Grants:TPS/Innocentbunny/WorldHindiConference
This is an open submission to the Wikimedia Participation Support program.
Proposed participation
Hindi Wikipedia has been severely suffering from lack of quality editors and readers. The World Hindi Conference is the biggest event of the Hindi language, held every three years, aimed at promoting the Hindi language at the Global stage, having Scholars, writers, Universities, MNCs, and other educational and cultural institutions, participating in it. We plan, to participate in the upcoming World Hindi Conference to represent Hindi Wikipedia, as It gives an important opertunity for us to promote Hindi Wikipedia among large numbers of individuals and groups with similar interests from India, Mauritius and around the world. It also gives us an opertunity to interact with them in prospects for possible co-operative agreements. Also, since this conference is about to be held in Mauritius, it also gives us a unique opertunity to popularise Hindi Wikipedia in Mauritius and search for possible cooperative agreements with organizations working for Hindi language, within Mauritius.
Goal and expected impact
The severe lack of concent, quality editors and the lack of readership due to lack of awareness among Hindi-speakers is a prime concern for the Hindi Wikipedia community. It was a matter extensively discussed in our last Hindi Wikipedia Conference. Also, the World Hindi Conference, being the largest event of the Hindi language, has all individuals and organisations, from around the world, related to Hindi, participating in it, and Hence, Hindi Wikipedia should definitely be represented there. By participating in this event, our prime goal is to achieve the following:
- To increase awareness about Wikipedia among Hindi-speakers, and especially among the top strata of Hindi scholars and institutions, who would be present there.
- With our participation, we wish to increase our readership and hopefully add more quality editors to our community, thus strengthening the Hindi Wikipedia Community and the Global Wikimedia Movement.
- To hopefully get leads for partnership with other organizations or institutions to increase quality content and readership of Hindi Wikipedia.
Budget breakdown
- International Travel (India to Mauritius round-trip for 7 people)- ₹350,000 (×ばつ7)~ USD 5,265
- Domestic Travel (Traveling from individual cities to International Airport)- ₹49,000 (×ばつ7)~ USD 738
- Accommodation: ×ばつ4 rooms×ばつ7 nights=₹196,000~ USD 2,949
- Communication expenses: (Includes Internet & telecommunication expenses and cost of transportation from hotel to conference venue and other transportation costs)- ₹50,000~ USD 753
Total: ₹5,95,000 (USD 9,705)
Other instructions
I would appreciate if WMF books flights and hotels for us. And it would also be helpful we get advance disbursement.
Endorsements
- Support Support Big opportunity for Hindi Wiki community.Godric ki Kothri (talk) 11:00, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
- Support Support --J. Ansari Talk 13:33, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
- I Support Support this grant.--Navinsingh133 (talk) 15:34, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
- Really Important and thoughtful topic/subject! Navinsingh133 (talk) 16:58, 1 May 2018 (UTC)