CIS-A2K/Work plan July 2016 - June 2017/Odia
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Introduction
This program is designed to provide a broader understanding of CIS-A2K’s annual work plan for the Odia Wikipedia and the community. The proposed plan provides an overview of last year’s activities, successes and failures along with the learnings that have shaped this year’s plan. The plan contains details about the proposed activities for this year based on community discussions. Based on the experience and learning from the past work CIS-A2K has created this plan with support from the Odia Wikipedia community.
Tangible impact
The impact of CIS-A2K’s work on Odia Wikipedia can be viewed in the fact-sheet and graphs shared below:
| No. of Editors as on Jan 2015 | No. of Editors as on Jan 2016 | No. of Active Editors as on Jan 2015 | No. of Active Editors as on Jan 2016 | No. of Articles/entries as on Jan 2015 | No. of Articles/entries as on Jan 2016 | No. of outreach events | No. of celebratory-outreach events | Absolute bytes added through CIS-A2K outreach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 114 | 152 | 13 | 29* | 8680 | 10,516** | 4 | 2 | 5,640,000 |
Notes:
* Number of active editors including existing editors.
**Number of articles with the help of community members and CIS-A2K outreach.
| Program | Wikimedia Strategy | Nature of conducting activity | Community Suggestion | Wikimedia Project | Projection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Online Outreach | Awareness Program , User cultivation | Surveys , Trainings | <to be added> | Commons, Wikisource and Wikipedia |
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| Wikipedia Education Program | Education Program | Surveys, Trainings,
Edit-a-thons |
<to be added> | Commons, Wikisource and Wikipedia |
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| Offline Promotion of Odia Wikipedia | Awareness, User Creation | Surveys , Seminars | <to be added> | Commons, Wikisource and Wikipedia |
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| Community Outreach with Prominent personalities | Content Acquisition | Training , One-on-one activity. | Wikisource | ||
| Workshops | Capacity Building, Content generation | Outreach , Workshops , Edit-a-thons. | <to be added> | Wikipedia , Wikisource | |
| Media | Awareness program | Promotional | ------------------- |
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| Retention of Existing Wikimedians | Capacitive building | Growth | Wikisource, Wikipedia |
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| WikiTungis: Community support by city user groups. | Capacity building | Outreach , Training | Wikisource, Wikipedia |
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| Font and Software Building | MediaWiki development. | Training | MediaWiki , Wikipedia and Wikisource. |
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| Edit-a-thons | Content generation | Edit-a-thons |
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Wikipedia, Wikisource |
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Implementation plan
Table 3
Program (1) # of newly registered users (2) # of active editors involved (3) # of individuals involved (4a) # of new images/media added to Wikimedia articles/pages (4b) # of new images/media uploaded (optional) (5) # of articles added or improved on Wikimedia projects (6) Absolute value of bytes added to or deleted from Wikimedia projects Online 50 10 10 50 50 20 50,000 Education Program - - - 100 - - Bridging the gender gap 10 10 20 25 15 300 200,000 Font and Software Building 0 3 3 - - - - WikiTungi: Community support by city user groups 25 19 50 200 200 400 10,00,000 Workshops 80 10 130 45 150 50 5,64,000
Table 3 notes:Bytes are indicative of Text not images
Cultivating New Editors
Online Outreach
- Plan
CCC (Content Created Collaboratively) is an online campaign based on popular or trending topics related to Odisha and Odia language/people/culture. For e.g. “Nabakalebara”, “Ratha Jatra”, current affairs in Odisha, breaking news, announcement of awards for any notable person, death of any notable person that will give Odia Wikipedia visibility in social/web media. Help acquire content in real time, and inculcate the sense of community with potential editors. We would like to form a team of seasoned Wikimedians to co-ordinate this activity.
- Goal(Plan)
Spreading Wikipedia Awareness on social media platforms, Targeting mobile editors for instant data addition during the trends. Cis-A2K will enhance efforts on tracking the individuals active on social media platforms and train them on How to edit Wikipedia through mobile phone as it is an easy method to contribute. Creating buzz around any trending topic by sharing a picture, creating online awareness about any notable topic to crowd-source information targeting Facebook groups trending topics in Twitter, bloggers, etc.
- Objective(Execution)
- Attract the audience attention towards contributing to Odia Wikipedia by showing the current status of information or lack of it as a poor representation of the state (Odisha) and its people on the Internet, and any other trending topic beyond Odisha/Odia.
- Collecting information from the newspapers, portals and engaging people active on social media to contribute in enhancing topics on Odia Wikipedia.As there is very less e-content available on Odia in the Internet, we can use Encoding converter (the encoding converter has been developed by Odia Wikimedian) to convert pdf text of news papers into unicode text and archiving it for the Wikimedians coming from online outreach. Availibility of content will be ease for the new Wikimedians to work.
