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 &lt;cschilling(a)wikimedia.org&gt; Date: Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 1:14 AM Subject: [Wikitech-l] Technical expertise needed for Individual Engagement Grant proposals! To: labs-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, wikitech-l(a)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 ---- Wiki Needs Pictures <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Wiki_needs_pictures> on Wikipedia Wikimedia Maps Rendering Improvements < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Wikimedia_Maps_Rendering_Improve… Wikimaps Warper 2.0 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Wikimaps_Warper_2.0> volunteer contributions Alt Text Tools <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Alt_text_tools> Batch Uploader for Small GLAM Projects < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Batch_uploader_for_small_GLAM_pr… institutions. Bot Development for Azerbaijani Wikipedia < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Bot_Development_for_Azerbaijani_… Proofreading semiautomatically the Catalan Wikipedia with LanguageTool < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Proofreading_semiautomatically_t… help of scripts and appropriate supervision. Color Blindness Content Checker <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Color_blindness_content_checker> Pan-Scandinavian Machine-assisted Content Translation < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Pan-Scandinavian_Machine-assiste… 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_Va… statements with reference URLs. Semi-automatically generate Categories for Vietnamese Wikipedia < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Semi-automatically_generate_Cate… editors are lacking. -- Chris "Jethro" Schilling I JethroBT (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:I_JethroBT_(WMF)> Community Organizer, Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home> _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l