I am proposing a grant to fund a Wikipedian in Residence at the University
of Pittsburgh to facilitate the transfer of historical content from Pitt's
archives, collections and library related to women, regional history,
Native Americans of Western Pennsylvania, immigrants, labor, and other
topics. Though at this time I am a Wikipedia Visiting Scholar, I have
responded to requests by the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon
University and the YWCA of Pittsburgh to provide training. As a volunteer
contributor, I am unable to respond to all requests. There are more
requests for training that I have time to do.
The grant proposal is here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Engaging_Academic_Archivists…
Part of the grant-making process requires notification of those who would
like to support this project.
I am the potential grantee and believe that being in the position of
Wikipedian-in-Residence will create a significant improvement to the topics
listed above. My editing history already demonstrates my commitment to
creating content on topics related to women. I understand that I will not
be creating content as a Wikipedian-in-Residence. Instead, I would be
training new and experienced contributors. I am experienced in training new
contributors in adding content to other language wikipedias, Wikidata,
Wikiquote, Commons and others. This will benefit new contributors since
their training does not have to be limited to the English Wikipedia.
I know the potential for the improvement and addition of content is great.
Not only is your support requested but I would be very grateful to any
other members of library efforts and projects who can provide advice. Thank
you for your consideration.
Best Regards,
Barbara Page