Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Obapeace

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

The KWASU Wikimedia Fan Club wants to Create an Awareness program for the Fan Club especially for new participants, and reorientation for old Participants, The project will serves as a gateway for new students to explore and engage with Wikipedia and its sister projects. This project is going to introduce freshers to the world of open knowledge, providing them with the skills and understanding they need to contribute passionately on Wikipedia and It’s sister projects.

For inactive (old participants)members, the reorientation will serve as an opportunity to reignite their interest and passion for editing and contributing. By re-engaging them, we aim to strengthen their involvement in the Fan Club and The Wikimedia community Nigeria at large.

The participants will be improving Wikipedia and WikiData Items on academic institutions and academicians, Lecturals, Writers and Notable people or places in the state.

Wikimedia Project

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

• English wikipedia and wikidata

Contact person and Location

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

• Club President
• Full name:Obayemi Peace Boluwatife
• Email address:boluwatifeobayemi@gmail.com
• Address:Ilorin, Kwara state

• club vice president
• Full name: Adetoro Peter
• Email address:olawad002@gmail.com
• Address:Ibadan
• Location of Project:

malete, Ilorin

Project class

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

• Applying as the president of Kwara State University wikimedia fan club

Timeline of activities

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

• November 4th till November 30th

Project Goal

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

1. Create awareness about the club and its activities to freshers and non members
2. recruit and train new editors
3. Engage editors to add or improve content

Project Plan

Activities

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?

we will be doing one edit-a-thon during the orientation and two series of online trainings

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.

we informed the WNUG community via the meta 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.

we will share pamphlets on campus to students to create awareness about the club and also promote the program through the fan club's official social media platforms (facebook and twitter). we will also communicate with participants through the fan club's whatsapp group

Facebook

:Twitter 


:Whatsapp

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:Margob28: The Staff adviser for the Fan Club.

User:Linason Blessing: Alumni, The Co Founder of the Fan Club.

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 their smart phones. All the participants are computer literate

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

we will organise an edit-a-thon to keep the knowledge attained from the orientation fresh on their mind, then encourage them to follow the various social media handles that promote wikipedia and wikidata projects. we will provide them with tips on creating and editing wikipedia and wikidata

7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project? This Project will help in creating awareness about wikipedia in the school thereby recruiting more participants to contribute towards open Knowledge through wikipedia.

Impact

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 - 1 Physical Orientation/ Awareness and 2 Online follow up Training
2. Number of participants - 40
3. Number of new editors - 25
4. Number of of articles created -
5. Number of of articles improved - 100
6. Number of of Wikidata Items Improved - 50
7. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) - 15

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics? (do not create a metrics dashboard until your project has been approved for funding) A dashboard will be created for this event which will be used to track contributions

Resources

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).

Moble phones, laptops and resource guide for training What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense as a unit amount and include a total amount.

Food 2500 x 40= 100,000

Drinks 3000 x 4packs = 12,000

Water 2000 x 5= 10,000

Data subscription for facilitators and Participants to be provided by Wikimedia User Group Nigeria community.

Transport reimbursement for the first twenty participants 300 x 20= 6000

Gift Card for Top 3 editors= 15,000

Club registration renewal= 20,000

Fliers to share during awareness week = 15,000

Local Running for guest speakers 10,000 x 2 = 20,000

Camera rental = 15,000

Graphics design for the entire semester programs = 20,000

Visitation to the vice chancellor's office and gift = 20,000

Wiki branded vest 10pieces = 5500 x 10pieces = 55,000

Contingencies = 15,400

Total: 323,400

Endorsements

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