Grants talk:IdeaLab/Promotion of Ancash quechua Wikipedia

Next steps to develop your idea

Thanks for submitting your idea, Promotion of Ancash quechua Wikipedia, for the New Readers Inspire Campaign. In order to help develop your idea further, we want to ask you to respond to the following questions here on the discussion page. Please refer to this document, which contains examples and resources to help you answer these questions:

1. Describe one or two versions of this idea that are smaller than your initial one.

2. List three assumptions about your project and why you think those assumptions are true (see the document for some examples).

3. List three skills or resources you don’t have, that you need for this project to succeed.

4. How can you determine if your project is successful?

Please contact me on my talk page if you have any questions. I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 21:58, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

Rapid Grant applications due March 15th

Thanks for starting your idea with the New Readers Inspire Campaign. I'm Chris Schilling (User:I JethroBT (WMF)), a community organizer supporting the campaign.

If you think you may need funding for your idea, Rapid Grants are available for ideas submitted during this campaign. Grant applications for ideas related to new readers are due by March 15th, 2018 (23:59 GMT). You can convert your idea into a Rapid Grant proposal by clicking on the Expand into a Rapid Grant button at the bottom of your idea page. Please review the guidelines and criteria before starting your grant application. If you need help completing your grant application, please contact me at cschillingwikimedia.org.

While applications for Rapid Grants can normally be submitted at any time, we have implemented a deadline for ideas on this specific topic. The reason for this deadline is because we plan to develop specific criteria later in 2018 for grant applications related to new readers and awareness-building activities. The applicants and project plans we receive from you in the coming weeks will help us define these guidelines and set expectations for future work in inviting people to use Wikimedia projects generally.

Also, if you do not need funding but would like to discuss other questions or needs for your idea (such as on-wiki volunteers or advising), please feel free to contact me on my talk page or at cschillingwikimedia.org, and we can discuss your needs over e-mail or schedule a time to have a conversation about your needs over Skype / Hangouts / IRC. Thanks, I JethroBT (WMF) 15:47, 21 February 2018 (UTC)

Rapid Grant applications due tomorrow!

This is a final reminder that the deadline for Rapid Grant applications for ideas submitted for the New Readers Inspire Campaign are due by March 15th, 2018 (23:59 GMT). IF you think you need funding for you idea, please review the following instructions:

If you haven't drafted your Rapid Grant proposal: Click on the Expand into a Rapid Grant button at the bottom of your idea page and fully respond to all the questions. Once you've answered the questions and are ready for your proposal to be formally reviewed, submit your draft proposal and change the status=draft to status=proposed in the {{Probox}} template.

If you've already drafted your Rapid Grant proposal: Be sure to fully respond to all questions regarding your activities, measures of impact, and budget, and then change the status=draft to status=proposed in the {{Probox}} template.

If you're not sure you know how to change the status of your proposal or aren't sure if you've changed it properly, please contact me at cschillingwikimedia.org or on my talk page and I can make the changes for you. Thanks, User:I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 18:23, 13 March 2018 (UTC)

Feedback on proposal

Hi michael junior obregon pozo, thanks for your submission. Here is my feedback on your proposal:

• The theme of this campaign is focused on bringing in new readers into using Wikipedia project, but this project appears focused on having students learn how to contribute. Students wanting to edit is not a problem, but what benefits of Wikipedia will you be teaching about that are relevant to your audience of students? Describe these details under the describe your idea section and consider checking out resources -- such as presentations, pamphlets, and assignments -- available through the Wikipedia Education Program.
• In order to consider this proposal, we'll need more specific details of your activities. What school will you be working with? What is your plan for interacting with that school and its educators or teachers in advance? How will you teach about Wikipedia to students-- will it be through a workshop, a formal lesson, an afterschool program, or something else?
• Thanks for providing a specific budget for the proposal. What is included in "other" that you've specified, as this makes up just under half of your budget ($870 USD)? Please provide more detail about this item in your budget, or allocate it to other items as appropriate.

