Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Audio Relationship in Three Wikimedia Sister Project (ID: 22453759)
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Applicant Details[edit]
- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Sadauki11
- Organization
N/A
- If you are a group or organization leader, board member, president, executive director, or staff member at any Wikimedia group, affiliate, or Wikimedia Foundation, you are required to self-identify and present all roles. (required)
Other
- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
I'm a expert in sound technology, I have runned several Wikimedia events, one as a lead organiser and others as a specialist and advisors contributing on sounds and related audio tasks.
Main Proposal[edit]
- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Audio Relationship in Three Wikimedia Sister Project
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-05-16 - 2024-08-16
- 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)
Not applicable
- 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)
Changes: sound is an essential key in understanding how words are pronounced, and used in every language based on oral language documentation. There are several words in Wikimedia sister projects that lack audio pronunciation in Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo, while some require linking in other Wikimedia sister projects. I bring a sample of four articles pages titled Aisha Buhari from English, Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo Wikipedia, where audio exist only in English but do not exist in other language Wikis and is extremely needed, their appearance in other language is also appearance as a Wikidata entry see the articles below;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aisha_Buhari https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aisha_Buhari https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aisha_Buhari https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aisha_Buhari
These are some of the articles and categories we would work on where audio exist but didn't exist in another language Wiki see the articles and categories below
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Nigerian_Muslims
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Nigerian_Fula_people
- Articles below;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbas_Aminu_Iya https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abd_al-Qadir_dan_Tafa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dadasare_Abdullahi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atiku_Abubakar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iya_Abubakar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasiru_Ado_Bayero https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aishatu_Dahiru_Ahmed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aisha_Alhassan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Babba_bin_Bello https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliyu_Wakili_Boya https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadiza_Aliyu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jibril_Aminu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nana_Asma%CA%BCu
The main changes for this project are listed below
1-Link audio files of a language in another language wiki where the language word is used as synonymous to the other language, that's a Wikidata entry for the Wikimedia sister project.
2-Upload audio for pages that do not have audio where audio is important and needed.
3-Make relationship of audio pronunciation in three language Wikis, to improve, advance, and make development audio usage.
This project seeks to provide impact by providing audio pronunciation to be uploaded into Wikimedia Commons and making use of them in three Wikimedia sister projects, the process of achieving this includes training the existing participants with whom we worked together in the previous events to improve their user skills and experience in coaching them on how to make use of the single audio pronunciation in three different Wikimedia sister projects. For instance, the audio word for "Allura" in the Hausa language which means (Needle) in English will be repeatedly used in other Wikitionaries and Wikipedia as entries (Wikidata entries) where words similar to Allura(Needle) are required. A single audio will be used in different languages Wikis, that's why we aim to achieve this in three major Nigerian languages mentioned earlier, see the attached example of pages provided below in Roman figure II.
Main Challenges The main approaches to solving the above-mentioned challenges and problems are listed below. 1- The existence of many audio files in Wikimedia Commons not linked to any corresponding pages, this project plans to solve this challenge through coaching, training, and linking by participants. 2- Around only 5% of Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo audios are used interchangeably synonymous in each language wiki where audios are needed, which is important to use each audio as a Wikidata entry. 3-Editors on this matter lack experience in using audio as a Wikidata entry, this project seeks to train and coach participants to advance in their editing skills. 4- Unavailability of audio for other categories where those audios are required.
Main approach The main approach to make the above-mentioned changes and to solve the challenges and problems listed are listed below 1- We planned to organize events in each language wiki for local participants. 2- Edithathon will be conducted where participants will be trained on how to upload and link audio in three Wikimedia sister projects synonymously. 3- Pages that don't have audio will be provided through the means of uploading and linking procedure. 4-Guidelines rule will be implemented as a way of understanding editing rules for using audio in another Wikimedia sister project for perfection.
- 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.
In this project we planned to run six different events in three major language Wikis, the first three will be online training for participants from three language Wikis holding in different time, followed by a general meet-up after the three trainings for collective attendance for the three Wikis that's four, the remaining two will be inperson training and main events.
- 1. Online meets up with participants to enlighten them about the project (General).
- 2. Three online traininging session for participants for three different language Wikis.
- 3. Two different edithathon/training to ensure participants understand what they are trained for
Timeline of activities: Operational Calendar https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1y1fKAwIqaYmqhXc5NsftWEbOkhVhXdQW0tnqwu2rqrA/edit?usp=drivesdk
- 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.
1. Abubakar Nasir Muhammad, lead organizer with user name Sadauki11.
- 2. Abubakar Ishaq Hussain, a logistic with the user name Captain1044.
- 3. Aliyu Shaba program and social media expert.
- 4.Ibrahim Muhammad; user Ibraheem888 as linguistics mentor.
- 5. Anas Adam is a special expert and well-experienced Wikimedia, as an advisor and events overseer founder of WikiSound Audio Speaks Camping.
- 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 are special editors who have a keen interest in contributing audio files from three Wikimedia sister projects. In our previous event, we listed and made a team of audio users from these major communities. The participants will be engaged online on WhatsApp groups and email addresses where communication is required to inform and invite to the different online and in-person events. We would follow up with the participants as we usually do in the previous programs through our joint WhatsApp group and email address.
- 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.
N/A
- 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.
The idea and planning of this grant proposal are discussed among Wikimedia members in the relevant audio group of WikiSound, where audio editors show and express their support in planning an audio project in three major language wikis, to allow different language editors to participate. A link to the discussion page is shared below.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Audio_in_three_Wikimedia_sister_projects_discussion
- 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)
Language
- 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)
Linguistic / Language
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Improve User Experience
Learning and metrics[edit]
- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
At the end of this project we hope to see audio uploaded as new entries in three Wikimedia Sister projects Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo. As well as editors to acquire skills on the advance method of using different audios in different language Wikis.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 40 | 40 participants from three communities. |
| Number of editors | 20 | 20 editors among the 40 participants |
| Number of organizers | 5 | 5 organizers who are volunteers and Wikimedia experts. |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 400 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 400 |
| Wikidata | 60 |
| Wiktionary | 30 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Outreach Dashboard | Number of edits expected | 5000 |
| Audio upload | 400 | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 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)
- WMF Hashtag
- Glamorous tool
- WMF Xtools
- Outreach Dashboard
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)
3145000 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.
3740.8 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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