Task force/India

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Note: Research and data has been moved to India.

Contents 1 Timeline 2 Task force mandate 3 Task force members 4 Task force self-organization 5 India related analyses and data 6 Recommendations 7 Task force toolkit 8 Weekly report 9 Notes 10 References

[edit] Timeline

Please have recommendations complete by January 12, 2010.

[edit] Task force mandate

India is one of the fastest growing countries for internet penetration in the world. With 80 million Internet users today and annual growth rates of 20% forecasted every year for the next five years, the potential for vibrant Wikimedia communities in India is significant ^[1] . Currently, Wikimedia is under-penetrated in India despite the fact that the majority of India's online population speaks English and the presence of Wikipedias in languages prominently spoken in India. The question is why? What barriers or challenges exist to Wikipedia use and participation in India? And what is the optimal path forward for building vibrant Wikimedia communities in India?

The goal of this task force is to develop potential growth options for further penetrating India. This task force wll focus solely on people in India who have internet access.

The task force should develop answers to these questions to help guide their work:

1. How will Internet use in India change over the next 5 to 10 years?
   • Will more non-English speakers gain access to the Internet?
   • Will increase in Internet use come primarily from increases in mobile devices or computers?
2. What should we do to ensure our materials are available to the growing number of people who access the internet only through mobile devices? #reach
   • What form factors and platforms should Wikimedia consider in a highly mobile-use population?
3. What is the current demand for Wikimedia in India?
   • What is the demand for enWikipedia?
   • What is the demand for South Asian language Wikipedias?
   • What is the potential role for other Wikimedia projects?
4. How will the demand for Wikimedia in India change in the next five to 10 years?
5. What can be done to encourage participation by Indians on enWikipedia?
6. What does enWikipedia need to become more relevant to Indians?
7. Does Wikipedia is need robust Indian language projects in order to increase their reach in India?
8. What tools and support are necessary to further build the contributor base for Indian language Wikipedias?
9. Who is needed to support this strategy (e.g., Wikimedia Foundation, chapters, individual volunteers, external partners), and what do they need to do?

[edit] Task force members

Please add your user page here. This group´s facilitator is: Achal Prabhala.

• Achal Prabhala User:Aprabhala
• Kul Wadhwa
• User:Shijualex
• Mahitgar 08:43, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
• Dsvyas/(Alternative: Dsvyas@gu.wiki)
• User:Prashanthns
• Tinucherian
• User:Priyadarshini
• Belayet Hossain
• Gautam John
• AroundTheGlobe
• World
• 98.228.58.121

Supporting: User:Sarah476 and Philippe Beaudette

• Yann (I don't know how much I could help)

[edit] Task force self-organization

With the exception of the group facilitator, your task force is welcome to organize itself in any manner (or lack thereof) that works for you. Some potential roles are described here, but please take a moment to document what roles (if any) you determine are necessary. If these needs change along the process, please also document the changes.

[edit] India related analyses and data

Links to analyses, interviews and key data regarding India and India Wikipedia.

• Interview with Wikimedia advisory board member Achal Prabhala
• Regional analysis of South Asian languages and their Wikipedias
• Proposal:Proposal for indian market
• Proposal:Establishment_of_offices_in_India
• Call_for_proposals#Language_issues
• Call_for_proposals#Extending_coverage
• Here is a link to some very interesting market research on Indian Internet users Juxt Online Market Research Online India 2009 topline findings. Based on their survey data they claim that only 13% of online Indians prefer to read in English!
• here is a link to some information from comScore that provides estimates of the total number of visitors to Indian Wikipedia sites http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/meta/2/2a/ComScore_trend_data_on_WMF_Sites.pdf

[edit] Recommendations

Task force/Recommendations/India 1
Task force/Recommendations/India 2
Task force/Recommendations/India 3

[edit] Task force toolkit

• Interview Guide Template
• People to Interview
• Weekly Report Template
• Template for writing up strategic recommendations

[edit] Weekly report

• [report-task force-number]

[edit] Notes

Please, add the newest note at the top.

• Before engaging in deep research, you might want to check out the fact base and make sure it hasn't already been done by Bridgespan or other community members. Good stuff there! -- Philippe 00:36, 12 November 2009 (UTC)

• Sarah has added a Template for writing up strategic recommendations to the task force toolkit of each task force's homepage. Take a look at that template, and the examples that she's written, and please let her (or me) know if you have questions about how to use it. -- Philippe 00:28, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

• Task forces are beginning to launch. Please remember that all work should be done transparantly (on the wiki). If IRC meetings are needed, please use #wikimedia-strategy, since it's openly advertised. Remember to ask for any support that you need - I'm here to help! My email address is philippe (at) wikimedia.org. -- Philippe 01:16, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

• Welcome to the Task force/India. Specific instructions will follow shortly after the task force is commissioned, but you will initially be asked to select a facilitator from among yourselves. In the meantime, you might begin reading the preparatory documents in the right sidebar. If you should have any questions, please feel free to contact me on my talk page or Eugene on his. -- Philippe 15:33, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

[edit] References

1. ↑ Forrester Research, Global Online Population Forecast, 2008 to 2013,India to have 3rd largest number of Internet users by 2013, India Express /