Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/General Support Fund/Yoruba Wikimedians User Group 2024-2025 annual activities
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Applicant information[edit]
- Organization name or Wikimedia Username for individuals. (required)
- Yoruba Wikimedians User Group
- Do you have any approved General Support Fund requests? (required)
- Yes, I have already applied and received a General Support Fund
- You are applying as a(n). (required)
- Wikimedia Affiliate (chapter, thematic org., or user group)
- Are your group or organization legally registered in your country? (required)
- Yes
- Do you have a fiscal sponsor?
- No
- Fiscal organization name.
- N/A
Main proposal[edit]
- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be a title for the Meta-Wiki page. (required)
- Yoruba Wikimedians User Group 2024-2025 annual activities
- 2. Do you want to apply for the multi-year funding or renewal process? (required)
- No
- 2.1. For how many years of multi-year funding are you applying? (required)
- N/A
- 2.2. Provide a brief overview of Year 2 and Year 3 of the proposed plan and how this relates to the current proposal and your strategic plan? (required)
N/A
- 3. Proposed start date. (required)
- 2024-07-01
- 4. Proposed end date. (required)
- 2025-06-30
- 5. Does your organization or group have an Affiliate or Organizational Annual Plan that can help us understand your proposal? If yes, please provide it. (required)
- No
- 6. Does your affiliate, organization or group have a Strategic Plan that can help us understand your proposal? If yes, please provide it. (required)
- No
- 7. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
- Nigeria
- 8. What are your programs, approaches, and strategies? What are the challenges that you are trying to address and how will your strategies support you in addressing these challenges? (required)
The Yoruba Wikimedians User Group is a group of Yoruba language Wikimedians committed to nurturing, developing, improving, and promoting Yoruba language Wikipedia and other related projects such as the Yoruba Wiktionary in the Wikimedia incubator, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata, and other Wikimedia projects.
We aim to promote the use of Yoruba Wikipedia through various outreach efforts and to support people in Nigeria in contributing to knowledge in the Yoruba language. We have grown the Yoruba Wikipedia from a bot-created encyclopaedia into a human-created encyclopaedia via various outreach efforts, advocacy, partnership development, and capacity building for volunteers. It has become a viable community of active contributors and has grown to become the most visited Nigerian language Wikipedia, with more than 25 million unique visitors as of 2023 as reported by The Nation's newspaper in February 2024. We want to continue to grow and sustain the community. We want to bridge the gap between the academic and Yoruba Wikimedia communities, an effort we started in 2022 through the donation of our audiovisuals of indigenous vocations to academic institutions. We want to sustain this effort and its long-term impact of recruiting academics, scholars, and subject-matter experts for Yoruba Wikipedia. We have built partnerships with strong organizations such as the International Centre for Yoruba Arts and Culture, whose core objectives align neatly with our mission. Our partnership with the International Centre for Yoruba Arts and Culture has resulted in the review of the Yoruba language orthography. The official inauguration of the committee took place on the 20th of February, 2024, at John Paul II Hall, University of Ibadan. The committee was inaugurated by the Executive Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, who was represented by the Deputy Governor, Engr. Mrs. Naimot Salako-Oyedele. 92-year-old Emeritus Professor Ayo Bangbose, the first Nigerian Professor of linguistics and the sole surviving member of the 1966 and 1974 Yoruba orthography committee that established the current Yoruba orthography was present at the inaguartion ceremony. We want to sustain our partnership with this organization and continue to support the orthography committee. We have collaborated with Wikimedia affiliates such as the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria, the Deoband Community Wikimedia, and others. We want to sustain these partnerships and collaborations through the implementation of pragmatic projects with long-term impact on the Yoruba Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. We want to continue to build capacity for our volunteers and staff members, and we hope to achieve this via the implementation of our structured training plans. Our target participants would include but not be limited to Yoruba academicians, scholars, students, teachers, authors, staff members of mission-aligned organizations, and Yoruba enthusiasts recruited via our Yoruba Wiki Radio Show and via other activities such as photography contests and article writing contests.
As part of growing our structured communities and increasing our volunteer pool, we want to provide adequate support for our existing fan clubs, such as the Yoruba Wikimedia Fan Club at the University of Lagos, and establish new clubs. In this round, we want to activate a fan club at the University of Ibadan. This was discussed with the department management during the donation of our audiovisual works this year. We aimed to establish only two fan clubs in this round to allow us to effectively manage them. To improve the learning and evaluation of our program, we aim to hire a learning and evaluation officer to support the volunteers. We want to keep engaging community members through some long-term impactful projects that align with the Wikimedia Movement's 2030 strategy.
