The Ghana Histo-Cita-Thon is an annual event geared towards educating and exposing members of the Wikimedia Movement in citing books, journals, and newspapers for refencence in creating and updating Wikimedia project. The current edition aim at listing books, journals, and newspapers in local languages on wikidata to enable easy access for citation on local Wikimedia projects.
| Ghana Histo Cita-thon 3.0 | |
|---|---|
| A WikiCred 2022 Grant Proposal | |
| Project Type | Event |
| Author | (NanaYawBotar) |
| Contact | nanayawbotar@gmail.com |
| Requested amount | 9530 USD |
| Award amount | Unknown |
- What is your idea?
Research has shown that most emerging languages projects lacks references. However, many of those with them are in English. This is because editors rely on online resources that are mostly available in English when they are referencing articles and quotes. The lack of enough reference adversely affect the quality of contents on local language Wikimedia project and it also impede local readers who cannot read English from further reading.
In order to help solve the problem of lack of reference in these emerging projects, Ghana Histo Cita-Thon seeks to identify offline resources such as books, journals, and newspapers in local languages, train and assist Librarians and Wikimedia volunteers in listing them on wikidata. And train community members and volunteers of the selected language on the importance of citation and how they can use offline resources to enhance the quality of their projects.
The project will start with three languages, that is Twi (tw.wikipedia.org), and Dagaare, Fante which are currently in incubator.
- Why is it important?
The project is importance because it will build the capacity of Wikimedia volunteers and editors from emerging and underrepresented communities to create and improve high-impact content in their various projects. It also have the potential of bridging the gap in teams of readers and users of projects by emerging language communities.
- Link(s) to your resume or anything else (CV, GitHub, etc.) that may be relevant
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-dakyi-500b78191/
- Is your project already in progress?
No
- How is this project relevant to credibility and Wikipedia?
Creating quality and informative Wikipedia articles relies on the use of quality sources. That's what these projects aim to do. To promote the use of offline resources within your language for citation purposes. This will help create a higher level of trust among readers and editors, and discourage misinformation.
- What is the ultimate impact of this project?
This project is aiming to enrich the contents of emerging language projects with credible references and citations while we bridge the gap in the usage and sustainability of these projects.
- Can your project scale?
Yes, we are starting with Twi, Fante and Dagaare. The experience gained from these first three will make it easier to add more languages in the future.
- Why are you the people to do it?
I am a Certified Trainer, community leader with experience in event organizing, I had led the previous two edition of Ghana Histo Cita-thon which was very impactful.
- What is the impact of your idea on diversity and inclusiveness of the Wikimedia movement?
The project provides a solution to the challenges emerging language projects face with getting quality reference material. This project is designed to address these challenge by providing editors with the skills needed in identifying offline resources and how they can be used for citation. It will also empower non-English readers to do further reading by providing them more resources to improve their reading proficiency in their native language.
- What are the challenges associated with this project and how you will overcome them?
One challenge will be identifying and accessing the offline resources, such as books, journals, and newspapers .Fortunately, this challenge will be overcome be relying on the strong partnership we have build with AfLIA over the past editions. Also I am not fluent in some of the languages that were chosen, but I will recruit and work closely with the lead trainers of these language communities.
- How will you spend your funds?
1. Allowance for Facilitator/Trainer/Team – 1000 X 5 = 500 USD 2. Internet subscription - 80 X 8 = 640 USD 3. .Logistics and Spaces rentals for Training/ edit-thons = 230 X 3 = 690 USD 4. Foods and Drinks = 20 X 30 X 3 = 1800 USD 5. Branding (Shirt, swags and Souvenirs) and Communication – 1000 USD 6. Miscellaneous and Bank Charges - 400 USD
- How long will your project take?
8 Months
- Have you worked on projects for previous grants before?
Yes: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ghana_Histo_Cita-thon https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Ghana_Histo_Cita-thon_2.0 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki-Green_Conference