Grants:Project/Rapid/Hackathon Moore Wikimedia Community
Project Goal
Briefly explain what are you trying to accomplish with this project, or what do you expect will change as a result of this grant. Example goals include, "recruit new editors", "add high quality content", or "train existing editors on a specific skill".
- Recruit new editors
- Train participants on different Wikidata tools such as Quickstaments, ‘Mix n Match’, Terminator etc
- Link wikipedia articles to Wikidata items using databox and bio templates
Project Plan
Activities
Tell us how you'll carry out your project. What will you and other organizers spend your time doing?
- Day 1. Participants will be introduced to Wikimedia and Wikidata tools. We will organize a hands-on session for participants to contribute to Wikidata using Quickstatements and the Mix n Match tool.
- Day 2. We will invite experienced Wikidata contributors to train participants on how to use the databox and the bio templates.Participants will have the opportunity to learn from volunteers from communities such as the Dagbani and the Gurene Wikimedia communities.
How will you let others in your community know about your project (please provide links to where relevant communities have been notified of your proposal, and to any other relevant community discussions)? Why are you targeting a specific audience?
What will you have done at the end of your project? How will you follow-up with people that are involved with your project?
- By the end of the session,
- The participants from the hackathon will automatically become members of our community
- We will write a blogpost to highlight the learning experiences of participants from the hackathon
- Participants will also be able to use the Quikstatement tool to do mass edits of wikidata items.
- After the hackathon we will conduct a survey to determine the challenges of Participants with regards to contributing to wikidata using these tools
Are you running any in-person events or activities? If so, you will need to complete the steps outlined on the Risk Assessment protocol related to COVID-19. When you have completed these steps, please provide a link to your completed copy of the risk assessment tool below:
- Yes
Impact
How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets and feel free to add more specific to your project:
- Number of total participants: 25
- Number of items created 200+
- Number of articles created or improved (if applicable) n/a
- Number of photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons (if applicable) n/a
- Number of photos used on Wikimedia projects (if applicable) n/a
Resources
What resources do you have? Include information on who is the organizing the project, what they will do, and if you will receive support from anywhere else (in-kind donations or additional funding).
What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense: Budget
- Space rent for two days: $200 x 2 = $400
- Breakfast: $5 x 25 x (2 days) = $250
- Lunch and beverages: $10 x 25 x (2 days) = $500
- Internet: $100 x 2 = $200
- Pull-up banner: $150
- Logistics, communications, social media promotion and admin cost = $200
- Name tags, pens,notepads, flyers, stickers = $250
- Scholarships for particpants (for data and childcare) 100 x 25 = $2,500
- Hackathon T-shirts (for event promotion and branding): $15 x 30 = $300
- Covid-19 safety supplies (sanitizers, masks) = $100
- Contingency: $100
TOTAL $TOTAL: $4,950