Grants talk:Project/TheNEBstudio/WikiMillennials

Terminology

Please, no buzzwords. There is never, ever, a need to use the word "millennial". Nemo 13:13, 23 February 2020 (UTC)

It might be regional, but at this point I basically only hear the term millennial used as a term of derision ("lazy millennial"). I'm not sure we should use it. Bawolff (talk) 07:39, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Eligibility confirmed, Round 1 2020

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I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 19:29, 2 March 2020 (UTC)

Aggregated feedback from the committee for WikiMillennials

Scoring rubric	Score
(A) Impact potential Does it have the potential to increase gender diversity in Wikimedia projects, either in terms of content, contributors, or both? Does it have the potential for online impact? Can it be sustained, scaled, or adapted elsewhere after the grant ends?	8.0
(B) Community engagement Does it have a specific target community and plan to engage it often? Does it have community support?	8.0
(C) Ability to execute Can the scope be accomplished in the proposed timeframe? Is the budget realistic/efficient ? Do the participants have the necessary skills/experience?	7.6
(D) Measures of success Are there both quantitative and qualitative measures of success? Are they realistic? Can they be measured?	4.8
Additional comments from the Committee: Outreach to young people is quite important. The project nicely fits with Wikimedia's strategic priorities namely increasing young people participation in Wikimedia projects. The results (e.g. webcomics, podcasts and visuals) be easily sustained, scaled, or adapted elsewhere. This is a novel approach to meeting an audience who we as a Movement need to get more involved and active. I think using new media to reach marginalized youth is very consistent with the Movement strategic direction. Would like to see options that will allow the community to do more translations of the webcomic. Not fond of the term millennial. Innovative approach to communicate with students The projects looks very innovative to say the least.The potential impact on the movement is significant as compared to the money requested and the risks seem to be low. The results can be easily evaluated. This is innovative, as it connects Wikipedia editing to larger social issues in a novel way, as many of our other efforts to reach new users have not been successful. The costs of this proposal and the potential, ongoing impact make this a nicely innovative proposal. Creating a comic is an innovative idea. Not clear if or how the podcasts/interviews will contribute to the comic. The goals can be accomplished in 12 months and the budget is fine. The participants do have necessary experiences and skills, although not in the Wikimedia movement (except for one participant). However the latter is not necessary for the success of the project. This is doable within the project proposal, though I would have liked to have seen more related to timelines for the project management and release component. The community engagement is limited at this stage. There is a specific target community - millennials especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds. There was little evidence of community involvement in this, which I found surprising. This does have me concerned. I don't see enough community engagement. Interesting and impactful idea to outreach young people. I am willing to support this rather unorthodox project. At least we will have some beautiful pictures as a result. I would like to see more direct community involvement and clarification around a timeline. This project idea looks good and the budget is reasonable. So, I'd recommend it for funding but the name "millennial" should be changed to something that really reflects the project scope.

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--Marti (WMF) (talk) 22:14, 13 May 2020 (UTC)

Hello Marti (WMF) and thank you to the Committee for this overall positive review of our project!

We have added more detail about community engagement and the timeline, as several of your comments required. We hope it is helpful.

About the name "Millennials", it could still change, though we haven't come up with a better idea yet (despite having tried!). Suggestions are welcome :)

Anyway, we are excited to be moving on to the next stage. Yours,

--TheNEBstudio (talk) 09:14, 15 May 2020 (UTC)

Round 1 2020 decision

Congratulations! Your proposal has been selected for a Project Grant.

The committee has recommended this proposal and WMF has approved funding for the full amount of your request, 6,600 €

Comments regarding this decision:
The committee is pleased to support this innovative project to create a new suite of tools to support outreach and engagement in the Wikimedia context.

We especially appreciate your willingness to translate your comic book into multiple languages so it can be used for outreach in more contexts. When you reach the stage when you have a final draft script for the comic book, Chris Schilling (Program Officer) has agreed to help you with marking it for translation.

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