Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikipedia Awareness in Platue state. (ID: 21957420)
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Applicant Details
edit- Please provide your main Wikimedia Username.
Sufie Alyaryasie
- Please provide the Usernames of people related to this proposal.
Gwanki Yusuf Sa'adu M Bash Hamza Dk
- 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.
Hausa wikimedia user group
Grant Proposal
edit- M. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Wikipedia Awareness in Platue state.
- 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.
The creation of Wikipedia and its sister awareness project in Plateau State is aimed at establishing a strong motivation to accept and use Wikimedia materials among the youth especially students in tertiary institutions in plateau State.
This is in addition to exposing and assisting them to acquire a wealth of digital technology and research to enable them to contribute significantly to articles that will further the development of plateau State through multi-pronged development, as well as the transfer of knowledge and skills learned to contribute. content with original images for Wikipedia.
This training has the opportunity to fill the existing news gaps on various topics related to plateau with the help of experienced editors; Top local and foreign academics, organizations, tourist sites such as historical and research sites, and others in plateau state are not featured in Wikipedia.
Also, unlike other states where there is training and presence of the Wikimedia community, there has never been a training or edit-a-thon to train people and inform them about Wikimedia projects and how to contribute. they are not. in plateau state.
- 2. Describe your main approaches or strategies to achieve these changes and why you think they will be effective.
Recruitment of 40 new editors in various high schools in plateau state. This will enable full participation of students from various institutions in plateau state.
Create public awareness about Wikimedia projects among participants in plateau Recruitment of 50 new editors in various high schools in plateau state. This will enable full participation of students from various institutions in plateau state.
Create public awareness about Wikimedia projects among participants in plateau state. Many of the participants may be familiar with the English Wikipedia but few are aware of the other languages that Wikipedia is available in, especially the Hausa Wikipedia and other Wikimedia products that promote free education and open access to information to enhance the needs of this medium.
Train participants on how to contribute to the various Wikimedia projects that the training focuses on; creating a Wikipedia account, understanding the basic content policy, and understanding the general rules of editing, making minor edits etc. to improve content related to people, places, organizations of plateau state on Hausa Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikitonary and Wikicommons .
Use the live dashboard to track contributions and provide one-on-one support for editors.
Give gifts to the top 6 donors as an incentive to encourage them at the end of the campaign.
- 3. What are the activities you will be developing and delivering as part of these approaches or strategies?
Building awareness of Wikimedia among Students And other people in plateau State. This is to educate the student on the different uses of Wikimedia project and to change their thinking about Wikipedia and other projects. brothers. Session on Off-Line/Creative Awareness: This is a one-on-one session for participants. The method will also be used to raise awareness of the work of the Wikimedia Foundation. Online Training Session: This is an intensive training on how to promote or contribute content on Wikipedia and its sister projects. Offline Training Session and edit-a-thon: This is a hands-on keyboard training where new editors will be given a way to practice what they have learned.
- 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
- 1-Wikipedia campaign awareness in Kano metropolis.
2-Wikihub at Kaduna state university KASU. 3-Wiki4Human Right an Bagwai local government.
- 5. Do you have the team that is needed to implement this proposal?
Sufie Alyaryasie, I am the project leader. I participated in several Wikimedia Programs in Kaduna and Kano, Hamza DK, a Wikipedia contributor and editor of Wiktionary, he organized the Wikipedia forum and facilitates and participates in many Wikimedia projects. M Bash is an experienced Wikimedia editor and has experience in editing content. He has organized and been a moderator in many Wikimedia events. Gwanki, a professional Wikimedian, has organized several Wikimedia projects in Northern Nigeria. He's manager at Hausa Wikipedia And two of the people of Plateau state, Sarki malam and Anas Garba these people will help to organize trips in Plateau state.
- 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.
