WikiIndaba 2023/Microfunding/Wikimedians of Northern Nigeria User Group


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This request for micro-funding to WikiIndaba 2023 has just been submitted by Uncle Bash007 on 19-09-2023 and is awaiting support.

Description

The Wikimedians of Northern Nigeria User Group is a group created to capture and influence Wikimedia activities across Northern Nigeria. It focus in reaching out to various minority communities across northern Nigeria. The Hausa language is the major language in the area. However, there are hundreds of other ethnic groups with thousands of speakers all over the region such as Fulani, Tiv, Ighala, Kanuri, Nupe Yoruba among others. Most of these ethnic groups are not aware of ; and are not included in Wikimedia activities. This user group is aimed at including these minority groups in Wikimedia acitivies as well as guiding them on how to contribute to Wikipedia and other Sister Projects.

This project will tend to invite all the major minority groups to join Wiki Indaba 2023 and engage them in training on how to edit and contribute to different Wikimedia projects.

The event will be carried out through the following strategies:

Online: There will be an online campaign where various ethnic groups will be invited for an introductory session on Zoom.

- Participants will be given data support to attend the virtual event and live stream the main event.

Offline: Local in-person meet-up will be organized where participants (atleast 1 from each minor ethnic group) will be invited to join the local in-person event.

- We will go for a round trip on some major monuments for pictures to be added on commons

Outcome

We hope to train them how to edit Wikipedia
Open a new language Wiki (if applicable) for language that met Wikimedia requirements.

Team

Please specify who is submitting the request, and what their experience is to run activities

- I Uncle Bash007, Founder of Wikimedians of Northern Nigeria User Group, an experienced editor with more than 20,000 edits on Hausa Wikipedia, an administrator on Hausa Wikipedia, A New Page Patrol Student and organizer of various wikipedia project grants and winner of many contests/Editathons will lead the event.
list all people involved, with their linked username
- user:Muhammad Idriss Criteria, also an experienced Wikimedian will assist in organizing and training of participants.
- Sanusi Gado will assist in reaching out to various communities communities and online campaigns

clarify whether the request is from an affiliate usergroup, chapter or a yet-to-be/non-affiliated group.
- This application is written from a yet to be approved user group (waiting for approval) [1]

also clarify whether the funds would be transferred to an individual or to an organization bank account
- The funds will be tranferred to individual account (grant lead)

Outcomes

Please provide a range or estimate for the number of participants the funding will support.

Number of ethnic groups to be reached = 3
Number of participants during Wiki Indaba event = 20
Number of editors to be engaged = 10
Number of articles (related to Africa) created or improved = 50
Number of pictures added to Wiki Commons = 10

Summary

Name of contact person: Bashir Yahuza Muhammad
Username of contact person: Uncle Bash007
Affiliate (if applicable): Northern Nigeria Wikimedians User Group
Country: Nigeria
Event date and location: 3-4 November, 2023 at Katsina State
Other stakeholders (if applicable):

Budget

Item	Unit price ($)	Quantity	Total ($)
Hall space rental	$51.7344	1	$51.7344
Transportation Support,	$6.4668	10	$64.668
Data Support,	$2.58672	10	$25.8672
Refreshment, (snacks and drinks)	$5.17344	20	$103.4688
Projector(1) and computer rental(5)	$3.88008	6	$23.28048
Cutomised t-shirts (10) and banner (1)	$2.58672	11	$28.45
Total			$ 297.47

Any changes made to the budget after the application is submitted will void the application. You will then need to submit an updated application

Jury decision

Dear Uncle Bash007 and colleagues from Wikimedians of Northern Nigeria User Group,

We are sincerely grateful for the time and effort you invested in applying for a micro-grant for WikiIndaba 2023. Your interest in contributing to this event is highly appreciated.

Unfortunately, we have to inform you that your application was not selected for the micro-grant. We received an overwhelming number of quality applications (77 applications for only 7 grants), which made the decision process extremely challenging. Given the constraints, our focus has been on projects from underrepresented communities or groups that lack on-site representation at the conference. The team decided therefore to provide the grants only to countries where there are no user groups at the moment.

Though your application was not selected, we greatly value your interest in WikiIndaba 2023. To stay engaged and catch all the latest updates, we invite you to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and instagram. Additionally, we encourage you to subscribe to our YouTube channel, where we'll be sharing conference highlights and key sessions. We also suggest reaching out to your group members who will be participating in the conference, so they can share experiences and learnings with you.

Best regards,

Organizing Committee, WikiIndaba Conference 2023 -- WikiIndaba2021 (talk) 15:12, 11 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]