To promote the diversity of our members and contributors to the Yoruba Wikipedia, we have also diversify our activities including the launching of a new program called the Yoruba Oral Tradition Project under which we launched the first story-telling events in Nigeria. We want to sustain this program.
- Our theory of changes for 2024
| Challenges | Needs/Problems | Resources (inputs) | Activities (outputs) | Mechanisms of change | Outcomes |
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| Lack of capacity to competently contribute to Yoruba Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects |
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| Low contents |
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- Our main approaches or strategies to achieve these changes
| Strategy | Activities | Outcomes | Impact assessment |
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| Capacity building for community members (new and existing members including staff members) |
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| Improve and create new contents on Yoruba Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects such as Wikimedia Commons |
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| Creation of awareness about Yoruba Wikipedia and other related Wikimedia projects |
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| Internet access support for volunteers |
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| Building partnerships to strengthen our programs and community |
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Below are the activities we are developing and delivering as part of these approaches or strategies.
- Our planned activities
- Training: A series of training sessions would be organized and conducted according to our training plan. Each training session would be led by experienced community members. Participants in our training would include existing community members, new editors, partners, and staff members, with no preference for gender or sexual orientation. At the end of each training session, the participants would be grouped, and mentors would be assigned to them to guide them through the learning process. After the mentorship, tasks such as new article creation would be assigned to the participants, and their performance would be evaluated.
- Content drives: To engage our community, recruit new editors, and add new content to Yoruba Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, we will organize a series of content drives and participate in existing global community content drives. Last year, we started an initiative to expand short articles on Yoruba Wikipedia. We want to sustain the initiative and develop new content drives. We will organize Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Folklore, Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos, WikiGap, and 1Lib1Ref, etc..
- Edit-a-thon : We will organize a series of edit-a-thon to create new articles, and improve existing articles. Each edit-a-thon would be structured to focus on specific thematic areas of topics. Our translation-a-thon would focus on specific thematic areas as well. Participants in our edit-a-thon would include existing community members, new editors, partners, and staff members,
- GLAM project: In 2022, we worked on the audiovisuals of indigenous Yoruba vocations that are going into extinction owing to the advent of technology. A total of 20 audiovisuals were recorded and uploaded to Wikimedia Commons and the Internet Archive. The audiovisuals were also donated to academic institutions such as the University of Lagos and the University of Ibadan. In 2023, we created audiovisuals of Yoruba deities and gods. It was launched with a press conference and now ready for donation to academic and cultural institutions. We plan to continue these efforts, and this time we plan to increase our targets by at least 20%. I.e., we plan to create 25 audiovisuals this year. We have also launched a new project called the Yoruba Storytelling event, a special program under our Yoruba Oral Tradition Project. This efforts would be sustained.
- Wikipedia in Residence (WiR): Last year, we had a Wikipedia in Residence at the International Centre for Yoruba Arts and Culture. The residency program has further strengthened our relationship with the organisation, even though we were only able to hire the Wikipedian in Residence for 4 months. Several trainings were organized by the Wikipedian in Residence and hundreads of articles were created. We want to sustain this effort.
- Yoruba Wiki Radio Program: One of our strategies to promote Yoruba Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects in Nigeria is through our weekly radio program, where we talk about the Yoruba Wikipedia and how the listeners can contribute. It has also been used as a recruitment strategy, as many new editors have been recruited through the program. We want to sustain this effort. Last year, we were only able to air eight episodes. This year, we want to increase it to 12 episodes.
- Advocacy: Yoruba orthography Standardization : This year, we collaborated with the DAWN Commission, Yoruba World Centre, academia, civil society organisations, publishers associations, other stakeholders and the government ministry of education to organise an international conference on Yoruba language standardization. This resulted in the establishment of a 32-member committee to review the current Yoruba orthography. The official inauguration of the committee took place on February 20, 2024, at John Paul II Hall, University of Ibadan. The committee was inaugurated by the Executive Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun, who was represented by the Deputy Governor, Engr. Mrs. Naimot Salako-Oyedele. The event garnered the presence of renowned linguists. 92-year-old Emeritus Professor Ayo Bangbose, the first Nigerian Professor of Linguistics and the sole surviving member of the 1966 and 1974 Yoruba orthography committee that established the current Yoruba orthography, gave the keynote address. The committee has begun their work, and we want to continue to support the committee. The report of the committee will be implemented as part of the new national language policy.
