Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Ibibio Wikipedia Outreach (ID: 23596895)

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Applicant Details

Main Wikimedia username. (required)

Andikan Efiok Eduok

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)

I'm a group leader of an informal Wikimedia group.

Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)

I am the community leader of a local Wikimedia community of Volunteers in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.

Main Proposal

1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.

Ibibio Wikipedia Outreach

2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.

2026-01-19 - 2026-03-19

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)

Other (please specify) Language documentation and preservation.

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)

The change I want to bring is to make Wikipedia more inclusive by making knowledge available in the Ibibio language, which has over 7 million speakers but remains underrepresented on Wikimedia platforms. This will support knowledge diversification and contribute to preserving the language for future generations. The main challenges are the risk of language extinction, especially among young people, and the lack of reliable knowledge resources in Ibibio online. Although Ibibio is widely spoken in the Niger Delta region, contributions to the Ibibio Wikipedia incubator have been very low for more than two years and inactive for over a year until April 2025, when I started contributing to the Ibibio Wikipedia incubator. I have also translated the Campaign Events in Ibibio from 0% to 48% in Translatewiki. I noticed that past contributions did not have references, wikilinks, and were not up to date. An example is: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/ibb/Davido

Here's an example of my contribution with wikilinks and references: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/ibb/Ango_Abdullahi

To address these challenges, the project will focus on training new contributors, encouraging native speakers to create and translate content in Ibibio, and building awareness about the importance of language preservation through Wikimedia platforms. By doing this, the project will bridge the knowledge gap and increase the visibility of Ibibio in the global knowledge space.

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.

1. Orientation session: This session is to welcome and introduce participants to the Wikimedia movement and its projects.

2. One Online Training: The online training would be to introduce participants to the Wikimedia incubator.

3. Four physical training sessions: The first is to train them on how to contribute to the Wikimedia Incubator. The second, third, and fourth phases would be a refresher and also hands-on editing.

4. Wrap up: This is the project's final session, where certificates will be awarded to participants.

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.

Andikan - is a Community manager and a language preservationist. I am the project lead, and I will organize and facilitate both virtual and in-person training.

Orokbest1 - Is a student and a native speaker of the Ibibio language. He is an experienced Wikimedian. He will oversee the project's communications and publicity. He will also assist in the training.

Kuuzy - is a Wikimedian and a native of the Ibibio community. She will handle Logistics and Welfare.

Beginning3 is a Native speaker of the Ibibio language and a wikimedian. She will handle Administrative and documentation tasks.

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)

We have begun local awareness efforts to interest new contributors and partnered with Ibibio Alive Enterprise (a language school affiliated with the National Institute for Nigerian Languages - NINLAN).

My team and I paid a courtesy visit to His Eminence, Ntenyin (Dr.) Solomon Daniel Etuk, CFR, the Oku Ibom Ibibio (Patriarch of Ibibio land) and President-General of the Akwa Ibom State Traditional Rulers Council, at the Traditional Rulers Council Chambers in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

We introduced our community of Wikimedia volunteers in Akwa Ibom and shared what we do, documenting topics about Akwa Ibom, preserving the Ibibio language, and updating biographies of notable leaders. During the visit, we also spoke about our upcoming Ibibio Wikipedia Outreach and sought the Council’s support. His Eminence welcomed the idea, commended our efforts, and promised to help connect us with indigenous people who can write the Ibibio language well to support the project.

Target participants are students of Ibibio Alive Enterprise, Indigenes, and students of the Department of Linguistics (Studying Ibibio), University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

A WhatsApp group will be created for the project, and we will follow up and communicate in the group

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.

This is the link to the Wikimedia youth policy: https://foundation.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Friendly_Space_Policy_for_Wikimedia_Foundation_Events#Youth_Safety The policy will be read out to everyone at the start of each training. It will also be shared in the project's WhatsApp group.

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.

I have notified the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_User_Group_Nigeria#Ibibio_Wikipedia_Outreach

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)

Innovate in Free Knowledge

Learning and metrics

17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)

Did the project create awareness about the Wikimedia movement and its projects in Ibibio Alive Enterprise and the Department of Linguistics, University of Uyo? What are the best practices in mobilizing new editors? What are the ways of sourcing materials to support editors in translation? What can be done to enhance participants' learning experiences?

18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)

Number of participants, editors, and organizers
Other Metrics	Target	Optional description
Number of participants	44	This is the number of new editors, returning Editors, and the organizers.
Number of editors	40	New Editor: 38 Returning Editors: 2
Number of organizers	4	Number of organizers

Number of content contributions to Wikimedia projects
Wikimedia project	Number of content created or improved
Wikipedia
Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata
Wiktionary
Wikisource
Wikimedia Incubator	200
Translatewiki	200
MediaWiki
Wikiquote
Wikivoyage
Wikibooks
Wikiversity
Wikinews
Wikispecies
Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia

Optional description for content contributions.

This project will involve mainly the Wikimedia Incubator and Translatewiki.

19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)

No

Main Open Metrics Data
Main Open Metrics	Description	Target
N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	N/A	N/A
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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 outreach dashboard and Google sheet will be used to measure metrics

Financial proposal

21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dUBjmOiG9bD3kcSXyYQroPCpOwrA2byF3oTv3KRdXmM/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)

3246500 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.

2018.33 USD

We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.

Yes

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