Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Library School UNN

Project summary

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• To celebrate the African Library Week by editing and improving the content of English Wikipedia

Timeline of activities

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• 23 June 2022

Project Goal

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1. Recruit new editors
2. Increase skills for existing editors
3. Add or improve content

Project Plan

Activities

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1. Are you doing one editathon or training or a series of editathons or trainings? I will like to do one editathon

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.

This project has been announced on the Nigerian Wikipedia User Group Talk Page to inform group members.

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_User_Group_Nigeria#Association_of_School_Librarians%2C_Enugu_State 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.

To communicate, this program has been announced in the library school notice board, the University of Nigeria Nsukka. I will use the school library Association WhatsApp group, University of Nigeria Wikipedia WhatsApp group, and the University of Nigeria radio station, and also make use of one-on-one conversation using mobile phones to call participants.

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

Yes, I have experienced Wikipedia editors. These include myself, User: Elizabeth, User: Ngozi Osadebe, User: Beatrice Ewa. These people have been involved in teaching people how to edit Wikipedia in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

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

Yes, the participants have laptops. The department of Library and Information Science has a computer laboratory, and internet connectivity.

6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)? I will create a WhatsApp group for the participant for discussions. Also, I will organize a meet-up for the participants to discuss and learn from each other in a physical setting.

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

This project will bring in the University library school into Wikipedia activities in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka

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 7
4. Number of articles created or improved 30
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 project metric will be tracked through the #1Lib1ref programme's dashboard

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).

The available resources include personal laptops, internet facilities, generator,

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

1.Venue= 30,000

2.Diesel @ 750 per liter=22,500 
3.Data= 20,000
4.writing materials like exercise books, pens and pencils= 15,000
5.Lunch for 31 people, these are 27 participants, 1 cleaner, 1 baby minder and 2 technical assistants @2,500 each = 77,500
6.Flex banner=10,000 
7.Bottled water 2packets @ 1000 each=2000
8. Malt drink 2crates @ 5000 each=10,000
9. Soft drink 1crate (mineral for children) = 1,500
10. Honorarium for baby minder =5000
12. Honorarium for 2 technical assistants @ 3000each=6000
TOTAL=199,500 
One hundred and ninety-nine thousand, five hundred naira

Endorsements

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• Supported. Ngozi osadebe (talk) 22:08, 13 June 2022 (UTC)

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