- International Mother Language Day: We collaborated with the International Centre for the Yoruba Arts and Culture and DAWN Commission to host the first Joint Celebration of the International Mother Language Day 2024 in South West Nigeria. We want to continue this partnership to organize this event and the Yoruba Orthography Committee would present their report at the event.
- Social media engagement: social media remains one of our most effective platforms for sharing information with community members and the general public. We have a well-designed social media plan that will be strictly followed by our social media intern. We also plan to collaborate with social media influencers. Social media remains one of the most viable platforms for engaging our members and sharing information with the global Wikimedia community and the general public. We want to sustain our efforts on social media.
- Partnership building: To enhance our activities, promote diversity, create new opportunities for growth, and strengthen our group, we will partner with mission-aligned organizations on specific projects, sustain existing ones, and build long-term relationships through continuous engagement and collaborations.
- Internet support program This is a microgrant program designed by the Yoruba Wikimedians User Group to support contributors to Yoruba Wikipedia's access to the internet. For more information, please see Internet support program page.
- 9. What categories are your main programs and related activities under? Please select all that apply. (required)
| Category | Yes/No |
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| Education | Yes |
| Culture, heritage or GLAM | Yes |
| Gender and diversity | Yes |
| Community support and engagement | Yes |
| Participation in campaigns and contests | Yes |
| Public policy advocacy | Yes |
| Other | No |
Education
- 9.1.1. Select all your programs and activities for Education. (required)
- Wiki Club, Editing Wikipedia Training
- Other programs and activities if any: N/A
- 9.1.2. Select all relevant audience groups for Education. (required)
- Vocational, tertiary, or higher education, Teachers or professors
- Other groups if any: N/A
Culture, heritage or GLAM
- 9.2. Select all your programs and activities for Culture, heritage or GLAM. (required)
- Introducing new approaches to underrepresented culture and heritage, e.g. decolonising or reparative work; oral and visual knowledge; outreach to communities of origin, indigenous and first nations self-determination, Supporting institutions to open up their collections, data, metadata, and research, Supporting GLAM professionals to incorporate use of Wikimedia in their work, through documentation, training, or Wikimedian in Residence programs, Partnering with institutions, professional associations, and allied organizations to raise awareness of open culture, ethical sharing, and related issues
- Other programs and activities if any: N/A
Gender and diversity
- 9.3. Select all your programs and activities for Gender and diversity.
- Bringing in women and/or gender diverse participants and editors, Focusing on creating content about women and/or gender diverse groups, including biographies, intersectional topic areas and/or adding images, Focusing on creating content about marginalized (underrepresented) communities and their knowledge, Focusing on knowledge equity by bringing in contributors from underrepresented communities
- Other programs and activities if any: N/A
Community support and engagement
- 9.4. Select all your programs and activities for Community support and engagement.
- On-wiki training of community members, Off-wiki training of community members, Organizing meetups, conferences, and community events, Supporting community members' participation in events and conferences, Offering non financial support and services to community members (equipment, space, books, etc.)
- Other programs and activities if any: N/A
Participation in campaigns and contests
- 9.5. Select all campaigns that apply. (required)
- Wiki Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Earth, Wiki Loves Folklore, Wiki Loves Monuments, WikiGap, Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos, Wikipedia Birthday or Anniversary
- Other programs and activities if any: N/A
Public policy advocacy
- 9.6.1. What specific laws, or legislative topics, are you targeting with your advocacy plans? Please be as specific as possible. (required)
Language policy. For smooth take-off, we are currently working on standardizing Yoruba language orthography. We are working with the ministry of education, academia, media, Theater practitioners and other major stakeholder. The report of the Yoruba orthography committee would be implemented within the framework of the new language policy in Nigeria. See:
- https://guardian.ng/news/yoruba-centre-dawn-commission-host-language-conference/ and
- https://independent.ng/yoruba-world-center-dawn-commission-wikipedia-others-begin-work-on-standardisation-of-yoruba-orthography/
- 9.6.2. What are the main methods and tactics via which you plan to advocate for this public policy change? Please be as specific as possible. (required)
Working with all relevant stakeholders and government representatives is our main strategy. In our current advocacy work, a committee has been set up. Its 32-member committee comprises the Yoruba Studies Association of Nigeria, YSAN (members are predominantly university professors and lecturers of Yoruba language), the Association of Yoruba Language Lecturers in Colleges of Education in Nigeria, the Egbe Akómolede ati Asa Yoruba (Yoruba Teachers associaion of Nigeria), the Nigeria Publishers Association, the Ministries of Education, and the Yoruba Writers Association. We have organised a conference where the committee was inaugurated, and several meetings have taken place. The committee will continue to meet as they are working to achieve our main objective of standardising the Yoruba language orthography.
