WikiHunt the 'Property': Wikidata Outreach Initiative

WikiHunt the 'Property': Wikidata Outreach Initiative

 * Public URL: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nl3gSqKKJbmf_Sl0k4ZCe3AM2hEwZ9hfw7zhjBxTAvU/edit?usp=sharing
 * Bugzilla report: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61991
 * Announcement: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2014-March/075364.html

Name and contact information
http://in.linkedin.com/pub/anjali-sharma/70/324/a79 (LinkedIn Profile)
 * Name: Anjali Sharma
 * Email: sharma.anjali3110@gmail.com
 * IRC or IM networks/handle(s): discoveranjali on IRC
 * Web Page / Blog / Microblog / Portfolio: http://discoveranjali.wordpress.com/ (Blog)
 * Resume (optional):
 * Location: Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
 * Typical working hours: Daily average of 7-8 working hours, ideally between 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Indian Standard Time)

Synopsis
Wikidata : ‘A Game-Changer for Wikipedia and Beyond’ as it claims, is a brand new initiative of Wikimedia foundation. Centralised integration of entire sum of knowledge accessible to all is its unique vision. This seeks quality expertise and contributions of millions of contributors and open source enthusiasts.However, despite its exceptional vision, the project launched in 2012 is yet to create a high profile of its own, thus, failing to gain the needed amount and pace of quality contributions to the work. The focus therefore needs to be diverted to an agile methodology of development parallel to a large scale outreach program as the quality and quantity of contributions becomes an integral component of Wikidata success.

This proposal as a work for the Outreach Program for Women, aims to render innovative approaches and ideas to create targeted and efficient outreach for the Wikidata project. The primary idea I propose here, besides documentation improvement and social media campaigning, is creation of a mobile application WikiHunt the ‘Property’ to attract contributions from mobile users in a fun filled environment. In the later phase of the project, this application shall be extended to create a facebook application and desktop application as well.


 * Possible mentors: Lydia Pintscher

Deliverables
Please describe the details and the timeline of the work you plan to accomplish on the project you are most interested in (discuss these first with the mentor of the project):

About you
Education in progress. Currently I am pursuing my Bachelor's degree(3rd year) in Information Technology from Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, India.
 * Education completed or in progress:

My brother is a Google Summer of Code alumni and came to know about this parallel initiative being run for women. I, thus, got a first hand information of this exciting opportunity through him. Later I researched about the program on gnome website and via lurking on #opw and #gnome IRC channels.
 * How did you hear about this program?

I shall be available full time from 19th May to 19th July working more than 45 hours a week. My college reopens then, so I shall have classes, but I assure to be available and working an average of 35 hours a week then. I shall strive to accomplish the most significant phase and majority of my project work prior to the end of my summer vacations.
 * Will you have any other time commitments, such as school work, another job, planned vacation, etc., during the duration of the program?

No, I am only applying to Outreach Program for Women. Despite being an Information Technology student, I plan to work on this non-coding project this summer as the project prospects sync with my passion for creativity and writing skills.
 * We advise all candidates eligible to Google Summer of Code and FOSS Outreach Program for Women to apply for both programs. Are you planning to apply to both programs and, if so, with what organization(s)?

Past experience

 * Please describe your experience with any other FOSS projects as a user and as a contributor:


 * Please describe any relevant projects that you have worked on previously and what knowledge you gained from working on them (include links):


 * What project(s) are you interested in (these can be in the same or different organizations)?