Not applicable
- 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 content of the program will focus on filling the information gap by updating existing stories and creating new Articles about people, places and organizations in plateau state, and writing them on Wikipedia in Hausa, through improve the accuracy of knowledge in accordance with the Wikimedia strategy. a move because it will further invest resources in Wikimedia's underrepresented communities around the world.
- 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
- 8. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities?
Geographic , Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background, Linguistic / Language
- 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?
This proposal is targeted at the diverse students (youth) community in plateau State.
We hope to engage these participants before the project implementation through the students' union of various institutions and Plateau Youth Representative at the federal level. The call for participation will be done through effective local communication channels which the students belong to using E-posters, and banners to promote the program on social media platforms. All Participants will be sent an online form to get their data and for registration.
During the project, I and my team member will be actively involved in facilitating the training and also making sure that the participants get the act and art of contributing to Wikipedia and sister projects; how to edit Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wiktionary and Wikicommons.
Also, the training is set to have 2 physical and online training/ edithatons to ensure that editors are properly guided on how to bridge the knowledge and content gap across various Wikimedia projects.
To ensure the sustainability of the project, After the events, participants will join as members in the Wikimedia community, this will keep them updated and encourage participation during wiki events. Participants will be added to the existing messaging channel for follow-up, updates, questions, etc. These participants would also be invited to future events.
- 10. In what ways are you actively seeking to contribute towards creating a safer, supportive, more equitable environment for participants?
The space-friendly policy of Wikimedia content will be summarized and read at the beginning of each event to remind participants and organizers of the importance of the space policy. We will follow Wikimedia's friendly space policy during the event. Wikimedia and UCoC friendly space policies will be distributed to participants prior to the start of the event. The venue will be safe and convenient.
- 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 will use to informed the Hausa Wikimedia User Group Nigeria through the discussion page for their suggestions and inputs. And Hausa Wikimedia user group on WhatsApp and Facebook group
- 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?
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
If no:
- 12.1 What was the reason for you deciding NOT to develop a joint proposal? How will you guarantee coordination efforts to make sure that you are not duplicating efforts and that you can maximise your work and joint impact.
- 13. Will you be working with other external, non-Wikimedia partners to implement this proposal? Required.
Yes
- 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.
The Plateau State Youth Council: The organization will help to coordinate and communicate with the students (youth) through the use of their social media platforms. Stakeholders in the field of education in plateau state to monitor and approve the implementation of the program in selected institutions in plateau bstate. Administration of plateau State University, College of Education (COE), Gindiri and Federal College of Education (FCE) Pankshin.
- 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, Evaluate, Iterate, and Adapt
Learning, Sharing, and Evaluation
edit- 15. What do you hope to learn from your work in this fund proposal?
I mean learning how to coordinate and manage participants. How to improve the quality of the content gap on Wikipedia and its sister works. I look forward to learning from the participants to improve my community's work and experience priorities that increase the contribution of editors and the sustainability of new editors in various Wikimedia strategies.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Creating awareness about wikimedia | Students (youths), online and offline outlets will be used to create a massive awareness about the aims, goals and objectives of Wikimedia Foundation. | 50 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
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- 17. Core quantitative metrics.
| Core metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 44 | |
| Number of editors | Number of new editors during the training | 30 |
| Number of organizers | 5 |
| Wikimedia Project | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | Create/promote news on languages, places, history, administration, people, activities, tribes, culture, food and recreation in Plateau state | 50 |
| Wikimedia Commons | Contributing original and non-copyright images of historical and places in plateau State. | 30 |
| Wikidata | Creating and editing Wikidata items about plateau State | 10 |
| 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.
Creating Community Awareness about Wikimedia Projects in Plateau state
- 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.
Number of participants: Program and Events Dashboard Number of Editors: Program and Events Dashboard Number of Organizers: Program and Events Dashboard Number of new content contributions to Wikimedia Projects: Program and Events Dashboard and 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.
1293800 NGN
- 19.2 What is this amount in US Currency (to the best of your knowledge)?
3029.35 USD
- 20. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it.
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
No
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