Grants:Dagbani Wikimedians User Group Grants/Individaul Support Fund/De-stubbing stub articles on Dagbani Wikipedia version 1.0

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

The Dagbani Wikipedia 100 Articles De-Stubbing Contest aims to significantly improve the quality of articles on the Dagbani Wikipedia. We would achieve this through a month-long editathon and a contest, involving old contributors to make the articles more complete and of Wikipedia standard. We will also use it as a means to recruit new editors for the Dagbani Wikimedians User Group. The goal is to expand or improve at least 100 stub articles into more detailed, and useful resources for readers.

Wikimedia Project

Please state the Wikimedia project your project will focus majorly on (e.g. Dagbani Wikipedia, Gurene Wikipedia, etc). It is advisable to focus on one Wikimedia project, but a maximum of two projects is allowed.

Dagbani Wikipedia.

Contact person and Location

Please state the contact details of the contact person(s) for this project including email(s) and location. For more than one contact person, indicate same details for everyone

Full name: Abdulai Yussif Jahinfo
Email address: naajahinfo111@gmail.com
Address: KR.EXT 147, GBAMBAYA, TAMALE
Location of Project: Primarily online, with coordination and support based in Tamale.

Project class

Please state if you are applying as an individual or a network/club

Individual (with support from the wider Dagbani Wikimedians community)

Timeline of activities

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

Application & Planning: 1st - 7th October 2025
Contest Promotion & Registration: 8th - 15th October 2025
Contest Duration: 16th October - 16th November 2025
Results Review & Verification: 17th - 20th November 2025
Announcement of Winners & Reporting: 21st - 23rd November 2025

Project Goal

Choose one or more of the following goals. Feel free to add or delete goals as required by your project.

recruit new editors
Add or improve content
Introduce the editors to basic editing skills

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?

This is a single, month-long online editathon and contest. This gives people flexibility to contribute at their own pace.

2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.

I have shared the draft of this proposal on our dedicated Dagbani Wikimedians User Group WhatsApp platform to get feedback and endorsement. I will also post about the contest on my Facebook page, which is followed by many who are interested in the Dagbani language and culture.

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.

Communication will be through:

WhatsApp: The main Dagbani Wikimedians group and a dedicated contest group for registered participants.

On-Wiki: I will create a project page on the Dagbani Wikipedia and on meta with all contest details and rules.

4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead/assist the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals. (NOTE: all experienced Wikimedia editors MUST endorse and sign your proposal as proof of availability)
For example: User:Kaizenify

Yes. I will be the lead organizer. I have also discussed this with User:DnShitobu who has agreed to provide guidance and help verify entries.

5. If you are going to have a contest, you need to state your scoring criteria

Articles will be scored based on: Content Expansion (Main Criteria): Moving an article from "stub" status to a standard Wikipedia article informative length. This means adding significant new text, references, and sections. Quality of References: Using reliable sources like books, reputable news sites, and academic journals.

Good Grammar and Language: Writing in clear and correct Dagbani.

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

New participants may not. To support them, I will: Be available on WhatsApp throughout the contest to answer questions one-on-one. Share links to useful resources on the contest page.

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

I will add all successful participants to our main WhatsApp group to continue the conversation. We will also celebrate the winners publicly to encourage ongoing participation.

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

This project is very important at this time because stubs are the first step, but readers need full articles to truly learn. This contest directly tackles that problem and makes our wiki stronger.

Impact

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets (only those applicable to your project):

I will know the project is successful by meeting these targets:

Number of events - 1 (one contest)
Number of participants - 15
Number of new editors - 5
Number of articles created - 0 (Focus is on improving existing ones)
Number of articles improved - 100
Number of images uploaded - 10
Number of repeat participants - N/A (single event)

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics? (do not create a metrics dashboard until your project has been approved for funding) I will use the Wikimedia Outreach Dashboard to create a campaign for this contest. This will automatically track all edits made by participants who join the campaign, allowing us to easily measure the number of articles improved and bytes added. I will not create the dashboard until the project is approved.

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 we have [[User:SIR SUCCESS (NAA JAHINFO)]]: I will manage the contest, provide training support, communicate with participants, and verify results.

Community Support: Guidance from experienced members of the Dagbani Wikimedians User Group team. Online Platforms: Free use of WhatsApp, Facebook, and Wikipedia for coordination.

What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense as a unit amount and include a total amount. Feel free to attach a budget link here but remember to allow view access

Please find attached the budget for your review:

De-stubbing budget - Google Sheets

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

I support this initiative to improve and expand stub articles on Dagbani Wikipedia. It is a great way to enhance the quality of the content on Dagbani Wikipedia. Jahibia (talk)
I strongly support this project. Because we have a lot of stubbing articles on Dagbani Wikipedia which needs to improve to standard Kalakpagh (talk)

This a nice project. Looking at the number of stub articles on the Dagbani Wikipedia, it's a problematic. So taking a decision to de-stub them will be a great move to sanitize the Dagbani Wikimedia. I fully edorse it Ibn Dagara (talk) 08:31, 5 October 2025 (UTC)

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