Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Superlative Campaign for Excellence Grant Proposal (ID: 21884040)
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Applicant Details edit
- Please provide your main Wikimedia Username.
User: Ngozi Stella Udechukwu
- Please provide the Usernames of people related to this proposal.
User: Ngozi Stella Udechukwu User: Chimaroke User: Ngozi osadebe
- Organization
Consolation City Organization
- Are you a member of any Wikimedia affiliate or group, including informal groups like Wiki Fan Clubs, emerging language communities, not recognized Wikimedia groups etc.? Please list them all.
Art and Feminism (Affiliate) Enugu Hub, Nigerian User Group
Grant Proposal edit
- M. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Superlative Campaign for Excellence Grant Proposal
- Q. Indicate if it is a local, international, or regional proposal and if it involves several countries? (optional)
Regional
- Q2. If you have answered regional or international, please write the country names and any other information that is useful for understanding your proposal.
We will like to train participants on how to improve or contribute content on women's achievements in African countries. There are 54 countries in Africa. These include Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Bokinafaso, Burundi, Cape Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Coted'Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Mali etc. There are many women from these countries who are notable but have not been documented in Wikipedia or whose documentation need upgrading..
- R. If you would like, please share any websites or social media accounts that your group or organization has.
- 1. What is the change that you are trying to bring about and why is this important.
I want to change the perception of my faculty towards Wikipedia articles by training and engaging them in Wikipedia editing. The common knowledge in my faculty is that Wikipedia articles are not useful for research because they are written by volunteers who may not be subject experts in the particular field. My experiences participating in Wikipedia training and edit-a-thons have shown that the perception of my faculty towards Wikipedia articles is false, though Wikipedia articles cannot be cited in academic research, the articles can direct researchers to the original source materials. Moreover, I will like to prove to my department that contributing to Wikipedia can help to deepen our students' knowledge in our specific subject areas as well as in doing literature reviews. During my training in Wikipedia edit-a-thon, I discovered how to identify reliable articles and use boolean operators to search for articles for academic writing.
Moreover, we will like to equip women in our faculty with the skill to contribute to open knowledge. When female faculty acquire the skill to contribute to Wikipedia, they can write on areas that interest them which no other person can do for them. Digital knowledge gained from contributing to Wikipedia can be transferred to other digital environments. Contributing to Wikipedia will help female faculty to gain more knowledge on digital and research skills. Research output is a requirement for promotion in Nigerian Universities, the skills gained from this program if approved will help female faculty to publish more research papers, which will help them to gain promotion, climb the academic ladder and become visible in the global academic world.
Furthermore, the main mission of our organization is to promote excellent practices among youth. It is therefore our desire to join other Wikimedians to contribute reliable and verifiable information to ensure that the knowledge people gain from Wikipedia articles will lead to excellence.
- 2. Describe your main approaches or strategies to achieve these changes and why you think they will be effective.
I will use an experimental and peer learning approach to show my faculty members that many Wikipedia articles are reliable and important for academic writing. In this approach, through a hands on method, I will teach faculty members how to use links and citations in Wikipedia articles to locate the source materials.
- 3. What are the activities you will be developing and delivering as part of these approaches or strategies?
Training, edit-a-thon and meetup will be used. I will develop a train the trainer schedule in which I will train some members of the faculty who in turn will train others. After the training, there will be an edit-a-thon in which participants will put their learning into practice. About two weeks after the edit-a-thon, I will organise a meet-up for participants to discuss their experiences during the training and edit-a-thon.
- 4. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign or event? If so, please select the relevant campaign below. If so, please select all the relevant campaigns from the list below. If "other", please state which.
Art+Feminism, Wiki Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Women, WikiForHumanRights, WikiGap
- 5. Do you have the team that is needed to implement this proposal?
Yes. I have a team that will implement this proposal. User: Ngozi osadebe, is a member of our organization, a volunteer editor on Wikipedia, and in the same university as me. She has been organizing Wikipedia events since 2017 at the University. Ngozi Osadebe is a Deputy University Librarian, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). Users: Ezimoo and Beatrice Ewa are staff of UNN. They work in the University Library. User Ezimo is a Senior Librarian while user Beatrice Ewa is a Chief Assistant Library Officer. Users Ezimo and Beatrice Ewa have been acting as facilitators in all Wikipedia projects at the University.
- 6. Please state if your proposal aims to work to bridge any of the identified CONTENT knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select up to THREE that most apply to your work.
Content Gender gap, Geography, Other global topics for impact (topics considered to be of global importance)
- 6.1 In a few sentences, explain how your work is specifically addressing this content gap (or Knowledge inequity) to ensure a greater representation of knowledge.
1. Content Gender gap: We will improve existing articles on women and introduce new ones
- 2. Geography: Our focus will be on African women.
- 3. Topics considered to be of impact or important in the specific context: We will look at how women in leadership positions overcome marginalization and intimidation to attain leadership positions, how climate change affects women, and widowhood practices in African countries.
- 7. Please state if your proposal includes any of these areas or THEMATIC focus. Select up to THREE that most apply to your work and explain the rationale for identifying these themes.
Education, Culture, heritage or GLAM , Climate Change and sustainability
- 8. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities?
Gender Identity, Geographic , Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background, Disabilities, Digital Access
- 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?
Our target participants are female academic staff and postgraduate students of the Faculty of Social sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. However, interested people of other sexual identities are welcomed. To attract the underrepresented groups (women and people with disabilities), the program will be publicized at the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE), University Women Association (UWA), and Association of Students with Disabilities, UNN WhatsApp platform. The program will also be publicized on the Faculty of Social Sciences and UNN Wikipedia Community WhatsApp groups A dashboard will be created through which participants will join the program. Selected articles to edit, improve, or introduced into Wikipedia will be made available on the dashboard. Participants will be requested to assign themselves articles from the dashboard.
