Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Wiki Loves Earth in Sokoto State

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

• The Wiki Loves Earth project in Sokoto State aims to highlight and document the rich natural heritage of the region through a photography contest. This initiative will encourage local participation in capturing the beauty of Sokoto's natural landscapes, flora, and fauna, thereby enriching Wikimedia Commons with high-quality images that showcase the environmental diversity of the area.

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.

• Wikicommon
• Wikipedia

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: Abubakar Kaddi
• Email address: abubakarkaddi1@gmail.com
• Address: Sokoto 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

• 30/06/2024 to 20/07/2024

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. 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?

Three days of Photowalk and One day of training and workshop

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. we will informed people by creating Whatsapp group

I will share via Hausa Wikimedians General WhatsApp group which I'm already in, and I will share via other social media of Hausa Community groups which I belong

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.

In my past project, I have already created a WhatsApp group where I am engaging with the participants. I will use this WhatsApp group to communicate information to the participants.

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:Mahuta

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

For the photowalk, we will use cameras for quality photography. For training, the participants will use smartphones.

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

I will use our dedicated WhatsApp Group for engaging participants

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

As a dedicated Wikimedian living in Sokoto State, my focus has primarily been on contributing to Wikipedia. I have observed that many Wikipedia articles related to Sokoto are lacking in visual content. To address this gap, I am proposing a project to capture and upload photographs of various areas in Sokoto to improve the quality of content on Wikimedia Commons and Wikipedia.

In preparation for this project, I have reached out to experienced editor Mahuta, who previously conducted a successful Wikipedia awareness project in Gusau, Zamfara State, which I attended. Mahuta has agreed to assist in facilitating this project. Together, we will organize training sessions for participants and lead a photowalk tour.

Additionally, we plan to invite two professional photographers who will provide expertise and guidance on photography skills during the photowalk and training workshops. Their involvement will ensure that the images captured are of high quality and meet the standards required for Wikimedia Commons.

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 - 4
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 -100
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)

Wikimedia Foundation Dashboard tool

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).

I User:Abubakar Kaddi I will be leading this event with the assistance of User:Yusuf Sa'adu. He is an experienced Wikipedia editor who has organized numerous Wikimedia events. I plan to invite him to be the facilitator for this project. I initially met Yusuf Sa'adu in Gusau when I accompanied my friend to his project at the Federal University Gusau in Zamfara State.

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

1. Hall rental: (for training and workshop) 40,000

1. Hotel (to sleep and for uploading. 10,000 per night) :-80,000

I will be spending four nights.

1. Transportation: 70,000

1. Data Subscription: 30,000

1. Nourishments ( all through the journey ): 50,000

1. Refreshment (During photo tour);- 20,000

1. Branded T-Shirt: 5000×2=10,000

1. Refreshments during training and workshop:

1500×20=35,000

1. Data support during training and workshop: 1,000×20×20,000

1. . Camera Renta:

20,000

1. Miscellaneous: 15,000

TOTAL: 390,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

• This good idea, I  Strong support this project Mahuta (talk) 20:54, 8 June 2024 (UTC)