Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Awareness Creation and Edit-a-thon for Students and Lecturers at the University for Development Studies, Ghana (ID: 22240064)
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Applicant Details[edit]
- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
cdilalo47
- Organization
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- 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)
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Main Proposal[edit]
- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Awareness Creation and Edit-a-thon for Students and Lecturers at the University for Development Studies, Ghana
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2023-10-30 - 2023-12-30
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Ghana
- 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)
More often than not, students from the target area of the University do not know where and how to access useful information to aid in their research and general learning. Even among the very few who have the wherewithal, Wikipedia is almost alien to them. It is nearly impossible to come across Wikipedia being referenced in the scholarly articles of students when they submit their assignments. Apart from this, there is also the problem of many of our tertiary students knowing close to nothing when it comes to Wikipedia and its related platforms such as Wikicommons, Wikidata, Wiktionary, etc. All these stem from the general wrong notion that Wikipedia is “Unreliable.”
In addition, there is also the inherent lack of information regarding how young passionate students and lecturers or teachers in academia can get involved in the information creation and knowledge sharing process and the avenue that Wikimedia provides in that regard. This, clearly can be seen as responsible for the lower numbers of editors in the area. I am therefore envisaging a sensitization drive directed at creating awareness amongst students and lecturers on the university’s campus. This should comprise a series of online as well as physical training engagements on the process of editing, accessing, and usage of information on Wikipedia. We shall further engage participants on sister projects of Wikipedia, especially wikidata and wikicommons and how to make contributions on them. Consequently, this project aims to bring on board, at least, sixty new users or editors who will be given training on how to contribute to Wikimedia by way of edits and translation.
- 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.
AWARENESS CREATION:
Having reached out to the school and sought permission for the program, I intend to liaise with some of the student leaders to assist with the spreading of information. This will involve the designing and printing of fliers and posters for the program which will in turn be posted on notice boards as well as authorized vantage points on the campus. Some of these flyers and posters will be shared to students via the various social media platforms like WhatsApp, Facebook, etc. Also, as part of the awareness creation, I intend to reach out to some of the lecturers of the school in, especially, the Faculty of Education to discuss with them the program schedule as well as solicit their involvement and full participation in the program and (Later) general contribution to Wikimedia. All these will be followed up by the first major physical meeting with students as well as staff intended to whip up their enthusiasm towards the upcoming edit-a-thons.
THREE PHYSICAL EDIT-A-THONS Week 2
Participants will first be taken through account creation aimed at obtaining Wikimedia USERNAMES for themselves. This will be followed by introducing these participants or NEW users to the Wikimedia platform and how to access information. Focus will be on the proper ways of retrieving, editing, accessing and contributing to the wikimedia projects. Introduction to Wikimedia projects, new users will learn what Wikipedia is all about. New users are expected to acquire basic skills and techniques to make edits on Wikipedia.
Week 3: Following the completion of the in-person training, I will follow through with the second training specifically to introduce new users or editors to Wikidata and to provide training on how to edit items and/or create labels for items on Wikidata.
Week 4:
The last in-person or physical training will focus on Wikimedia commons, where experienced facilitators will train new users to be able to upload photos. Users (Both new and old) will be taught the basic requirements of uploading good photos on wikimedia commons.
ONE ONLINE TRAINING Week 5 I have the intent to crown the training campaign with one online training for all participants. This online training is meant to mop up all that’s been learnt for further clarification. It will also provide an avenue for the facilitators and I to assess the outcome of the edit-a-thons.
CONTEST: The final 3 weeks shall be used organize a contest. This contest will cover the 3 Wikimedia projects referred to in this proposal i. e. Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata. At the end of the third week, winners will be declared, awarded through gift vouchers and given certificates for their efforts.
- 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. Cdilalo47 (Project Lead and Organizer)
- 2. Sumaya630 (Wikimedia commons facilitator)
- 3. Abdul Fatawu352 (Wikidata Facilitator)
- 4. CHENdiba 1 (Wikipedia Facilitator)
- 1. Cdilalo (User): Project lead and organizer. I am a Graphic Designer and IT specialist. I am also the officer in charge of communication and social media management for Moore Wikimedians Community. I have facilitated various Wiki in-person and online trainings/events.
- 2.CHENdiba 1 (User): Wikipedia facilitator. Chef Majeed is a Language teacher and a graduate in Linguistics with a store of expertise in language translation. He is a Wikimedia trainer and has facilitated training sessions in translation in the Moore language. He has also participated in such wiki contests as #WHD, WikiLovesFolklore, and the 8thParliamentofthe4thRepublicofGhana.
- 3 Abdul Fatawu352 (User): Wikidata facilitator. Mr Abdul Fatawu is an experienced Wikimedian and facilitator for Wikidata. He has organized and facilitated several Wikidata events for new users for the Moore Wikimedians Community.
- 4. Sumaya (User): Wikicommons facilitator. Miss Sumayatu Isaaka is a Wikimedian who contributes actively to the Moore Wikimedians Community. She has participated in every edit-a-thon by the community and has won virtually all contests with Wikicommons. She has also facilitated an online training for Afro Curationist 2023.
- 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)
This project mainly targets students, as well as lecturers of the University for Development Studies in Ghana. Before the commencement of the project, the first week will be dedicated to information dissemination and advertisement. First, there will be concurrent radio announcements and the distribution of flyers and posters all over the university’s campus targeted at getting students to participate in the awareness creation meeting. Student leaders will be engaged to assist in propagating the intention of my team and I, also help whip up enthusiasm among students and lecturers alike. During the maiden engagement which is the awareness creation on Wikimedia and its projects, interested participants will be guided to fill a google form expressing their desire to be part of the event. Then, participants will subsequently be guided to create accounts on Meta-Wiki before the various training sessions and edit-a-thons. After the events, participants will join as members in User groups, this will keep them both updated and encouraged in their participation in wiki events.
- 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.
The Moore Wikimedia community was informed https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Moore_Wikimedia_Community#Notification_of_a_Wikipedia_Edit-a-thon
- 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)
Content Gender gap
- 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)
Improve User Experience
Learning and metrics[edit]
- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
Considering this is my first fund proposal, this project will increase my Wikimedia experience and exposure and provide the needed avenue for me to be able to impact young people like myself to also begin their Wikimedia journey to help contribute to quality information creation for the future. A project of this sort brings people of diverse abilities and backgrounds together. I hope to connect with participants in a positive way in order that we can imbibe each other’s expertise.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 80 | New paticipant: 60
Returning participants: 20 |
| Number of editors | 15 | This will include 4 Returning editors and 11 newly registered editors |
| Number of organizers | 4 | The other facilitators and I will organize |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | |
| Wikimedia Commons | 100 |
| Wikidata | 200 |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | 200 |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abtsract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
Wikipedia Commons = 100 Wikidata Items = 200 Wikimedia incubator articles = 200
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
Yes
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Sensitization | Online and physical awareness creation to staff and students in various departments | 250 |
| Number of edits | The total number of edits by participants and various projects edited | 500 |
| Continued participation | The tracking dashboard and xtool will be used to check the continued contributions of participants | 300 |
| 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)
The Wikimedia Foundation dashboard and Xtool will be used to measure each metric
Financial proposal[edit]
- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GgIqfrK1VrG0bt38TxxY7zZp6Q6sRJbjIvbdtfRO3vI/edit#gid=0
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
48500 GHS
- 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.
4253 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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