Forwarding good news. Pine On Jun 18, 2016 08:45, "Marti Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > > In the latest round of Individual Engagement Grants > <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG>, 28 eligible proposals were > submitted for review. The committee recommended 8 for funding, with 9 > grantees selected to receive $87,332 overall. WMF has now approved all 8 > grants. Here’s what we’re funding.[1] > > > Online Community Organizing - 2 projects funded > > > * Health images for all > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Health_images_for_all>: > User:CFCF <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:CFCF>, a veteran > Individual Engagement grantee from Medicine Translation Project Community > Organizing > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Medicine_Translation_Project_Community_Organizing>, > will return to IEG to coordinate a multi-strategy initiative to bring > quality medical images to Wikipedia across many languages.[2][3][4] > > > * Effective Engagement with Health Topic Experts using Guided Checklists > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Effective_Engagement_with_Health_Topic_Experts_using_Guided_Checklists> > : > This project will create infrastructure to make it easier for health > specialists to contribute their knowledge to Wikipedia. Through interviews > and research, User:FloNight > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:FloNight> will develop a robust > health topic quality checklist that medical experts would use to guide > their review of health content on Wikipedia, directing them to make high > quality edits. [5][6] > Tools - 6 projects funded > > > * Improve ‘Upload to Commons’ Android App > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Improve_%27Upload_to_Commons%27_Android_App> > : > > This project will further enhance ‘Upload to Commons > <http://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/03/25/categorizing-commons-android-photos-easier/>,’ > making the Android app more user-friendly by improving categorization tools > and providing tutorials to help new users create more useful content for > Commons.[7][8] > > > * Enhance the ProveIt gadget > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Enhance_the_ProveIt_gadget>: > > The ProveIt gadget is a reference manager that creates a visual interface > for easily adding and editing references to a Wikipedia article. This > project will optimise the gadget by connecting it with Wikidata to allow > for autocompletion of references with existing data.[9] > > > * Alt text tools: > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Alt_text_tools>Alternative > texts provide in-context descriptions of images to increase accessibility > for vision-impaired users. This project would create a collection of tools > to allow volunteers to efficiently add and improve text alternatives on > English Wikipedia.[10] > > > * A graphical and interactive etymology dictionary based on Wiktionary > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/A_graphical_and_interactive_etymology_dictionary_based_on_Wiktionary> > : > This project will extract etymological relationships from Wiktionary to > build a database designed for integration into Wikidata. The database will > allow extraction of interesting information like how pronunciations or > semantics evolved through time across etymological trees and across > languages.[11] > > > * Wikiscan Multi-wiki > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Wikiscan_multi-wiki>: > > This project will expand the Wikiscan site <http://fr.wikiscan.org/>, > currently focused on French Wikipedia, to include all Wikimedia wikis with > more than 100,000 edits. It will provide many daily-updated statistics, > such as most active pages and users for each day and month since a project > was created.[12][13] > > > * Lua libs for behavior-driven development > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Lua_libs_for_behavior-driven_development> > : > > This project will create an extension to support testing of Lua-modules in > a behavior-driven development > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:behavior-driven_development> style > using spec-like tests.[14] > > > More information about this round will be covered shortly on the Wikimedia > Foundation blog. > > > The open call for Project Grants > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project>, which will replace IEG > in the next round, is scheduled for 1 July-2 August, 2016.[15] > > > Congratulations to the successful grantees! > > > > 1. > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG> > 2. > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Health_images_for_all> > 3. > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:CFCF> > 4. > > < > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Medicine_Translation_Project_Community_Organizing > > > 5. > > < > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Effective_Engagement_with_Health_Topic_Experts_using_Guided_Checklists > > > 6. > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:FloNight> > 7. > > < > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Improve_%27Upload_to_Commons%27_Android_App > > > 8. > > < > > http://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/03/25/categorizing-commons-android-photos-easier/ > > > 9. > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Enhance_the_ProveIt_gadget> > 10. > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Alt_text_tools> > 11. > > < > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/A_graphical_and_interactive_etymology_dictionary_based_on_Wiktionary > > > 12. > > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Wikiscan_multi-wiki> > 13. > > <http://fr.wikiscan.org/> > 14. > > < > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Lua_libs_for_behavior-driven_development > > > 15. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project> > > > > > *Marti JohnsonProgram Officer* > *Individual Grants* > *Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home>* > +1 415-839-6885 > Skype: Mjohnson_WMF > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share > <http://youtu.be/ci0Pihl2zXY> in the sum of all knowledge. 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