Folks, 3 out of 11 tech proposals are for maps! I say maps are important, eh? :) Please evaluate and comment - what does the maps community think about them. Thanks!
Wiki Needs Pictures https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Wiki_needs_pictures Developing a map to show entities around the world that need photographs on Wikipedia
Wikimedia Maps Rendering Improvements https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Wikimedia_Maps_Rendering_Improvements Improving road labels and borders on Wikimedia Maps
Wikimaps Warper 2.0 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Wikimaps_Warper_2.0 Refactoring Wikimaps Warper code to make the project more accessible for volunteer contributions
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Chris Schilling cschilling@wikimedia.org Date: Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 1:14 AM Subject: [Wikitech-l] Technical expertise needed for Individual Engagement Grant proposals! To: labs-l@lists.wikimedia.org, wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Hey folks,
Applicants for the current round of Individual Engagement Grants (IEG) have submitted many proposals that involve new tools, bot tasks, and other technical elements. I’ve provided the list of these proposals and brief descriptions below.
Your feedback in these technical proposals is requested! If one of these ideas interests you, consider reading it over, and feel free to endorse, express concerns, make suggestions, and ask questions. Your input and expertise will help the applicants develop better proposals, and support the IEG Committee during their evaluation. Comments are requested until October 19th.
With thanks,
Jethro
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Wiki Needs Pictures https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Wiki_needs_pictures
Developing a map to show entities around the world that need photographs
on Wikipedia
Wikimedia Maps Rendering Improvements < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Wikimedia_Maps_Rendering_Improvem...
Improving road labels and borders on Wikimedia Maps
Wikimaps Warper 2.0 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Wikimaps_Warper_2.0
Refactoring Wikimaps Warper code to make the project more accessible for
volunteer contributions
Alt Text Tools https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Alt_text_tools
Tool to make it easier to improve text alternatives for images
Batch Uploader for Small GLAM Projects < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Batch_uploader_for_small_GLAM_pro...
Creating a simple batch uploader for small-to-medium entry level partner
institutions.
Bot Development for Azerbaijani Wikipedia < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Bot_Development_for_Azerbaijani_W...
Developing a translation bot for Azerbaijani Wikipedia
Proofreading semiautomatically the Catalan Wikipedia with LanguageTool < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Proofreading_semiautomatically_th...
Proofreading the whole Catalan Wikipedia using the LanguageTool with the
help of scripts and appropriate supervision.
Color Blindness Content Checker https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Color_blindness_content_checker
Make Wikipedia chart and diagrams color blind accessible
Pan-Scandinavian Machine-assisted Content Translation < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Pan-Scandinavian_Machine-assisted...
Creating more machine translation language data for use in Content
Translation, for Swedish, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål+Nynorsk projects.
StrepHit: Wikidata Statements Validation via References < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/StrepHit:_Wikidata_Statements_Val...
Creating a process that extracts facts from text and produces Wikidata
statements with reference URLs.
Semi-automatically generate Categories for Vietnamese Wikipedia < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Semi-automatically_generate_Categ...
Generating new categories for small-scale & medium-scale Wikipedias where
editors are lacking.
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