<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Hi all,</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px">Several technical projects that may be of interest to folks on this list are currently proposed for Individual Engagement Grants (IEG). Input from technical contributors is very welcome to help us decide which projects to fund. </div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13.333333969116211px"><br>Please come share any comments, suggestions, endorsements or other feedback you have, directly on the proposal discussion pages on meta-wiki, by April 20, 2014. <br>
<br>There are 7 tools proposals:<br>* <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Finish_Pronunciation_Recording" target="_blank">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Finish_Pronunciation_Recording</a><br>* <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Tools_for_Armenian_Wikisource_and_beyond" target="_blank">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Tools_for_Armenian_Wikisource_and_beyond</a><br>
* <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/WikiTrack" target="_blank">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/WikiTrack</a><br>* <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/The_Wikiquiz" target="_blank">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/The_Wikiquiz</a><br>
*<a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Stepwise_Disclosure_Edition:_Wikipedia_for_shy_people" target="_blank">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Stepwise_Disclosure_Edition:_Wikipedia_for_shy_people</a><br>
* <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Open_Access_Reader" target="_blank">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Open_Access_Reader</a><br>* <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Global_Economic_Map" target="_blank">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Global_Economic_Map</a><br>
<br>All IEG proposals can be found here:<br><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-join" target="_blank">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG#ieg-join</a><br><br>Some background about these grants:<br>
<br>IEGrants fund Wikimedians to work on projects that meet a community need and aim to have online impact. We’re happy to experiment with new ideas, provided they attempt to solve a useful problem and we can learn something valuable even from those that don’t succeed.<br>
<br>For tools projects in particular, we consider things like:<br><br>* Can the project be accomplished independently by the grantee team? If it needs code review, integration, or something else from WMF engineering staff, it isn’t eligible for funding. (This is to avoid accumulating large review/integration debt.) So, new MediaWiki core features or extensions aren’t good fits for these grants, but gadgets and stand alone applications are welcome.<br>
* Does the project have a hosting dependency? If WMF is expected to provide servers (i.e. hosting beyond what any volunteer has access to via Wikimedia Labs), it isn’t eligible for funding. We like to see hosting plans that can last beyond a 6-month grant, so we try to avoid short-term funding for servers via these grants as well.<br>
* Does the project have a community engagement plan? We want to fund tools that will be useful to real people, so we try to avoid funding projects that take a “build it and they will come” approach to development.<br><br>
Hope to see your input on proposals on meta!<br><br>Best wishes,<br>Siko</div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr">Siko Bouterse</div><div dir="ltr">Head of Individual Grants<br>Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.<br><br><a href="mailto:sbouterse@wikimedia.org" target="_blank">sbouterse@wikimedia.org</a><br>
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