- Target(Projection)
- Engagement with 50 people on a monthly basis and mentoring about 1-10 people to contribute images or information on Wikimedia Commons and Odia Wikipedia respectively.
- Creating/enhancing about 1-10 articles every month.
Education Program
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With the help of community members and Wikipedia Education Program at KISS, Odia Wikisource became an active project from incubator[2].Due to the less follow up work, WEP for Odia language failed to work. The discussion on reviving of WEPs has occured in two IRCs and one community consultations.[3][4], from the output of the consultation CIS A2K will approach these institutions for proposed WEPs after proper consultation with the community, surveying the scenario and interest of institution and participants. There are 18 Universities in Odisha, following the above criteria some Institute can be approached for reviving WEPs.
- List of Institutions.
| Name of the Institution |
|---|
| Utkal University, Bhubaneswar |
| Utkal University of Culture |
| Sambalpur University , Burla |
| Berhampur University , Bhanjavihar |
| Ravenshaw University, Cuttack |
| Sri Jagannath Sanskrit Viswavidyalaya, Puri |
| Fakir Mohan University, Balasore |
| North Odisha University , Baripada |
| Odisha University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar |
| Centurion University of Technology and Management |
| Central University,Odisha,Koraput |
- Goal(Plan)
To approach above mentioned universities and create network of academicians and to reach to different institutes mentioned and conduct workshop and sign MOU with at least two. Targeting place for WEP on the basis of its need towards Wikimedia projects, Technical Universities for MediaWiki development, Cultural and Research related Universities for Wikipedia and Wikisource to create articles and digitizing folios. MoU's with the Institutions will help in maintaining long term relationship with the Universities and will help in working closely with the editors.
- Objective(Execution)
- Creating separate project pages for each engagement. Allowing the students and faculty members to write article on their choice under the guidance of Odia Wikimedians. Engaging the existing community members with the editors from WEPs to help in following Wikipedia manner of writing and helping them to correct the mistakes.
- Notifying the community for a review process of articles written by students as the quality of the Wikipedia should be maintained.
- If there is a publication in these universities they can be released under CC-BY-SA and use them on Wikisource.
- Target(Projection)
- Reviving Wikipedia Education Program in Odia language.
- At least 100 new Wikipedians to join Odia Wikipedia
- At least 300 new articles to be created and 200 existing articles to be improved.
- At least 500 new images/files to be added to commons
- At least 100 kilobytes to be added.
Outreach
Offline Promotion of Odia Wikipedia
Odia is one of the official languages of India, It has also got the classical language status in India. It is the official language of Odisha and the second official language of Jharkhand. Odia is also spoken in parts of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. By 2011 census there are 3.6 crore Odia speakers across the world. Literacy rate of Odisha is 73.45 per cent (82.4 % male, 64.36 % female).
- Plan
Odia Wikipedia awareness program is limited within 2-3 districts of Odisha. Recently, we have moved to a new place and conducted a workshop at Puri district which lead to increase in the number contributors on Odia Wikipedia.[5]Promoting Odia Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects at various part of Odisha and empowering leaders from the community could help in spreading awareness of Odia Wikimedia projects. There are 30 districts in Odisha from which the presence of educational institutes and good computer and internet penetration have to be tapped for potential editors. Reaching towards Odia community and associations living outside of Odisha or spreading to the cities with larger Odia community.
- Implementation
- Reaching towards literary groups, Readers club, libraries.
- Pamphlet distribution in schools and colleges during the time of Workshop or meetups.
- Newspaper advertisements or posts about the workshop or meetup on local newspapers to attract general public.
- 2-3 bi-monthly seminars for Journalists, language activists and Government bureaucrats.
- Targeting famous Book fairs at Puri, Bhubaneswar and Cuttack (How). Putting Odia Wikipedia kiosks at Book fairs while demonstrating editing for the visitors.
- Execution
- Social media advertisements.
- Promoting Wikimedians work on social medias or top websites to bring the attention of their friends to the projects.
- Book Fairs are focal point for literature personalities and students and is a good way for spreading awareness about Odia Wikipedia among 1000 peoples.
- Publishing achievements of Odia Wikipedia and Wikimedians on Newspapers.
Community Outreach with Prominent personalities
- Plan
One letter to one writer/poet/author about Odia Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects. There are many Sahitya Academy , Jnanapitha awardees for Odia language, getting books from them by content acquisition will help Odia Wikisource to attract readers.Providing information on the availability books on Odia Wikisource and its importance to this open movement, articles about them on Odia Wikipedia and How they can contribute to it?. This will also help in engaging community members for one-on-one outreach with the prominent personalities.