Physical, face-to-face meetings will be used for the training, edit-a-thon, and meet-up. After the training, we will create a WhatsApp group where participants will be sharing ideas on our Wikipedia project.
- 10. In what ways are you actively seeking to contribute towards creating a safer, supportive, more equitable environment for participants?
We will study the Wikipedia-friendly Space Policy Guidelines carefully with the participants before the commencement of the program. To create a sense of community and equality among participants, participants will be advised to lessen the use of titles during the event. This is to ensure that no participant feels intimidated. We will ensure that the environment is inviting by certifying beforehand the availability of neat working space, steady electric power supply, and internet connectivity.
- 11. Please tell us about how you have let your Wikimedia communities know about the planned activities and this proposal. Use this space to describe the processes you carried out to make the community more involved in planning this proposal. Please link the on-wiki community discussion(s) around the proposals.
This program has been advertised in the Wikipedia Nigeria User Group (item 190), and the University of Nigeria Wikipedia Community WhatsApp group. The link to the Wikipedia Nigerian User Group page is https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_User_Group_Nigeria#Consolation_City_Organisation_A_%2B_F_English_Wikipedia_EDIT-A-THON
I have discussed this project with the Wikipedia program coordinator at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Dr. Ngozi Osadebe, User: Ngozi osadebe. She felt that it is a worthwhile project because there are few groups engaged in Art and Feminism Wikipedia projects in Nigeria. Moreover, she opined that editing Wikipedia is a viable means of teaching the university female staff digital and research writing skills.
- 12. Are you aware of other Rapid Fund proposals in your local group, community, or region that are being submitted and that align with your proposed project?
No
If yes:
- 12.1 Did you explore the possibility of doing a joint proposal with other leaders in your group?
- N/A
- 12.2 How will this joint proposal allow you to have better results?
- N/A
- 13. Will you be working with other external, non-Wikimedia partners to implement this proposal? Required.
No
- 13.1 Please describe these partnerships and what motivates the potential partner to be part of the proposal and how they add value to your work.
- 14. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select a maximum of THREE options that most apply.
Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement, Invest in Skills and Leadership Development, Innovate in Free Knowledge
Learning, Sharing, and Evaluation edit
- 15. What do you hope to learn from your work in this fund proposal?
1. What are the problems women encounter in collaborative online environments such as Wikipedia?
- 2. What are the topics women like to engage with in Wikipedia?
- 3. What are the strategies to be adopted to increase women's participation in Wikipedia editing?
- 4. How will digital skills help women in creating visibility for themselves in the global world?
- 5. How will digital skills help women attain the zenith of their careers in higher education?
- 6. What are the ways we can shift the mind of women from getting rich quick syndrome to success with hard work?
- 16. Based on these learning questions, what is the information or data you need to collect to answer these questions? Please register this information (as metric description) in the following spaces provided.
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Focus group discussion (FGD) | We will organize three sets of focus group discussions (FGD) with the participants. The FGD will be guided by a focus group discussion guide prepared by the organizers for this purpose. The FGD will contain learning objectives identified in item 15. The questions will be made up of direct questions on the learning objectives as well as probe questions. The aim of the probe questions is to elicit more information from the participants. | 50 |
| Key-informant Interview | Face-to-face interviews with four best editors, four best new article creators, and three facilitators on the learning objectives raised in item 15. The face-to-face interview will be guided by an interview guide prepared by the facilitators. It will contain direct questions on the issues raised in item 15 as well as probe questions on the topic. The result of the face-to-face interview will be used to validate results from FGD. | 50 |
| Observation | Throughout the training and the edit-a-thon, participants will be observed and notes were taken on how the participants interacted with ICT equipment, how excited they are about the topics they assigned to themselves, how comfortable they were working in a collaborative online environment, and the rate at which they were able to find articles online.
The participants will also be observed on the contributions they make to discussions during training. |
N/A |
| Dashboard Records | We will create a dashboard through which the contributions of every participant will be tracked. The participants who lag behind will be followed up on one on one training. The best four new article creators and editors will be awarded a prize. | 50 |
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- 17. Core quantitative metrics.
| Core metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | New participants 35
Returning participants 15 Facilitators 4 Technical assistant 2 Cleaner 1 Baby care 2 Driver 1 |
60 |
| Number of editors | The editors are post-graduate students and staff of the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Both male and female staff and post-graduate students are free to participate in the program. There is no age barrier, however, only participants with a working knowledge of ICT will be allowed to participate. | 50 |
| Number of organizers | The target organizers are the executives of the Superlative campaign for excellence, the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, and the three Wikipedia program facilitators at the University. the Superlative campaign for excellence has four people as members of its executive. the executive is made up of the chairman, secretary, financial secretary, and provost. The Wikipedia facilitators have been organizing Wikipedia programs at the university since 2017. | 7 |
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- 17.1 If for some reason your proposal will not measure these core metrics please provide an explanation.
- 18. What tools would you use to measure each metric selected? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support.
We are not sure. We will require support.
Financial Proposal edit
- 19. & 19.1 What is the amount you are requesting from Wikimedia Foundation? Please provide this amount in your local currency.
2021000 NGN
- 19.2 What is this amount in US Currency (to the best of your knowledge)?
4960 USD
- 20. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IlHFtnGfuNn4l7mhLZTlJaaxkF7wmQAWP1MI_uHcPYo/edit#gid=0
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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