breaking-ground to improve the content of the moore language on Wikimedia projects.

By the end of the exercise, the group would have translated 100% of the most commonly used messages on Media Wiki as a requirement for requesting for a new language Wikipedia.

Impact edit

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

Number of total participants 20
Moore incubator articles to be created=15
Number of articles created or improved (if applicable) n/a
Number of photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons (if applicable) n/a
Number of photos used on Wikimedia projects (if applicable) n/a
Percentage of phrases to be translated = 100%

Resources edit

What resources do you have? Include information on who is organizing the project, what they will do, and if you will receive support from anywhere else (in-kind donations or additional funding).

The project will focus on translating the MediaWiki software on translatewiki.net beginning with the core MediaWiki that is currently made up of around 4000 phrases. We plan doing this using the active community members.

What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.

Item	Details	Unit Ghc	Quantity	Total Ghc
Breakfast and Lunch	We will have two in person workshops to equip the community with the skills they will need to be able to participate in translations (20 participants at each workshop)	100	40	4000
Renting of Router	We will rent a router to connect to 20 participants during two sessions of our offline training	500	2	1000
Data package for internet router during offline training workshops	We will have an in-person training workshop to train community members on how to use translate wiki.net and core media wiki	600	2	1200
Data allowance for participants for two online training	We will provide data allowance for the 20 volunteer members for the two sessions	100	20	2000
Covid-19 Personal Protective Equipments (PPE)	Liquid soaps, Hand sanitizers and face masks	n/a	n/a	1000
Venue rental	Cost of venue to host 2 workshops	700	2	1400
Rent of Projector	Cost of renting projector for 2 days for in-person training	200	2	400
Running Expense	Cost of transporting logistics, food, water and venue arrangements	n/a	n/a	500
Contingency	Cost of unexpected expenses	n/a	n/a	500
Bank charges, miscellaneous	Transfers and Reimbursement charges	n/a	n/a	400
Based on Oanda Exchange (March 14, 2022)			Ghc	12,400.00
USD =1 Ghc=7.16702			USD	1,730.14

Endorsements edit

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

Strong support The Moore language has a lot of speakers widespread in Africa with a rich culture to emulate. This will serve as the genesis of the making the language a global commodity and then a gateway to acquiring an independent wikipedia.Dnshitobu (talk) 06:46, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
Strong support The mossis having a huge population in Ghana and constitute about 50% of the population in Burkina Faso is quickly spreading across the globe. Due to its popularity in West Africa, there is the need to project it through wikipedia. This project however will serve as a stepping stone to achieve its global identity.Hasslaebetch (talk) 11:18, 15 March 2022 (UTC)
Strong support I strongly endorse this project. Alhassan Mohammed Awal (talk) 07:25, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
Strong support Very important. I endorse. Shahadusadik (talk) 07:31, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

Strong support I strongly endorse this project Sir Amugi (talk) 07:35, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
Strong support I strongly endorsed this project Ruky Wunpini (talk)
Strong support I strongly endorse this project. Alhassan Peter (talk) 10:05, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
Strong support I strongly endorse this project. Munkaila Sulemana (talk) 10:26, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
Strong support I strongly endorse this project. Abubakar280 (talk) 11:26, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
Strong support I strongly endorse this project. Yakubu Fadilatu (talk) 11:39, 17 March 2022 (UTC)
Strong support I support this project. Shahadusadik (talk) 16:56, 23 March 2022 (UTC)