Wikimedia CH/Grant apply/10th edition: Editathon.ch with SRF & Ringier 2023

Please note: This is work in progress.

Infodata

• Name of the project: Editathon -- Frauen für Wikipedia
• Amount requested: 3'519 CHF
• Type of grantee: Editathon Organisation Committee
• Name of the contact: MurielDamiana
• Contact: murielstaubme.com
• Please note: This grant is for the 10th edition for the Diversity Edit-a-thon editathon.ch.

In case of questions, please write to grantwikimedia.ch

The problem and the context

What is the problem you're trying to solve?

We want to make the authorship and the content on Wikipedia more diverse, equitable and inclusive.

Project goals

Since 2018, we are hosting writing marathons called “Editathon”. On November 28, 2023 we want to host the 10th edition in Zurich, in collaboration with the publishing house Ringier and Swiss TV and Radio SRF (and potentially two partners more). We intend to write biographies about women -- and want to attract new female Wikipedia editors. This editathon is specifically directed to the target audience of journalists and students of journalistic schools.

Project impact

How will you know if you have met your goals?

• We keep track of the articles which were newly created or edited on our project page here.
• Participants will need to register for the event, thus we're able to monitor how many people are attending for the first time / recurring.
• We are using the Hashtag #WomenEdit and #Editathon on Twitter and Instagram, so we can "measure" the reach, activities and (re)actions on Social Media.
• We are also monitoring media coverage, as usually this Editathon is generating media attention in Switzerland.

Do you have any goals or metrics around participation or content?

• 30 new articles on Wikipedia
• 20 improved articles
• 60 attendants, with 45 new editors and 15 recurring participants
• Online awareness campaign on Social Media about the fact that "everyone can edit Wikipedia"
• Community Building through our Account "editathon" to create a network of the editors who joined the editathon for the first time

Project plan

Activities

• Preparing, organizing, hosting and follow up of the Editathon writing events (April 19)
• Social Media campaign to raise awareness "everyone can edit Wikipedia" and to collect ideas for articles we can improve or create
• Social Media campaign to raise awareness of DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) on Wikimedia projects
• Evaluation of the event
• Community Building

Budget in CHF

BUDGET OVERALL	Hours	Rate	Total	Comments
Organization of the Editathon (event orga)	40	100	4000	hourly rate as indicated by benevol for experts -- provided in-house by Ringier
Organization of the Editathon (community building, social media, comms)	40	40	1600	hourly rate as indicated by benevol for non experts -- provided in-house by Muriel
Catering	1500
Moderation	1000	10 hours à 100 CHF - hourly rate for experts as indicated by benevol
Location	1000	in house, provided by Ringier
Merchandising: Edit-a-thon caps	1500	60 caps
Evenito Website hosting plus member management	1200	annual operating costs
Domain editathon.ch	19
TOTAL	11819
BUDGET FOR WIKIMEDIA CH	Hours	Rate	Total	Comments
Merchandising: Edit-a-thon caps	1500	60 caps
Evenito Website hosting http://editathon.ch/	0	already paid with other micro-grant
Domain http://editathon.ch/	19
Catering	1500
Train Tickets Volunteers 2nd class + expenses volunteers	500	Max of 10people x 50CHF
Total for WMCH	3519 3019

Community engagement

The participants of the editathon are being introduced and supported on site by approx. 5 Wikipedia editors. Some of them are long-time Wikipedians, and some of them are new editors who've joined the community through these editathons. Also, the community is being transparently informed about this event. Please note: To avoid any negative experience for the community, we are making sure that the Editathon participants are editing Wikipedia in the user name space (Benutzernamensraum) and not in the article name space (Artikelnamensraum). Also, we are collecting all relevant information on the project page and making sure that's always transparently available for the community and beyond. Also, we usually inform admins of the german speaking Wikipedia before the event and likely post about it in the german community newspaper Kurier.

Wikimedia CH response

WMCH has reviewed this request. We are pleased to approve this amount for this project. However, we have deducted from the total amount the position for the reimbursement of travel expenses for the volunteers in the amount of CHF 500, because it will not be the task of SRF/ Ringier to pay expense reports. We will continue to do that in the usual way; they have the contact with us rather than with the media company. If you please inform in the corresponding invitation letters that we will pay for the incurred travel expenses of the volunteers, we will be very grateful.

Lantus (talk) 15:52, 11 September 2023 (UTC) (for WMCH)