Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikimedia Awareness in Owo (ID: 22445300)
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Applicant Details
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Taoheedah
- Organization
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Main Proposal
edit- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Wikimedia Awareness in Owo
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-04-11 - 2024-05-11
- 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)
Other (please specify) Creating awareness about Wikimedia projects, Training Wikimedia editors, Improve content about Owo Community on Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.
- 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)
Owo, situated in Ondo State, Nigeria hold an exceptional status in the southwestern region as a city known for its rich cultural heritage and historical significance. Owo is renowned for having the largest Palace in Africa which was declared a national monument by the federal government as it serves as a cultural landmark in Nigeria. The city is the home of antiques and sculptures due to the presence of museums and its location between the two famous art centres of Ife and Benin.
The city is also home to distinguished educational institutions such as Achievers University, Rufus Giwa Polytechnic and standard medical institutions such as Federal Medical Centre Owo. Yet, despite the prominent places in the community, an observable gap remains, revealing a depletion of editors, initiatives and a lack of awareness aimed at fostering Wikimedia's growth within the core of the Owo community. As a vibrant member of this community, having personally discovered the leverage of Wikimedia, I feel the commitment to initiate the first Wikimedia awareness campaign and training program in Owo.
This initiative aims to facilitate the transition of new editors and the emergence of devoted advocates for Wikimedia projects. The Wikimedia Community in Owo will serve integral objectives. Primarily, it indicates an avenue to showcase the city's contributions in the part of ancient history, local traditions, art, festivals and cuisine to Nigeria's cultural landmark. The presence of a Wikimedian community significantly expands Owo's global visibility and credibility.
The project aims to train and recruit 50 editors who are residents of Owo. By establishing Wikipedia and its sister projects awareness in Owo, we hope to lay a strong foundation for the utilization of Wikimedia outcomes, particularly among the youth. Likewise, this proposed month-long endeavour holds the guarantee of addressing content gaps that presently exist in various articles across different topics.
Working with experienced editors, we intend to promote the coverage of notable local and international intellectuals, institutions, tourist attractions, and historical areas within Owo on Wikipedia. Unlike other communities where there has been a series of training and presence of the Wikimedia community, there has never been any training which could expose people in Owo community to Wikimedia projects and how they can contribute to them. If approved, this project will establish the inaugural Wiki community meetup in Owo, designed to keep participants engaged with ongoing and future Wikimedia-related activities in the community.
Main approaches to achieve these changes:
This initiative aims to promote the active involvement of students and youths across various institutions, clubs, and associations within the Owo community. Our main approaches to navigating these changes involve the training and recruitment of 50 new editors from different higher institutions and youth associations in Owo. To raise awareness about Wikimedia projects among Owo participants, we recognize that many are familiar with English Wikipedia but are less acquainted with other language options, such as Yoruba.
Given that Yoruba is the dominant language in the community, our training project will prioritize Yoruba Wikipedia and other sister projects that advocate for free knowledge and open access to information. This strategy is developed to cater for the specific needs of the community. Establishing a community of Wikimedia editors in Owo is integral to our approach.
As an active and prominent Yoruba Wikipedia editor who has contributed to a lot of Wikimedia campaigns, I will serve as a facilitator for both online and offline sessions. This partnership with the Yoruba User group will aid the project execution in the community. Further, the creation of a WhatsApp group for new editors will facilitate collaboration. Participants will be trained in contributing effectively to various Wikimedia Projects. This comprises creating Wikipedia accounts, understanding core content policies and general editing principles, creating new articles, and making minor edits.
These skills will enable them to improve content related to individuals, places and institutions in Owo. To ensure progress and to provide assistance during the project, we will utilize the outreach dashboard. This tool will track contributions and offer one-on-one support to offline and online editors, further enabling engagement and effective participation.
- 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.
The project will transit for a month and its purpose is to introduce Wikimedia to the Owo community through a comprehensive design:
- 1. Conducting a two-day in-person workshop: For two days, participants will obtain hands-on training from four facilitators. This workshop will cover crucial skills such as account creation and basic edits. With the first Physical training being the first week of the campaign and the second one being the third week of the campaign.
