Grants/Wiki Academy at IIT Kharagpur 2015


 * Grant contact name: Kalyan Sarkar
 * Grant contact username or email: kalyan@wikimedia.in
 * Grant contact title (position): Chair, Kolkata SIG
 * Project lead name: Kalyan Sarkar
 * Project lead username or email: kalyan@wikimedia.in
 * Project lead title (position), if any: Chair
 * Full project name: Wiki Academy at IIT Kharagpur 2015
 * Amount requested (in INR): ₹ 7,000
 * Provisional target start date: 24 January 2015
 * Provisional completion date: 15 February 2015

Budget breakdown

 * Travel: ₹ 4,900
 * Food: ₹ 2,100
 * Total: ₹ 7,000

Project scope
The scope of the project includes the following.


 * 1) WikiAcademy at IIT Kharagpur on 24 January.
 * 2) Online editing contest in English Wikipedia for registered participants from 19 January till 31 January.
 * 3) Online photography contest in Wikimedia Commons from 19 January till 31 January.

The timeline of the project is given below.
 * 19 Jan 00:00 IST - Registration opens for the workshop and the contests.
 * 24 Jan 10:00 IST - Workshop starts
 * 24 Jan 12:00 IST - Workshop ends
 * 24 Jan 13:00 IST - Editathon starts
 * 24 Jan 17:00 IST - Editathon closes
 * 24 Jan 23:59 IST - Registration closes
 * 31 Jan 23:59 IST - Contest closes
 * 15 Feb 23:59 IST - Winners announced

WikiAcademy
A six member team from Kolkata will travel to IIT Kharagpur on 24 January. The program for the day will consist of two sessions.
 * 1) Workshop: 10-00 to 12-00
 * 2) Editathon: 13-00 to 17-00

Workshop
The session will begin with a speech by senior Wikipedian Col. Ashwin Baindur who will accompany us in the trip. It will be followed by presentation cum hands on editing session on the English Wikipedia and the Wikimedia Commons. The participants are expected to upload their own photographs in Wikimedia Commons and create their user pages in English Wikipedia using the Wiki markup.

Editathon
The session will be an extended workshop where the participants will make uploads in the Wikimedia Commons or make edits in the English Wikipedia as a part of the online contests mentioned above. Our team members shall help them in overcoming their initial hiccups. The contest will remain open till 31 January 2015 23:59 IST.

Online editing contest

 * 1) The scope of the contest shall be limited to English Wikipedia only.
 * 2) The edits made after registration till the scheduled closing date shall only be considered for the contest.
 * 3) Anonymous edits shall not be considered for the contest.
 * 4) Only the main space edits i.e. edits in articles shall be considered for the contest.
 * 5) Edits in talk page, user page, user talk page and other such pages shall not be considered for the contest.
 * 6) Top three contributors will be declared as winners.
 * 7) However, if no meaningful contribution is made, WMIN reserves the right not to declare any winners.

Online photography contest

 * 1) The scope of the contest is limited to image files only. Audio, video and other forms of media will not be considered.
 * 2) Uploads made after registration till the scheduled closing date shall only be considered for the contest.
 * 3) Top three contributors will be declared as winners.
 * 4) However, if no meaningful contribution is made, WMIN reserves the right not to declare any winners.

Project goal
The following are the goals of the project.


 * 1) Increase outreach among the student community of IIT Kharagpur and other institutions.
 * 2) Bring in new users to the Wikimedia projects through the programme.
 * 3) Increase content in English Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.
 * 4) Nurture the relationship with the institution with a vision of long term engagement.

Non-financial requirements
We do not need any additional support from the Wikimedia India Chapter regarding the travel and accommodation other than the grant as requested above. The following logistics will be provided by the IIT Kharagpur SpringFest organizers. This is enshrined in the MoU signed between IIT Kharagpur SpringFest 2015 organizers and Wikimedia India Chapter.


 * The pickup and drop from Kharagpur Railway Station to IIT Kharagpur campus will be arranged by IIT Kharagpur SpringFest organizers.
 * The accommodation and restroom facilities for Col. Ashwin Baindur and his wife will be arranged by the IIT Kharagpur SpringFest organizers.

However, we still have additional requirements from the Wikimedia India Chapter. They are mentioned below.
 * Participation certificate to the participants of the Wiki Academy.
 * Award certificate to the winners of the online editing and photography contests.

Fit to strategy

 * Outreach: The event will have result in a strong outreach among the student community of not only IIT Kharagpur, but also students of institutes nearby like KIIT Bhuvaneshwar and others who usually attend the SpringFest 2015.
 * Contribution: The online editing contest in English Wikipedia and online photography contest in Wikimedia Commons have been specifically designed to generate contribution from the participants.
 * Quality: The event is being held in IIT Kharagpur, one of the premier educational institutes of the country. The quality of contribution coming from students of such premier institution can be reasonably expected to be of better quality.
 * Credibility: The guest speech by Col. Ashwin Baindur and the presentation by experienced Wikimedians from the community will definitely help in establishing credibility of the Wikimedia projects among the student community who happen to be one of the most prolific consumers of Wikipedia.
 * Effectiveness: WikiAcademy at IIT Kharagpur will help in establishing the foothold among the educational institutions of the state. Following up on the international conference on Bengali Wikipedia in Kolkata just a couple of weeks ago, it would help maintain the momentum.
 * Sustainability: Association with IIT Kharagpur may be gradually taken up at the institutional level with long term projects which could be mutually beneficial for both.

Other benefits
Participation at the Spring Fest will help establishing the credentials of the Wikimedia projects, the Wikimedia Foundation and the Wikimedia India Chapter among the sponsors and other participating organizations at the event.

Measures of success
The following would be the measures of success.


 * No. of new users in Wikimedia projects
 * Quantity of content contributed in English Wikipedia articles
 * No. of new articles created in English Wikipedia
 * No. of images uploaded in Wikimedia Commons

Team members (optional)

 * 1) Kalyan Sarkar
 * 2) Ayan Choudhury
 * 3) Sumantro Mukherjee
 * 4) Prachatos Mitra
 * 5) Rangan Datta
 * 6) Biswarup Ganguly
 * 7) Ashwin Baindur