Project grants/The Africa Destubathon

Basic information

Project Title (If applicable)

The Africa Destubathon

Proposed by

Dr. Blofeld and Fsmatovu

Are you currently a member of Wikimedia UK?

Yes

Project description

Briefly describe the issue or problem that motivates this application. What needs are you meeting?

For the month of October a "Destubbing" contest to cover the entirety of Africa aimed solely at reducing our number of stubs. A tremendous amount of work needs doing and Africa would really benefit from having articles fleshed out and stub tags removed. Unfortunately the North African contest proposal to the main foundation seemed marred with problems and hadn't been commented on in 5 weeks. I think the best thing would be to launch an initial general improvement drive, and hopefully gain more support and trust for this from within Africa.

Describe project activities. What will you use the funding to do?

The funding requested £100-200 will go towards Amazon voucher prizes for the three most productive editors in the month who "destub" the most articles.

Describe your plan for evaluating this project. How will you measure success? What types of things will you measure (e.g. content, participants)?

Run as part of The African 10,000 Challenge this would be a successful contest if several hundred articles from anywhere in Africa get destubbed and improved. It will hopefully set the 10,000 long term goal in the right direction and give it a good initial boost.

Identify key people involved in this project. How will or could the wider Wikimedian community be involved?

Dr. Blofeld and Fsmatovu. We will invite all African contributors to participate in the editathon.

If applicable, identify partnering organisations for this project (not essential)

NA

If you feel that there is more information that could be for example resources needed, how successes can be measured, and how it fits in with the aims of Wikimedia and Wikimedia UK. Please note that these answers don't have to be definite now, and can be expanded on in conversation with the programme team.

What targets have you set? What will you measure?

We're aiming for a few hundred articles ot be "destubbed" during the month.

What contribution will the project make to our strategic goals?

Improving the quality of the encyclopedia in a poorly developed region of the world overall.

Who will be recording/measuring the project metrics, and writing up a project report?

Hopefully Karla Marte!

What staff support is being requested?

None, just grant approval ;-)

How can you get other volunteers involved? What roles could they have?

Invite them to participate and enjoy the drive.

What meeting or other space is needed?

It will be organized around [1]

Are other resources needed (such as computers, books, camera equipment, food, contacts, infrastructure)? How will they be sourced?

None

If any partner organisations have been identified, have they been contacted and are they committed?

None

Does this project require more extensive funding? What would any WMUK funds be used for?

No, just prize money.

Are external funds needed that we can apply for? If so where will they be sought?

None

Approval

The budget holder has approved this grant; feedback sent by email.

Richard Nevell (WMUK) (talk) 11:33, 12 October 2016 (BST)