- Implementation
- Involving existing community members in writing letter format.
- Building contact of Odia Wikimedians with famous personalities.
- Execution
- Spreading awareness of the movement among famous literature personalities.
There are lot of prominent writer/poet/author on Odia language, they can provide their books to Odia Wikisource if they can be explained properly about our project. Sending an A4 size letter to them mentioning about the number of books available on Wikisource, about Odia Wikipedia, Wikisource and Wikimedians and How their books are important for us. We can title the letter by Internet Re Odia Bhasha Andolan (Odia language Movement on Internet)
— Aditya Mahar during community consultaion for workplan.
Workshops
- Goal
Workshops at various places in Odisha. Spreading towards smaller cities where there is no community or a single Wikimedian, taking help from the Wikimedian and organise workshops at educational institutes or similar organisations. If each of the smaller cities could have at least one active wikipedian he/she could be trained to conduct outreach.
- Implementation
- Two to three follow up workshops at same place.
- Engaging Wikimedians on onwiki and off Wiki activities।
- Educational Institutions and libraries;
- Journalists, College teachers, Writers and other members of the local intelligentsia.
- Objective(Execution)
- Survey for participants after workshops based on their interest increasing the activities at that place.
- Target(Projection)
- At least 100 new Wikipedians to join Odia Wikipedia
- At least 200 new articles and 200 existing articles to be improved.
Media Coverage
- Plan
More awareness by spreading out news in print, web and electronic media both locally and globally as it has helped to increase the unique visitors to Odia Wikipedia in the past. Mainstream Odia language media is still unaware of the presence and importance of Odia Wikipedia. There is a need for wider media coverage about Odia Wikipedia.
- Execution
- Working with existing contacts with media houses and building new ties.
- Targeting the audience and aiming at engaging with them based on audience response to news, blogs and columns, etc.
- Training media personels to educate them about editing Odia Wikipedia.
- Documentary on Odia Wikipedia, publishing stories about Odia Wikimedians and showcasing community efforts.
- Outreach activity at new place captures media attention.
- Projection
- Op-ed's and articles n renowned newspapers, magazines, portals related to Odia Wikipedia.
- Community meetup with media personals.
Strengthening existing community
Retention of Existing Wikimedians
- Goal
Odia Wikipedia being one of the growing Indic language Wikipedia requires User retention for the growth of projects. Community members of Odia Wikipedia are always welcoming and helps new Wikimedians to learn and grow in the project. Retention of existing Wikimedians would help in evaluating and growth of the project.
- Objective(Execution)
Involving existing Wikimedians as resource persons in Workshops, Seminars, meetups etc. , for sharing their experience and encouraging the new Wikimedians.
- Execution
- Creating separate project pages for each engagement (single workshop or a set of workshops as a single entity)
- Inviting Wikimedians for events and taking lead in the process.
- Notifying the community for a review process of articles written by new Wikimedians.
- Implementation
- Proper training of one user can bring ten more users.
- Increasing One-on-one activities for community members.
- Bridging the gap between staffers, admins and Wikimedians by conducting regular meetings (both real and virtual).
Bridging the gender gap
Odia Wikipedia was one of the Wikimedia project which faced scarcity of female editors, Recently some outreach activities by CIS-A2K has helped in increasing the female editors from one to ten.[6]. Community support and encouragement has helped the female contributors to retain in this movement.
- Goal
Odia Wikipedia being one of the growing Indic language Wikipedia requires User retention for the growth of projects. Community members of Odia Wikipedia are always welcoming and helps new Wikimedians to learn and grow in the project. Retention of existing Wikimedians would help in evaluating and growth of the project.
- Objective(Execution)
To bridge the gender gap on Odia Wikimedia projects.
- Execution
- Encouraging on wiki participation for female contributors, guiding them on participating in community discussion, starting new projects.
- Helping them to organize outreach programs, one-on-one activities to bring new editors.
- Note
- Proper guidance and encouragement from Odia Wikipedia community members has helped User:Aliva sahoo to create the 10th longest article on Odia Wikipedia.[7]
WikiTungi: Community support by city user groups
- Plan
WikiTungi would be a city-wise group of experienced editors. The WikiTungi will function as an informal local group that will focus on off-line outreach locally, meet-ups and local outreach programs. These activities would be confined to the city and would cater to the interests of the members. Minimal grant would be allocated for activities that incur expenses.
- Execution
- More group activities like edit-a-thons, photothons, other Wikimedia project production sprints.
- Regular one-on-one capacity building.
- Supporting local outreach.
- WikiTungi to lead the outreach in institutional programs.
- Projection
- Wikipedia edit-a-thons during events, production sprints for Wikimedia Commons, Wikisource, etc.
