விக்கிப்பீடியா:தமிழ் விக்கிப்பீடியா 16 ஆண்டுகள் நிறைவுக் கொண்டாட்டம்/நல்கை விண்ணப்பம்
; Legal name of chapter or non-chapter group:
 Tamil Wikimedians
 ; Grant contact Name 
 Muthusamysarma Sivakosaran
 ; Grant contact username or email:
 [[:ta:User:Sivakosaran|Sivakosaran]],  kosaran [at] gmail.com
 ; Grant contact title (position):
 Lead Coordinator, Tamil Wikipedia 15 years celebrations
 ; Full project name:
 Tamil Wikipedia 15 years celebrations
 ;Project lead username or email
 [[:ta:User:Sivakosaran|Sivakosaran]],  kosaran [at] gmail.com
 
 ; Amount requested (in USD):
  US$
 ; Provisional target start date:
 August 1, 2018
 ; Provisional completion date:
 March 31, 2019
 == Budget breakdown ==
 
 === Tamil Wikimedians gathering ===
 {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;
 | align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;background:#f0f0f0;&quot;|'''No'''
 | align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;background:#f0f0f0;&quot;|'''Item'''
 | align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;background:#f0f0f0;&quot;|'''Amount (LKR)'''
 | align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;background:#f0f0f0;&quot;|'''Notes'''
 |-
 | 1||Conference hall||50000
 || Attempts will be made to get a hall free of charge. Some expenses like audio, lighting arrangements may still cause expenses. This amount is allocated to cover that and if we could not get a hall free of charge.
 |-
 | 2||Sponsorship for Accommodation||120000
 || LKR 2000 per day per person for 2 days for 30 persons.
 |-
 | 3||Sponsorship for Travel ||760000
 ||Travel sponsor breakdown (Only for attendees from Sri Lanka and India)
 * 35000 LKR each for 20 Wikipedians in India
 * 5000 LKR each for 10 Wikipedians from Sri Lanka
 * 1000 LKR each for 10 Wikipedians from Sri Lanka
 |-
 | 4||Food ||
 || 40000
 * Lunch for 40 persons on day 1 at LKR 200
 * Dinner for 40 persons on day 1 at LKR 200
 * Lunch for 60 persons on day 2 at LKR 200
 * Breakfast, Snacks and drinks provided during second day morning &amp; evening session LKR 12000
 |-
 | 5||Felicitation Certificates and Postage||10000
 || For 100 active contributors
 |-
 | 6||Cultural Tour in and around Jaffna||50000
 || Tourist bus per day rental
 |-
 | 7||Professional video and photo coverage||120000
 || Two days of coverage with focus on shooting profile pictures and videos, promotional videos for outreach, recording of second day sessions.
 |-
 | 8||Miscellaneous ||50000
 ||
 |-
 | ||Total||'''1200000'''
 ||
 |}
 
 === Essay contest ===
 {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;
 | align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;background:#f0f0f0;&quot;|'''No'''
 | align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;background:#f0f0f0;&quot;|'''Item'''
 | align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;background:#f0f0f0;&quot;|'''Amount (INR)'''
 | align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;background:#f0f0f0;&quot;|'''Notes'''
 |-
 | 1||Prizes||30000
 || Prizes breakdown
 * One first prize of 10000 INR
 * Two second prizes of  INR each 
 * 
 |-
 | 2||Certificates and Postage||||
 |-
 | ||Total||''''''||
 |}
 
 === Outreach ===
 {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;
 | align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;background:#f0f0f0;&quot;|'''No'''
 | align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;background:#f0f0f0;&quot;|'''Item'''
 | align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;background:#f0f0f0;&quot;|'''Amount (INR)'''
 | align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;background:#f0f0f0;&quot;|'''Notes'''
 |-
 | 1||Media Outreach||10000||
 |-
 | 2||T-Shirts||60000||100 T-Shirts at a cost of 600 LKR each
 |-
 | 3||Contribution Handbook||10000|| 
 |-
 | ||Total||80000||
 |}
 
 Total requirement: LKR 
 
 Sponsorship money collected so far: LKR.
 
 Net requirement: LKR
 
 Notes:  We will strive to find sponsors where possible, and return any balance to the Wikimedia Foundation.
 
 == Project scope ==
 
 The relevant RFC and discussion where community consensus was reached is [[:ta:விக்கிப்பீடியா பேச்சு:தமிழ் விக்கிப்பீடியா 15 ஆண்டுகள் நிறைவுக் கொண்டாட்டம்|here]].
 
 These celebrations include three major parts:
 
 === Gathering of International Tamil Wikimedians for two days during September 2018===
 This gathering can be thought of as a WikiConference for Tamil Wikimedians. 
 
 We expect around 40 core Tamil Wikimedians from India, Sri Lanka, Canada, Australia and Europe to attend this event besides participants from like-minded organizations which work towards a common goal. More than a hundred persons are expected to attend the 2nd day evening event. A good number of these will be like-minded people from the academia, press and other FOSS projects.
 
