Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Wiki-A-Thon

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

• This project aims to train editors on contributing to Wikibooks and Wikivoyage. The Wiki-A-Thon will involve a series of workshops and hands-on training sessions where participants will learn about the editing guidelines, best practices, and tools for creating and editing content on these platforms. The goal is to empower editors with the necessary skills and knowledge to contribute effectively to Wikibooks and Wikivoyage, thereby enhancing the quality and reach of these collaborative platforms.

Wikimedia Project

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

• Wikibooks and wikivoyage

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

• Full name:Chukwu Chibueze Pascal
• Email address:chibuezepascal2001@gmail.com
• Location:Benue state

Project class

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

• individual

Timeline of activities

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

• 4th September - 30th September 2023

Project Goal

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
3. Edit and bridging content gaps on wiki sister projects

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 hosting a training and an edit a thon.

The training is to train at participants on engagement with other wiki sister projects aside wikidata,wiki commons and Wikipedia which includes wikibooks and wiki voyage

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.

I have informed the Wikipedia community Nigeria about my proposal Below is the link

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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 be communicating to our participants via WhatsApp, email and google survey

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

User:kingaustin07

User:Sylvesterchukwu04

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

Yes, our participants have the necessary knowledge to participate and contribute,Actively to discount be onto these projects in order first they will be making use of the tablets ,phones,laptops on any of that Internet accessible devices.

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

We will be creating a ‎WhatsApp platform that would serve as a means of direct communication to our participants about the wiki sister projects, and other sister projects that will be coming up later on. We will also be adding them to the Wikipedia Nigeria community in Kwara states does the choir of, and this would help us communicate with the editors more about events that will be happening in Kwara, for them to engage and be part of the community.

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

The Wikimedia Foundation and its sister projects share a strong bond, calling for contributors to effectively utilize and contribute to these projects. However, there has been a recent emphasis on equally representing and bridging the content gap on sister projects such as Wikipedia, Wikidata, WikiBooks, and WikiVoyage. This endeavor aims to enhance the relevance of these projects, aligning them with the comprehensive nature of Wikipedia.

Impact

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets:

1. Number of events 1
2. Number of participants 25
3. Number of new editors 10
4. Number of of articles created or improved 70 articles created and improved on wikibooks and 80 articles created and improved on wikivoyage
5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events)

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics? We will be using the outreach dashboard and xtool to track the articles created

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).

User:Kingaustin07:(project Organizer) I am an experienced wikibooks editor and I will be training the participants on wiki books, and how to improve articles, creates new content and follow the wiki templates to create quality article. I have trained editors on how to effectively contribute to Wikibooks as well as wikivoyage.

User:Sylvesterchukwu04:(Team member and trainer) He is also an experienced trainer and editor in wikivoyage he has organized and trained participants on wikivoyage. He is also experienced on wikibooks

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

• Venue : NGN 40,000

• Refreshment (Break during the training) and Take away pack (2000*27) : NGN 54,000

• Internet services (1500*25) : NGN 37,500

• E Flier: NGN 5,000

Airtime for Communication + Transportation +data for the two team members: NGN 20,000

• Camera rental and photography : NGN 10,000

• Appreciating prizes for any top five highest

editor for the training(Accessories) : NGN 35,000

• Contigencies , Miscellaneous: NGN 10,000

• Total: NGN 211,500

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

I strongly Support this project,this Project will widened and improve the dexterity of editing skills and Proficiency across the targeted Wikimedia Sister Project as this will enable editors to have the best tools ,editing and digital skills to document and contribute to open knowledge in this our ever changing World.Sylvesterchukwu04

• Question: In your report, you haven't stated how it will improve the projects in question, particularly Wikivoyage. Can you elaborate on this? --SHB2000 (talk | contribs) 04:14, 17 September 2023 (UTC)