Hi everyone,
As you may know, we recently funded 11 projects through Wikimedia
Foundation Project Grants program, initiatives that span from software
development, to online organizing, and offline outreach. In an effort to
increase awareness about these projects, and foster collaboration and
participation, we are hosting the first ever Wikimedia Project Showcase
this coming Thursday, June 13, at 9 am PST (1600 UTC).
You can join the showcase in one of two ways:
- Join the video conference room using BlueJeans:
<https://bluejeans.com/570420589>
- watch the showcase online via Youtube following this link:
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFjo8wg4wKw>
Each participant will have 5 minutes to present about their project, share
why it matters, and how others can get involved. If you would like to
contribute your skills to a project, help out, or simply learn more about
the awesome work our communities are doing, please join us at the Wikimedia
Project Showcase next Thursday!
Looking forward to seeing many of you there,
María and Marti
*María Cruz * \\ Communications and Outreach project manager, L&E Team \\
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
mcruz(a)wikimedia.org | Twitter: @marianarra_
<https://twitter.com/marianarra_>
On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 4:50 AM, YI SHENG WANG <tonesamwang(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Thank you, Marti. I am glad to hear that there
are so many good projects
was recommended by the committee in this round. I appreciate all the
efforts made by the grantee, members of the committee, and staffs. All of
you have done a very good job!
Aotfs2013
Member, Project Grants Committee
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Marti Johnson <mjohnson(a)wikimedia.org> 於 2018年5月19日 週六 上午4:05寫道：
*Hi all,In the latest round of Project Grants,
the committee has
recommended 11 projects for a total of $354,654 in funding. We
received 24
proposals for review. Here’s what we’re funding.
[1]Software: four
projects funded - ScienceSource
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/ScienceSource>: Medical
knowledge is accessed over 2 billion times a year on Wikimedia projects,
but only a relatively small number of editors create and maintain it.
ScienceSource seeks to build an algorithm that will model editor
decision-making to identify reliable biomedical reference sources. By
using
machine automation to sift through large volumes
of reference materials,
ScienceSource will support volunteers to do their work faster and more
effectively. [2] - WikiProject X
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Isarra/WikiProject_X>:
WikiProject X seeks to create better tools for Wikipedian editors
collaborating around common interest areas. Previously funded
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/WikiProject_X> twice
through
Individual Engagement Grants, the project piloted
new features for
several
WikiProjects, including Women in Red
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red>.
This
grant will replace the multiple disparate modules
of WikiProject X with
a
new extension, CollaborationKit. This
improvement will offer editors a
more seamless, adaptable interface to for productive collaboration.
[3][4][5]. - Timeless: Post-deployment support
<
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Isarra/Timele
ss:_Post-deployment_support
:
Timeless is a new volunteer-developed skin designed for editors. It
was
deployed across all Wikimedia projects in 2017,
but lacked sufficient
support to address bugs. This grant will support general improvements
to
make Timeless into a more stable and
user-friendly product. [6] -
WikidataJS <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/WikidataJS>:
This grant will enable the JavaScript developer community to produce
fast,
high quality tools so others can better access
information on Wikidata.
The
project builds on Maxlath
<https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=User:Maxlath>’s previous
creation of several Wikidata-related tools: wikidata-sdk,
wikidata-edit,
wikidata-cli, wikidata-filter. [7][8]Online
organizing: two projects
funded - Wiki Loves Monuments international team/2018 coordination
<
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_Loves_
Monuments_international_team/2018_coordination
:
The international coordination team for Wiki Loves Monuments
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments> (WLM)
proposes to strengthen the foundation for healthy and sustainable WLM
competitions across the world. As the project celebrates its 10th
anniversary, its leaders aim to critically rethink the structural
framework
of WLM. This grant will support efforts to
gather information from
national leaders, collect and share best practices from across the
community, facilitate the ongoing integration of WLM into Wikidata, and
improve operational processes system-wide. [9][10] - Wikimedia CEE
Spring
2018
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wikimedia_CE
E_Spring_2018
:
This annual international article writing contest generates content from
every country and region in Central and Eastern Europe on 30+
Wikipedias.
CEE Spring’s remarkable community spirit plays a
central role in
fostering
a thriving, collaborative volunteer base in the
region. The grant will
incentivize content creation focused on closing the gender gap,
expanding
minority language Wikipedias, and showcasing the
cultural heritage of
Central and Eastern Europe. [11]Offline outreach: five projects funded -
BlackLunchTable/BLT 2018
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/BlackLunchTa
ble/BLT_2018>:
As an organization, BlackLunchTable
<http://www.theblacklunchtable
.com/>
seeks to create a more truthful and inclusive
historical account by
inviting people to write the histories of their own culture. In this
project, they will host a series of edit-a-thons with the aim of
recruiting
editors of color and women editors to write
biographical articles about
notable artists of the African diaspora. The project will primarily
focus
on English Wikipedia. [12][13] - Wiki In
Africa/Wiki Loves Women 2018
<
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_In_Afric
a/Wiki_Loves_Women_2018
:
In 2016, Wiki Loves Women
<http://www.wikiafrica.org/wiki-loves-women/wiki-loves-women/>
launched in
West Africa in an effort to address the content
gap about women in
Africa.
