Description
As part of the hypothesis, we would like to directly engage with communities/organizers interested or show interest in testing the MVP functionalities T368718 & T368422 for their events/campaigns. This work is related to
Hypothesis 2.1.4: If we developed a proof of concept that adds translation tasks sourced from WikiProjects and other list-building initiatives, and present them as suggestions within the CX mobile workflow, then more editors would discover and translate articles focused on topical gaps. By introducing an option that allows editors to select translation suggestions based on topical lists, we would test whether this approach increases the content coverage in our projects.
Hypothesis 2.1.2: If we build a proof-of-concept providing translation suggestions that are based on user-selected topic areas, we will be set up to successfully test whether translators will find more opportunities to translate in their areas of interest and contribute more compared to the generic suggestions currently available.
1. Planning
a) Identify opportunities where organizers convene:
- Upcoming conferences & engagements in Q1&2 (WIP)
- ↪️ Wikimania: 7-10 Aug ✅
- ↪️ Wiki Conference Nigeria: 12-14 Sep ✅
- ↪️ South Asia Open Community Call: 22 Sep ✅
- ↪️ Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2024: 20-22 Sep ✅
- ↪️ WikiConference North America: 3-6 Oct ✅
- ↪️ Wikimedia Technology Summit (WTS 2024): 4-5 Oct ✅
- ↪️ Wiki Indaba: 4-6 Oct ✅
- ↪️ WikiArabia 2024: 25-27 Oct✅
- ↪️ WikiConvention francophone, 2024: 31 Oct -3 Nov✅
- ↪️ Climate Justice Conference Peru, 2024: 8-10 Nov✅
- Existing organizer/ related forums (ongoing)✅
- ↪️ Event organizers (Wikimedia event center) telegram group ✅
- ↪️ South Asian General Chat telegram group ✅
- Support WMF conference attendees
- ↪️ Share relevant decks/fliers ✅
b) Prepare communication artifacts:
- Project page ✅
- Flyers (updated on need to basis) ✅
- Deck ✅
- Communication plan: dates, emails, announcements (ongoing) ✅
2. Engage
- Documentation
- ↪️ Useability feedback on prototypes ✅
- Respond to those who showed interest during prototype testing:
- ↪️ Invite them to Telegram ✅
- ↪️ Organise several consultation hours ✅
- ↪️ Intake/ Sign-up process (on-going) ✅
- ↪️ Shortlist for experiment ✅ engaged all the organizers who expressed interest on 23rd November.
| TASK | ROUND | OFFICE HOURS | AGENDA | Status |
| Send an acknowledgment email to respondents from Wikimania, Wiki Conference Nigeria, South Asia Open Community & CEE sessions | 1 | 5 and 6th October | Intros + Status updates + Intake | ✅ |
| Send an acknowledgment email to respondents from WikiConference North America, WTS, Wiki-Indaba & WikiArabia sessions | 2 | mid-October exact dates 26th October 2024) | Intros + Status updates + Intake | ✅ |
| Send an acknowledgment email to respondents from WikiConvention francophone, Climate Justice Conference sessions | 3 | mid-November (TBC) | did not happen | n/a |
Other Notes
Intake Criteria for events/ campaigns:
↪️ Event/Campaign type: Article translations work-lists/ tasks; + intending to increase editor participation & quality content.
↪️ Project: Section Translation is enabled + Machine translation support exists + active mobile editing community
↪️ Topic: Gender (biographies, health), Bio-diversity, and Other topic areas.