Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/African History Edithathon (ID: 23092954)
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Applicant Details
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Sanusi Gado
- Organization
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Main Proposal
[edit]- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
African History Edithathon
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2025-07-07 - 2025-08-22
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Nigeria
- 5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)
Wiki Loves Africa
- 6. What is the change you are trying to bring? What are the main challenges or problems you are trying to solve? Describe this change or challenges, as well as main approaches to achieve it. (required)
History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the human past. The role of history on humans can not be denied. History enhances our grasp of the world, shedding light on cultural diversity, social dynamics, and geopolitical complexities. It helps us see how past events influence the present and guides us in making informed decisions. The African history is particularly important for us to know more about ourselves, our identity, and our culture. The African continent has suffered greatly due to centuries of slavery, colonisation, and exploitation. The effects of these has affected the documentation of original history and as such many African related histories has being lost. There are many efforts made to revive the African history, especially on Wikipedia - initiatives such as Wiki Loves Africa etc are part of this struggle. In Nigeria, many of it’s pre-independent histories are not properly documented (especially on Hausa Wikipedia). Most of the pre-colonial histories are not present on Wiki. Many geographical and social and economic histories are absent
This project is aimed at diving deep into History and adding information/articles, photos, on Wikipedia and Commons. We are aiming at: • Increasing the visibility and awareness of the African history. it is highly important to make African history more visible, more especially in this high time. • Connections: we will collaborate with museums, national archives and some historians in Nigeria, to document African related histories • Create space for editors and like-minds to effectively add African histories to Wikipedia • Recruit historians and like-minded individuals to Wikipedia • Engage photographers who are interested in documenting pictures about African histories on Wiki Commons
‘’’How’’’? We will
- 7. What are the planned activities? (required) Please provide a list of main activities. You can also add a link to the public page for your project where details about your project can be found. Alternatively, you can upload a timeline document. When the activities include partnerships, include details about your partners and planned partnerships.
The main plan is to create a 3 days training and a 30 days Edit-athon on topics related to African histories in Yobe and Kaduna States. The event will be organised in 3 stages: • Stage 1 consist of Wikimedia campaign awareness and collaboration with like-minded individuals and organisations. We will target historical museums and history lecturers in high institutions. We will invite guests who will elaborate more on the African History in our online and in-person events. • Stage 2 is the recruitment and training stage were interested individuals will be registered on Wikimedia and will be taught how to edit Wikipedia, some major Wikimedia guidelines like What Wikipedia is not, Conflict Editing, Paid Editing etc. • Stage 3 will cover the contest stage were participants will edit-race for creating and improving African History topics on Hausa Wikipedia.
NB: The activities will be carried out both online and offline. We will use social media platforms in carrying out campaign and reaching out to participants. We will visit museums and organisations personally for collaboration
‘’’Before the Event:’’’ • We will reach out to museums and National Archive Centres in Kaduna for collaboration • We will reach out to individuals with history related experience in academic fields on the project ideas • We will seek collaboration and partnership with the organisations
‘’’During the event we will carry out the following activities:’’’
Day 1
• General introduction to Wikimedia Projects • Introduction to Wikipedia ecosystem to get everyone along. • Wikimedia Policies and Guidelines - What Wikipedia is Not, COI & Paid Editing Policies • Round presentation and discussion on project ideas and goals for more effective impact • A light program workshop • Launch, refreshment and social activities to bring people along • User registration • Q&A
Day 2 • How to edit Wikipedia • Introduction to Wikimedia Commons - License policies, how to add pictures to Commons, Copyrights policies, Public domain etc • Test editing • Q&A
Day 3 • General Revamp on topics treated • Issuance of certificate to participants and partners • Contests starts
‘’’After the Event’’’ • Seek out feedback and recommendations from participants • Add participants to our social media group for retention and continued support • Create a post event meet-up to celebrate our achievement and present award to winners of the contest
- 8. Describe your team. Please provide their roles, Wikimedia Usernames and other details. (required) Include more details of the team, including their roles, usernames, Wikimedia group, and whether they are salaried, volunteers, consultants/contractors, etc. Team members involved in the grant application need to be aware of their involvement in the project.
I Sanusi Gado, an experienced editor with four years of active contributions on Hausa Wikipedia who has organised Wikipedia awareness in Zaria, and recently organised Health Related Articles project will lead the event. I am an experienced accountant off-wiki; I will, therefore, handle financial expenses and logistics.