This project continues the Wiki Loves Women
initiative and expands into
two
new countries in East Africa -- Tanzania and
Uganda. The project seeks
to
raise women’s visibility on Wikipedia, create
structural supports for
the
development of Wikimedia groups, and encourage
women’s participation as
leaders, partners, and editors. [14][15] - New Zealand Wikipedian at
Large
Wikipedian_at_Large
:
Through a series of short residencies with multiple institutions,
Giantflightlessbirds
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Giantflightlessbirds> will
leverage
his expertise as a museum curator to establish a
networked community of
GLAM contributors in New Zealand. Through training and support
activities,
he aims to generate continued long-term
contributions to Wikipedia,
Commons
and Wikidata. [16][17] - Wiki loves Rural Areas -
Bimenes
<
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_loves_ Rural_Areas_-_Bimenes
:
In August 2017, Asturian Wikipedians celebrated 50,000 articles in the
rural area of Bimenes, Spain. This project expands on previous community
engagement work done in this rural municipality to continue improving
Asturian-language content. This will be done through partnerships with
multiple cultural institutions, coordination of image donations, and
direct
training with local residents with a particular
focus on encouraging
participation by women. [18] - Outreach in Northern Nigeria
<
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Outreach_in_ Northern_Nigeria
:
The Hausa Wikipedia is one of the smallest Wikipedias, in terms of the
quantity of articles per speaker, yet Hausa is spoken by large
populations
in Northern Nigeria, Southern Niger, and other
parts of West and Central
Africa. This proposal aims to encourage the development of Wikimedia
projects for Hausa Wikipedia in Northern Nigeria by organizing
workshops in
the cities of Kaduna and Kano, by engaging in
long-term institutional
partnerships at large universities in those cities, and by translating
help
and support materials for new editors in Hausa.
[19]On June 14, we will
host a Project Showcase <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFjo8wg4wKw>
for
new grantees to talk about their projects. All
are welcome to attend
this
publicly streamed event. A recording will be
available afterward. We
encourage MediaWiki developers, communication specialists, project
managers, community liaisons, Wikimedia Foundation staff to attend.
[20]The
open call for Project Grants 2018 Round Two
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project> will launch on
November
1,
2018, with applications due November 30, 2018. [21]We are seeking new
candidates for the Project Grants Committee. If you or someone you know
might be interested in serving on the committee, please contact
projectgrants {{at}}
wikimedia.org <http://wikimedia.org> with
questions
mittee#committee-criteria
.
In particular, we are seeking reviewers at this time with expertise
relevant to the 2017 Strategic focus areas
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017>:
knowledge as a service and knowledge equity. [22] [23] 1.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Browse_applications
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Browse_applications>>2.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/ScienceSource
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/ScienceSource>>3.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Isarra/WikiProject_X
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Isarra/WikiProject_X
4.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/WikiProject_X
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/WikiProject_X>>5.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red>>6.
<
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Isarra/Timele
ss:_Post-deployment_support
ss:_Post-deployment_support
>7.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/WikidataJS
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/WikidataJS>>8.
<https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=User:Maxlath
<https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=User:Maxlath>>9.
<
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_Loves_
Monuments_international_team/2018_coordination
Monuments_international_team/2018_coordination
>10.
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Wiki_Loves_Monuments>>11.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wikimedia_CE
E_Spring_2018
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wikimedia_CE
E_Spring_2018
>12.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/BlackLunchTa
ble/BLT_2018
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/BlackLunchTa
ble/BLT_2018
>13.
<http://www.theblacklunchtable.com/
<http://www.theblacklunchtable.com/>>14.
<
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_In_Afric
a/Wiki_Loves_Women_2018
a/Wiki_Loves_Women_2018
> >>15.
> <http://www.wikiafrica.org/wiki-loves-women/wiki-loves-women/
> <http://www.wikiafrica.org/wiki-loves-women/wiki-loves-women/>>16.
Wikipedian_at_Large
Wikipedian_at_Large
>17.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Giantflightlessbirds
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Giantflightlessbirds>>18.
<
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Wiki_loves_ Rural_Areas_-_Bimenes
Rural_Areas_-_Bimenes
Northern_Nigeria
Northern_Nigeria
>20.
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFjo8wg4wKw
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFjo8wg4wKw>>21.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project>>22.
<
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Quarterly/Com
mittee#committee-criteria
mittee#committee-criteria
>23.
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2017>>*
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