Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/ SheSaid 2023 EVENT IN NIGERIA (ID: 22281146)
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Applicant Details edit
- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Oby Ezeilo
- Organization
Wiki For Senior Citizen Network
- 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)
N/A
- 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.
SheSaid 2023 EVENT IN NIGERIA
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2023-10-26 - 2024-01-30
- 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)
SheSaid
- 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)
We appreciate that information about women, more especially African women, who have made outstanding contribution in the society are lacking in many Wikipedia projects. Many women have made outstanding contribution in our society but have remained less visible. This is mostly because the African society remain a man’s world where men dominate in many aspects of life. This domination of men in African society is even more apparent in a project like wikiquote. Classic and inspiring speeches can only be recognised when the speaker is visible. Consequently, great quotes of many cerebral women are not celebrated and preserved. We are desirous to join in making a change to this trend. We are therefore happy to join the Wiki Love Women she said campaign to make this possible. Furthermore, the Wiki For Senior Citizens Network is a relatively new community made up of senior citizens mostly women. Since we came together, many new members keep joining at different times. While some are very new and are just beginning to understand and appreciate Wikipedia, other have learnt and participated in a number of projects. Ther are therefore a lot of skill gap. The Community need opportunities to be trained and improve their skill. While the community wants to improve the visibility of women, many members may not have edited Wikiquote in the past. This campaign will therefore serve as an opportunity to improve skill of members
- 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.
We will participate in the WLW SheSaid 2023 campaign by organising hybrid edit a thons to create and improve content in wikiquote about African women . It will be both training programmes and a competition. It will commence on 26th October 2023 with a training. Our community have different skill levels as we have some new member. The presentations will include a general discussion of Wikipedia, a presentation on WLW SheSaid campaign and a presentation on editing wikiquote. The physical session will be in Abuja. Some presenters and participants will join online. After that day, participants will be encouraged to start editing on wikiquote. In 1st week of November there will be a refresher hybrid training on editing wikiquotes and digital skills. This is because many seniors are slow to learn and have digital challenges. After this session the competition will start. While the competition is going on, participants will be supported by several online sessions to encourage them and resolve any challenges. During the 1st week of December, there will be another hybrid session so that participants will interact with each other, review their progress and challenges. On 31st December 2023, the campaign and competition will end. However, many Nigerian will be on holiday and travels to different villages between 2nd weeks in December and 3rd week in January. Therefore, we will hold the final hybrid session to announce result of the competition and present prices on 26th January 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.
Our programme will be part of the Wiki Love Women SheSaid global campaign. All our activities will be in line with the global framework. The Wiki Loves Women global team will provide communication material including social media cards and posts. They have also offered different communication channels to support our community including office hours, one-on-one, telegram group etc. They will conduct the trainings on SheSaid Campaign and on editing Wikiquote in the programme, The Wiki Loves Women team including Anthere Islahaddow and Afek91. They will also participate in other training sessions and generally provide guidance and support to the programme. Several participants in previous years campaign including administrators on Wikiquote have already indicated willingness to join and provide more in-depth support. The general presentation on Wikipedia will be conducted by Oby Ezeilo. She will also be the coordinator of the programme for the local community in Nigeria. She will be supported by Igboanude. Other members of the local community will also play supporting roles to see to the success of the programme. All organisers of the programme will be volunteers and no body will be paid. This will be our first organisation of SheSaid campaign
- 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)
The target participants are members of the Wiki For Senior Citizens Network. We have already discussed and agreed to apply to participate in the programme. We will continue to discuss and encourage participation in our different meetings and social media channels. As has been agreed with members, we will continue to follow up each other in our future meeting, discussions and engagement to sustain the gains of the programme after we have finished.
- 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.
We have discussed the idea of the project and agreed to apply in out whatsapp platform which is our most usual form of communication. it is also in our various social media handles to help to invite others. We have also put a notice to that effect in our talk page as follows Talk:Wiki For Senior Citizens Network - Meta (wikimedia.org)
- 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)
Age (recency)
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Not applicable
- 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)
Invest in Skills and Leadership Development
Learning and metrics edit
- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
I will want to know whether the advertisement for this project being a gender project will attract more people to the Network
I will want to know haw many people are to start editing wikiquotes due to their participation in the project
I expect that this project will broaden the connection of our Network with other country wikipedians
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 45 | Total number of persons who is expected to participate both in person and online |
| Number of editors | 40 | Total number of person who will edit in the project |
| Number of organizers | 5 | person who will help to organise the project |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | |
| Wikimedia Commons | |
| Wikidata | |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | 250 |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abtsract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
Improving and adding contents in Wikiquote both in English, Igbo, yoruba and Housa languages
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
Yes
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Physical attendance | Number of persons who attend the physical sessions of the project | 30 |
| 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)
we will use outreach dashboard
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)
3498115 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.
4538.56 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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