Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Write for Rights Nigeria 2024 (ID: 22586776)
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Applicant Details edit
- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Hadassahlove
- Organization
N/A
- 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)
I'm a group leader of an informal Wikimedia group.
- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
Wiki For Human Rights Nigeria and I am the co-lead of the organization whose aim is to provide and support LGBTQ+ topics on the Wikimedia projects.
Main Proposal edit
- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Write for Rights Nigeria 2024
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-06-01 - 2024-07-31
- 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) Wiki Loves pride, LGBTQ+ inclusion, Wiki for Human Rights
- 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)
June globally is regarded as the month of pride where LGBTQ rights is celebrated around the world and since 2021, we have been organizing Wright for Right Nigeria campaign every June to celebrate the month of pride as part of the Wiki Loves Pride campaign.
So, the project is specifically focus on celebrating the global pride month in Nigeria by creating a Wikipedia contest for editors all around Nigeria to create and translate LGBT-related Wikipedia articles so as to further bridge the gap. This is term “write for rights” as it will allow more LGBTQ contents to be added and following the success of previous editions.
The project will also train more queer persons on how to contribute to the Wikimedia projects.
- 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.
- On June 1st, the writing contest will be launch and will close by June 30th 2024.
- The contest will be focus on creating and improving LGBT+ related articles on Wikipedia and also adding related images as there is low representation of Nigeria LGBT contents on the Wikipedia.
- Prizes will range from vouchers and gadgets.
- There will be trainings for new queer Participants to contribute on the 10th and 25th of June 2024.
- The landing page can be found here: Write for the Rights Nigeria 2024
- 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.
Hadassahlove - Project lead
Kaizenify - Advisor and trainer
Ronald Raign - He is a previous winner of past campaign and will be facilitating sessions to share his experience and train newbies.
Bisi Alimi Foundation - Partnered organization
Representative of Wikimedia LGBT+ to serve as a facilitator
- 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)
Target participants are the general Wikimedia contributors in Nigeria and also queer members who contribute to Wikipedia.
- 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.
The link to the Wikimedia Youth Policy would be summarized and read for the participants at the beginning of each training. It would also be pinned on the WhatsApp group and for the contest proper.
- 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 announced this project in the discussion page of the Talk:Wikimedia LGBT Usergroup. And also announced on the WhatsApp group for Wiki For Human Rights Nigeria.
- 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)
Sexual Orientation
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Human Rights
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Sexual Orientation
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Provide for Safety and Inclusion
Learning and metrics edit
- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
I want to learn about the extent of contributions of non-queer persons to queer topics on Wikipedia by Nigerians
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 70 | From the contest and the training |
| Number of editors | 50 | |
| Number of organizers | 8 |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 300 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 100 |
| Wikidata | 200 |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract 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 |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 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)
The outreach dashboard to measure contributions and the contest landing page.
Financial proposal edit
- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/162kUsemwQoi0o_mYLHvVwvDGZzw1N_lDDUJETdbQ0iM/edit?usp=sharing
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
2650000 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.
1853.69 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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