Grants talk:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikidata 10th Birthday in Osun (ID: 21942421)

Endorsment from Mijesty (talk)

--Mijesty (talk) 08:20, 3 September 2022 (UTC) Celebrating the wikidata birthday annually serves as an event which brings all wikidata editors together to celebrate, connect and brainstorm ideas which will improve the project, this project is also proposing that the event will be an incredible opportunity to recruit new volunteers and create awareness to the people in the locality about wikidata.  Strong support

Endorsment from James Rhoda (talk)

Wikidata birthday is a yearly events that brings Wikimedians together to celebrate Wikidata and it's editors. This project will help bring Wikidata Editors and enthusiasts in Osun State.

--James Rhoda (talk) 08:21, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

Endorsment from Linason Blessing (talk)

--Linason Blessing (talk) 08:52, 3 September 2022 (UTC)  Strong support Wikidata 10th Birthday will serve as an opportunity to bring about advocacy on using Wikidata which is the storage of structured data of the Wikimedia project, get information about the content policies and general principles and rules that guide editing on wikidata amongst Wikipedians in Osun State. This will also serve as a great avenue for all Wikipedians in Osun State to come together and celebrate the 10th Wikidata Birthday.

Endorsment from Ridzaina (talk)

This project is the first of its kind in Osun. It will help recruit new editors to Wikidata and also help the existing editors network and share ideas on how to improve contents on Wikidata. It serves as an avenue to celebrate a decade of Wikidata.

--Ridzaina (talk) 08:59, 5 September 2022 (UTC)

Endorsment from Ogundele1 (talk)

This project will not only celebrate the WIKIDATA’s birthday but also recruit new Wikipedia editors. I strongly support it.

--Ogundele1 (talk) 09:35, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

Endorsment from Kaisha33 (talk)

WIKIDATA’s birthday celebration as a yearly event that brings together Wikipedians; mostly wikidata editors to connect and brainstorm on how to move the wikidata project forward. In Osun State the birthday celebration will bring new and exiting editors together to celebrate and look into how to move the project forward, likewise connect with one another as a community.

--Kaisha33 (talk) 13:11, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

Endorsement from Bukky658 (talk) 15:22, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

I endorse the grant with all fullness as it will help the new recruited Osun Wikimedia community to participate in Wikidata anniversary celebration for the first time as a community running its own programs. Bukky658 (talk) 15:22, 12 September 2022 (UTC)

Not Funded

Dear RukayatAjeigbe,

Thanks for submitting your grant application to organize a Wikidata Birthday celebration event in your community. After reviewing your proposal, and consulting with local affiliates, and Wikidata birthday coordinators, we made a hard decision to not fund your request.

In order to ensure coordination and collaboration in the communities, we decided to approve Wikidata Birthday celebration grants only for recognized affiliates and allied organizations. We highly encourage you to join your efforts with your local affiliate and organize a Wikidata Birthday celebration together.

You can reach out to your local affiliate if you need any support to participate in the local celebrations.

Seeing that you are from a Nigerian community, you can also consider applying for the Wikimedia Nigeria User Group microgrants program if you need financial support to participate.

Best regards, Middle East and Africa Regional Funds Team VThamaini (WMF) (talk) 14:46, 22 September 2022 (UTC)