- 2. Hosting two batches of online support training: To enhance participants' editing proficiency on Wikipedia and Wikicommons, the project will present online sessions. Experienced facilitators will guide these sessions, targeting areas where participants need improvement. With the first online training being the second week of the campaign and the second one being the fourth week of the campaign.
- 3. Assessment session: At the end of this period, an assessment session will take place. This session will have to do with assessing participants' work, attending to queries, and disseminating certificates. Outstanding contributors will be acknowledged with certificates of excellence. A devoted WhatsApp group will serve as a forum for interaction, motivating participants to edit and seek guidance.
- 4. Establishing a Wikimedia editors community in Owo: The project will entail the creation of a sustainable editors community. This community will ensure the ongoing exchange of knowledge and collaboration among editors.
In essence, these activities collectively seek to introduce the Owo community to Wikimedia projects, equip participants with editing skills, and inaugurate a lasting community of Wikimedia editors.
- 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.
Taoheedah is the project lead and member of the host community. She is an experienced Wikimedia Project Facilitator where she facilitated sessions at Wikimedia Promotion in Akure after the project, the editors were retained and further participated and contributed content to Wikimedia projects, She is a Seasoned Trainer in Wikimedia Awareness in Ogbomosho and Wikimedia Promotion in Lead City University where she trained the participants on how to navigate the Yoruba Wikipedia, Co-facilitator of Africa Open Biodiversity Campaign where she coordinated the participants on how to engage in Wikimedia Projects. Taoheedah was a participant in the inaugural Africa Growth Pilot Cohort. During this program, she received specialized training from senior program officers at the Wikimedia Foundation, equipping her with the skills to actively engage in Wikimedia projects. She is presently undergoing training as part of the second cohort at the Organiser Lab. She contributed to the WikiClimate Campus Tour Nigeria Project by translating climate-related articles into Yoruba bridging the content gap in Yoruba Wikipedia. She has participated in various Wikimedia projects such as Explore Nigeria Project, Africa Youth Month Campaign, Explore Africa Project, Afrosport Nigeria, SheSaid Nigeria Campaign Afrosport Africa, De-Stub Yoruba Wikipedia Articles Contest, African Women In Education and Yoruba Wikipedia Citation Hunt. Aside from Wikimedia Projects, She is the Founder of the Health4ALL Initiative where she has led several health campaigns and collaborated with organizations in Uganda, Ghana and Kenya and demonstrated coordination, planning, and team planning skills in promoting healthy living. She also organized a Book Review Platform where productive books are being reviewed monthly, this has impacted and increased the willingness to read books in the audiences.
Tesleemah is a Certified Organiser, Wikimedia Organisers' Lab focused on Climate Change and Sustainability and the project lead of Wikimedia promotion in Akure. She will coordinate and train participants as a facilitator during the Online training. She was one of the facilitators of the Explore Africa contest and also facilitated the Afrosports project championed by Free Knowledge Africa. Also, she was one of the facilitators of Wikimedia awareness at the Federal University of Kashere. She is one of the participants of the just concluded African growth pilot organized by the Wikimedia Foundation.
Ibjaja055 is the Organizer of the WIKI Loves AfroDemics. He will coordinate the online sessions. He was one of the facilitators of Wikimedia Promotion in Akure and also one of the local coordinators of the Wikiclimatecampustour project. He is an experienced Wikimedia projects editor and has participated in different Wikimedia projects.
Taofeeq Abdulkareem is the Organizer of the Wikimedia Awareness in Ogbomosho. He was one of the Facilitators for Wikimedia Promotion in Akure. He will train the participants as a facilitator during the Online training. He has held leadership positions in Wikimedia, most notably as a Special Duty Officer, and is currently the Vice President, Training and Development of the Wikimedia Fan Club at the University of Ilorin.
Abdullahalaba is the Organizer of Wikimedia Promotion at Lead City University and an experienced editor who has facilitated different projects such as Wikimedia promotion in Akure, He has actively participated in various Wikimedia projects like Wikilove Library Nigeria, Afrocreatives Wiki projects and Afrosport project by Free Knowledge Africa. He belongs to the English Wikipedia User group.
