Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Celebrating Nigeria's Indigenous Identity on Wikimedia (ID: 22743531)
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Applicant Details
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Mijesty
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Main Proposal
edit- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Celebrating Nigeria's Indigenous Identity on Wikimedia
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-10-01 - 2024-12-15
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Nigeria
- 5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)
Wiki Loves Africa
- 6. What is the change you are trying to bring? What are the main challenges or problems you are trying to solve? Describe this change or challenges, as well as main approaches to achieve it. (required)
Over 250 ethnic groups make up the diverse nation of Nigeria, each with its own distinct language, culture, and history. The country is home to many indigenous languages, many of which face extinction. WikiNaijaNames is an initiative that will help promote linguistic diversity and support the survival of indigenous languages. For many Nigerians, their native names are a crucial part of who they are. They give people chances to learn about various cultures and languages and by promoting them on Wikimedia Projects, we are ensuring that Nigerian cultures and identities are accurately represented in online spaces and providing access to this information for people all over the world. The goal of the project is to provide content about Nigerian names for Wikipedia and Wikidata in order to commemorate and preserve the nation's rich cultural legacy.
According to an on Wiki Signal carried out, currently, there is a significant lack of representation, with only:
23 Nigerian names documented on Wikipedia (https://petscan.wmflabs.org/?psid=24907727) 134 Surnames of Nigerian origin, mostly Yoruba (https://petscan.wmflabs.org/?psid=24907781) 19 Igbo Language Surnames (https://petscan.wmflabs.org/?psid=24907839) 2 Hausa Language Surnames (https://petscan.wmflabs.org/?psid=24907850) 1 Hausa given name (https://petscan.wmflabs.org/?psid=28911696) 0 Igala Language Surnames or given names 87 Yoruba given names (https://petscan.wmflabs.org/?psid=28911688) 12 Igbo given names (https://petscan.wmflabs.org/?psid=28911690)
with few pronunciation and transcription and inadequate data on Wikidata.
This project seeks to address this gap by creating and sharing knowledge about Nigerian names, their meanings, pronunciation, and cultural significance. By doing so, we can dispel inaccurate stereotypes and promote a more nuanced pronunciation and understanding of Nigerian names and their cultural significance culture.
This initiative is part of a larger effort to ensure equity and inclusivity in the digital world, empowering Nigerian communities to lead efforts in correcting the mispronunciation of their indigenous names, and helping readers better understand the etiquette and by so doing lead efforts in correcting the mispronunciation of their indigenous names, helping readers and experiences. By celebrating Nigeria's indigenous identity on Wikimedia, we can bridge cultural divides, foster harmony, and ensure that future generations have access to accurate information about Nigerian names and cultures.
The project's goals include: Creating and sharing content about Nigerian names on Wikipedia and Wikidata Promoting linguistic diversity and supporting the survival of indigenous languages Accurately representing Nigerian cultures and identities online
By achieving these goals, WikiNaijaNames can make a significant impact on preserving Nigeria's cultural heritage and promoting diversity and inclusivity online.
- 7. What are the planned activities? (required) Please provide a list of main activities. You can also add a link to the public page for your project where details about your project can be found. Alternatively, you can upload a timeline document. When the activities include partnerships, include details about your partners and planned partnerships.
Training and Recruitment: We will recruit 70 participants from the Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa, and Igala Wikimedia communities in Nigeria, comprising 20 new editors and 50 existing editors. The training will enable them to create and edit Wikipedia articles and Wikidata items, as well as record and upload pronunciation audios of Nigerian names on Wikimedia Commons.
Both new and existing editors will be provided with the necessary tools and information to effectively contribute to Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons.
Guide participants through creating Wikipedia and Wikidata accounts.
Educate participants on core content policies and general editing principles.
Train participants to create new items and improve existing ones on Wikidata. Instruct on creating and enhancing articles on Wikipedia.
