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Project summary[edit]

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

  • This project will correct and improve the already translated one's done by non native speakers of Igbo language. It will teach community how translations are done on Wikimedia projects.

Contact person and Location[edit]

Please state the contact details of the contact person(s) for this project including email(s) and location

  • Ignatius Somtobechukwu Oragwuncha
  • igoragwuncha@gmail.com
  • Enugu State

Timeline of activities[edit]

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

  • 30th November, 2022

Project Goal[edit]

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
  3. Improve editing skills

Project Plan[edit]

Activities[edit]

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?

I'm doing one training and edit a thon

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.

I have informed the Igbo Wikimedian User M group on the talk page

https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Igbo_Wikimedians_User_Group# and also on the various WhatsApp and Telegram groups 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.

The participants will be communicated through different student's group and Wiki users group(Both WhatsApp and Telegram) and they will also receive updates about the training from there

4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals.
For example: User:Kaizenify

User:Orabs1996
User:Sayvhior
user:Chikeme Chizurum

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

The participants will engage in the training with their smartphones. The new participants will be taught and guided through.

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

The participants will be asked for their contact details and will be added to the various Wiki users groups( WhatsApp and Telegram) so as to get more information and update.

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

This project centers on translating the Igbo MediaWiki interface.

Impact[edit]

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets:

  1. Number of events:1
  2. Number of participants:20
  3. Number of new editors:5
  4. Number of of articles created or improved:200
  5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events):15

Metrics tracking[edit]

How do you plan to track your project metrics? A WMF dashboard will be created to help in tracking the various participants' contributions.

Resources[edit]

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'm the organizer and facilitator while Ikekamma Nnamdi Emmanuel with the username user: Sayvhior will be the co-facilitator. Mbenma Esther user:Chikeme Chizurum will be invited as an experienced editor. No support from elsewhere.

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

  • Training Venue: 40000
  • Food (20 participants + 3 facilitators): 2000 × 23 = 46000
  • Drinks:4500
  • Water:2000
  • Data reimbursement for participants:1000×20= 20000
  • Facilitator's Data:3000×3= 9000
  • Projector:10000
  • Contingency: 12000
  • Prizes for 5 top Editors:20000
  • Hardware/tools:8000
  • Diesel:2000
  • Total:173500

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