2019/Grants/Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos
Title:
Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos
Name:
Olatunde Isaac
Wikimedia username:
User:T Cells (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:T_Cells)
E-mail address:
reachout2isaac
gmail.com.com
Resume:
The project team includes
- Olatunde Isaac:- Project Lead. Isaac has been actively involved in the Wikimedia movement for more than 5 years with experience in project management, volunteer recruitment, and retention. He is a permanent sysop on Yoruba Wikipedia and license reviewer on Wikimedia Commons. He has lead over 35 Wikimedia training/workshops and co-organized at least 10 photography contest and mentored at least 10 editors who are not only active in Wikimedia projects but also drive the Wikimedia movements in Africa. He is a Co-founder, Wikimedia Nigeria Foundation Inc., Co-founder, Yoruba Wikimedians User Group, member, Individual Engagement Grant Committee, WMF (2015-2016), Co-Chair Wiki Indaba 2019 and Chair, Scholarship Review Committee, Wiki Indaba 2019. He was Member, Scholarship Committee, Creative Commons Global Summit 2020 and Member Project Grant Committee, WMF (March 2020 to date). Trustee Secretary, Wikimedia Nigeria Foundation Inc. (2018 to date)
- User:Deborahjay:- Community Liaison; Captions Editing Support. Deborah is multilingual and has been actively involved in the Wikimedia movement for over a decade with good track record of cross-wiki works. She is a professional translator and proofreader.
- User: Anthere (Florence Devouard):- Project advisor. Florence has been actively involved in the Wikimedia movement for more than 15 years. She was the former Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation between October 2006 and July 2008 and the organizer of Wiki Loves Africa.
- User: Macdanpets (Logistics manager): Dansu peter is a content creator with over 300 articles on the Yoruba language Wikipedia
Geographical impact:
This project will impact on both global south and global north
Type of project:
Other
What is your idea?
The idea of this project is to improve the quality, credibility, and reliability of Wikipedia articles with high-quality photos. More information on the project idea can be found on the project page on meta (see:https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Pages_Wanting_Photos)
Why is it important?
This project is important for the following reasons;
- It aims to promote the quality, reliability, and credibility of Wikipedia articles.
- To promote the use of photos hosted on Wikimedia Commons
- To attract and connect our readers to Wikipedia articles
- To engage existing volunteers
Is your project already in progress?
This project will run from 1st July - 30th August 2020 (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Pages_Wanting_Photos)
How is it relevant to credibility and Wikipedia? (max 500 words)
The project is important because we believe that access to credible and reliable information is a fundamental human right. Information in any form (text, audio & visual) should be accurate, reliable and credible. Millions of articles have been created by thousands of volunteers across the globe yet relatively few of these articles have photos. We believe that a lack of photos impacts the credibility and quality of these articles.
- Photos on an article express the information in ways the texts cannot and this impact on the article's credibility.
- Photo in the article attracts attention as articles with photos are likely to be read than and considered credible.
- Photos on articles may increase viewership level and connect our readers to Wikipedia articles
What is the ultimate impact of this project?
The ultimate impact of this project is to improve the quality, reliability, and credibility of Wikipedia articles. At least, 1000+ articles would be improved with photos
Could it scale?
Yes. It could be scaled
Why are you the people to do it?
We are the people do do it because we have the relevant experience and skills to achieve the set goal
What is the impact of your idea on diversity and inclusiveness of the Wikimedia movement?
We planned to reach over 300 languages Wikipedia community and engage the community members and work with all interested affiliates and local communities (Chapters & User Groups) within the Wikimedia movement. This diversity is one of the most interesting part of this project
What are the challenges associated with this project and how you will overcome them?
Some of our challenges are
- Tracking of impacts. We have identified a tool to help track activities including the number of participants, and articles improved with statistics.
- Funding for prizes and projects management. We are excited to learn about WikiCrid and we are happy that our project aligns with the mission of "WikiCrid". Hopefully, we could be funded for this project
How much money are you requesting?
1000 USD
How will you spend the money?
We wish to fund prizes in the following categories and the project management:
- The winning prize for participants with the most number of pages improved with photos (150 USD)
- First Runner-Up prize for participants with the most number of pages improved with photos (100 USD)
- The prize for participants with the most number of new pages with photos (150 USD)
- First Runner-Up prize for participants with the most number of new pages with photos (100 USD)
- Project management 500 USD
How long will your project take?
About 2 Months (1st July - 30th August 2020)
Have you worked on projects for previous grants before?
Yes but not with this project and fund was not from WikiCrid