Submissions/Translations for the fundraising

After careful consideration, the Programme Committee has decided not to accept the below submission at this time. Thank you to the author(s) for participating in the Wikimania 2014 programme submission, we hope to still see you at Wikimania this August.

Submission no. 8006

Title of the submission: Fundraising translations

Type of submission (discussion, hot seat, panel, presentation, tutorial, workshop): workshop

Author of the submission: jrobell/Jessica Robell

E-mail address: jrobell@wikimedia.org

Username: jrobell

Country of origin: Sweden

Affiliation, if any (organisation, company etc.): Wikimedia Foundation

Personal homepage or blog

Abstract (at least 300 words to describe your proposal)

This interactive workshop will be focused on the crowd translation process involved in the Wikimedia Foundation’s Multilingual fundraising campaign.

Throughout the year, the Wikimedia Foundation runs its global fundraising campaign in nearly 50 languages in almost every country in the world. Thanks to these fundraising banners, the foundation receives donations from over 2 million Wikipedia readers every year. English fundraising messages are translated by volunteer Wikipedians who share their linguistic skills and carry out translations using the MediaWiki translation software.

The purpose of this interactive workshop is to:

present the translation process to new Wikipedians and potential new translators
receive feedback from existing translators on the translation process
have an open discussion regarding the development of fundraising messages and their usage
illustrate how we use A/B testing to determine our readers’ preferences regarding word choice and style

Questions that will be addressed include:

How can the wiki software (Translate extension) be used to most effectively carry out translations, while allowing translators to discuss and share comments?
what measures can be taken to recruit new users to join the community of translators, and keep our existing community of translators motivated and inspired to continue to contribute?

Track

WikiCulture & Community

Length of session (if other than 30 minutes, specify how long): 30 minutes

Will you attend Wikimania if your submission is not accepted?: yes

Slides or further information (optional)

Special requests

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