Project GLOW/Project Saraswati

Saraswati is a collaborative project between Wikimedia Foundation, Google, and Wikimedia Indonesia to increase Wikipedia content, both quantity and quality. The project consist of two activities, writing contest and community gathering.

Objective

The objective is to increase relevant content primarily on Indonesian, Sundanese, Javanese, and Minangkabau Wikipedias. The project will encourage Wikipedia communities in Indonesia to create high-quality content in the languages above for the most searched for (but missing) relevant topics. The Growing Local Language Content on Wikipedia (GLOW) program, supported by Google, will specifically target language communities with small but growing Wikipedias and focus their efforts on producing missing content that local readers are searching for.

Writing contest

Wikimedia Indonesia will launch a writing contest which focus on Indonesian Wikipedia. The contest format like playing a game. There are 8 missions with different level of difficulty. The contest is open for new and existing editors as long as they are Indonesian citizen who resides in Indonesia. The participants have to make new articles. They are not allowed to improve the existing articles.

Community gathering

The community gathering is the second sub theme of project Saraswati. The community gathering will be conducted for 7 months. The main purpose of the event is to increase the quantity and the quality of Indonesia’s local languages Wiki as one of the methods to preserve the languages. These languages are Javanese, Sundanese, and Minangkabau. The selected participants will receive resources (laptop, internet stipends) to support article creation during the monthly gatherings. Wikimedia Indonesia will distribute 46 laptops and internet stipends for 100 contributors. The participants can get laptop and internet stipend or one of them.

Contact

You can email us at saraswati wikimedia.or.id

Timeline

Writing contest

1 November 2019 - 31 December 2019
- Registration (registration is open until 2 months after the competition runs)
1 November 2019 - 29 February 2020
- Writing contest period
1 - 15 March 2020
- Evaluation period
1 - 21 March 2020
- Repair the featured article
26 March 2020
- Winner announcement
7-9 August 2020
- Trip to Wikimania 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand

Community gathering

1 - 10 November 2019
- Registration for grant (this grant is for communities)
11 -21 November 2019
- Selection by the committee
22 November 2019
- Grantee announcement
2nd week of December 2019
- Community gathering
2nd week of January 2020
- Community gathering
2nd week of February 2020
- Community gathering
2nd week of March 2020
- Community gathering
2nd week of April 2020
- Community gathering
2nd week of May 2020
- Community gathering
2nd week of June 2020
- Community gathering
7-9 August 2020
- Trip to Wikimania 2020 in Bangkok, Thailand