For the two days of in-person training, Tesleemah, Taofeeq Abdulkareem and Abdullahalaba will join the project lead to make it take place. They are in high proximity to the host community.
- 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)
The target participants for our project are the diverse youth residents of the Owo Community with the aim of exposing and onboarding them to Wikimedia projects. A significant portion of these youths are enrolled in tertiary institutions.
We will engage them through collaboration with student body associations within the community and leveraging media to provide immense publicity to connect with these potential participants before the project's implementation.
During the project, we will actively promote the training, guaranteeing that participants gain the vital knowledge and skills to contribute to Wikipedia and its sister projects. Furthermore, we will monitor the online edit-a-thon to prevent any vandalism, copyright infringement or misinformation.
The project will contribute to the expansion of Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons by yielding free knowledge and developing more active editors, as well as improving the quality of image uploads.
To ensure sustainability, we will create a WhatsApp group, where participants can stay in touch and get updated on the latest Wikimedia projects, events and workshops. Also, the Owo Wikimedian Hub will be retained in the Wikimedia Nigeria User Group to ensure continued engagement and participation in Wikimedia projects.
- 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.
1.The General friendly space policy for Wikimedia events will be summarized and to be read at the beginning of each event. The event will adhere to the Wikimedia-friendly space policy during the event. The Wikimedia-friendly space policy and UCoC will be distributed to participants before the event starts. The event also promises to be safe and conducive.
- 2.People of age 14 or younger will not be allowed register for the training since the target participants are corp members who are Adults (18 years and above)
- 3.Mature content such as violent or sexually explicit imagery will not be displayed in public areas of the venue.
- 4.I will make the copies of the youth safety plan available for event attendees.
- 5.I will ensure the physical events comply with all local laws and regulations that apply to young attendees.
The Youth Safety Policy can also be found here https://docs.google.com/document/d/13CQgPVOn_WsD10saf6xRXriL0nGc48Q1/edit?usp=drivesdk&ouid=117993037653867881210&rtpof=true&sd=true
- 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 the Wikimedia Nigeria User Group through their meta page https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_User_Group_Nigeria#Wikimedia_Awareness_in_Owo
- 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)
Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Innovate in Free Knowledge
Learning and metrics
edit- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
Did the project create community awareness about Wikimedia projects in Owo?
Did the project train new editors to have the required skills to edit Wikimedia projects?
Did the participants contribute contents to Wikipedia and it's sisters' projects ?
Was the project beneficial to the target participants in terms of full satisfaction of the knowledge acquired?
Did the project create a sustainable group of Wikimedia editors in Owo Community?
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 55 | These are the total number of people that will be available for the online and offline events. This includes the editors, organisers and institution representatives. |
| Number of editors | 50 | This comprises New Editors, who will create new accounts and will be monitored on the various approaches to contributing to Wikimedia Projects. Also Returning Editors, who already have their accounts will be further trained. |
| Number of organizers | 5 | Total number of the organizers |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 50 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 60 |
| Wikidata | 40 |
| Wiktionary | |
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| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
Wikipedia: 30 new articles will be created on Wikipedia related to significant buildings in Owo, notable places and personalities in the city. Also, there will be a translation of articles related to Owo to the Yoruba Language. This will bridge the content gap of the City in Yoruba Wikipedia. 20 already created articles will be improved by fixing minor edits such as grammatical errors, and adding essential categories and new sections. In total, 50 Wikipedia articles will be created/edited. This will help bridge the content gap while promoting free knowledge.
Wikimedia Commons: 60 pictures of significant buildings, notable places and personalities in the Owo community will be uploaded to Commons. Uploading Owo community pictures to Wikimedia Commons preserves its heritage, sharing it globally and engaging audiences eager to explore diverse cultures.
Wikidata: 40 Wikidata data items will be added on Wikidata related to buildings, significant places and notable personalities in Owo. Creating Wikidata items for Owo provides concise, related information, aiding researchers and enthusiasts seeking details about the community.
- 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)
I will be using the Hashtag tool and WMF outreach dashboard which will be used to measure the project metrics such as number of participants, number of articles created/improved and number of references added to articles.
Financial proposal
edit- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
1666000 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.
1853.29 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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