Wiki Loves Monuments/2016/Grant
Basic information[edit]
Project details[edit]
- Official project name
- Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 in Belgium and Luxembourg
- Project start date (include month, day, and year)
- September 1, 2016
- Project completion date (include month, day, and year)
- February 28, 2016
- Please describe the project in 1–2 sentences
- Organisation of the yearly Wiki Loves Monuments competition in Belgium and Luxembourg and of a follow-up activity to promote reuse of WLM photos in Wikipedia
Financial details[edit]
- Currency requested
- EUR
- Amount requested in currency requested
- 2840 EUR
- Equivalent amount in US$ on the date of this submission
- 3,213.69 USD
- List the exchange rate used to calculate the amount listed in US$
- 1.00 EUR = 1.131582 USD(as of May 16, 2016)
Grantee details[edit]
- Are you an organization, an individual, or an individual submitting on behalf of a group?
- Yes, Wikimedia Belgium is the Belgian national chapter of Wikimedia, officially founded in October 2014.
- Group information
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- Name of group:
- Wikimedia Belgium
- Purpose of group:
Promoting free access to culture through wiki projects in Belgium and Luxembourg
- Link to information about your group:
- http://be.wikimedia.org
Contact information[edit]
- 1st Project Lead
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- Project lead name:
- Stefano Caneva
- Project lead username or email:
- User:Ste.caneva or stefanowikimedia.be
- Project lead title (position within group), if any:
- Project Manager
- Project lead name:
- 2nd Project Lead
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- Project lead name:
- Romaine
- Project lead username or email:
- User:Romaine or romainewikimedia.be
- Project lead title (position within group), if any:
- Project Manager
- Project lead name:
Goals and measures of success[edit]
Project goal[edit]
- Project goal
- We want to encourage and facilitate the capturing and uploading of photographs of Belgian and Luxembourg heritage sites or monuments in September 2016 (goal I). On an organisational level, we want to strengthen our organisation (goal IIa); achieve a high media coverage (goal IIb); further develop our relationship with the different collaborating organisations (goal IIc); ensure continuity in our activities towards the user community (goal III).
Measures of success[edit]
- Measures of success
We will consider this project a success if we can:
- Get 3.000 new uploaded pictures of Belgian and Luxembourg heritage sites in 2016 (2320 in 2014; 3179 in 2013, 4403 in 2012, 6102 in 2011) (goal I)
- Get 40 new contributors (goal I)
- Achieve a high 'diversity' of the uploaded pictures and contributors (eg. professional photographers vs hobby photographers, Dutch/French/German contributors) (goal I)
- Develop a broader professional volunteering organising team (goal IIa)
- Improve the media impact in comparison with the last edition in 2014 (goal IIb)
- Get a commitment from the partners for Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 during the Award Session (goal IIc)
- Have a considerable number of participants at the award prize giving session (goal III)
Project scope and activities[edit]
The project is centered around the organisation of Wiki Loves Monuments in Belgium and Luxembourg. We will organise the following activities:
- Part 1- pre-contest events (May-August)
Public presentations of WLM in public institutions, especially cultural heritage and educational institution. We will attempt at opening up participation and support to WLM to as many cultural institutions as possible, in order to multiply and diversify the campaign events. The target public of these events is composed of 1) sponsors, 2) institutions interested in collaborating in the organization of September events, 3) professional and amateur photographers who already know, or still have to learn about WLM.
- Part 2- September campaign
Organisation of max. 6 photo-walks, accompanied by explanation of how to upload pictures for the contest (Wiki Takes... a city: A group of participants make a tour and take pictures of monuments in a certain city; ~10-20 people), with particular focus on the European Heritage Days (8-11 September) and on monuments for which no or few pictures are currently available on Wikimedia Commons. The increased number of events for the September campaign in comparison with the last edition (2014) reflects the development of the WMBE network and organizing capacities and responds to our current outreach strategy, focusing on broadening up and diversifying participation in Wikimedia projects.
- Part 3- Judging session
This phase includes 2 sessions involving about five judges. The judges will first have two weeks of time to make their personal shortlist of 10 images; then they will discuss together the winning image starting from their pre-selection. Three main criteria are taken into account: encyclopedic purpose, technical quality, originality.
- Part 4- November Award Session
Award session. We will give away our prices, thank all collaborating organisations and the contributors. The event will be promoted within and outside the networks of collaborators of Wikimedia Belgium, in order to increase opportunities of networking.
- Part 5- January Post-contest reuse activity
Edit-a-thon based on the reuse of WLM photos to better illustrate Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects and to foster long-lasting collaboration of WLM-participants and partners with Wikimedia Belgium. The main targets of this phase are to attract new editors, strengthen the collaboration with active ones and improve pages especially of monuments that currently have no or little visibility on Wikimedia projects.
Target public[edit]
Belgium is a multilingual community best compared to Canada and South Africa. Like Canada there is no such thing like a "Belgian language" the official languages are Dutch, French, German (de jure) and de facto English, so Belgian wiki contributors work in the Dutch, French, German and English wiki projects. Like South Africa, Belgium has a larger number of languages and therefore Wikimedia Belgium impacts in total 6 other Wiki language communities of smaller Belgian regional languages.
Resources and risks[edit]
Resources[edit]
The grant request is supported by the Wikimedia Belgium board.
Project Volunteers
Project Volunteers Art+Feminism organisers:
And members
and +/- 40 other on our memberlist
Budget[edit]
Please provide a detailed breakdown of project expenses according to the instructions here. See Budget Guidelines. Grantees are subject to line-item scrutiny of expenses. Changes to the approved budget beyond 10% in any category must be approved in advance.
Project budget table[edit]
Description | Costs requested from WMF (EUR) |
Costs borne by external party (EUR) |
Total costs (EUR) |
---|---|---|---|
Part 1: Pre-contest events | |||
Travel expenses | 150 | 150 | |
Part 2: Events | |||
Travel expenses | 500 | 500 | |
Part 3: Judging sessions | |||
Travel expenses | 120 | 120 | |
Gift packages for the judges | 170 | 170 | |
Part 4: November Award Session | |||
Award prices | 600 | 450 | 1050 |
Catering during the reception | 460 | 460 | |
Venue rental + crew hire | 1250 | 1250 | |
Travel expenses | 450 | 450 | |
Part 5: Monuments Edit-a-thon | |||
Venue rental + crew hire | 2000 | 2000 | |
Travel expenses | 450 | 450 | |
Part 6: General costs | |||
Website | 150 | 150 | |
Project Management Costs | 400 | 400 | |
Total | |||
2840 | 4310 | 7150 | |
40% | 60% |
Discussion[edit]
see Talk:Wiki Loves Monuments/2016/Grant
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Endorsements[edit]
The grant request is supported by the Wikimedia Belgium board.