Disclaimer: I was a founding member of IEGCom, for a time I was one of its coordinators, and I currently have a grant proposal for this round of IEGs.
Comment: if you think that a proposal needs further development before funding it, please say so on that proposal's talk page. When I was on the Committee, I found it helpful to have public comments to read; the responsiveness and articulateness of grant proposers when replying to public questions and comments was also a factor that I considered when evaluating proposals. And as a grantee, I find that good-faith comments help me to improve my proposal. Thanks for your interest in IEG! Pine On Oct 6, 2015 8:05 PM, "Brian Wolff" <bawo...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 10/6/15, Chris Schilling <cschill...@wikimedia.org> 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 > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > 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 > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