- 9.6.3. Approximately, how much of the requested budget will you dedicate to public policy advocacy (local currency)?
- 5000
- 10. Please include a link to or upload a timeline (operational calendar) for your programs and activities. (required)
- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14cDmqvWgRuRlm0QHZdfjuHa2fqtYu6fV9gXn9Zx9DzY/edit?usp=sharing
- 11. Describe your team. (required)
- Core team members
| SN | Name | Username | Roles | Responsibility |
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| 1 | Mikaeel Sodiq Adesina | Agbalagba | Programs coordinator | He is responsible for the overall project management and coordination of all activities, staff, and volunteers. He is responsible for report writing as well. |
| 2 | Dansu Peter Zuntepo | Macdanpets | Treasurer and logistics manager | He is responsible for overseeing the financial administration and all program logistics. |
| 3 | Ms. Docars Omolade | Ọmọladéabídèmí99 | program officer | She is responsible for the planning and implementation of our programs and also oversees our internet support programs. |
| 4 | Ms. Simbiat Ajao | Àìná - TheSymbyat | Training facilitator | She facilitate training for new editors. |
| 5 | Marvelous Tunji | Mavelousola01 | Training facilitator | He facilitate training for new editors. |
| 6 | Isaac Olatunde | T Cells | Advisory and technical support | he provide advice and other technical support for the team. |
| 7 | Blessing Ojo | DonBlesso | Graphics designer | Design graphics and other visual materials. |
| 8 | Tunde Oladimaji | Tunde Oladimeji | Producer and Director, Yoruba Indigenous Works Documentation Project | He is responsible for managing the audiovisuals of Yoruba Indigenous vocations. |
| 9 | Babatunde Emmanuel | Tunesh247 | Monitoring, learning and evaluation | He is responsible for monitoring, collecting and analyzing data |
| 10 | Toyosi praise | Toyosi praise | Fan club manager | She manages the Yoruba Wikimedians User Group fan club at the University of Lagos |
- 12. Will you be working with any internal (Wikimedia) or external partners? Describe the characteristics of these partnerships and bring a few examples of the most significant partnerships. (required)
Yes. We will be working with other Wikimedia communities on the following projects:
- Joint donation of audiovisual materials to academic institutions. We will do this with Wikimedia User Group Nigeria.
- Deoband Yoruba Collaborative Projects (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Deoband_Yoruba_Collaborative_Project)
- Joint implementation of Wiki Loves Monuments, Wiki Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Folklore, etc. We will collaborate with the Igbo Wikimedians User Group, Hausa Wikimedians User Group, Tyap Wikimedians User Group, and Wikimedia User Group Nigeria on this project.
Externally, we will continue our partnership with the International Centre for Yoruba Arts and Culture and the Yoruba Teachers Association of Nigeria (Egbe Akomolede). We will initiate a new partnership with the Association of Teachers of Yoruba in Colleges of Education, the Ministry of Education, and cultural centers. Just to mention few.
- 13. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select all that apply. (required)
- Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement, Improve User Experience, Provide for Safety and Inclusion, Ensure Equity in Decision-making, Coordinate Across Stakeholders, Invest in Skills and Leadership Development, Identify Topics for Impact
Metrics[edit]
Wikimedia Metrics[edit]
- 14. Please select and fill out Wikimedia Metrics for your proposal. (recommended)
- 14.1. Number of participants, editors, and organizers.
