Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikipedia Awareness Campaign to Osogbo Corpers (ID: 22161308)
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Applicant Details edit
- Please provide your main Wikimedia Username.
OTim75
- Please provide the Usernames of people related to this proposal.
N/A
- Organization
N/A
- 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.
Wikimedia User Group Nigeria
Grant Proposal edit
- M. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Wikipedia Awareness Campaign to Osogbo Corpers
- Q. Indicate if it is a local, international, or regional proposal and if it involves several countries? (optional)
Local
- Q2. If you have answered regional or international, please write the country names and any other information that is useful for understanding your proposal.
- 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.
Wikipedia is a vast free encyclopedia of knowledge that provides information on a wide range of topics. However, there are still many people who have not yet heard of Wikipedia, including some Youth Corps Members in Osogbo. Unfortunately, some of these individuals who have attempted to edit Wikipedia articles without proper knowledge have been blocked, which has discouraged them from further editing.
To address this issue, a campaign will be launched to raise awareness and educate Youth Corps Members in Osogbo on how to effectively search for, edit, retrieve, use, and improve material on Wikipedia. The aim of this project is to increase awareness of Wikimedia projects such as Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Wikicommons among National Youth Service Corps members serving in Osogbo.
As part of this campaign, participants will be guided on how to create a Wikipedia account and perform basic editing tasks such as copy editing, adding citations, correcting typos, creating info boxes, creating new Wikidata items, and adding statements to existing items without facing any blocks.
- 2. Describe your main approaches or strategies to achieve these changes and why you think they will be effective.
To promote the Wikimedia Projects among the Osogbo National Youth Corps members, I have developed a comprehensive strategy that involves both offline and online promotional activities.
The first step is to raise awareness about Wikipedia and its sister projects, as well as encourage participation in these projects. This will be achieved through a three-day promotion, training, and edit-a-thon for the Youth Corps members stationed in Osogbo. The event will comprise of a two-day physical event and a one-day online event.
During the event, the participants will be trained on how to create and edit Wikipedia pages, how to gather and develop educational content under a free license or in the public domain, and how to disseminate this content effectively and globally. Experienced volunteer editors will be on hand to train new editors and enhance the abilities of current editors.
To ensure the effectiveness of the strategy, the awareness campaign will continue for a month, utilizing the various communication channels used by the Youth Corp members. I will also work closely with the Corpers Liaison officers and members of the community with access to different platforms to follow up with new editors and provide support as needed.
Overall, I am confident that this strategy, with the help of a skilled group of Wikimedia editors, will successfully promote awareness of the Wikimedia Projects among the Osogbo National Youth Corps members.
- 3. What are the activities you will be developing and delivering as part of these approaches or strategies?
Sensitization and outreach activities will be conducted before, during, and after the program. A call for participation will be sent out to attract interested individuals, and those selected will be guided through the account creation process. Additionally, a WhatsApp group will be created to provide updates and information about the program.
The physical edit-a-thon will be held for two days, and new users will be introduced to Wikimedia/Wiki projects, and the basics of Wikipedia. Participants will learn the correct ways to search, edit, obtain, utilize, and improve information on Wikipedia. On day two, the focus will be on Wikidata and Wikicommons as a Wikimedia project, and participants will learn how to create and modify Wikidata items and add media to Wikicommons.
One online edit-a-thons will also be held on Wikipedia Wikicommons and Wikidata. These sessions will provide a platform for participants' retraining, guidance, and follow-up. It will also be targeted towards individuals who were unable to participate in the physical exercises.
At the end of the event, an online Wiki contest will be held, focusing on the three Wiki projects. The winners will be announced, and certificates and approved presents will be awarded to the winners. This competition will serve as an incentive for participants to actively engage in the program and contribute to the Wikimedia/Wiki projects.
Overall, this project aims to increase awareness of the Wikimedia/Wiki projects among Osogbo Youth Corp members through sensitization, outreach, and training activities. The online and physical edit-a-thons, as well as the Wiki contest, will provide a platform for participants to learn, engage and contribute to the Wikimedia/Wiki projects.
