User:Sandaru/Project Eclipse: Wikidata Outreach Project

Project Eclipse

 * Public URL: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vkj8d9q8WiVe2GZ2wkcIwVOLdDr3KaGjxa0V3mIo484
 * Bugzilla report: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61991
 * Announcement: wikitech-l mailing list announcementwikitech-l mailing list..

Name and contact information

 * Name : Dinu Kumarasiri :
 * Email : sandarumk@gmail.com :
 * IRC or IM networks/handle(s) : sandaru :
 * Location : Colombo, Sri lanka :
 * Typical working hours : whenever I can ;) :

Synopsis
The main idea of this project is to make people more aware of Wikidata and increase the number of contributors. This can be done using an social media campaign. But when the new comers join we should have a proper set of documentation with guided tours ( using guided tours extension is discussed in the project chat of wikidata already). Project Eclipse will give priority to developing a set of getting started guides and completing existing documentation in a structured way. After the documentation is ready at a certain state we can start our social media campaign to spread the word about Wikidata.
 * Possible mentors : Lydia Pintscher :

Deliverables
21st April- 19th May : Get a full understanding on Wikidata and its help pages including existing getting started pages. Consider all possible use cases and figure out the difficulties they faced.

19th May- 25th May : Overall Structure and Design for the "Getting Started" documentation

26th May-29th June : Implementing the getting started guide for new comers

30th June - 06th July : Finish up the initial phase of documentation finishing all the getting started guides along with the guided tour extension.

07th July - 13th July : Start to design and initial photos/memes series to focusing on the current fans to be more interested in the page. Make a introductory video/ presentation to share from other pages like Wikipedia.

14th July- 20th July : Finish and Share the video and photos via other pages and get more attention to Wikidata page

21st July - 27th July : Finish the initial series of photos / memes.

28th July-3rd August : Maintaining the social media sites with more and more interesting posts to keep the fan base interested

4th August-10th August : Implement a way to reward contributors

11th August-18 August : Implement a feedback system to get user’s feedback on documentation