Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Nzubechukwu Uzokwe /Edit-a-thon on African Women in politics

Project summary

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• I am User:Ennydavids Nzubechukwu Uzokwe, ernestnzube@gmail.com.

This is an Edit-a-thon on African women in politics which lists names of selected notable African women in politics, translating it from English to Igbo language.This is to fill gender gap, Increase wikipedia content and source new editors.

Timeline of activities

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• 5 July-12 July,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?

One 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.

/Igbo Wikimedians User Group

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 my User Group, WhatsApp group and one on one sensitization

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

YesUser:Akwugo

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 come with their laptop and phone.They will be taught the basics of editing Wikipedia.

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

Opening a user group and follow up through the group.

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

This project will yeild a very great content

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=10
4. Number of of articles created or improved=80
5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events)

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics?Through the 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).

I am the one organizing this program. I will be teaching new editors the basics of editing Wikipedia and content translation.

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

Hall=40000

Refreshment=50000 Projector=20000 Data for participant=30000 Sensitization/running expense=30000 Data for facilitator=10000 Total=180,000

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