New subject: Fwd: GLOW - Community outreach and feedback - Tunisia

26 Jul 2018

Dear Tunisian Community,

There is a new type of partnership between Google and the WMF.
I reached out to the Partnership team to see any area to implement this in
Tunisia especially taking in consideration the trending articles whenever
something pops up in the net sphere (TV series or Football related
articles,...).

Please check Jack's email below and let me know what do you think. Is our
UG willing to benefit from this piloting project?

My best
*Emna Mizouni*

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Spokeswoman - Wikimedia TN User Group
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---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Jack Rabah &lt;jrabah(a)wikimedia.org&gt;
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2018 at 11:45
Subject: GLOW - Community outreach and feedback - Tunisia
To: Emna Mizouni &lt;emna.mizouni2(a)gmail.com&gt;

Hi Emna,

Per our conversation, please see below a summary and background information
about the Google partnership we are working on for Tunisia.

I'd like your help with getting community feedback on the tactics we are
proposing in the scaling (tactics seen below in bullet point format) to
ensure they are realistic and viable in the community and Tunisian contexts.
 *Please note the deadline is July 6th, 2018.*

It would be great if you could reach out the Tunisian community to get a
sense whether the ideas we are proposing would be supported/approved, but
also if the community could implement or support the tactic we are
proposing. Please feel free to share any other ideas for supporting current
editors and growing new editors.

*Background:*

In 2016, Google and the Wikimedia Foundation in partnership with the Centre
for Internet and Society (CIS), Wikimedia India chapter (WMIN), user groups
and external partners launched a pilot project in India to encourage local
Wikipedia communities to create locally relevant articles in Indian
languages. The project (codename: Project Tiger
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Supporting_Indian_Language_Wikipedias_Program>
) (a) supported active and experienced Wikipedia editors through the
donation of laptops and stipends for internet access and (b) organized a
language-based article writing contest to address existing Wikipedia
content gaps.
Through this pilot project, over 4,000 articles
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Supporting_Indian_Language_Wikipedias_Program/Contest/Stats>
 were created in over 10 Indic languages.

*Google and the Wikimedia Foundation are keen to replicate the success of
the pilot project and refine and scale this strategy globally. To this end,
Google and the Wikimedia Foundation working in close coordination with
target Wikimedia movement affiliates will encourage Wikipedia communities
to create high-quality content in the target local languages for the most
searched for (but missing) relevant topics. This partnership program will
specifically target language communities with small but growing Wikipedias
and focus their efforts on producing missing content that local readers are
searching for. Through this program, we will be able to help local language
communities overcome barriers to participation, making our current editors
more efficient and engaged, and support efforts to grow new editors' ranks
in key languages. Below is an outline of the tactics we propose to adopt to
increase relevant content on Wikipedia in select local languages; depending
on local context and past experience, we may or may not adopt certain
tactics if the circumstances warrant otherwise. *

*The specific tactics we would like your feedback on:*

   - *Provision of topics*: (a) providing topics based on existing
   community event themes and encouraging editors to write articles on these
   topics to fill content gaps; and (b) daily or weekly tasks on specific
   topics, themes, and areas to editors who opt-in via mobile phone, as
   guidance or suggestion of articles for editors to create content on. Would
   the community have any concerns with this?
   - *Support for very active editors*: specifically, the provision of
   laptops (new and refurbished), internet access, support to attend to
   relevant global events, YouTube interviews, internships with organizations
   that value research and writing skills, capacity development training.
   Would this "support" be acceptable to the community? Other support ideas?
   - *Partnerships with GLAMs*: with support from WMF & Google, would the
   affiliate/UG be interested in and able to pursue and implement these
   partnerships to support current editors by giving them access to
   archives, research resources and content, and venues for content creation
   events? Is this realistic in your context?
   - *Partnerships with universities (Wikipedia Education Program)*: with
   support from WMF & Google, would the affiliate/UG be interested in and able
   to pursue and implement partnerships with universities to grow new
   editors and expand the academic content on Wikipedia in target languages?
   Is this realistic in your context?
   - *Promoting translation tools*: Promoting the use of translation tools
   and developing a better translation experience to help first-time editors
   with content creation - provides an easy entry to contribution than editing
   afresh and builds confidence. Does the community have any
   concerns/objections to this approach?
   - *Write for Wikipedia camps*: WMF and Google propose to create a
   training and certificate program aimed at attracting, training, certifying,
   deploying, and retaining new editors who will contribute to increasing
   content in local languages. The program will train new editors on how to
   edit and contribute to Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects and will include
   testing the skills and capacities and an internship opportunity for the top
   performing new editors with organizations that value research and writing
   skills like media houses or publishing companies. Is the community opposed
   to this tactic as a way to grow editor ranks? Would you be able to support
   this training program (lead/assist in the creation of the program and
   trainings etc.)?

Please let me know if you have any questions.

All the best,
Jack