Grants:Project/Rapid/Introduction to Wikipedia and Wikidata for the Gurene Wikimedia Community
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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.
- Recruit new editors
- Increase skills for existing editors
- Add or improve content
- Train members on the basics of Wikipedia.
- Discussions about Wikimedia Foundation as the backbone of all Wikipedia and its sister projects.
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?
- The Gurene Wikimedia Community is a new group that is currently ran on the Gurene Incubator focused on digitizing the culture and writing content in the Gurene language, increase the interest of youth(both female and male) to contribute to Wikipedia and its sister projects. The Wiki Hub has a few experienced Wikimedians and majority of the membership are yet to sign up onto Wikipedia. The following will be done during the training sessions:
- Registration of new editors.
- We are going to have 3 training sessions and 3 editathon to practice what has been learnt during the training sessions.
- We will practice by creating Wikidata items for Gurene books and notable personalities from the Upper East Region. This, when done will push up the existence of Gurene language literature on the internet.
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.
- Yes. The community members will be engaged about it on the Gurene social media plats on WhatsApp and Telegram. The following groups were also informed;
- Dagbani Wikimedians User Group talk page
- Dagbani Wikimedians googlegroup mailing list
- Gurene Wikimedia Talk page
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.
- Participants will be contacted using the WhatsApp and Telegram group.
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
- Dnshitobu - Project lead, will coordinate all project activities including technical support.
- Uprising Man - Will facilitate and lead training sessions
- Awinebotima - Will handle communication and logistics
- Prof. Ephraim Avea - Gurenɛ language professional and expert
- Akakiiri - He holds a Master degree in Gurenɛ and will provide language expertise too
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 the equipments and few of them have the needed skills to take part in project. This will be the first time most of the participants will experience skills in Wikipedia training, at the end of the training participants will be well equipped with the necessary skills to contribute to Wikipedia.
6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?
- Its going to be posted on mailing lists of Gurene wikimedia Community and the social media platforms.
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:
- Yes, Link to Covid-19 Risk Assessment Tool.
8. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?
- The Community has translated all the most used mediawiki statements on Translatewiki.net
Impact edit
How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets:
- Number of events 3
- Number of participants 20
- Number of new editors 20
- Number of Gurene Wikipedia articles created or improved = 50+
- Number of Wikidata items created or improved = 200
- Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) = 20
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).
What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.
- BUDGET TABLE
| ITEM | DETAILS | UNIT GHS | QUANTITY | TOTAL |
| Workshops data allowance (participants) | We will have 3 separate all-day workshops for Wikidata, Gurene Wikipedia incubator and Wikimedia Commons; expecting 25 participants at each session | 60 | 20 | 1200 |
| Workshops data allowance (facilitators) | 2 facilitators will provide training and support for the workshops | 100 | 2 | 200 |
| Data allowance (Editathon participants) | We estimate for 20 people to participate in the month-long editathon | 100 | 20 | 2000 |
| Food/Refreshment | We estimate for 20 people to participate in the trainings and editathon | 225 | 20 | 4,500 |
| Venue rental | Venue will be rented for 3 workshop trainings and 1 editathon session | 400 | 4 | 1600 |
| Projector rental | We will rent projector for the workshop trainings | 100 | 4 | 400 |
| Router | Routers will be rented for 4 meetings | 30 | 4 | 120 |
| Covid safety kits | Face masks, hand sanitizers & covid thermometer test will be provided for 25 expected participants | 50 | 20 | 1000 |
| Bank Charges | For all bank transfer charges. | 400 | 1 | 400 |
| TOTAL GHS | 11,420 | |||
| 1USD = 6.07714 GHS (Oanda exchange - January 28, 2021) | ||||
| TOTAL USD | 1,816.07 |
Endorsements edit
Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!
Strong support So glad to see these activities coming up from the Gurene Wikimedia community. I endorse on behalf of the Dagbani Wikimedians User Group. Shahadusadik (talk) 09:41, 3 February 2022 (UTC)- Strong support I fully endorse this project. Alhassan Mohammed Awal (talk) 09:53, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
- Strong support This project will create an environment to archive the language. As a native speaker, I am excited about this project and looking forward to give my best. Uprising Man
- Strong support As a proponent of indigenous African languages, I see this project as a means of bringing on board native editors. This will help to spread free and open knowledge.--Samatics (talk) 07:01, 10 February 2022 (UTC)
- Strong support I endorse this project -- Robertjamal12 ~🔔 19:48, 12 February 2022 (UTC)