Grants talk:Project/Rapid/Bijay chaurasia/Wiki Loves Village 2020

Comments from WMF

Hello Bijay chaurasia, thanks for submitting this Rapid Grant request. It’s great to hear that with this grant request you plan to organize another Wiki Loves Villages in Nepal, documenting Nepalease villages for the Wikimedia projects. I have reviewed your proposal and have some questions:

• Is this request submitted on behalf of any Wikimedia affiliate that you are a part of?
• Could you please provide more details on what you plan to do differently during the third WLV?
• Do you have any idea about what percentage of the villages already are already documented on Wikimedia Commons?
• What the Miscellaneous costs will cover?

Looking forward to your responses. Thank you, DSaroyan (WMF) (talk) 11:11, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Hi, DSaroyan (WMF) Thank you for reviewing this proposal and Here‘s the answer:

• I am basically a part of an affiliate, “Maithili Wikimedians User Group”, however, this grant proposal is not on the behalf of the affiliate that I belong to and is a mere individual grant. While my team includes members from different Wikimedia User Groups, it will ultimately bring in cultural diversity in the team to understand more about the different communities existing in Nepal. As mentioned, the prominent target in this project will revolve around Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia.
• This project is the ultimate outcome of the previous two pilot projects that turned out to be really successful in increasing the media files and helped in enriching the articles. WLV was more of Photowalk but this project is entirely an online photo competition. This contest shall energize and motivate the Wikimedians along with Wikipedia readers to upload their photos of different villages, cultures, festivals, and communities clicked at different times.
• On a surface level, we can say that about 20% of the villages are already documented on Wikimedia Commons leaving a huge gap yet to be covered and documented. This WLV 2020 Photo Content will help to cover around 50% and enrich the articles that are existing or yet to be made.
• Miscellaneous costs are undocumentable expenses. They are generally a low amount of petty expenses for which the bill is not made available. It might include expenses such as local travel, postcard covers, stationeries, and the like.

Thank you, Best Regards --Bijay chaurasia (talk) 17:36, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Approved

Hello Bijay chaurasia, thank you for responding to my questions. I am approving your grant request. Best regards, DSaroyan (WMF) (talk) 13:42, 16 September 2020 (UTC)

Request for an extension of reporting

Hello DSaroyan (WMF),
I apologize for not submitting the report of 'Wiki Loves Village 2020',as we are not being able to find suitable date for this photography competition due to the pandemic. Now we are planning to run this competition in the Month of July (from 1 July 2021 to 31 July 2021). I will complete and submit the report as soon as possible. Please confirm and approve the extension of reporting time. Thanks-- Bijay chaurasia (talk) 15:21, 19 April 2021 (UTC)

Hi Bijay chaurasia, thanks for posting this extension request. It is now formally approved; the grant end date is extended to July 31, 2021 and the report is due by August 31, 2021. Best regards, DSaroyan (WMF) (talk) 08:09, 20 April 2021 (UTC)