Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Niger Delta loves Food (Wikidata Edition)

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

• The project will focus on documenting on wikidata at least 200 foods originated from the region , the aim of this food campaign is to commemorate with the global wikidata celebrations and also to project and document the rich cultural heritage of the region .we also believe that aside updating the foods on Wikidata, there be a need to create articles on how this foods are prepared and as well upload pictures of the food on wiki commons.

Contact person and Location

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

Michael Diala +234-9132907104 Michael.diala16@gmail.com

Timeline of activities

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

12-30th October, 2022

Activities

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?

1 physical Edit-A-Ton, 1 Virtual Edit-A-Ton and 1 Food Contest .

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.

we would leverage on the Talk page , our whassap group ,the wiki Nigeria whassap , support network referral and social media @wikinigerdelta

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.

through our social media handle :@wikinigerdelta , community members and mailing list .

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

I will coordinate alongside our experienced training lead (superswift)

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

we expect that all participants have either a smart phone or laptop but we would be providing internet and refreshments to enable them participate .

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

our community Whassap group , other community projects

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. 2 events
2. 30 participants
3. 10 new editors
4. 200 articles created or improved on Wikidata
5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events)

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics? https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Niger_Delta_Network

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).

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

internet cost ..., (25k)

 Logistics support. (50)
 Prize for Food contest (35k)
 Winner ...20k
 1st Runner..10k
 2nd Runner..5k
 
 Refreshments... 30k
 Hall ....     30k
 Branded T-shirt 30k

Total 200k

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