Talk:Project grants/Uicipèid (Scottish Gaelic Wikipedia) workshop
Discussion
Please offer any comments here. Thanks -- Katie Chan (WMUK) (talk) 12:13, 11 June 2014 (BST)
"German Centre for Gaelic Language and Culture" gosh - who knew! This is interesting! So, the project sounds good and the cost not too high. I don't think it's outside something we should support, but it would be good to know if you've contacted WMDE. This is partly because I don't want us to step on their toes, but also they might be able to offer local support (perhaps they have contacts who can offer a free meeting space, for example). I'm going to add some specific goals from our strategy (see here), the office can liaise about what information (usernames, etc.) are useful. Finally, it'd be useful to know roughly how many participants you're anticipating, I guess if you already have a set of articles ready to go, it'd be good to know how many (or/and if the topics are of particular interest!). Thanks! Sjgknight (talk) 12:35, 11 June 2014 (BST)
Thank you for your application; this looks like a great idea to me. Helping British minority languages is an area which WMUK can and should cover in their activities. €250 euros converts to around £200 which seems reasonable to me, though I agree with Sjgknight that it would be good to have more information on the planned number of participants and the topics of interest. I also agree that liaising with WMDE is a good idea, even if it's us which provides the funding. Finally, I would add that it would be helpful to have a full breakdown of the costs which add up to €250 euros, primarily for interest and to be clear on where the money is going. CT Cooper · talk 15:54, 11 June 2014 (BST)
- I'll try to answer the questions:
- -...it would be good to know if you've contacted WMDE: I already did one workshop with the help from WMDE (results can be seen here, but to get some funding it was a combined workshop for WP:de and WP:gd. This time I would like to concentrate on the Uicipeid only, otherwise the people get mixed up. I'll contact WMDE for the UMTS-Sticks again, I' m sure they will provide them again.
- -...how many participants you're anticipating: Right now I'll have 5 participants, which would probably be enought for me. As from earlier workshops that I have done I know they all will need individual help, which is very time consuming, as they will all have different problems. So far none of them has any wiki experience.
- -...topics of interest: We did some "famous" Scottish people, such as John Muir, Thomas Telford or Charles Rennie Mackintosh in clas and just don' t won' t to throw the results in the rubbish bin:-). But I don't know exactly how many we have and how long they are. For me the main point about doing this workshop is to show them that there is a Wiki in Gaelic and that they are able to contribute to it.
- -...full breakdown of the costs which add up to €250 euros: 150€ for room rent, 90€ for tea, coffee and a snack at lunchtime (that was according to what WMDE funded us last time.) 10 € for creating Scottish Gaelic cheatsheats.
- -...who can offer a free meeting space: I would like to do it in the "German Centre for Gaelic Language and Culture", as there is a small, but really good library about Scottish related themes as well as many books up to academic level written in Gaelic.
- I'll hope, I didn't miss anything, if there are any further questions, just let me know. --Sionnach (talk) 18:31, 11 June 2014 (BST)
- Thank you for your quick response. Five people with little or no wiki experience can be more than enough for one person to handle, so that's a good number to work with. In terms of costs, 150€ to fund room rent for an entire day is reasonable. 90€ for drinks and a snack for six people (including yourself), meaning 15€ per person, is not mega cheap, but it's tolerable in my opinion. Overall, I'm happy to give this request my support. CT Cooper · talk 23:52, 13 June 2014 (BST)
Approval
Sionnach, I'm happy to say that this application has now been approved on the basis that Wikimedia UK will be noted as a partner supporting the event, and copied into any report you will be producing afterwards ntoing how the event went, how many people supported, what articles was edited, etc. Hope the event goes well. I will work out payment with you by email. -- Katie Chan (WMUK) (talk) 12:06, 17 June 2014 (BST)