Grants:Dagbani Wikimedians User Group Grants/Individaul Support Fund/Translating Wikiprojects Interfaces to Wali Language

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

This project aims to increase the number of words/sentences translated/improved on Translate Wiki (Statistics for Wali Language so far) to help boost the Interfaces on various Wikiprojects in the Wali language. The initiative is a continuation of our efforts to empower the Wali-speaking community to contribute to and access knowledge in their native language, preserve cultural heritage and expand digital literacy. In all, to help project and push the Wali Wikipedia to come live as early as possible.

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.

Translate Wiki

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: Asare Paul Yaw
Email address: asare23paul@gmail.com
Address: Accra, Greater Accra Region
Location of Project: Online, Ghana

Project class

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

Individual

Timeline of activities

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

1st October, 2025 - 1st January, 2026

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
Translate or improve contents (Wikiproject Interfaces) on TranslateWiki to Wali language

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?

* Series of Trainings and an editathon

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 informed the community on the Wali Meta page and WhatsApp platform

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.

Via X (Twitter)

Via Email

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

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

* Score criteria will be by the quality of edits (translations) and number of edits (translations) done by participants

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

Yes, they do have laptop, tablet and smartphone

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

Via WhatsApp and Emails

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

Hoping for funds to be approved and deliver as proposed as well.

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):

Number of events - 3 Training sessions
Number of participants - 20
Number of new editors - 10
Number of translated and improved words/sentences - 1500
Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) - 20

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)

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).

User: Yaw tuba would facilitate, coordinate and help with the technical aspect of the project
User: Zakaria Tunsung would help to ensure quality translations/edits are done by participants.
User:Umar Asiya would also help to ensure quality translations/edits are done by participants.
We will also be using the Wali dictionary/orthography as a guide for authentic translations.

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

Link to Fund Budget Here

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

This project, I think would help translate most messages into Waalɩɩ. Furthermore, some translation were not in line with the proposed Waalɩɩ orthography. So I give my full support to this project. Zakaria Tunsung (talk) 19:48, 14 September 2025 (UTC)

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