Wikimedia CH/Grant apply/Editathon mit SRF & Ringier 2022

Infodata

Name of the project: Editathon -- Frauen für Wikipedia
Amount requested: 3'500 CHF
Type of grantee: Editathon Organisationskommittee
Name of the contact: MurielDamiana
Contact: murielstaub me.com

In case of questions, please write to grant wikimedia.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.

What is your solution to this problem (please explain the context and the solution)?

Since 2018, we are hosting writing marathons called “Editathon”. In October 2022 we want to host the 8th edition in Zurich, in collaboration with the publishing house Ringier and Swiss TV and Radio. 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 goals

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

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.
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?

As mentioned above already:

30 new articles on Wikipedia
10 improved articles
40 attendants of the event, with 20 new editors and 20 recurring participants

Project plan

Activities

Preparing, organizing, hosting and follow of the Editathon writing event on October 26
Social Media compaign to raise awareness "everyone can edit Wikipedia"
Social Media campaign to raise awareness of DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) on Wikimedia projects
Evaluation of the event
Community Building

Budget

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			1000
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			500
Evenito Website hosting and rebranding etc.: 1'500 CHF initial costs + 1'200 annual operating costs			2700
Domain editathon.ch			19
TOTAL			11819

BUDGET FOR WIKIMEDIA CH	Hours	Rate	Total	Comments
Merchandising: Edit-a-thon caps			500
Evenito Website hosting and rebranding etc.: 1'500 CHF initial costs + 1'200 annual operating costs			2700
Domain editathon.ch			19
Amount we are asking from Wikimedia CH for 2022			3219

Community engagement

The participants of the editathon are being introduced and supported on site by 3-5 experienced and long-time Wikipedia editors. 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.

Wikimedia CH response

The application is based on reliable figures and stands in the context of numerous other similar events that have already been carried out. The composition of the partners has not changed since then. We therefore assume that this event will also be carried out in a similarly professional manner and that the targets will be achieved. Lantus (talk) 07:32, 1 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]