Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Lexicographical Data
Project summary edit
Briefly summarize your project proposal.
This project is a project on wikidata that involves creating new lexemes in Igbo language and improve their lexicographical information on wikidata.This project is to train community members on
a.How to create lexemes on Wikidata
b.How lexemes are formed and lexical
categories involve in word formation processes..
c.Unveiling different word formation
processes use to form new lexemes.
d.Also Linking wikidata lexemes sense and
items for this sense.
This project will help bridge lexemes content gap, improve User experience on wikidata and link the lexemes created to the same wikidata item.
Contact person and Location edit
Please state the contact details of the contact person(s) for this project including email(s) and location
ernestnzube@gmail.com
Nnewi
Anambra State
Timeline of activities edit
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20 October-27th October
Project Goal edit
Choose one or more of the following goals. Feel free to add or delete goals as required by your project.
- recruit new editors to teach them about wikidata and how to create lexemes.
- Add or improve content by linking already existing lexemes to Wikidata item.
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?
One Edit a thon and training
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.
3. How will you let participants know about the edit-a-thon? In what ways will you be communicating with them?
I will let them know through social media, group chats, physical gathering.
For example, these can include on-wiki spaces, social media channels, mailing lists, messaging apps, or physical/online gatherings.
4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals.
For example: User:Kaizenify
These are linguists that will assist me online and offline in the project.
5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?
Yes, the participants have smartphones and will teach participants how to use their gadgets to participate.
6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?
1.Through Social media platform:-such as Whatsapp, group chat etc
2.physical and continuous follow up.
7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?
This project is a good one and one of it's kind.it will help to create new lexical contents,increase knowledge of existing editors,source new editors and increase lexicographical contents on Wikidata.
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 1
- Number of participants 20
- Number of new editors 7
- Number of Wikidata items created/edited 80
- Number of repeat participants (for projects
that include a series of events)
Metrics tracking edit
How do you plan to track your project metrics?
Through the program dashboard
Resources edit
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What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.
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