 The first day of this gathering will be marked by a tour to places of cultural interest in and around Jaffna. The objective is for the participants to get to know each other, engage in informal brainstorming and also to capture as many snapshots for Wikimedia Commons as possible. 
 
 The second day will have two sessions. In the morning, there will be tutorials for Tamil Wikimedians. In the evening, there will be a public event to celebrate the 15 years of Tamil Wikimedia.
 
 &lt;!--
 === An ongoing 12 month long essay contest===
 We are running a [[:ta:விக்கிப்பீடியா:2013 தொடர் கட்டுரைப் போட்டி|12 month-long essay contest]] that aims to improve the quality of [[:m:List of articles every Wikipedia should have|1000 most important articles that each Wikipedia should have]]. The contest has already started in June 2013. The first month saw improvement for [[:ta:விக்கிப்பீடியா:2013 தொடர் கட்டுரைப் போட்டி/முடிவுகள்/சூன், 2013|over 100 articles]] and the essay contest has brought in many new contributors to Tamil Wiki.
 
 We have successfully conducted two competitions before - the [[:ta:விக்கிப்பீடியா:2010 கட்டுரைப்போட்டி|2010 Tamil Wikipedia article contest]] during 2010 and [[:ta:வலைவாசல்:ஊடகப் போட்டி/en|Tamil Wiki Media contest]] during 2011.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/article457800.ece 1,200 articles selected to Tamil Wikipedia upload]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/01/stories/2010040162430800.htm Move for more Tamil content in Wikipedia]&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;[http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/04/20/postcard-from-the-tamil-community/ Postcard from the Tamil community]&lt;/ref&gt; These contests helped to increase the profile of Tamil Wikipedia and accelerate the growth of Tamil sister wiki projects. Building on that experience, we decided to organize an essay contest to commemorate the 10 years of Tamil Wikipedia. 
 --&gt;
  
 === Offline outreach efforts ===
 Commemorating Tamil Wikipedia's 15 years, we plan to do a few offline outreach efforts:
 
 * Bring out special issues/articles in Tamil mainstream magazines and newspapers.
 * Tamil Wikipedia T-shirts to spread awareness about the Tamil version of Wikipedia and to give a sense of belonging and pride for the Tamil Wikimedians.
 * Releasing a stamp through Indian Postal Service for Tamil Wikipedia. This is a symbolic effort which also helps to document Tamil Wikipedia's presence in a traditional way.
 
 == Non-financial requirements ==
 * Permission for use of Wikimedia logo and brand in outreach efforts.
 * A blog post in Wikimedia blog regarding the ten year growth of Tamil Wikipedia.
 
 == Fit to strategy ==
 * '''Participation and Community''':  This public celebration of the fifteen years of growth of Tamil Wikipedia will help us strengthen the community, review our progress and plan our future.  The conference will help create a better environment for collaboration, particularly in resolving policy differences.
 * '''Increase Reach''':  The conference will provide an excellent outreach opportunity to popularize Tamil Wikimedia projects through the mainstream media, social media and direct outreach.  The conference will attract the general public, the academia, Tamil enthusiasts, professionals, journalists and well-wishers, raising awareness and drawing a considerable number of active contributors to Tamil Wikipedia.  
 * '''Quality Content''': The essay contest will help us improve the quality of the most important articles that should be present in each Wikipedia.
 * '''Credibility''': Putting faces behind the hundreds of contributes behind Tamil Wikimedia will add to the credibility of Wikimedia projects.  Conference will also provide many opportunities for general public, press and active contributors to ask questions and seek clarifications regarding the inner workings of Wikimedia projects.
 
 == Measures of success ==
 We would deem these celebrations a success, if
 * At least 100 active Wikipedians and enthusiasts attend the conference, including participants from Sri Lanka and Malaysia.
 * At least 10 mainstream media articles are published highlighting Wikimedia projects.
 * A detailed documentation of ideas/issues/strategies/policies discussed at the conference is produced,
 * The active contributor count is maintained around 200 or above consistently.
 * 500 important articles that should be present in each Wikipedia are expanded from their current stub form.
 
 == Team members==
 ;Coordinators
 #[[:ta:User:Sivakosaran|Sivakosaran]]
 #[[:ta:User:Mayooranathan|Mayooranathan]]
 # [[பயனர்:சஞ்சீவி சிவகுமார்|சஞ்சீவி சிவகுமார்]]
 # [[:ta:User:Shriheeran|Shriheeran]]
 # [[:ta:User:Kalaiarasy|Kalaiarasy]]
 # [[:ta:User:Maathavan|Maathavan]]
 # [[:ta:User:தமிழ்க்குரிசில்|தமிழ்க்குரிசில்]]
 # [[:ta:User:Dineshkumar Ponnusamy|Dineshkumar Ponnusamy]]
 # [[:ta:User:aathavan jaffna|Aathavan]]
 
 == References ==