Teach participants how to record pronunciations of Nigerian names and upload these audios to Wikimedia Commons.
The outreach dashboard will be utilized to track all contributions made by editors during the edit-a-thon.
Weekly reimbursements will be given to the top contributors.
Prizes will be awarded to the top four contributors at the end of the campaign to motivate participation.
Mobilization and Sensitization: The project will engage academics and students who are linguistics and language enthusiasts passionate about Nigerian languages, culture, and heritage. It is expected that trained participants will further create awareness and promote Nigerian native names on various Wikimedia projects. Activities:
Edit-a-thons: We will conduct edit-a-thons to train 70 participants in performing both minor edits (adding citations, Wikilinks, categories, infoboxes, and descriptions) and major edits on Wikipedia articles related to Nigerian indigenous names.
Data-a-thons: A series of Wikidata training/data-a-thons will be held to raise awareness about the available data on Nigerian indigenous names, identify data gaps, and instruct participants on using the Wikidata query service to track items. Participants will be trained to run queries, understand existing data gaps, and create or improve identified items on Wikidata.
Recording Audios: Participants will receive training on how to record and upload pronunciation audios of Nigerian names to Wikimedia Commons.
Outcomes: Generate diverse content on Nigerian indigenous names. Enhance the representation and documentation of Nigerian linguistic heritage on Wikimedia platforms.
There will also be a partnership with the Linguistics Students Association of Nigeria, the Linguistic Association of Nigeria (LAN) to help recruit new editors, and this partner will help publicize the project and its objectives to the participants from their establishment, which will boost their interest in participating in this project. These partners are passionate about Nigerian Cultures and Languages and will further promote the cause of this project.
- 8. Describe your team. Please provide their roles, Wikimedia Usernames and other details. (required) Include more details of the team, including their roles, usernames, Wikimedia group, and whether they are salaried, volunteers, consultants/contractors, etc. Team members involved in the grant application need to be aware of their involvement in the project.
Mijesty (project lead):
She is an active member of the Wikipedia user group in Nigeria, holding a position as one of the executives in the University of Ilorin fan club. With her extensive knowledge and experience, she has successfully coordinated various Wikipedia projects, including but not limited to initiatives like "Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom" Inspire Inclusion-Africa Wiki Women and "Wiki Loves Libraries." Her commitment to fostering engagement and knowledge dissemination through these projects reflects her passion for leveraging Wikipedia as a powerful educational and informational resource.
Ridzaina (Co-lead): is a Wikimedia volunteer from Nigeria. She has served as the Programs Lead (Intern) at the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria, a member of the WUGN Grants Committee for the Community Support Funds as a representative of the North Central Region of Nigeria, and as the General Secretary of the Wikimedia Fanclub, University of Ilorin for the academic session of 21/22. As a volunteer, she is the project lead for the Let's Connect Peer Learning Program in Kwara and has facilitated some Wikimedia projects which include Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom programs for teachers and secondary school students in Kwara State, 1lib1ref Kwara 2022, Wikidata for Libraries and Librarians in Nigeria, Wikidata for Novels and and Novelists in Nigeria, WikiLovesLibraries Nigeria, Promoting Nigerian Books and Authors, Celtic Knot Kwara, Building Open Culture Community for Sustainable Open Licensing for GLAM Institutions in Nigeria, and more. She has also participated in various Wikimedia projects and won several contests such as Wiki Loves SDG's Contest 2021, Wikidata for Libraries and Librarians in Nigeria, Afro Creatives 2022 contest, etc. She is a trained educator who is passionate about learning and sharing knowledge. Barakat will train the participants of this project on editing Wikipedia and creating articles on Nigerian names on Wikipedia. She will also oversee the coordination of the project with the project lead.
