Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Wiki Loves Earth Ilorin

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

• In line with the Wiki Loves Earth annual photo campaign,supervising the project is a project lead from 2023 wiki loves earth campaign with enough experience, this project is targeted at capturing photographic content, video and exploring the community of Ilorin,Kwara.Over time it has been observed that we only have pictures majorly on universities in kwara and few other places on wikicommons, we aim to bridge that photo and video content especially for editors to be able to upload pictures of this community on Wikivoyage which is a travel guide for people, in which if we have photo representation of this places, it makes it easy for users to understand how to navigate around. Also Having a photo to work with will really be useful for editors to upload on Wikipedia articles.This project is focused on training new editors how to engage more on the Wikimedia sister project (Wikimedia Commons) and also build all participants on how to add photos to articles both on Wikimedia commons, Wikipedia and others.

Wikimedia Project

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.

• Wikicommons

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:Omoshebi Joseph Omotayo
• Email address:Josephreason578@gmail.com
• Address:ilorin,kwara state
• Location of Project: Ilorin,Kwara 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

• 1stth July - 30th July 2024

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. The global campaign is aimed at recruiting new users. And we aim to localise this by engaging new members.
3. upload more photos and videos of Ilorin,Kwara to Wikimedia commons

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?

for effective engagement there will be a Photo walk around Erin Ijesha Waterfall in ilorin, after which we have an edit a thon contest in line with the global community campaign

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 wikimedia user group Nigeria about my proposal request 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 be using the social media platform to pass information across to them especially via the community WhatsApp and social media channels. This will allow us get closer to them. The social media platforms we will be using includes Facebook,WhatsApp,instagram and twitter etc This is to foster effective communication and engagement with the participants.will also notify the University of Ilorin fanclub and Kwasu fanclub whatsApp platform for effective engagement.

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:Jessephu project lead

User:Favourdare123 Team member

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 have internet connectable devices with gadeget like cameras and phones for taking pictures that will help them contribute to the campaign goal on wikicommons.

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

We aim to engage them by sharing the information about other campaigns on wikicommons.

Also Use the WhatsApp platform to reach out to them to know if they still contribute to wikicommons and if not encourage them to contribute. 7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?

focusing on capturing photographic and video content of Ilorin, Kwara,we are not only enriching Wikimedia Commons with valuable visual resources but also highlighting communities that is underrepresented on wikicommons. which contributes to the wiki loves Earth campaign.

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 -2(A photowalk and virtual training)
2. Number of participants - 20
3. Number of new editors - 15
4. Number of of articles created -
5. Number of of articles improved -
6. Number of of images uploaded - 200
7. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) -

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)

We will be tracking the metrics using outreach dashboard

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:Jessephu project lead,with over a thousand pictures on wikicommons who has won continental photo contest and also a project lead for the 2023 wiki loves Earth campaign, here is a link to the event report:https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Reports:Wikimedia_UG_Nigeria_Grants/Wikimedia_User_Group_Nigeria_Community_Support_Fund/Report/Jessephu/wiki_loves_Earth_Esie

User:Favourdare123 also a user with over a thousand pictures uploaded with videos on wiki commons, currently the president of the unilorin fanclub. will also be teaching our new editors.

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

• Refreshment (Break during the photo walk) and Take away pack (2500*20) : NGN 50,000
• Internet services (500*20) : NGN 10,000
• Branding and T shirts for Facilitators (2*4,500) :NGN 9,000
• E Fliers: NGN 5,000
• Airtime for Communication + Transportation +data for the two team members members: NGN 30,000
• Transportation for participants(Bus rental) :NGN 50,000
• Camera rental and photography : NGN 10,000
• Appreciating prizes for any three highest editor for the training(gift items) : NGN 50,000
• Contigencies , Miscellaneous and Logistics: NGN 15,000

Total = 229,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

• Favourdare123 (talk) 07:53, 31 May 2024(UTC)  Strong support I strongly Endorse this project.this project is aimed at bridging the photo gap in ilorin communities.