- Helping Bhubaneswar, Puri and Nalco WikiTungis.
- Collaborating with local libraries to acquire and digitize public ___domain books.
- Regular monthly community meetups.
- Cross Tungi Participation (For ex; Member of Puri Tungi to participate in Nalco Tungi meetup to know more about their projects.)
Creating Movement Resources
- Plan
Building beginner level on-wiki, online and for offline distribution of resources for newbies and existing Wikimedians.
- Execution
- Making “Chatasabha” (help page on Odia Wikipedia) a one point platform for supporting new editors for on-wiki engagement and diverting newbies to it, and enhance it to make it more interactive.
- Designing interactive tutorials for several other platforms (blogs, social media, etc.) that will aim to educate people beyond Wikipedia readers about Odia language input, searching on web, and diverting them to Odia Wikipedia.
- Creating tutorials for mobile editors, As of the Editors survey of 2016 the mobile editors of Odia Wikipedia has increased.
- Projection
- Enriching the Chatasabha with essential information about Wikipedia policies, basics of editing, dos and don’ts.
- Creating interactive beginner level tutorials and promote them regularly on social media, blogs and other popular web portals so more visitors land on Wikipedia.
- Engage with people on the above mentioned platforms in a regular basis so some of them would contribute to Wikipedia as editors.
- Engaging community members for creating CMR.
Technical and Outreach Support and Development
Font and Software Building
- Plan
- New tools and enhancement plans for addressing several technical issues faced by the community.
- Execution
- Building and/or enhancement of free software tools like offline Odia input tool, encoding converters for converting content typed in non-standard/outdated standard legacy fonts into Unicode, tools to measure metrics.
- Mass distribution in various events to individuals and institutions.
- User and community feedback for bugs and feature enhancement needs.
- Enhancement, fixing bugs.
- Projection
- Building/enhancement of various free software tools that will directly or indirectly enrich Odia Wikipedia and help the community।
- Will increase the participation of technical members in the Wiki Projects.
- Training community members through MWT.
Edit-a-thons
Online Edit-a-thons are one of the most successful activity among Odia Wikimedians. It increases the participation of existing Wikimedians and helps in bringing new Wikimedians. From the last 10 Edit-a-thons, community was able to engage 20-30 Wikimedians and 300+ articles were created.
- Goal(Plan)
To conduct thematic edit-a-thons. Training Wikimedians about participation in edit-a-thons.
- Objective(Execution)
- Discuss with the community over village pump, mailing list and IRC.
- Arrive at a consensus on the topics, planning and listing articles.
- Organize 2-3 such Edit-a-thons in one year on trendind topics (For example, Rathyatra, Women's History Month , Rajo etc.).
- Target(Projection)
- Involving 10-15 existing Wikimedians, attracting 10 new Wikimedians for each Edit-a-thon.
- Creating special categories to track the activity occurred during the Edit-a-thon.
GLAM
There are no GLAM activities for Odia Wikimedia Projects. GLAM activities can help in accessing information on various temples, tribes and various cultural activities of Odisha.
Goal(Plan) To visit different Archive, Museums & libraries. Introducing community members about GLAM activities.
- Implementation
- To visit Archive, Museums & libraries for accessing information and conduct photowalks, edit-a-thons.
- Training staffs of the institution about Wikipedia.
- Explaining the importance of GLAM to the head of Institutions.
- Training of community members about GLAM projects and its importance will help in achieving the plan.
- Objective(Execution)
At least 2 GLAM projects in next workplan. There 1000 monuments under different Government projects and information on 75% monuments are not available on Wikimedia projects. Main objective of this goal is to access the information from the GLAM institutes and converting them into Wikipedia articles.
- Target(Projection)
- At least to get 100 new articles.
- At least to get 500 images/files to Wikimedia Commons.
- Starting a GLAM project for Odia Wikimedia projects.
List of Contributors
Wikimedians who joined for a work plan preparatory IRC and various formal and informal meetups and social media groups that helped to build this work plan (in alphabetical order):
Endorsements
Notes
- ↑ Twitter Outreach, https://twitter.com/Saileshpat/status/690168706324832256
- ↑ http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/01/14/odia-wikisource-digitizes-classic-books/
- ↑ IRC/13-03-2016 https://or.wikipedia.org/s/ypt
- ↑ IRC/22-01-2016 https://or.wikipedia.org/s/xvv
- ↑ Odia Wikipedia statistics, January 2016 https://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/SummaryOR.htm
- ↑ List of female Wikimedians having atleast 10 edits after 20 edits after contributing to Odia Wikipedia.
- ↑ Aliva Sahoo being encouraged by community members on her User talk page https://or.wikipedia.org/s/xot