- 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.
Not applicable
- 5. Do you have the team that is needed to implement this proposal?
Yes. OTim75 Project Coordinator. He is an experienced Wikimedia Editor, he organized the Info-tourism and wellness project in Osun State and he co-organized the Wikidata For Tourism in Nigeria. He has participated and won various prizes at different contest in the Wikimedia community such as WPWPNG 2021 and Explore Nigeria contest among others.
Major Lyte is an experienced Wikimedia Editor. He has participated and won in various Wikimedia community projects. He has also organized various contests such as Wikidata for media personalities and Wikidata for Tourism in Nigeria. He will be facilitating training on Wikidata.
Favour Dare is an experienced Wikimedia Editor. He will be in charge of communications and publicity.
- 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.
Geography, Language, Socioeconomic Status, Cultural background, ethnicity, religion, racial
- 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.
The project aims to educate participants about the Wikimedia movement and its various projects, with a particular emphasis on dispelling any misconceptions they may have regarding Wikipedia sources and articles. Through this initiative, participants will also learn how to add new content and update current content, thus contributing to the growth and improvement of the Wikimedia projects.
- 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 , Advocacy, Diversity
- 8. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities?
Geographic , Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background, Socioeconomic status
- 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?
The project targets youth corps members serving in Osogbo, Nigeria, and will utilize various messaging and communication channels to inform, remind, and communicate with the participants. To promote the event, both online and offline advertising methods will be used, such as electronic flyers, and printed flyers. An online registration form will be made available to interested participants to collect their information and register them for the event. Throughout the training and edit-a-thon, participants will receive instructions on how to set up Wiki accounts and participate in the various activities. Following the event, participants will be invited to join user groups, which will keep them informed about future wiki events and promote their participation. The existing messaging channels will be used for follow-up, updates, and answering questions, and participants will be welcomed to future events.
- 10. In what ways are you actively seeking to contribute towards creating a safer, supportive, more equitable environment for participants?
All participants will be enlightened about the Wikimedia friendly space policy and the Universal Code of Conduct.
- 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.
I have informed the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria.
- 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, Improve User Experience, Provide for Safety and Inclusion, Ensure Equity in Decision-making, Invest in Skills and Leadership Development, Manage Internal Knowledge, Identify Topics for Impact, Innovate in Free Knowledge
Learning, Sharing, and Evaluation edit
- 15. What do you hope to learn from your work in this fund proposal?
I hope I am able to equip more new editors and engaged the existing ones productively by Introducing participants to Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikicommons and train them on how to edit these projects.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Number of events | Number of edit-a-thon to be held. | 2 |
| Number of articles | Number of articles to be created or improved. | 450 |
| Number of repeated participants | Number of repeated participants | 15 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 17. Core quantitative metrics.
| Core metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | Number of participants= 20
Number of new editors= 10 plus |
20 |
| Number of editors | Total number of editors | 20 |
| Number of organizers | OTim75 Project Coordinator.
Major Lyte will be in charge of trainings. Favour Dare is an experienced Wikimedia Editor. He will be in charge of communications and publicity. |
3 |
| Wikimedia Project | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | Number of articles to be created and improved | 250 |
| Wikimedia Commons | Number of articles to be created and improved | 200 |
| Wikidata | Number of articles to be created and improved | 100 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 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.
Outreach dashboard to evaluate participation during the edit-a-thon. Wikimedia Hashtag Tools
Financial Proposal edit
- 19. & 19.1 What is the amount you are requesting from Wikimedia Foundation? Please provide this amount in your local currency.
1059240 NGN
- 19.2 What is this amount in US Currency (to the best of your knowledge)?
2213.9 USD
- 20. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1oaLiTWx_Nje3BJvWlfB2c99h_kB5vPBFRLnKJ-kCTUQ/edit
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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