All metrics provided are optional, please fill them out if they are aligned with your programs and activities.
| Metrics name | Target | Description |
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| Number of all participants | 1000 | Total number of people who will participate in our activities. |
| Number of all editors | 700 | This is the total number of all editors that would participate in our activities. This would include new and existin editors involved in activities funded by the grant |
| Number of new editors | 300 | |
| Number of retained editors | 50 | |
| Number of all organizers | 50 | This is the total number of all organizers: Wikimedia organizers involved in our activities |
| Number of new organizers | 20 |
- 14.2. Number of new content contributions to Wikimedia projects. (recommended)
| Wikimedia project | Created | Edited or improved |
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| Wikipedia | 1500 | 2000 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 8000 | 500 |
| Wikidata | 1000 | 500 |
| Wiktionary | ||
| Wikisource | ||
| Wikimedia Incubator | ||
| Translatewiki | ||
| MediaWiki | ||
| Wikiquote | ||
| Wikivoyage | ||
| Wikibooks | ||
| Wikiversity | ||
| Wikinews | ||
| Wikispecies | ||
| Wikifunctions / Abstract Wikipedia |
- Description for Wikimedia projects contributions metrics. (optional)
This is the total number of new content contributions to Yoruba Wikipedia, Wikdata and Wikimedia Commons
Other Metrics[edit]
- 15. Do you have other quantitative and qualitative targets for your project (other metrics)? (required)
- No
| Other Metrics | Description | Target |
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| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
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Budget[edit]
- 16. Will you have any other revenue sources when implementing this proposal (e.g. other funding, membership contributions, donations)? (required)
- No
- 16.1. List other revenue sources. (required)
N/A
- 16.2. Approximately how much revenue will you have from other sources in your local currency? (required)
- N/A
- 17. Your local currency. (required)
- NGN
- 18. What is the total requested amount in your local currency? (required)
- 108993749 NGN
| Year | Amount (local currency) |
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| Year 1 | N/A NGN |
| Year 2 | N/A NGN |
| Year 3 | N/A NGN |
- Requested amount in USD
- 71935.87 USD [note 1]
| Year | Amount USD [note 1] |
|---|---|
| Year 1 | N/A USD |
| Year 2 | N/A USD |
| Year 3 | N/A USD |
- ↑ a b c The following amount in US dollars was calculated by Wikimedia Foundation staff using the fixed currency rates. This amount is approximate and may not reflect the actual currency exchange rates on the day of submission or distribution. If the application is funded, the funding will be sent in the recipient’s local currency.
- 19. Does this proposal include compensation for staff or contractors? (required)
- Yes
- 19.1. How many paid staff members do you plan to have? (required)
Include the number of staff and contractors during the proposal period. If you have short-term contractors or staff, please include them separately and mention their terms.
- 4 paid staff (program director, accountant/bookkeeper, L&E, Graphics designer)
1 Contractors (Audiovisuals producer)
- 19.2. How many FTEs (full-time equivalents) in total? (required)
Include the total FTE of staff and contractors during the proposal period. If you have short-term contractors or staff, please include their FTEs with the terms separately.
- 0.775 FTE
- 19.3. Describe any staff or contractor changes compared to the current year / ongoing General Support Fund if any. (required only for returning grantees)
- N/A
- 20. Please provide an overview of your overall budget categories in your local currency. The budget breakdown should include only the amount requested with this General Support Fund (required).
| Budget category | Amount in local currency |
|---|---|
| Staff and contractor costs | 46398017 NGN |
| Operational costs | 4764870 NGN |
| Programmatic costs | 57830862 NGN |
- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jpT54EadvMeTDX548lzALaraZlwLt01So6pVGBVgMpc/edit?usp=sharing
Additional information[edit]
- 22. In this optional space you can add any other additional information about your proposal or organization that you think can help us when reviewing your proposal. (optional)
- Paid roles
| SN | Title of position | Job descriotion | Hours per week | Cost per hour (USD) | Cost per week (USD) | Number of weeks per month | Cost per month (USD) | Cost per year |
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| 1 | Program Director | Program Planning and Development, Program Implementation and Management, Organize events, workshops, and training sessions to engage and empower community members, reporting and communication. | 10 | 27.09 | 270.99 | 4 | 1083.99 | 13007.88 |
| 2 | Accountant/bookkeper | Financial record-keeping, financial reporting, budgeting etc | 8 | 20.32 | 162.59 | 4 | 650.39 | 7804.68 |
| 3 | Leaning and Evaluation Strategist | Learning strategy development, Develop evaluation frameworks, assessment tools, and performance metrics to measure the effectiveness, and impact of our work. Data analysis and insights etc | 8 | 15.62 | 125 | 4 | 500 | 6000 |
| 4 | Graphics designer | Graphics design production, and branding | 5 | 10 | 50 | 4 | 200 | 2400 |
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We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
- Yes
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