On 10/6/15, Chris Schilling <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey folks, > > Applicants for the current round of Individual Engagement Grants (IEG) have > submitted many proposals that involve new tools, bot tasks, and other > technical elements. I’ve provided the list of these proposals and brief > descriptions below. > > Your feedback in these technical proposals is requested! If one of these > ideas interests you, consider reading it over, and feel free to endorse, > express concerns, make suggestions, and ask questions. Your input and > expertise will help the applicants develop better proposals, and support > the IEG Committee during their evaluation. Comments are requested until > October 19th. > > With thanks, > > Jethro > > ---- > > Wiki Needs Pictures > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Wiki_needs_pictures> >> Developing a map to show entities around the world that need photographs > on Wikipedia > > > Wikimedia Maps Rendering Improvements > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Wikimedia_Maps_Rendering_Improvements> >> Improving road labels and borders on Wikimedia Maps > > > Wikimaps Warper 2.0 > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Wikimaps_Warper_2.0> >>Refactoring Wikimaps Warper code to make the project more accessible for > volunteer contributions > > > Alt Text Tools <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Alt_text_tools> >>Tool to make it easier to improve text alternatives for images > > > Batch Uploader for Small GLAM Projects > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Batch_uploader_for_small_GLAM_projects> >>Creating a simple batch uploader for small-to-medium entry level partner > institutions. > > > Bot Development for Azerbaijani Wikipedia > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Bot_Development_for_Azerbaijani_Wikipedia> >>Developing a translation bot for Azerbaijani Wikipedia > > > Proofreading semiautomatically the Catalan Wikipedia with LanguageTool > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Proofreading_semiautomatically_the_Catalan_Wikipedia_with_LanguageTool> >>Proofreading the whole Catalan Wikipedia using the LanguageTool with the > help of scripts and appropriate supervision. > > > Color Blindness Content Checker > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Color_blindness_content_checker> >>Make Wikipedia chart and diagrams color blind accessible > > > Pan-Scandinavian Machine-assisted Content Translation > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Pan-Scandinavian_Machine-assisted_Content_Translation> >>Creating more machine translation language data for use in Content > Translation, for Swedish, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål+Nynorsk projects. > > > StrepHit: Wikidata Statements Validation via References > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/StrepHit:_Wikidata_Statements_Validation_via_References> >>Creating a process that extracts facts from text and produces Wikidata > statements with reference URLs. > > > Semi-automatically generate Categories for Vietnamese Wikipedia > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Semi-automatically_generate_Categories_for_Vietnamese_Wikipedia> >>Generating new categories for small-scale & medium-scale Wikipedias where > editors are lacking. > > -- > Chris "Jethro" Schilling > I JethroBT (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:I_JethroBT_(WMF)> > Community Organizer, Wikimedia Foundation > <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home> > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
It would be nice if before asking for general review, the proposals were vetted to have sufficient detail. Some of these seem to be "I want X$ to do Y, and I'm not going to tell you how I plan to do Y, or how I determined X$ is needed, or even give a detailed definition of what Y is". For a grant proposal, I'd expect to see budget justifications, time estimations broken down by rough sub tasks, a general plan of attack, potential risks and how the grantee plans to mitigate them, user acceptance criteria, etc -- -bawolff _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
