Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikimedia Projects Awareness in Federal University Dutse (ID: 22206264)
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Applicant Details edit
- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Apdoull
- Organization
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- If you are a group or organization leader, board member, president, executive director, or staff member at any Wikimedia group, affiliate, or Wikimedia Foundation, you are required to self-identify and present all roles. (required)
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- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
Main Proposal edit
- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Wikimedia Projects Awareness in Federal University Dutse
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2023-10-28 - 2023-11-29
- 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) Awareness and Workshop
- 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)
Federal University Dutse is one of the prestigious tertiary institutions in Nigeria which is situated in the capital city of Jigawa state. With thousands of students from across the country's six regions studying in the various university's faculties and hundreds of lecturers and non-academic staff it would be a good place for advocating and promoting Wikimedia movement projects. Unfortunately, despite the advantageous advancements in the community, there is an absolute dearth of editors, not to even talk of projects that seek to promote Wikipedia in the community and this is definitely associated with the reason of not having a campaign planned to touch such a mixed of thousands individuals. As a student of the university who is lucky to have discovered Wikipedia, I feel obliged to host the first Wikimedia Awareness campaign/training in Federal University Dutse (FUD) for the overall ascendancy of new editors as well as recruiting new sets of active volunteers of the Wikipedia projects. The creation of Wikipedia and its sister's project awareness In FUD is targeted towards laying a solid foundation for the widespread adoption and use of Wikimedia projects among the populace of the university. This would help in the swiping out the current history that there has never been any training or anything sort of that to train people and notify them about Wikimedia projects and how they can contribute to it them not just in the University but in the whole of Jigawa State. If approved, the project will help to establish the first ever Wiki community meetup in Jigawa State, specifically meant to keep in touch with present and future activities of Wikipedia in the community and also lead to the establishment of the Wiki Fan Club in the Federal University Dutse.
- 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.
Awareness Campaign - I and my team will embark on awareness trip by touring the premises of the university, academic offices, faculties, lecture halls and bukaterias/cafeterias explaining the activities of Wikipedia and its Sister projects. We will share fliers and handbills containing information about Wikipedia and it's sister projects. During the process, we are going to register at least 50 new editors who are willing to participate in Wikimedia projects and also connect with at least fifteen existing Wikimedia projects' editors.
Physical training: This will be a one on one interaction with the fifty participants recruited. In the session, practical sessions will be hold on how to improve Wikipedia and it's sisters' projects.
Follow-up/Certification: This will be another training session that is also aimed at fine-tuning the editing skills of the new and the existing editors. After the training, there will be a three weeks Edit-a-thon where winners and the participants will be awarded a certificate of participation each. Also, Federal University Dutse Wiki Fan Club will be created and sustained.
Photo walk: Jigawa state is one of the most underrepresented areas on Commons in terms of visual content despite being rich with various historical tourist attractions, monuments, traditional buildings, cultures, mountains, dams, beautiful landscapes etc. These areas will be our main focus for the entries on Wikimedia commons.
- 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.
Apdoull (Project lead): He is an experienced Wikipedia editor who has volunteered as a facilitator holding various roles in the projects organized by Wikimedia Fulfulde Community and participated in several edit-a-thon. He has a strong passion for creating and improving new items on Wikidata and Wikipedia.
De-Invincible (Facilitator) : Will lead and join the project lead to coordinate the physical training sessions. As a super experienced organizer and volunteer who is a certified trainer of the Train the Trainer program of Wikimedia UK, project lead of many events and a grand winner in so many Wiki national contests. He will be available to be one of the facilitators of this project.
Harandee (Communication Expert): She is a member of the Wikimedia Fulfulde Community. She has facilitated many Wikipedia projects and has made an outstanding contribution on editing Wikipedia and Wikidata.
Other 3 volunteers will be selected from the University where one will be among the university lecturers and remaining two from the students (with one of them from the students union).
- 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)
Lecturers, staff, students and associate bodies in the Federal University Dutse.
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
No
- 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.
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- 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 expressed the idea to our community leaders during a discussion in a group and they welcome it.
- 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)
Geography
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Education
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Age (diversity of age groups)
- 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)
When successfully implemented, we hope to provide positive answers to the following questions:
- 1. Was the community awareness about Wikipedia and its sister project successful?
- 2. Were we able to recruit the target participants?
- 3. Was the event successful and fruitful?
- 4. Do the participants understand the basic skills needed to contribute efficiently to Wikipedia?
- 5. Could the participants contribute to Wikipedia and its sister projects properly?
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 50 | The project will target 50 participants |
| Number of editors | 40 | The project will train and recruit 30 participants while the other 10 will be returning editors |
| Number of organizers | 6 | There will be 6 experience facilitators who will share there experience in making this project a success. |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 150 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 50 |
| Wikidata | 400 |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | 100 |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abtsract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
N/A
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
No
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
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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)
Dashboard Tool, Google Form and Tool Forge
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)
945000 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.
2070 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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