WMUGU GLAM-Wiki/GLAM Microgrant 2023/Proposal:Ugandan New Cities Project

Applicant

Please provide the following information for your micro-grant request:

Username : Micheal Kaluba

Country of residence : Uganda

Contact email : micealkal@gmail.com

Have you participated in any GLAM activity before (e.g #1Lib1Ref,Museums Day)? (Answer Yes or No) Yes

Activity

Please provide the following information about your proposed activity: 1. Profiling The missing Cities on Wikipedia 2. Profiling the missing Cities on Wikidata 3. Improving the already profiled cities 4. Adding references to already profiled cities 5. Taking and uploading photos of these cities on Wikimedia Commons 6. Adding photos to articles Planned activity
(Please give an outline of what your idea is about.Who are your audience? What gap are you filling? What do you intend to achieve?)
My idea is about documenting and profiling details about the new cities in Uganda and planning to engage already experienced contributors from the Wikimedia User group Uganda to bridge the information gap about the cities. Planning to document and profile a total of 12 Cities

People involved
(e.g. Will you be working alone or with a team? Who are they and what are their responsibilities?You can give their username(s)):
With a team

Which Wikimedia Projects will you be contributing to?
(e.g. English Wikipedia, Wikidata , Commons etc): 1. English Wikipedia 2. Wikidata 3. Commons

How will you conduct your activity(s)
(e.g. How long will this take? Will engagements be virtual or in-person? What kind of events will you host? How many?):

Please explain what influence your activity will have on Wikimedia Projects
(e.g. Quantitative: number of new pictures uploaded to Commons, Number of new articles created/improved on Wikipedia/ Number of items created/improved on Wikidata ; Qualitative: skill the community of volunteers in Uganda ):

Proposed budget

Please use a table to provide estimated figures/costs in UGX