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Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos At Imo State Network 2024


Project summary

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Briefly summarize your project proposal.

  • Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos at Wikimedia Nigeria Imo State Network encourages the Imo State community to join the global annual campaign to add photos to articles lacking images. This initiative promotes the use of digital media files collected from various Wikimedia photography contests and other editors contributions that helps to enhance Wikipedia articles. Photos are essential for conveying accurate information, improving reader experience, and making articles engaging. The campaign also helps to sharpen the skills of both new and existing editors.

Wikimedia Project

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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.

  • English and Igbo Wikipedia

Contact person and Location

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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: Emmanuel Obiajulu
  • Email address: emmanuelobiajulu0@gmail.com
  • Address: Owerri, Imo State
  • Location of Project: Owerri, Imo State.

Project class

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

  • Wikimedia Nigeria Imo State Network.

Timeline of activities

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

  • Start Date: 1st July, 2024.
  • End Start: 31st July, 2024.

Project Goal

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

  • Add photos to pages lacking images
  • Improve article's quality by adding more photos
  • Recruit new editors, and Increase skills for existing editors


Project Plan

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Activities

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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?

in-person event and on-line engagement

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 have informed the WNUG Community

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'll promote the campaign through our social media channels, including WhatsApp groups and Instagram. Effective communication strategies will be employed to ensure widespread awareness and engagement with the campaign.

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

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 are equipped with smartphones and laptops, ensuring their full participation in the campaign.

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

After the in-person training, we'll follow up with participants to ensure they follow the proper steps necessary to add a photo to an article.

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

N/A

Impact

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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
  2. Number of participants - 18
  3. Number of new editors - 3
  4. Number of of images uploaded -200
  5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) - 13

Metrics tracking

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How do you plan to track your project metrics? (do not create a metrics dashboard until your project has been approved for funding)

  • Metric Dashboard

Resources

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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).

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

  • Venue rental for 1 day training and photo upload #50000
  • Food for participants #3000 x 18 = #54000
  • Packs of Drinks and Water 4 packs 3000 x 4 = #12000
  • Project hire #30000
  • Internet Support for participants #2000 per participants #2000 x 18 = #36000
  • Award and Prizes #45000
  • Communication and Internet support for organisers #20000
  • Contingencies #10000

TOTAL = #257,000

Endorsements

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Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

Submit your report

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