I would mention that in your comments. Pinging Siko to see if she wants to share a grantmaker's perspective. (Siko is dealing with some of the fallout from Wikimaniagate, so I'm not sure if she will respond.)
Pine On Oct 6, 2015 9:10 PM, "Brian Wolff" <bawo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I feel that way about all of them, except maybe StrepHit and > Vietnamese categories (Pan-Scandinavian lang is on the border imo) > > I feel like the only things really being assessed here is the > reputation of the author, if the funding is orders of magnitude > off-base, if the goal is remotely in scope of strategic goals, and if > the author said anything outright ridiculous in the proposal. > > Most of them don't even have a definition of a minimum viable product > that you could use to determine if the grantee actually even completed > the proposal as promised. > > -- > -bawolff > > On 10/6/15, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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
