Grants:Project/Rapid/Follow-up Training and Editathon of Students of Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education(AOCOED)

statusnot funded
Biowikician/Follow-up Training and Editathon of Students of Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education(AOCOED)
This project is a follow-up training of the participants of the Wikidata Trainings and Editathon on Nigeria Train Stations. I am using this training to continue to engage them on editing Wikidata and also train and introduce them to editing the English Wikipedia.
targetWikidata, English Wikipedia
start date12 February
end date25 May
budget (local currency)NGN 820,604
budget (USD)USD 1,985
grant typeIndividual
granteeBiowikician
contact(s)• ifepeko(_AT_)gmail.com


Please see the sample Editathon/Training application before drafting your application.

Project Goal edit

Choose one or more of the following goals. You can add or delete goals as needed.

  1. Recruit new editors
  2. Increase skills for existing editors
  3. Add or improve content on Wikidata
  4. Add or improve content on English Wikipedia


Project Plan edit

Activities edit

Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:

1. Are you doing one editathon or training or a series of editathons or trainings?

2 Series of Training/editathon

2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? You are required to provide links to on-wiki pages to inform these communities about your proposed work. Examples of places where this can be done include community discussion pages, affiliate discussion pages, or relevant project talk pages.
You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.

I have informed the WUGN here

3. How will you let participants know about the edit-a-thon? In what ways will you be communicating with them?
For example, these can include on-wiki spaces, social media channels, mailing lists, messaging apps, or physical/online gatherings.

I will announce on the departmental notice board, on the WhatsApp group created in the previous event as well as my WhatsApp stauts.

4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals.
For example: User:I JethroBT

User:Biowikician, User:Wikitician, User:Pingponging

5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?

Yes, participants have either mobile device or Laptop

6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?

I will continue to use the WhatsApp group created during the previous event to address participants concerns. I will share progress with them and encourage them to continue ask questions. I will share a daily editing tips and throw simple quiz on the whatsapp group to measure their level of understanding.

7. Are you running any in-person events or activities? If so, you will need to complete the steps outlined on the Risk Assessment protocol related to COVID-19. When you have completed these steps, please provide a link to your completed copy of the risk assessment tool below:

Risk Assessment protocol

8. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?

No

Impact edit

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets:

  1. Number of events: 2
  2. Number of participants: 30
  3. Number of new editors: 5
  4. Number of Wikidata items created or improved: 100
  5. Number of English Wikipedia articles created or improved: 10
  6. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events): 15

Resources edit

What resources do you have? Include information on who is organizing the project, what they will do, and if you will receive support from anywhere else (in-kind donations or additional funding).

Biowikician (coordinator and facilitator on Wikipedia)
Wikitician (facilitator and project manager)
Pingponging (facilitator on Wikidata)

What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.

  • Space rental: USD 200 x 2 = USD 400
  • Food and drinks: USD 12 x 30 x 2 events = USD 720
  • Branded Souvenirs for all participants = USD 7 x 30 = USD 210
  • Gift prize for top 3 participants: USD 100
  • Pocket Hand Sanitizer: USD 1 x 30 = USD 30
  • Branded nose mask: USD 2 x 30 = USD 60
  • Universal router rental: USD 25 x 2 = USD 50
  • Internet subscription on router: USD 100
  • Internet subscription on participants devices: USD 8 x 30 =$240
  • Local transport for organizers: USD 25 x 3 = USD 75

Total: USD 1,985

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