Wiki Movement Brazil User Group is a user group, based in Brazil, founded in 2013 by active members of the Brazilian community in the Wikimedia projects. Our mission is to provide solutions that increase the number and quality of pertaining reliable information in the Wikimedia projects, planning and executing activities that are in accordance to the scope and principles of the Wikimedia movement.
Strategy
[to be included after UG General Assembly in December]
Program
Campaigns
Objectives
Activities
Metrics
Reach and ilustrate spaces that aren’t normally portrayed in Wikimedia projects in Portuguese to engage people and communities from different backgrounds
Achieve partnerships with city governments, cultural centers and local institutions to improve free knowledge coverage
Diversify the partners network and resources to promote more access to the activities lead by WMB
Wiki Loves Monuments
150 participants
100 new registered editors
10.000 media files uploaded to Commons
Reach 10.000 monuments in Wikidata
Wiki Loves Bahia
100 participants
60 new registered editors
3.000 media files uploaded to Commons
Wiki Takes
2 events
40 participants
2.000 media files uploaded to Commons
80 articles created/improved in Wikipedia
Risk assessment
Lack of interest in the event;
Limitation of mobility in cities due to health policies might lower contributions and participation;
Unforeseen problems on transportation of people and resources;
Problems with internet connection in distant areas and without resources.
Events
Objectives
Activities
Metrics
Promote a healthy enviroment to bond with other member, groups and chapters from the lusophope community and discuss activities and projects;
Strengthen WMB unity through social events and discussion spaces, as this helps align objectives and improve communication and debate skills
Lusophone Wiki Party
40 participants
Wikidata Birthday
20 participants
Offline meetup
20 participants
At least 1 technical training given by a volunteer on the event
Attendees from at least 3 out of the 5 Brazilian regions
A full report on the event activities and discussions to be provided for the community
Risk assessment
Lack of interest in the event;
Lack of presence due to mobility restrictions determined by local authorities.
Limitations on travels;
Outreach & Education
Objectives
Activities
Metrics
Provide resources in Portuguese in different media formats (printed, videos etc) for teachers and professors;
Support activities from education programs throughout Brazil, such as debate educational activities with professors, help with Outreach Dashboard, Mbabel and other tools, create tutorial materials for students etc;
Develop a welcoming and healthy environment for people from different backgrounds to equally have the opportunity to participate on and lead projects in the community;
Effectively communicate the local and broad Wikimedia community on WMB's projects and activities through different channels, such as monthly newsletters and blog posts on our website;
Increase the number of active members to keep activities running - and if not possible to expressively expand the community, at least maintain the current number of people active on projects, so no one is overloaded with too much work and gets worn-out;
Improve the Global South perspective representation on documentation of GLAM Wiki activities by producing a guiding documented and publicly available strategic plan with the Brazilian Wikimedia community and partners (GLAM professionals, open knowledge activists, scholars);
Education programs & workshops
12 events
400 participants
Training workshops & edit-a-thons
20 events
360 participants
1000 items and articles created or improved
A report about the events and discussions to be provided for the community
At least 1 detailed documentation of WMB's edit-a-thons processes published on community channels
Uploads in continuous flow
15 000 files uploaded on Commons
10.000 itens uploaded/enhanced to Wikidata;
10 participants in the upload
Process documentation
Produce 2 detailed documentations on our GLAM-Wiki processes, educational programs and or events
Organic communications
At least 10 monthly reports on community channels
At least 6 media appearences of activities promoted by WMB
Risk assessment
Dependency on external actors, such as educators and universities agendas.
External actors and politics affecting
We need to be very cautious about messages we convey;
