Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Ei'eke/WPWP campaign in Ibadan

Project summary

This proposal is focused on organising a meetup to add photos to new and existing Wikipedia Pages as part of the WPWP campaign.

Contact details

Grantee • Ei'eke

Contact(s) • sinabolaji@hotmail.com

Timeline of activities

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

• Start date: July 22, 2022
• End date: August 30, 2022

Project Goal

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. Increase skills for existing editors
3. Add or improve content

Project Plan

Activities

Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:

1. Are you doing one edit-a-thon or training or a series of edit-a-thons or trainings?We would be organising an edit-a-thon to add missing photos to corresponding Wikipedia articles, and also training new participants on how to contribute to Wikipedia.

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.

Yes, I have dropped a notification on the talk page of WUGN

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.

Via social media platforms (Whatsapp, Twitter)

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:Ei'eke

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

Participants will be notified and expected to bring their respective internet accessing devices. They will also be giving the audience to participate in discussions and offer high-quality information.

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

We will create a whatsapp group after the event where we keep up with updates and followup.

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

Impact

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 - 15
4. Number of articles added with photos - at least 100
5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events)

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics?

The Outreachdashboard would be implemented to assist with the tracking of metrics.

Resources

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).

1. Ei'eke - I will coordinate the project with other supports from the Wikimedia Usergroup Nigeria

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

• Food and drinks (2,500*20) = #50,000
• Internet incentives for participants (1,000*20)= #20,000
• Event hall = #50,000
• Data subsidy for Facilitators= #5,000
• Branded T.shirts (for organizers and top contributors) 3,000*5 = #15,000
• Design and Banners = #15,000
• Misc. = #10,000
• Total = #175,000

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