User:Sky2105
Greetings, I work on the Catalyst Projects at Wikimedia.
Background
[edit](See bio on Foundation website)
Sara is a member of the Global Development team where she serves as a Catalyst Project Associate supporting work relating to Brazil and the Middle East/North Africa. This includes grant-writing support, geographic-specific research for the Global Education Program, aiding an upcoming Arabic Wikipedia Convening, and planning editing and outreach events with the Arabic and Portuguese WP communities.
Current projects
[edit]| Project | Detail | Current activity |
|---|---|---|
| Project Catalyst | Global University Program | MENA Catalyst Project |
Tasks
[edit]- Write grant proposal for support of Global Education Program work in the Middle East and North Africa
- Aid in the planning and execution of an Arabic Wikipedia Convening
- Aid in the development of a high quality offline Portuguese Wikipedia by supporting local efforts to create an editing competition and encourage participation
- Help to communicate activities from Catalyst Projects across broader movement (e.g., blogging, email, on wiki)
- Begin to develop and implement a system for capturing and sharing lessons learned and the results of global development programs in the Global South, for example with grants, event planning, and educational outreach.
Goals
[edit]- Toolkits/Develop
- Increase knowledge about MENA/Brasil regions through interviews and research
- Enrich statistics on these areas for Wikimedia
- Increase social features for WP
- Arabic Wikipedia increase by 50% in terms of submissions
- Study more Arabic and Portuguese
- Support local chapters and convening across the Global South/elsewhere
- Coordinate a meetup in MENA with Mozilla, CC and Wikimedia (Winter 2012/Spring 2012)
- Complete semester on collaborative project with Columbia University New Media course and Wikimedia Foundation (started: 9/2011)
Bookmarks
[edit]Catalyst Project for Middle East and North Africa
Lists for Wiki Related Projects
Egyptian Arabic Course
Middle East and North Africa Strategy Page
Social Features
meta:Offline Projects
Listing of US Education Program Courses
Orientation/HR Materials
Press/PR/Marketing
[edit]Article in Gulf Times, 10/23/2011
S Yap's Blog
Wikimedia to Launch Arabic Catalyst
Nifty Work Tools
[edit]Copy and Paste Excel Text onto a Wiki
Convert HTML onto a Wiki
Helpful Presentations on WP or Relating to WP
[edit]How Wikipedia Works and How You Can Help
Wikipedia Videos
[edit]Wikipedia background video
Another video in Arabic on how to edit Wikipedia
Arabic Video explains how to add a new article in Wikipedia
Statistics...Love Them
[edit]Mobile Stats
Summary of Arabic Stats
Arabic Tables
Charts on Wikipedia
AR:WP Statistics, Jessie W.
Strategy for Middle East and North Africa
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database and Mobile Telephony
General Quant Stats (document)
More detailed stats by country and with charts (AR:WP only; spreadsheet)
Mobile/Executive Summary/Trends/Strategies
Wikimedia Traffic Analysis Report - Page Views Per Wikipedia Language - Breakdown
Strategy
[edit]Wikimedia Market Analysis
Arabic
Task Force for Arabic
Culture
[edit]Middle East/North Africa
- Egypt Handbook (AUC) and Guide
- Egypt Cultural Guide
- A Travel Guide for Egypt
- Taxi Conversations with M.E.
- Articles:
MENA Organizations based in the Bay Area