James Rhoda (Wikidata trainer): is a Wikimedia volunteer from Nigeria. She has serves as the Content design at the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria. As a volunteer, she was the project lead for the Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom programs for secondary school students in Kwara State, Promoting Nigerian Books and Authors, and Wikidata for Novels and Novelists in Nigeria among others, she has also served a facilitator for Wikidata for Libraries and Librarians in Nigeria, AfroCreatives 2022 contest, WikiLovesLibraries Nigeria, Celtic Knot Kwara, Building Open Culture Community for Sustainable Open Licensing for GLAM Institutions in Nigeria, and more. She has also participated in various Wikimedia projects and won several contests such as Wiki Loves SDG's Contest 2021.
Lomoraronald (Wikimedia Commons Trainer): Lomora Ronald (Romeo) is a fervent advocate for open and free knowledge, with experience in forging connections between expert communities and volunteer networks. He is skilled in podcasting, leadership, and community engagement, and has co-created Wikimedia Community User Group South Sudan, organized Wiki for Human Rights in South Sudan (2022, 2023), coordinated Wiki Loves Africa in South Sudan (2022, 2023), organized Eduwiki in South Sudan (2022), and contributed to Wikimania (2021, 2022). As a certified trainer, he will train participants on adding audio recordings to Wikimedia Commons, empowering people to harness the power of information and drive positive change through open knowledge initiatives.
Bukky658 (Facilitator): She is the Sub-Saharan Liaison Officer for the Let’s connect working group and the 1st Certified Trainer of the Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom program in Nigeria, a certified Content Campaign Organiser focused on Climate Change and Sustainability. She has led several projects such as W4HR in Nigeria 2024, Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom Kwara, Nigeria for teachers and Students, Wiki Climate Campus Tour Nigeria 2023, Wiki-cred Bootcamp for information professionals, WikiLovesLibrariesNigeria, 1Lib1Ref Kwara 2022, WikiGLAM Awareness for Librarians in Kwara State, and Wikidata for Libraries and notable Librarians in Kwara State among others, whilst co-organising several Wikimedia projects related to SDGs and other topics of impact. She founded the Wikimedia Fan Club at Kwara State University, Malete, Nigeria.
Linason Blessing (Communication expert & Reviewer): She is a Certified Librarian, she has participated in various Wikimedia projects such as WikiLoveAfrica, WPWP, Co-lead WikiCred for information Literacy in Nigeria, WikiGLAM Awareness for Libraries, She led the Wikipedia awareness for Library and Information Science Students in Nigeria and led the Wiki Loves Libraries 2.0 in Nigeria, she is part of the communication team for the recently concluded Inspire Inclusion Campaign for the Africa Wiki Women, and also the Reviewer for the ongoing Wiki for Human Right Nigeria.
To ensure a more inclusive implementation, we will collaborate with active Wikimedia contributors who are passionate about the Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa, and Igala languages Wikipedias. These community champions will help raise awareness about the WikiNaijaNames project within their respective language communities, promoting the initiative and its objectives to potential participants. These members are:
Iwuala Lucy: is a member of the Igbo Wikimedians User Group and an indigenous language activist who has actively participated in series of projects and campaigns that promote and create visibility for African-related contents, enhance African-related articles, and has created Wikidata items and promote visibility for African Scholars on the online encyclopedia. Marvelousola01: is a medical student, who is passionate about making free knowledge available for everyone especially in his local language - Yoruba. He has contributed a lot on Yoruba Wikipedia. Inyor4mr: is a librarian by profession and an active member of the Hausa Wikimedia Usergroup eja has contributed actively to the Hausa and English Wikipedias. AgnesAbah: is Nigerian Wikimedia volunteer, a co-founder and community leader of Igala Wikimedia Community and a board member for Women Do News who contributes to various Wikimedia projects, such as Phabricator, wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Meta-Wiki and Wikimedia Incubator.