Uncle Bash007: Is an active editor, an administrator (on Hausa Wikipedia), and a New Page Reviewer (student) on English Wikipedia. He has more than 30,000 edits on Wikimedia wide - with most of my edits 27,000 on Hausa Wikipedia. He has been reviewing and tackling vandalism on both Hausa and English Wikipedia. He have organised a number of projects. He is an experienced photographer with 5 years of experience. He can help in snapping and digitising pictures and documenting them on Commons. He is a registered member of the Arewa House National Museum and Library. He will help in training, taking pictures, and digitising images. He will also train participants on how to add pictures on Commons.
Muhammad Idrisd Criteria: Is a member of the Hausa Wikipedians Usergroup, has a lot of experiences in editing, translating, creating wikidata, adding references to Wikipedia articles and adding items to wikidata. He has more knowledge in organizing and leading community projects.
Abubakar Yusuf Gusau: An experienced Wikimedian and his track record of organizing and facilitating Wikimedia events, he's well-equipped to facilitate the project. His expertise will undoubtedly benefit the participants, and his familiarity with Wikimedians will help guide the project's direction. With him at the helm, the project is likely to thrive!
Aside from the main 3 organisers, we will get support from 3 more women for gender equality
• User:Aisha Yahuza - a promising female editor from Hausa community. She came 1st in the SheSaid Hausa 2024 Editathon, she has a subsential edits on Hausa Wikipedia. She will help in communication and logistics
• User:DAHARATU - a journalist and member of the Hausa community. She is the vice chair of Nigerian Association of Women Journalists, Kaduna Chapter. She will also help logistics and inviting participants
• User:Hurairah - an upcoming editor who has experience in event coordination and management in both offline and online platforms such as Zoom etc. Will handle training and meetings.
- 9. Who are the target participants and from which community? How will you engage participants before and during the activities? How will you follow up with participants after the activities? (required)
The target participants and communities: • Hausa community • Historians • Photographers • Museum and Archive related experience • Lecturers and teachers of history • Associations of History Students • Editors in Kaduna and other northern states
Engagement with participants:
• Before the event: communication and invitation to join discussions and meetings on Whatsapp and Telegram Groups • During the event: trainings, discussions, motivation and report of progress (winners and number of contributions) • After the event: feedback survey, prize presentation, discussion on next ideas • Share results with other communities
Follow-up with participants • Keep the Whatsapp and Telegram groups active • Prompt sharing of Wikimedia news • Sharing motivational ideas on how to stay active on Wikipedia etc
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
No
- 10.1. Please provide a link to your Youth Safety Policy. (required) If the proposal indicates direct contact with children or youth, you are required to outline compliance with international and local laws for working with children and youth, and provide a youth safety policy aligned with these laws. Read more here.
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- 11. How did you discuss the idea of your project with your community members and/or any relevant groups? Please describe steps taken and provide links to any on-wiki community discussion(s) about the proposal. (required) You need to inform the community and/or group, discuss the project with them, and involve them in planning this proposal. You also need to align the activities with other projects happening in the planned area of implementation to ensure collaboration within the community.
We have discussed amongst my team, and we have announced it on the Hausa Wikipedia Talkpage and our groups on WhatsApp https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kofan_al%27umma#Neman_amincewa_da_goyon_baya
- 12. Does your proposal aim to work to bridge any of the content knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Cultural background, ethnicity, religion, racial
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Education
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement
Learning and metrics
[edit]- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
• Are the topics of history well covered in Hausa Wikipedia? • Will this project bring more knowledge about African Histories within Hausa communities? • Will this project increase Wikipedia visibility among historians and museums? • Will it increase the number of African History articles and photos on both Wikipedia and commons? • Will it increase the number of photographers who volunteer their work to Commons?
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 30 | |
| Number of editors | 30 | |
| Number of organizers | 6 |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
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| Wikipedia | 300 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 100 |
| Wikidata | |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
N/A
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
Yes
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | Museum to be visited | 3 |
| Wikipedia | History and museum related experienced people | 15 |
| Wikipedia | Female participants | 10 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 20. What tools would you use to measure each metrics? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support. (required)
We are going to use the hashtag tool to measure the metrics
Financial proposal
[edit]- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
2412000 NGN
- 22.2. Convert the amount requested into USD using the Oanda converter. This is done only to help you assess the USD equivalent of the requested amount. Your request should be between 500 - 5,000 USD.
1566 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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