Grants:Project/Rapid/SuperSwift/Semester Funding for Meetups in 2nd Semester 2018/2019 Session, Wikimedia Fan Club, Ekiti State University

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SuperSwift/Semester Funding for Meetups in 2nd Semester 2018/2019 Session, Wikimedia Fan Club, Ekiti State University, Nigeria

Wikimedia Fan Club, Ekiti State University, is a hub for students and staff of the Ekiti State University with the aim of contributing to the Wikimedia projects. Following our launching, we are requesting funds for our second semester activities which includes workshops, edit-a-thons, and outreaches with faculty and students on campus to get others involved with Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects

targetEnglish Wikipedia, Wikidata, Commons

start date20 December 2018 12 January

end date30 April 2019

budget (local currency)612,700

budget (USD)2000

grant typeindividual

grantee• SuperSwift

contact(s)• ashiomamedi@gmail.com

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Project Goal

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

• Socialize with community members
• Recruit new editors
• Increase skills for existing editors
• Add or improve content
• Recruit new members for the club who will be editors for Wikipedia.
• Educate students and faculty on how to utilize and edit Wikipedia.
• Collaboratively improve the quality of Wikimedia project content through edit-a-thons.
• Take advantage of the diversity of academic disciplines to create and improve contents across a wide array of topics
• Create workshops, educational programs, etc.
• Support and engage in any Wikimedia-oriented online event/challenge.
• Reaching out to more women to join Wikimedia, especially Nigerian languages wikipedia like Yoruba, Igbo, etc.
• Fill the Nigerian/African content gap on the different Wikimedia projects.

Project Plan

Activities

1. What is the purpose of the meeting and why is it important to your community?

   the goal of our meetings is basically to engage and train new and existing editors; help close some content gaps and improve articles relating to our geographic location and also on academic disciplines especially those relating to Nigeria, the society and generally make the effort to improve the Wikimedia projects.
   At each meet-up, we will focus on specific activity, which would have been decided and concluded on our social media platforms. This physical meet-up is envisaged to give room for editors to come together and sharpen each other, i.e. share ideas and expertise and if anyone encounters any challenge, then together we will fix them. It will also provide the opportunities to discuss, strategize and brainstorm around issues relating to Wikimedia projects.

2. If applicable, what benefits have you seen from doing this kind of meeting in the past?

   Being a member of the Wikimedia Fan Club at the University of Ibadan, I've seen new editors being recruited from such events. Also, editors are better trained to create better contents on Wikimedia projects

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

   A whatsapp group is already in place with about 40 members. Fliers will also be used to spread publicity as well as social media pages.

4. How will you keep participants engaged after the meeting is over?

   After each meeting, any new community member will be added to the WhatsApp group. And if there is any member facing any challenge in editing, such a member would have been informed of the readiness of the other members to help tackle the challenges

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

Impact

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1. Number of total participants - 35 per event
2. Number of people who will help organize the event - 5
3. Number of estimated participants at meetings - 35
4. Number of meetings - 6
5. Number of total new members - 35 participants who have never contributed to Wikimedia
6. Number of articles created or improved (if applicable) - 60 new articles and more than 1000 edits(primarily through edit-a-thons)
7. Number of photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons - More than 60 images.
8. Number of photos used on Wikimedia projects - 10

Budget

s/n	Item	Quantity	Rate (NGN)	Total (NGN)	X 6 Meetups (NGN)	Total (USD)	Note
1	Refreshment	35	800	28,000	168,000,000	550.82
2	Internet subscription		20,000	20,000	120,000	393.44
3	Projector rental		5,000	5,000	30,000	98.36	for display during all training sessions
4	Generator rental & fueling		9,000	9,000	54,000	59.02	there is no electricity in the campus
5	Travel	to and fro	10,000	10,000	60,000	196.72	I do not base in Ado-Ekiti so I will be travelling from Ibadan to Ado-Ekiti for all the meetups
6	Hotel Accommodation	1 night	10,000	10,000	60,000	196.72	hotel accommodation for me as I do not live in Ado-Ekiti
7	Feeding		3,000	3,000	18,000	98.36	my feeding during my stay in Ado-Ekiti before travelling back to Ibadan
8	Contingency		15,000	15,000	102,700	91.81	fliers, calls, texts, movement of materials, emergency refreshments (this was an issue at the launch)
9	Total		66,000	100,000	612,700	2000

Endorsements

• Let's mmake this happen Pat-Bassey Charles (talk) 06:54, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
• Yeah, I totally support this. We need to learn to start contributing. But what if the turnout is more than 35, so that what happened at the launch will not repeat itself. This is great Sir AyomideAlex (talk) 17:09, 3 January 2019 (UTC)