Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Women inclusion in central kanuri Wikipedia (ID: 22668084)
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Applicant Details
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Umargana1
- 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.
Women inclusion in central kanuri Wikipedia
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-07-16 - 2024-08-20
- 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)
WikiGap
- 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)
The change we are about to bring is Wikipedia host more than 1.9million biographies. Less than 20% of those are about woman. With such a large gender gap we are far from reaching our goal of closing knowledge gap which is in hand. As our wiki getting its own side soon this project will help us play our part of bridging gender and knowledge gap by enhanceing content related to women and empowering them to contribute effectively and collaboratively to the Wikipedia project. This project will focus on pertaining to women related issues while identifying areas were information is lacking to balanced representation of all individuals in the digital knowledge landscape. These are the links of women biography articles we will focus on creating and improving in central kanuri Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Actresses_from_Lagos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:History_of_women_in_Lagos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:First_ladies_of_Lagos_State https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Most_Beautiful_Girl_in_Nigeria_contestants https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Most_Beautiful_Girl_in_Nigeria_winners https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:21st-century_Nigerian_businesswomen
- 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.
Our plan activities will be in 2 session online and offline session 1 online session will be were we will engage with the participants on online zoom meeting to train them on how to create and improve articles in central kanuri Wikipedia in incubator. 2.offline session. An Edithaton will be organize during the offline session to create and improve woman related articles in central kanuri Wikipedia as there are few articles related to woman biography in central kanuri Wikipedia. Also we will add the participants to our community Whatsapp group to monitor and keep motivating them to keep contributing to Wikipedia sister project in general.
- 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.
1.User Umargana1 an experience editor who has lead the campaign of vital articles creation in central kanuri Wikipedia in incubator. Will be the lead for the project. 2. User Unclebash007 an experience editor who has facilitate in many Wikipedia campaigns such as woman shesaid. Will facilitate the project. 3.User ummusalmasuleiman2001 will be our female representative. 4.user mustybdc will be our logistics and communication.
- 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)
Our target are female students of sir Kashim Ibrahim College of education Maiduguri.
- 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.
- 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.
The idea came up in our community watsapp group after we completed our campaign on vital articles in central kanuri Wikipedia in incubator we have noticed that there are very few articles related to women in central kanuri Wikipedia. And all our members agreed and are willing to give there contribution to bridge this content gap.
- 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)
Content Gender gap
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Gender and diversity
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Gender Identity
- 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)
1.We will learn how to bridge the content gap in central kanuri Wikipedia and all Wikipedia sister project. 2.we will learn how to involve woman in all our activities as equal. 3. And we will also learn how to use information and knowledge we found in Wikipedia for our own advantage
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 30 | |
| Number of editors | 15 | |
| Number of organizers | 4 |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
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| Wikipedia | |
| Wikimedia Commons | |
| Wikidata | |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | 150 |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
150 women related articles will be created in central kanuri Wikipedia in incubator
- 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)
We will use harstag tool to measure our metrics
Financial proposal
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- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
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USD
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Yes
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