Grants:Project/Rapid/Ennegreciendo Wikipedia edithatons/Noircir Wikipédia
Noircir Wikipédia wikidata project Noircir and Ennegreciendo
www.noircirwikipedia.org
Project Goal
[edit]In the framework of the celebration of the Afro-Uruguayan culture month, the project Noircir Wikipédia/Ennegreciendo Wikipedia has been invited by several entities to give to give talks and workshops on Blackening Wikipedia with the aim of increasing the contribution and participation of Afro-descendants to Wikipedia in Uruguay. Wikimedistas de Uruguay will co-organize the activities with the our project.
Entities from which we have received letters of invitation:
- The House of Afro-Uruguayan Culture.
- The Institute of Human Rights.
- Cósmica Contemporary Art Fair 2021.
- Afrofloreciendo association, Paysandú.
Project Plan
[edit]Activities
[edit]Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:
1. Are you doing one editathon or training or a series of editathons or trainings?
We are planning a series of 5 editathons over 1 month focused reducing racial gap on Wikipedia and WikiCommons.
- 2 editathons at the house of Afro-Uruguayan culture in Montevideo. 1 editathon of 2 will be in-person and online.
- 1 talk at the Cósmica contemporary art fair in Montevideo.
- 1 talk and 1 editathon at the institute of human rights of Uruguay.
- 2 editathons with Afrofloreciendo association, Paysandú, Uruguay.
2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? You are required to provide links to on-wiki pages to inform these communities about your proposed work. Examples of places where this can be done include community discussion pages, affiliate discussion pages, or relevant project talk pages.
- we will post in our projects pages and communicate it to all participants to our projects.
- we will post notifications on the portals of Wikiproyecto África, Wikiproyecto Mujeres de Latinoamérica, to invite their participants to come to the online event.
- we are member of Wikimedians of the Caribbean User Group and we will share the events in the group.
- we have used our local and international mailing list to invite participating in the events.
- we sent e-mails of invitation to black feminist collectives and black european feminist plateforms
- Wikimedistas de Uruguay will promote these events.
3. How will you let participants know about the edit-a-thon? In what ways will you be communicating with them?
- the project will be presented at the international fair of contemporary art Cósmica.
- The organizations that host us, will make the promotion of the editathons.
- via our website ennegreciendo wikipedia.org.
- via our Facebook, Instagram and Twitter page named Noircir Wikipédia/Ennegreciendo Wikipedia, several post have been created and shared by our followers.
4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals.
- AfricanadeCuba, Señoritaleona, Galahmm online.
5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?
- Yes. The entities will provide the equipment for the editathons.
6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?
- The organizers of the event will send a thanks box created for the Spanish project Ennegreciendo Wikipedia.
- We will monitor the work done by new editors between events so they can answer questions and offer feedback. We will also use a Facebook group for editathon participants to talk. .
- We do monthly sessions for the improvement of the articles participating in our projects.
7. Are you running any in-person events or activities? If so, you will need to complete the steps outlined on the Risk Assessment protocol related to COVID-19. When you have completed these steps, please provide a link to your completed copy of the risk assessment tool below:
- All our activities will be in person.
8. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project? There are only statistics on the contribution of the African-American diaspora in Wikipedia. Our goal is to encourage the creation of groups of Spanish-speaking editors of African descent. We intend to raise our project in Spanish to the same level of development, divulgation and creation of articles as the project in French, which already has more than 180 articles, carries out pedagogical projects with European and Caribbean universities in French and collaborates with many organizations of the African diaspora in Europe and Africa. And this time we have the support of institutions that work and/or represent the Afro-Uruguayan population. And as always the support of Wikimedia Uruguay. In order to encourage the Afrodescendant community of Latin America for the Wikipedia; We must be interested in its cultural legacy and that this work of inclusion in the online encyclopedia has an impact of recognition of the cultural contribution of the African diaspora to the foundations of Latin American culture.
Impact
[edit]How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets:
- Do 5 editathons.
- Have 8 a 10 participants (monitors included) at every editathon.
- Create 10 a 15 new articles of Afrouruguayan culture and personalities in Wikipedia.
- Improve 20 articles.
- Have 10 new editors on wikimedian projets.
- Have 5 participants to repeat.
Resources
[edit]What resources do you have? Include information on who is organizing the project, what they will do, and if you will receive support from anywhere else (in-kind donations or additional funding).
- Galahmm and AfricanadeCuba are organizing the events and leading the Wikipedian edithatons.
- Wikimedistas de Uruguay will support with experienced Wikipedians.
- We have already covered costs of internet connection by the institutions.
- The Institute of Human Rights & the House of Afrouruguayan Culture will cover the cost of food for participants and organizers for 3 editathons.
What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.
- Hotel in Montevideo for 8 nights: $600
- Hotel 2 nights in Paysandú: $100.00
- Transport to the countryside for 2 editathons Afrofloreciendo association: $50.00
- Food for 10 days: $400
- Food and drinks for participant of the editathons: 100 x 2 events: $ 200.00
Total = 1350 - dollars
Endorsements
[edit]Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!
- Nattes à chat (talk) 13:08, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
- Moumou82 (talk) 20:11, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
- Score Beethoven (talk) 22:16, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
Strong support An important project by experienced trainers and organisers to address the lack of representation of Afrodescedents in the movement. The project also reflects the transnational realities of the African diaspora. Recent research shows how significant underrepresentation of Afrodescendents in USA and UK participate in the Wikimedia movement - little has been done to measure underrepresentation outside of the Anglosphere. This project is an opportunity to connect with disenfranchised and marginalised communities in Uruguay, and build on the work of Ennegreciendo Wikipedia and Wikimedistas de Uruguay. MassiveEartha (talk) 13:28, 11 November 2021 (UTC)
Support As a member of Wikimedistas de Uruguay, I strongly support this project. I think her project would help raise more awareness about the importance of contributing to Wikipedia among the Afrodescendant community. Scann (talk) 15:02, 10 November 2021 (UTC)- Support I strongly support this project for having seen their determination on past projects.Adoscam (talk) 13:34, 10 November 2021 (UTC) (
- Support Necessary work that deserves to be supported. LurKin (talk)
- Strong support As a member of Wikimedistas de Uruguay as well, I believe that this project will have a strong and positive impact in our community. Pablísima (talk) 19:34, 10 November 2021 (UTC)
- Strong support Comme toujours, Noircir Wikipedia met en place des projets qui ont un réel impact sur la communauté.Ross.Patrick
- Strong support Having worked with Noircir Wikipédia in the past Black Lunch Table Wikimedians strongly support and believe in the necessary work that Ivonne, Gala and their community are doing. Raggachampiongirl (talk)
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