Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Enhancing Nupe Language Presence on Wikipedia:Fostering an Active Contributors Community (ID: 22895478)
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Applicant Details
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Nupemiyo
- 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)
N/A
- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
Main Proposal
[edit]- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Enhancing Nupe Language Presence on Wikipedia: Fostering an Active Contributors Community
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2025-02-20 - 2025-05-28
- 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)
WikiGap
- 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)
Nupe language is spoken by an increasing number of over 4.5 million people in Nigeria as reported: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nupe_people, However, the world’s biggest encyclopedia with millions of articles written in over 300 languages is yet to include this underrepresented language which implies that there is still a significant gap in knowledge sharing in many languages. Unfortunately, despite the huge progress made in digitizing unrepresented languages, Nupe language has a limited online presence, with only a few resources available on the internet. The introduction and training of Wikipedia in Nupe language community will provide a valuable opportunity for knowledge-sharing and preservation Nupe language and culture. We believe that this project will have a positive impact in Nupe community and contribute to the diversity of content on Wikipedia. Overall, the project will also help recruit and train participants, who will be nurtured into active volunteers and contributors as currently we are tagged among those who might get their site soon: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incubator:Main_Page/en
- 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.
We will adopt the following strategies to achieve effective results:
1. Training and workshops: To ensure that members of the Nupe Wikimedia Community are equipped with the necessary skills to contribute to the Wikipedia incubator, we will organise training and workshops. There will be virtual and in-person workshops which will focus on how to create and edit Wikipedia articles in the incubator and how to cite reliable sources.
2. Translation efforts: We will also encourage Nupe community members to translate articles from other languages into Nupe to increase the representation of the Nupe language and culture on Wikipedia. The following activities will be developed and delivered as part of the project: Organise one (1) time in-person and one (1) time virtual workshops on creating, improving, and translating articles to Nupe wikipedia on the Nupe Wikimedia Incubator (https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/nup), develop online tutorials and resources to support participants in creating and editing Nupe Wikipedia on Wikimedia Incubator, establish a mentorship program to provide ongoing support to participants and host edit-a-thon to encourage participants to contribute to the Nupe Wikipedia on incubator.
- 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.Team leader- Misbahu Umar : He is an experienced editor who is currently the first administrator on the Nupe wikipedia https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/nup, and happened to be involved in many wikipedia projects. He is among the co-founders of the Nupe's wikipedia submitted to Affcom and Langcom :https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Nupe and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Nupe_Wikimedians_User_Group
2. Female Rep- Zeenatu : She have alot of experience in making events colorful as she coordinate the females and make them comfortable in ensuring equity.
3. Facilitator - Umar Ahmad2345 : He has several contributions to ensuring Nupe wikipedia is advance to get it's own site. Having him as part of the team to implement this awareness will be colorful. He is the forefront editor especially in ensuring the translatewiki.net of Nupe interfaces is changed: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Community_Fund/Rapid_Fund/%22Translatewiki.net_in_Nupe_Language%22_(ID:_22572221)
4. Logistics - Jameel35 : He is an active editor who always provide time to guide new editors on using incubator. He will play a crucial role of ensuring online guide of using the incubator to new editors.He will be in charge of logistics management.
- 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)
Our program aims to engage a diverse range of participants, including existing members of the Nupe Wikimedia Community, Nupe natives, and anyone who can contribute to the project in Nupe Language. We recognize the importance of maintaining communication with our participants and plan to utilize various platforms such as WhatsApp (https://chat.whatsapp.com/Kc1ADPPKwQ18lLrC0s8VT8) , Telegram (https://t.me/+OBNT8hbA_WswYzE0) and social media. To ensure continued participation and retention after the project implementation, we have developed a series of strategies. Firstly, we will collect usernames and contact information through feedback forms to keep track of our participants. Secondly, we will offer optional mailing lists for those interested in staying updated on future events. We also plan to identify the most active, knowledgeable, and motivated contributors and invite them to future events, providing them with opportunities to take on leadership roles within the community.
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
Yes
- 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.
We recognize the importance of creating a safe and supportive environment for participants by Adhering strictly to Wikimedia friendly space policy.
- 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.
Nupe wikimedia community members were engaged about the proposed project on WhatsApp and Telegram group. We will also share the details of the activities to other platforms.
- 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)
Culture, heritage or GLAM
- 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)
Innovate in Free Knowledge
Learning and metrics
[edit]- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
1. We hope to see how the Nupe Wikipedia on Incubator advances to the next stage of growth and representation with the addition of more articles.
2. We also want to know how our plans to retain volunteers will work
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 30 | The planned activities will be in 2 stages as seen below:
Stage 1, we will organize two days training workshop then we will monitor the progress of the participants. After a period of time, we will then re-organized another two days training, serving as the Stage 2 of the project to re-guide and re-orients the participants. The reason for making it so is to foster increased retention, support and recruitment for the community. |
| Number of editors | 30 | As we are organizing a retention way for the new and old editors, we expect to have at least 30 editors (old and new) in each. Continues follow ups will be adequately made, so that their constant contributions to Nupe wikipedia in the incubator will lead to having it's own site. |
| Number of organizers | 4 | The team comprised of active members of wikipedia as already stated in questions 8 above. The project lead is an incubator administrator who is the first administrator of the Nupe wikipedia https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/nup so also he is the co-founder of the Nupe Wikimedians User Group submitted to affcom https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Nupe_Wikimedians_User_Group and lot more. The team comprised of many elite editors who have vast experience in wikipedia |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | |
| Wikimedia Commons | |
| Wikidata | |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | 150 |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
We will add (150) articles and improve articles in incubator currently in incubator. This will boost the Nupe Wikipedia currently in incubator.
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
No
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
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- 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 will used the WMF outreach dashboard to monitor each editor progress from beginning to end of the program
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)
1845495 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.
1093 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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- Analysing if the proposal is coherent in terms of the objectives, strategies, budget, and expected results (metrics).