Wikimedia Meta-Wiki

Grants:Project/Rapid/Lordgentual/Wikidata training for Cross River NYSC Corps

< Grants:Project‎ | Rapid
statusnot funded
Lordgentual/Wikidata training for Cross River NYSC Corps
This project is aimed at training Nysc corpers in Cross River State on how to create and improve wikidata items.
targetWikidata
start dateDecember 1
end dateDecember 30
budget (local currency)#606,045
budget (USD)$1476
grant typeIndividual
grantee• Lordgentual
contact(s)• dfmopeoluwa(_AT_)gmail.com


Create your report

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. Training of new editors
  3. Add and improve Wikidata items

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?

There will be two training session for the participants followed by series of editathons

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.

The Wikimedia User Group Nigeria have been notified on their talk page 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.

Participants would be informed during their CDS and also on their WhatsApp channel

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

  1. Lordgentual
  2. Stormy Chamber
  3. Jamie Tubers

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

Participants all have mobile phones, while some have laptops which will be used for the edit-a-thon. There would be training for participants in order for them to make quality edits.

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

Participants will be added to a WhatsApp group where their edits would he monitored and they would be mentored.

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. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qdEkdO9mSfDA48bTJdYKTuf1p3FZXx0hQMcmGyCckGE/edit?usp=drivesdk

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

This project is aimed at training Nysc corpers at Cross River State. There would be two trainings and editathons after each training.

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 training: 2
  2. Number of participants: 30
  3. Number of new editors: 30
  4. Number of Wikidata items improved/created: At least 300
  5. Number of repeat participants:25

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).

  1. Lordgentual(Organizer)
  2. Stormy Chamber: Facilitator
  3. Jamie Tubers: Facilitator

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

  1. Hall:$100 * 2days= $200
  2. Food and drinks for participants=$10*30participants *2days=$600
  3. T-shirt for top 10 participants: $10*10pieces= $100
  4. Nosemasks and sanitiser= $3 × 30participants= $90
  5. Customised hoodie for team members= $20 *5members= $100
  6. Promotions(Banners and logos):$50
  7. Internet subscription: $100 for the training and $150 reimbursement during the editathons for the participants= $250
  8. Projector rental: $18 × 2days= $36
  9. Miscellenous= $50
  10. Total= $1476

Endorsements edit

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

    •   Strong support This is a very nice project as it is a wonderful opportunity to build a strong base of editors for our community.Oludegun (talk) 15:34, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
  •   Support It is good to have someone thinking in the direction of National Youth Corps in Nigeria who are bunch of young intellectuals who are intelligent in their own ways to be exposed to open knowledge. Kudos to the organiser. Agbalagba T★C 07:26, 8 October 2021 (UTC)
  •   Strong support Anything to project Wikipedia and other projects is a Yes Yes for me, and using the National Youth Service Corp scheme as an opportunity is a laudable one B.Korlah (talk) 06:34, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
Retrieved from "https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Grants:Project/Rapid/Lordgentual/Wikidata_training_for_Cross_River_NYSC_Corps&oldid=22466874"