Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Scanning of Turkish sports magazines (ID: 22717464)
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Applicant Details[edit]
- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Nanahuatl
- Organization
N/A
- If you are a group or organization leader, board member, president, executive director, or staff member at any Wikimedia group, affiliate, or Wikimedia Foundation, you are required to self-identify and present all roles. (required)
N/A
- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
Main Proposal[edit]
- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Scanning of Turkish sports magazines
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-07-16 - 2024-10-01
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Turkey
- 5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)
Not applicable
- 6. What is the change you are trying to bring? What are the main challenges or problems you are trying to solve? Describe this change or challenges, as well as main approaches to achieve it. (required)
I am one of the most active users in the Turkish Wikipedia. One of the topics that I contribute the most if the sports/association football. Most of the times, we struggle to reach sources for the events between 1920s and 1990s. My aim is to solve that problem, reach sources to create better content and expand what we already have.
Not just the articles, also contributing to the Wikimedia Commons by uploading PD files.
- 7. What are the planned activities? (required) Please provide a list of main activities. You can also add a link to the public page for your project where details about your project can be found. Alternatively, you can upload a timeline document. When the activities include partnerships, include details about your partners and planned partnerships.
What I plan to do is making a list Turkish sports-related magazines that are published between 1920s and 1990s. After having the list of magazines, search for the libraries that have those issues.
After a public announcement on the village pump of the Turkish Wikipedia about the grant, I will need some Wikimedians to go to those libraries, ask for the related magazines and scan them page by page.
My idea is that to "pay a little amount per page" so people can actually go and get those scans and do a good job. Those scans must be high definition so the texts can be read clearly.
It is not a competition, there is no reward nor other organization expenses. Since I live abroad, I can't be part of the scanning process and I am not asking for any payment for such activities.
After having the PDF files of the pages, the PD content can easily be uploaded to the Wikimedia Commons, under a proper licence. Non PD content "won't be shared publicly", only if someone needs a source while creating/expanding an article.
The next step of the project is that convert the texts on the scans to machine readible so editors can search and find any specific information that they look for.
- 8. Describe your team. Please provide their roles, Wikimedia Usernames and other details. (required) Include more details of the team, including their roles, usernames, Wikimedia group, and whether they are salaried, volunteers, consultants/contractors, etc. Team members involved in the grant application need to be aware of their involvement in the project.
Me, as the organizer. And other contributers will be confiable Wikimedians.
- 9. Who are the target participants and from which community? How will you engage participants before and during the activities? How will you follow up with participants after the activities? (required)
The participants will be the editors of the Turkish Wikipedia that live in Turkey.
After the applications, I will review them and choose the best options. If their efforts are not enough, it's possible to change them. Since there are many magazines, I plan to divide them between various editors, so we can advance faster.
After their first scans, I will decide if he or she is capable of doing more or not. The aim is to have the most quality content as possible.
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
No
- 10.1. Please provide a link to your Youth Safety Policy. (required) If the proposal indicates direct contact with children or youth, you are required to outline compliance with international and local laws for working with children and youth, and provide a youth safety policy aligned with these laws. Read more here.
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- 11. How did you discuss the idea of your project with your community members and/or any relevant groups? Please describe steps taken and provide links to any on-wiki community discussion(s) about the proposal. (required) You need to inform the community and/or group, discuss the project with them, and involve them in planning this proposal. You also need to align the activities with other projects happening in the planned area of implementation to ensure collaboration within the community.
I haven't dicussed it with any member yet.
- 12. Does your proposal aim to work to bridge any of the content knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Not applicable
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Culture, heritage or GLAM
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Not applicable
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Innovate in Free Knowledge
Learning and metrics[edit]
- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
I want this project to be an example and expand it for the next ones. Not just sports but other areas such as arts, culture, women rights, politics etc. That's why I don't ask for a huge budget until I can see the results.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 10 | I expect maximum 10 participants. |
| Number of editors | 10 | All the participants must be editors, so maximum 10. |
| Number of organizers | 3 | I organize the project, but it's possible to have some volunteers to help the participants. So I'd say maximum 3. |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
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| Wikipedia | |
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| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
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| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
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| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
N/A
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
Yes
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
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- 20. What tools would you use to measure each metrics? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support. (required)
Since it's a "pay per page" project, in my calculations, I aim to have something like "2.500 magazine pages". It can be more or less than that, depending on other unexpected expenses.
Financial proposal[edit]
- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
32830 TRY
- 22.2. Convert the amount requested into USD using the Oanda converter. This is done only to help you assess the USD equivalent of the requested amount. Your request should be between 500 - 5,000 USD.
1000 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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