Wikimedia Meta-Wiki

Grants:Project/Rapid/Hadassahlove/Write for Rights Nigeria 2022

< Grants:Project | Rapid
statusfunded
Hadassahlove/Write for Rights Nigeria
June globally is regarded as the month of pride where LGBTQ rights is celebrated. So this project is 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 project which was crested bridged contents about LGBTQ on Wikipedia.
targetEnglish Wikipedia, Yoruba Wikipedia, Hausa Wikipedia, Igbo WIkipedia and Wikimedia Commons
start date15th Of May
end date30th July
budget (local currency)1,002,294 NGN
budget (USD)2,421 USD
grant typeIndividual
grantee• Hadassahlove
contact(s)• Hadassahlove31(_AT_)gmail.com


Review your report

Please see the sample Contest 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
  4. Add images to commons
  5. Improve LGBT topics
  6. Create a relationship with LGBT Organizations in Nigeria
  7. Raise more awareness about Wikimedia projects in Nigeria

Project Plan

edit

Activities

edit

Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:
1. What content will the contest focus on, and why is it important to your community?

  • The content 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.
  • There will also be trainings for new and old participants so they can learn how to create and improve LGBT+ related articles.
  • A press conference will also be conducted to give information about the contest on June 1st.

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 posted notification in the discussion page of Wikimedia user group Nigeria to notify the community about this project and the project will also be promoted on social media for larger audience and various Wikimedia community platforms.

3. How will you let participants know about the contest? 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.

This will be done mainly through social media promotions and our queer wiki mainling lists with hundreds of queer who have been trained overtime.

4. How will you judge the contest and award prizes?
Note: Grantees, judges, and other contest leaders are ineligible to receive prizes. Grantees who are serving as judges may not receive gifts through grant funding.

An unbiased and independent jury will be set up and their work is to judge all the articles submitted based on the rules of the contest. The editor with the highest points will be declared overall winner. Below is the scoring system that will be used to score participants and award eligible winners.
  • +10 points for every new LGBT+ article created on English Wikipedia.
  • +5 points for each new translation of a Wikipedia article about LGBT+ to any Nigerian language.
  • +1 point for each image added to a Wikipedia article about LGBT+ in any Nigerian language

5. For photo contests, what is the strategy to get images used on projects?

6. 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:

Yes, only for the press conference and trainings.

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

  • The event page can be found Write for the Rights Nigeria 2022
  • This project will further focus on increasing the visibility of LGBT+ in Nigeria and consolidate on the previous success recorded. 
  • The project will further increase the participation of more Nigerians to LGBTQ topics.
  • The training and press conference will be inform of hybrid type: both physical and online.

Impact

edit

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

  1. Number of Wikipedia training/edit-a-thons: 2
  2. Number of participants: 50+
  3. Number of articles created or improved: 300+
  4. Number of new editors: 80%

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).

  • Hadassahlove, Event Organizer and project lead
  • Kaizenify; Jury lead and advisor
  • Bisi Alimi Foundation, Partnering organization
  • Women’s Health and Equal Rights Initiative, Partnering organization
  • A representative of the Wikimedia LGBT community as Jury member.

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

Organization
  • Social media promotion & banner design - $400
  • Internet subscription (For the team members, during the project (online trainings) and post-project for report writing) - $150
  • Refreshments - $11 X 35 - $385
  • Courier service to deliver prizes - $200 
  • Internet support to top 20 active participants: ($10 X 30 participants)- $300
  • Airtime for communication: $100*Shirts for organizers and winners: $86.48 ($10.81 X 8)
  • Jurys souvenirs: $100
  • Logistics (Unforeseen expenses, bank charges and zoom charges): $100

Winners and Awards

  • Winner (English Wiki):  - Winner - $100 worth of gift, First runner up - $50 worth of gift
  • winner (Yoruba wiki):  - Winner - $100 worth of gift, First runner up - $50 worth of gift
  • Winner (Igbo wiki): - Winner - $100 worth of gift, First runner up - $50 worth of gift
  • Winners (Hausa wiki): - Winner - $100 worth of gift, First runner up - $50 worth of gift

Total: $2,421

Endorsements

edit

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

Retrieved from "https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grants:Project/Rapid/Hadassahlove/Write_for_Rights_Nigeria_2022&oldid=23276416"