Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Feminism and Folklore 2025 in Lagos (ID: 22895387)
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Applicant Details
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Jonywikis
- Organization
Wikimedians of Lagos User Group
- 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)
I'm a group leader of a Wikimedia User Group (submitted to the Affiliation Committee)., I'm a bank account signatory for the joint bank account of a Wikimedia affiliate, group, or organization.
- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
Leader and Outreach Coordinator: promotes the Wikimedians of Lagos User Group and its activities to the broader Wikimedia community, as well as to potential partners and sponsors outside of Wikimedia.
Main Proposal
[edit]- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Feminism and Folklore 2025 in Lagos
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2025-02-07 - 2025-03-31
- 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)
Feminism and Folklore
- 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)
Lagos has Nigerian pidgin as a major language of communication. We have a Nigerian pidgin Wikipedia but with little or no articles about women, especially women in folklore. We aim to address this gender gap on Nigerian Pidgin Wikipedia by creating and improving content related to feminism, Folklore and women biographies as part of the global Feminism and Folklore 2025 Writing Contest. We want to emphasize underrepresented voices in Lagosian culture while preserving the richness of the Nigerian Pidgin language.
The main challenge is that we have limited representation of women on Nigerian Pidgin Wikipedia articles when it comes to Feminism and Folklore. In addition to that, content in Nigerian Pidgin that is a widely spoken and culturally significant language in Lagos and Nigeria, is still underdeveloped on Naija Wikipedia. Our approach to solving these challenges is that we want to organize a skill-focused Nigerian pidgin Wikipedia training sessions to empower contributors to create accurate and culturally relevant contents. We will host editathons and writing contest to encourage participation in the events and recognize outstanding contributors with prizes and awards. We will then make sure that we sustain engagement through a mentorship program and follow-up activities within our community.
- 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.
Our planned activities are as follows:
- Recruitment: We will recruit participants mainly from the Wikimedians of Lagos User Group to participate in the content creation and trainings. We will invite them through our WhatsApp group and our X page. We will use social media pages to reach out to other potential participants.
- Training: We will organize five trainings for participants on how to write articles in the Nigerian Pidgin language and how to use the Wikipedia to create and edit articles about Feminism and Folklore.
- Content Creation: We will organize content creation sessions where participants will come together to create articles on Feminism and Folklore.
- Review and Editing: After the content creation events, we will review and edit the articles to ensure they meet the Wikipedia standards.
The timeline for these activities are as follows:
- Day 1: Registration (Recruitment), Introduction to Wikipedia, Wikipedia essentials, Editing basics, Group editing session
- Day 2: Evaluating articles and sources, mainspace and drafts, hands-on practical
- Day 3: Sources and Citations, Plagiarisms and Copyright Violation, Contributing image and media files, Group editing session
- Day 4 & 5: Translating articles from English Wikipedia to Nigerian pidgin Wikipedia (using Visual edit, Source edit and Content Translation tools), Edit-a-thon, Writing Contests Review and Editing.
We will make use of the training module in the outreach dashboard. We have prepared an on-wiki landing page, where more information about the program can be seen. Feminism and Folklore 2025 in Lagos
- 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.
- Project Coordinator: Jonywikis, leader and founding member of Wikimedians of Lagos User Group. I am a sysop on the Nigerian pidgin Wikipedia. I have organised and participated in various Wikimedia events. My role will be to coordinate the project and activities.I will equaly lead the training of participants during the events.
- Project Assistant and Lead Facilitator: Biowikician, leader and founding member of Wikimedians of Lagos User Group. He is an admin on the Nigerian pidgin Wikipedia. He will assist in training participants during the events. He has organised Wikimedia events and participated in many. He will oversee the technical parts of ensuring participants adheres to creating Wikipedia articles in Nigerian pidgin.
- Project promotion and Communication Manager: Opeolade, She will be responsible for communicating with intended participants and will oversee the recruitment of new participants. She is an active member of Wikimedians of Lagos User Group. She will take an active lead during the training sessions and assist in events facilitation.
- 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: Members of the Wikimedians of Lagos User Group, Lagos scholars, linguists, Naija Wikipedia contributors and community members interested in Naija Wikipedia, Language enthusiasts in Lagos interested in contributing to Nigerian pidgin Wikipedia.
- Engagement:
- Pre-event: We will announce the event on social media, Send invitations to members of Wikimedians of Lagos User Group with clear details of the events.
- During the event: We will create a welcoming and inclusive atmosphere for all participants, Provide hands-on training and support to participants
- Post-event: We will create a WhatsApp group to follow up with participants, Share event outcomes and resources with participants, Establish a mentorship program to provide ongoing support to new editors by assigning new editors to existing experienced editors, Host regular follow-up sessions to track progress and address challenges
- 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.
We discussed the project in the User Group's WhatsApp group discussions and we posted a notification to our User Group's page. Link to the on-wiki community discussion for Wikimedians of Lagos User Group. In addition we pasted a notification in the Naija Wikipedia discussion page. https://pcm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Komuniti_domot#Feminism_and_Folklore_2025_in_Lagos
- 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)
Gender and diversity
- 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)
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)
From this project, we hope to learn:
- The effectiveness of localized training methods for Nigerian Pidgin Wikipedia.
- Best practices for engaging new contributors and sustaining their involvement.
- Insights into how to improve the quality of gender-focused content in Nigerian Pidgin Wikipedia.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 40 | We expect to have at least new participants 15 and 25 returning participants for the events. |
| Number of editors | 40 | We expect to have 15 newly registered users and 25 returning editors for the events |
| Number of organizers | 3 | 3 persons will be organising and facilitating the events |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 200 |
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| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
We will create 150 articles and improve 50 article in Nigerian pidgin Wikipedia
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
No
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
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| N/A | N/A | N/A |
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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)
Campwiz, dashboard, event registration tool and google form
Financial proposal
[edit]- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1af6IkM2CIMAF4HGHLk2DkimU8J6lzwA2VIBShbPTL8Q/edit?usp=sharing
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
2155000 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.
1277.11 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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