Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Wikivoyage for Lagos State Local Government Offices and Secretariat's

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

• This project is targeted at bridging the content gap about the Lagos State local government offices and Secretariat's and their location on wikivoyage. From my research only few lagos state local government offices and Secretariat's location are documented on wikivoyage and as such the need for this area to be greatly improved.
• Through this project we hope to engage new and existing Wikimedian editors to enable them acquire digital and researching skills that would enable them to contribute massively by creating and improving existing wikivoyage articles about lagos State local government offices and Secretariat's and their respective location.

Contact person and Location

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

• Chukwu Sylvester
• sylvesterchukwuahachie@gmail.com
• Lagos State

Timeline of activities

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• Start date: 14th of February 2023
• End date : 26th of February 2023

Project Goal

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1. recruit new editors
2. Add and improve existing articles about lagos state local government offices and Secretariat's on wikivoyage
3. To equip and enable participants and existing editors acquire basic editing and researching skills on wikivoyage

Project Plan

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?

I will be having 1 training and edit a thon which is a physical training followed by a 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.

I have informed the Nigerian Wikimedian community explaining the goals and objectives of this project below is the link

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_User_Group_Nigeria#Notification_%3A_Wikivoyage_for_Lagos_State_Local_Government_Offices_and_Secretariat%27s 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 target participants are students and youths and existing lagos Wikimedian editors

Before the event adequate information will be passed through the various social media platforms of youths and students as well as Lagos Wikimedian editors to inform, remind and give regular updates about the commencement of the event.E flyers will be distributed and shared across the various designated social media platforms

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

Sylvesterchukwu04 (Project lead and organizer)

Kingaustin07 (Online facilitator)

Favkinstin27(Communications and Logistics)

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 the required equipment which are Mobile phones and laptops to enable them contribute and make impactful edits

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

To ensure sustainability, New participants will Join as members of the Wikimedia User group Nigeria,as this will keep them updated and encourage participation during other wiki projects.Participants will be added to existing messaging channels for follow up and questions. This participants will be invited for upcoming and future projects.

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

The content of this project will help prioritize bridging the content gap by creating and Improving articles about Lagos State Local Government Offices and Secretariat's and their location documenting them on Wikivoyage and by promoting knowledge equity aligned with the Wikimedia movement strategies because it will immensely increase the range of free knowledge content on Wikivoyage that would stay relevant in our changing world.

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: 12
3. Number of new editors :7
4. Number of of articles created or improved:100 and above
5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events)

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics?

1. Outreach dashboard: to collect editors data and activities
2. Xtool: to track users edit /contributions

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 resources I have are my volunteer and experienced wikivoyage editors they will be supporting me for the success of this project

1. Sylvesterchukwu04(Project lead and organizer) : I am experienced editor on wikivoyage with an impressive edit count.I will be in charge of facilitating the physical training
2. Kingaustin07(Online facilitator) : He is an experienced editor on wikivoyage.He will be assisting us in this project by providing his technical support under volunteer capacity as the anchor of the online training sessions
3. Favkinstin27( Communication and Logistics): He is an experienced editor on wikivoyage .He will be in charge of creating wikipedian account for new editors and also passing vital information about the events to the designated social media platforms

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

• Venue : ₦35,000
• T shirts for facilitators: (3000*3) ₦9000
• Internet (500*12) + (2000*3): ₦12,000
• Refreshments ( participants and facilitators) : (2500*15) ₦37,500
• prizes for top 5 contributors: ( 4000*5) ₦20,000
• Contingency and miscellaneous: ₦6,500
• TOTAL : ₦120,000

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