Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Coordinate Me 2024 (A Wikidata Project)

Project summary

COORDINATE ME 2024 is a dynamic international Wikidata competition focusing on enriching geospatial content, ranging from villages and hospitals to public art and natural monuments. The primary objective of this competition is to enhance or create Wikidata items with a coordinate location (P625) property across all designated focus countries. Participants are encouraged to engage in the competition directly or explore the diverse array of tools and resources provided. This initiative serves as a catalyst for global collaboration and knowledge enrichment within the Wikidata community. By fostering engagement and providing accessible resources, COORDINATE ME 2024 aims to empower contributors of all levels to contribute to the enhancement of Wikidata's geospatial content.

Wikimedia Project

Wikidata

Contact person and Location

• Full name: Baruch Omale Bamiyo
• Email address: omalebb@gmail.com
• Address: Nsukka. Enugu state, Nigeria
• Location of Project: University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Enugu state, Nigeria

Project class

The project is an individual project

Timeline of activities

The campaign will be a two-day physical event slated for the 20th and 21st of May, 2024, however, follow-up and activity tracking will continue online until the 31st of May, 2024 when the project will come to an end

Project Goal

1. Recruit new editors
2. Create or improve Wikidata items

Project Plan

Activities

Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:

1. Are you doing one editathon or training or a series of editathons or trainings?

As part of the COORDINATE ME 2024 project, we will be hosting one training session and one editathon to engage participants and enhance Wikidata content. The training session aims to equip both new and existing editors with the skills needed to add and improve Wikidata items, focusing on the enhancement of geospatial content. Participants will learn about best practices, tools, and resources for contributing to Wikidata effectively. Following the training session, the editathon will provide a practical and hands-on opportunity for participants to apply what they have learned. During the editathon, participants will work collaboratively to edit and create Wikidata items related to geospatial features such as villages, hospitals, public art, and natural monuments. This interactive session will allow participants to deepen their understanding of Wikidata editing while actively contributing to the COORDINATE ME 2024 project goals.

2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? You are required to provide links to on-wiki pages to inform these communities about your proposed work. Examples of places where this can be done include community discussion pages, affiliate discussion pages, or relevant project talk pages.

I have posted a notification on the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria talk page. Here is the link:

Talk:Wikimedia User Group Nigeria#Coordinate Me 2024

3. How will you let participants know about the edit-a-thon? In what ways will you be communicating with them?
Participants will be notified about the program through the University of Nigeria Wikimedia community forum, WhatsApp messenger and physical meetings/invitations and group invitations to different departments within the University of Nigeria, Nsukka community.

4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals. (NOTE: all experienced Wikimedia editors MUST endorse your proposal as proof of availability)
For example: User:Kaizenify

Yes, I do have experienced Wikimedians to help facilitate the event alongside my humble self User:Baruch Omale. They include among others; User:Ngozi osadebe User:Ugoji.john User:Bidemi Bernice

5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?

The major equipment needed for this project are; laptop computers, wifi routers, power source and projectors. We intend hiring these items from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka ICT centre during the physical event. Most of the participants have personal computers to continue working with after the training days. As regarding skills, the community is endowed with an array of experienced editors who can easily carry the new editors along.

6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?

Follow-up sessions will be held online via WhatsApp where we will have continuous engagements to provide assistance to participants and also to share vital help tips.

7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?

I want to highlight the project's innovative approach to enhancing geospatial content on Wikidata and its potential to inspire collaboration among contributors from diverse backgrounds. Additionally, I'd like to emphasize the project's potential for fostering collaboration and innovation within the Wikimedia community and create more awareness for the Wikidata project.

Thank you for considering the proposal.

Impact

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets (only those applicable to your project):

1. Number of events - 2
2. Number of participants - 30
3. Number of new editors - 10
4. Number of of Wikidata items added or improved - 90

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics?

The metrics dashboard will be used to track the activities.

Resources

What resources do you have? Include information on who is organizing the project, what they will do, and if you will receive support from anywhere else (in-kind donations or additional funding).

The project is being organized by User:Baruch Omale with the support of the experienced team at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka Wikimedia community. The team will source for appropriate venue for the project and also facilitate all the logistics involved for the smooth execution of the event. The experienced team of editors in the community will serve as facilitators for the event to help educate participants on how to create and improve Wikidata items.

There is no support from any quarter regarding this project, which is a major reason we are soliciting the support of Wikimedia User Group Nigeria to help fund the project.

What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.

The following items will be needed for the smooth execution of the project;

• Event venue rent (N20,000 X 2 days) - N40,000
• Projector rentage charge - N10,000
• Generating set rentage - N20,000
• Fuel (30 litres) - N27,000
• Data cost (#1,500 for 30 participants) - N45,000
• Flex banners (2 copies) - N24,000
• Flex banner design charge - N5,000
• Lunch for 30 persons at N1,500 per person per day - N90,000
• Bottled water (5 packs at N1,400 each) - N7,000
• Prizes for top participants - N30,000
• Local transportation cost - N10,000
• Total - N308,000

Endorsements

• I wholeheartedly endorse the COORDINATE ME 2024 project. By enhancing Wikidata's geospatial content, we contribute to a richer, more accurate representation of our world. Let's join hands in this collaborative effort to enrich global knowledge and promote accessibility to geospatial information. Together, we can make a meaningful impact on the Wikidata ecosystem. I am also confident in the ability of User:Baruch Omale to efficiently lead and execute the project with the support of other community members. Bidemi Bernice (talk) 16:00, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
• I approve of this proposal. Baruch has been an active participant in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka Wikimedia community. I am giving my full support to the program. Ugoji.john (talk) 00:54, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

• Full support. This is a project of Wikimedia Community, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). The community has capable hands to execute the project. The project Leader User: Baruch Omale has been an active participant and facilitator in UNN Wikimedia projects since 2022..Ngozi osadebe (talk) 18:55, 12 May 2024 (UTC)