Talk:CIS-A2K/Requests/Hindi Wikipedia

Request Page for Hindi Wikipedia - Community Request.

Goal

Please briefly describe what will be accomplished if the project is successful (2–3 sentences).

• Hindi Wikipedia Celebration - 1,00,000 Articles.
• The meeting aims to discuss topics and issues in Hindi Wikipedia.
• Project plan discussion for programmatic work (Online as well as offline such as government outreach and institutional partnerships)
• Identify areas of improvement for future meet-ups/conferences.
• Bridge gender-gap on Hindi Wikipedia by recruiting female editors.

Plan

Activities

• Two day meet-up of Hindi Wikipedians on 14th and 15th February.
• Workshops to promote Hindi Wikipedia

Impact

Target readership

Hindi Wikipedia

Fit with strategy

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Hindi is world's 4th most spoken language. Hindi Wikipedia is biggest Indic Language Wikipedia. We have 1,17,000+ articles and 258 million (258,000,000) people in India reported Hindi to be their native language. Hindi Wikipedia needs more offline activities (meet-ups/conferences) for improvement. During India Community Consultation 2014 Hindi Wikipedians requested special attention towards Hindi Wikipedia, everyone encouraged representatives to take lead and plan activities. This meet-up will be effort towards same.

Measures of success

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We would deem these celebrations a success, if

• at least 20 active Hindi Wikipedians and enthusiasts attend the meeting.
• discussion about tricky wiki policies takes place.
• a detailed documentation of ideas/issues/strategies/policies discussed at the meeting is produced;
• project plan for programatic work (writing competitions, government outreach, institutional partnership etc)
• if the feedback of the participants would be generally positive.

Resources and risks

Resources

We have years of experience carrying out local outreach and organizing events.

• Abhishek Suryawanshi : Organising Team member, logistic manager - WikiConferenceIndia 2011. Ambassador - Wikipedia Education Program. Director - Wikipedia Summit Pune 2013 and local outreach coordinator at Wikipedia Club.
• Abhinav Srivastva : Team Member - WikiConferenceIndia 2011, Outreach coordinator - India Education Program.
• Syed Muzammiluddin : On-ground support - Train The Trainer Program 2013, Blog-writer for various outreach activities.

We are working together with help of Hindi Wikipedia community to plan the program and manage logistic.

Risks

Risk - Lack of interest

At the time of India Community Consultation, there was low response from Hindi Community, To ensure more interest participation, central notice on Hindi Wikipedia is active and we have requested all active editors to participate in meet-up.

Risk - Program Evaluation

We would like to learn from WMF Learning & Evaluation Team.

Budget

Please provide a detailed breakdown of project expenses according to the instructions here. See Budget Guidelines. Grantees are subject to line-item scrutiny of expenses. Changes to the approved budget beyond 10% in any category must be approved in advance.

Project budget table

Number	Category	Item description	Number of units	Cost per unit	Total cost in INR	Notes
1	Conference Hall	Conference hall for two days + celebration space 50 people capacity			25,000	Discounted rate in same hotel for 'two days' Another small conference room for 20 people complimentary.
2	Accommodation	Twin sharing rooms for two day.	20	4,500	90,000	includes lunch,dinner and free WiFi for both days.
3	Travel	Travel scholarships	10	6000	60,000	For top contributors and interested participants across India
4	Workshops	Before and after meeting.	4	1000	4,000	For new volunteer recruitment.
5	Felicitation / Gifts	Memento for 10 active contributors recognizing their contribution.	10	500	5,000	81
6	Print Material	(Banners/I-Cards/Posters etc)			3,000
7	Miscellaneous				10,000	reserves and unexpected costs

Total cost of project

01,97,000 INR

Total amount requested

Total amount requested from the Project and Event Grants Program.
01,97,000 INR

Non-financial requirements

See a description of non financial assistance available. Please inform the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) of any requirements for non-financial assistance now.

• Guidance from WMF about reporting and follow-up.
• Help from Wikipedia Education Program team.
• Supply of Wikipedia branding souvenirs like stickers etc.

Discussion

Community notification

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Hindi Wikipedia - Here

Endorsements

Do you think this project should be selected for a Project and Event Grant? Please add your name and rationale for endorsing this project in the list below. Other feedback, questions or concerns from community members are also highly valued, but please post them on the talk page of this proposal.

• I've been a long-term Hindi Wikipedian. I feel peeved to see the poor state of outreach activities, absence of meetups, lack of training avenues for new editors, virtually zero-budget for the language Wikipedia and other issues related to Hindi Wikipedia. Hence I support this PEG. --Muzammil (talk) 05:19, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
• Hindi being a mostly spoken language in India , requires such programs or conferences to boost Hindi Wikipedia. Saileshpat (talk) 12:33, 19 January 2015 (UTC)
• I strongly  Support the PEG because Hindi wiki is one of the biggest wiki in term of articles. I feel such meet boost Hindi wiki. Biplab Anand (Talk to me) 13:11, 20 January 2015 (UTC)
• I feel personally a grave need of Hindi Wiki community meet up, as Hindi is the largest Indic language, with no community gatherings to have a plan of action for its improvement. Hence I strongly  Support. Ahmed Nisar (talk) 13:41, 31 January 2015 (UTC)