Thanks, I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 02:43, 14 March 2018 (UTC)

@Michael junior obregon pozo: Thanks for the changes you made to the proposal. So far, based on my understanding of your proposal, this project involves several major projects: An edit-a-thon, a conference, a contest (possibly several, a flyer-distribution campaign, and working with students in classrooms. The work of doing all of these events / programs in an initial grant is too ambitious, and I would encourage you to focus on implementing one of these events (an edit-a-thon, a conference, or a contest), consider whether running a flyer campaign as you've proposed makes sense to support the event or your goals for promoting Ancash Quechua Wikipedia, and adjust your budget to do this new version of your project. I would also advise respond to the questions at the top of the page to help you think about scaling your project down to focus on one of these events. I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 23:54, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

@I JethroBT (WMF): now i am based in working with students of Huaraz city about Wikipedia. Michael junior obregon pozo (talk) 21:50, 12 April 2018 (UTC)

Moved to draft

Hello michael junior obregon pozo thank you for submitting a proposal as part of the inspire campaign. At this point your idea is not developed enough for it to be funded. I am moving it to draft so you can continue to work on it and you can submit it in the summer or fall. Please let us know if you have any questions. Best regards, WJifar (WMF) (talk) 13:22, 30 March 2018 (UTC)

Feedback on revised proposal

Hi michael junior obregon pozo, thanks for your edits to your proposal. Here are my comments and questions:

• Earlier, I had suggested that this project focus on one of the activities you listed in an earlier version. However, the current proposal still seems to suggest several activities including a contest (based on the prizes in the budget), organizing courses in classrooms, and teaching generally about Wikipedia to students. Unfortunately, we cannot accept a proposal that has too many separate events tied to it, especially as this is your first grant proposal. Whichever event you decide on, the work through social media and flyers can definitely be used to promote it.
• Some aspects of the proposal are unclear. For instance, some of your activities include talking about Wikipedia and distributing flyers, but where and when will these activities will occur during the course of your grant? What sort of information do you want to convey on the flyer? I would strongly recommend looking at activities and impact sections from other grant requests that have been approved, such as this one in Nicaragua or this one from Côte d'Ivoire. This will give you a better sense of what level of detail is expected when describing grant activities, impacts, and budgets.
• Regarding your budget, I had a few questions:

1. What is the funding for the item "Teachers" intended for?
2. If you decide to do a contest, can you dsecribe the awards will be distributed to eligible participants?
3. In terms of the general travel budget, can you describe who this travel is for and what the destinations are?

Let me know if I can help clarify anything I've written above or if you need help scaling down the current proposal. I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 16:46, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

hi @I JethroBT (WMF): and @WJifar (WMF):, this project is based on teaching students about wikipedia and how to edit wikipedia, the awards will be for the students, the trip is for 4 people round trip to the city of Huaraz where the course will be held for students and accommodation.The item masters is to be able to hire a teacher to be able to directly coordinate the activity .The activity will be held in the city of Huaraz.

--Michael junior obregon pozo (talk) 22:46, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

@Michael junior obregon pozo: I understand the project a little more, but there are still a number of details that are unclear:

• Can you more specifically describe what work the teachers will be doing for this project? Is it one or multiple people, and who are they? Keep in mind that the work of teaching about Wikipedia and how to contribute is not something we can provide funding for, as this is done on a volunteer basis.
• For the awards, we will need to know 1) What the awards are specifically (see here for guidance on awards and prizes) and 2) on what basis the awards are being distributed. It's not clear what you mean by "best students". How are these awards tied to the goal of teaching the students how Wikipedia works and how to contribute?
• I still don't have a good sense of when some of work will take place in this project, or how long things will take. Can you provide a schedule of what you expect to be doing from month to month in this project?
• What will the flyer being promoting, specifically? Ancash Quechua Wikipedia? The course? Something else? What sort of places will these flyers be distributed or posted?
• You mentioned the Colectivo Quechua Central members in this proposal and that they can help you-- what kind of support will they provide?

I'm going to move the proposal back to draft status as you continue to work on the above questions. You are welcome to either edit the proposal or respond to the questions here on the talk page. When the above questions have been addressed, feel free to change the status back to proposed and ping me or contact me via e-mail. Please also keep in mind that Rapid Grants will be closed May 14 - June 30, 2018. The last day to submit a proposal before the closure is May 11, 2018, and we'll be reviewing proposals again starting July 1, 2018. Thanks, I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 00:05, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Hi I @I JethroBT (WMF): All activities are carried out in Huaraz city, the flyer will promote Ancash Quechua Wikipedia, Colectivo Quechua Central will help with translations and with and volunteers,the awards are basically books and certificates, for al students and for best students (for the best contributions) gift cards. --Michael junior obregon pozo (talk) 00:57, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Not Funded

Hello Michael junior obregon pozo, thank you for following up with us on this project. While you've provided answers to some of our questions regarding your project you still haven't answered some key questions in regards to when and how the project will take place. It is also unclear what the flyers will be promoting. Therefore, we will not be funding this project. Best regards, WJifar (WMF) (talk) 03:13, 23 May 2018 (UTC)