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Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Hauwa'u lawal ardo/Promoting Wikipedia Awareness at Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic


Project summary

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Briefly summarize your project proposal.

  • The proposed project aims to raise awareness about Wikipedia and improve digital literacy among students and staff at Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic in Nigeria. Through a series of workshops, training sessions, and promotional activities, the project seeks to highlight the importance of using Wikipedia as a reliable and accessible source of information. The project will also focus on empowering participants to contribute to Wikipedia and enhance the quality of content related to the polytechnic and its community.

Wikimedia Project

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Please state the Wikimedia project your project will focus majorly on (e.g. English Wikipedia, Wikidata, etc). It is advisable to focus on one Wikimedia project, but a maximum of two projects is allowed.

  • Wikipedia

Contact person and Location

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Please state the contact details of the contact person(s) for this project including email(s) and location. For more than one contact person, indicate same details for everyone

  • Full name:Hauwa'u Lawal Ardo
  • Email address: hauwalawalardo@ gmail.com
  • Address: Bauchi
  • Location of Project:Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic

Project class

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Please state if you are applying as an individual or a network/club

  • Individual

Timeline of activities

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Please state the timeline of your activities, and include the start and end date for your project

  • 1st August to 20 August, 2024

Project Goal

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Choose one or more of the following goals. Feel free to add or delete goals as required by your project.

  1. recruit new editors
  2. Add or improve content

Project Plan

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Activities

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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?

It's a one day awareness trip within school premises and two days physical trainings.

During the project we will:

  1. Conduct Wikipedia editing workshops to train participants on how to create and edit Wikipedia pages.
  2. Organize information sessions to educate participants about the reliability and credibility of Wikipedia.
  3. Facilitate hands-on activities to encourage participants to contribute content related to the polytechnic on Wikipedia.
  4. Develop promotional materials to showcase the impact and benefits of using Wikipedia for academic and research purposes.
  5. Establish a sustainable network of Wikipedia ambassadors at the polytechnic to continue promoting Wikipedia awareness and engagement.

2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.

I will share via WhatsApp group and Hausa Wikipedia Discussion 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.

The participants will know via the WhatsApp groups and physically

4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead/assist the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals. (NOTE: all experienced Wikimedia editors MUST endorse and sign your proposal as proof of availability)
For example: User:Kaizenify

User:Smshika

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

The Participants will use their mobile phones and laptops

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

I will create WhatsApp Group for the community

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

Impact

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How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets (only those applicable to your project):

  1. Number of events - 3
  2. Number of participants - 20
  3. Number of new editors - 15
  4. Number of of articles created -50
  5. Number of of articles improved - 50
  6. Number of of images uploaded -
  7. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) -

Metrics tracking

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How do you plan to track your project metrics? (do not create a metrics dashboard until your project has been approved for funding) I will use Wikimedia Foundation's Dashboard tool

Resources

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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).

I Will lead the event with User:Smshika as a Facilitator

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

  • Awareness trips expenses - 40,000
  • Hall for two days - 80,000
  • Food and refreshments for participants= 2000×2days,20000×2 - 80,000
  • Banner - 15,000
  • Flyers and tags - 15,000
  • T-shirt 7,000×2 - 14,000
  • Transport for facilitator - 20,000
  • Contingency - 20,000

Total - 284,000

Endorsements

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Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

  • I fully support this project Smshika (talk) 08:17, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

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