- 9. Who are the target participants and from which community? How will you engage participants before and during the activities? How will you follow up with participants after the activities? (required)
This campaign targets new and existing Wikimedia from Nigeria and also members of linguistics and Nigerian languages associations across the country. During the planning stage, the project team will facilitate the campaign and will be briefed about the project and relevant resources to guide the implementation will be shared with them. During the campaign planning stage, we hope to create awareness before the implementation for prospective participants by creating awareness about the project on various social media platforms using E-posters and banners to promote the program online. During the project, the team will be actively involved in the training and ensuring that the participants get the act and art of contributing to Wikipedia and its sister projects, Wikidata and WikiCommons. Also, the training is set to have four online training/ Office Hours to ensure that editors are properly guided on how to promote Nigerian native names across various Wikimedia projects during the editing contest. To ensure the sustainability of the project, during the events, new participants will be recruited. After the event, all participants will receive updates about related Wikimedia campaigns/programs to encourage continuous participation during wiki events. All Participants will be added to the existing messaging channel and mailing lists for follow-up, updates, questions, etc.
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
Yes
- 10.1. Please provide a link to your Youth Safety Policy. (required) If the proposal indicates direct contact with children or youth, you are required to outline compliance with international and local laws for working with children and youth, and provide a youth safety policy aligned with these laws. Read more here.
The General friendly space policy for Wikimedia events will be summarised and read at the beginning of each event to remind the participants and the organisers of the importance of a friendly space policy. In addendum, we will make the following 24 hours phone numbers available throughout the events; The organisers, Local venue security, Local law enforcement, Local sexual assault hotline, Local emergency and non-emergency medical services, and Local taxi company will be available
- 11. How did you discuss the idea of your project with your community members and/or any relevant groups? Please describe steps taken and provide links to any on-wiki community discussion(s) about the proposal. (required) You need to inform the community and/or group, discuss the project with them, and involve them in planning this proposal. You also need to align the activities with other projects happening in the planned area of implementation to ensure collaboration within the community.
I have informed them at the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria for their suggestions and inputs. The link can be found here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_User_Group_Nigeria#Celebrating_Nigeria's_Indigenous_Identity_on_Wikimedia
- 12. Does your proposal aim to work to bridge any of the content knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Cultural background, ethnicity, religion, racial
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Culture, heritage or GLAM
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Linguistic / Language
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement
Learning and metrics
edit- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
The main questions that we hope to have answered after completing the project are: What is the history and cultural significance of Nigerian names? How can the inclusion of Nigerian names on Wikimedia platforms promote cultural diversity and understanding? What challenges have been encountered by participants in promoting Nigerian names on Wikimedia platforms, and how have they been addressed? What impact has the project had on the visibility and usage of Nigerian names on Wikimedia platforms? How many articles of Nigerian names have been created or improved on Wikipedia? How many items of Nigerian names have been created or improved on Wikidata? How many audio recordings of Nigerian names have been recorded and uploaded on Wikicommons? What further steps can be taken to promote the inclusion of Nigerian names and other underrepresented cultures on Wikimedia platforms?
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 70 | 50 old participants and 20 new participants |
| Number of editors | 50 | out of 7 participants brought together for this project we expect a minimum of 5 participants to sign up on the dashboard |
| Number of organizers | 10 | The team consist of volunteers from each language community user group and the rest of the team with extensive knowledge on Wikipedia and its sister projects which will help due to their experience and knowledge on project implementation |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
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| Wikipedia | 100 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 100 |
| Wikidata | 60 |
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| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
100 Articles on Wikipedia 60 Items on Wikidata 100 Audios on Wikimedia Commons
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
No
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- 20. What tools would you use to measure each metrics? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support. (required)
Summary x Sigma Hashtags x Outreach Dashboard Pages Created and Global account information.
Financial proposal
edit- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UYTV2DmZ-mTE4qeh4INLcBVm0M39r471V5j3p3LWSWI/edit?usp=sharing
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
4249366 NGN
- 22.2. Convert the amount requested into USD using the Oanda converter. This is done only to help you assess the USD equivalent of the requested amount. Your request should be between 500 - 5,000 USD.
2629.2 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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