Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Improving Final-Year Student of Linguistics department Education with Wikipedia (ID: 23758985)
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Applicant Details
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Jameel35 (talk • accounts • contributions • edit count)
- Organization
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Main Proposal
[edit]- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Improving Final-Year Student of Linguistics department Education with Wikipedia
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2026-04-10 - 2026-08-27
- 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) Ensuring diversity and access to education in an educational setting (University), to allow linguist to have full access and utilization of wikipedia.
- 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)
This project aims to transform final-year students at Abdulkadir Kure University, Minna into active Wikipedia editors dedicated to preserving indigenous languages using Wikipedia as a practical digital tool. This represents the first structured advocacy and capacity-building initiative at the university focused on language preservation through Wikimedia projects, in a community that hosts students from numerous linguistic backgrounds and the core mandate of Wikipedia is to ensure languages are preserved from heading to extinction. The key challenge is that while students are native speakers or learners of indigenous languages, they lack awareness, skills support to document and preserve these languages digitally. Wikipedia is often viewed as unreliable for academic work, leading to missed opportunities to use it for credible language documentation and knowledge sharing. As a result, valuable linguistic knowledge remains underrepresented online and at risk of being lost. To address this, the project will engage educators and train final-year students through guided awareness and hands-on editing sessions focused on language documentation, reliable sourcing, and Wikipedia quality standards. With mentorship and follow-up support, students will become long-term contributors who actively preserve indigenous languages on Wikipedia while strengthening their academic, and digital literacy skills.
- 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.
Planned Activities The project will begin with advocacy and engagement with the Linguistics Department at Abdulkadir Kure University, Minna, to align Wikipedia-based activities with academic goals and language preservation objectives. We will organize an introductory orientation for final-year students to introduce Wikipedia, its role in documenting and preserving indigenous languages, and its quality standards, including verifiability, reliable sourcing, and neutrality. This will be followed by structured, hands-on training sessions where students will learn how to create and improve language-related articles on Wikipedia, properly reference linguistic and academic sources, and write encyclopedic content that meets Wikipedia’s policies. Students will participate in guided editing sessions and working collaboratively to document indigenous languages, dialects, and linguistic topics, while receiving mentorship and real-time feedback from experienced Wikimedians. To ensure sustainability, active participants will be supported through mentorship, peer learning, and follow-up engagement, with the goal of retaining them as long-term Wikipedia editors dedicated to preserving languages beyond the project period.
- 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. Jameel35 will be the project coordinator and will lead all the activities related to the project. 2. Aminatou300 will be the co-organizer and will help to mobilize new participants around the project and in organizing the planned activities. 3. Aishat121 as a female expert in communications will serve the role of communications and outreach in the cause of this project. 4. Umar Umar (username: Umar Ahmad2345) he will be responsible for the welfare related stuff like making contact with the drink supplying vendors, food bookings and similar tasks. 5. Galdiz he will be task with handling the hands-on tech related session to guide the yet to be recruited technical team of Nupe Wikimedia Community with the knowledge of how to operate a projector, sound system, router connection and 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)
The target participants for this project are the general members of the linguistics department of Abdulkadir Kure University, men and women of different backgrounds and age group will be considered part of the participants in this project.
- 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.
We planned the activities together and discussed them in the departmental platforms, and people were enthusiasts to be part.
- 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
[edit]- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
Through this project, we hope to learn how final-year Linguistics students can be effectively supported to become long-term Wikipedia editors contributing to the preservation of indigenous languages. We aim to understand what training and mentorship approaches best build confidence, editing skills, and sustained participation. We also seek to learn how integrating Wikipedia into academic language studies influences students research skills, attitudes toward open knowledge, and the quality of language-related content on Wikipedia.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 30 | We aim to host 30 participants in our physical training. 10 participants per training for easy knowledge sharing. |
| Number of editors | 35 | We aim to retained go number of participants so that they can be groomed for further engagement |
| Number of organizers | 5 | We have 5 dedicated organizers, whom are university student and enthusiast of language in ensuring it didn't head to extinction. |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 200 |
| Wikimedia Commons | |
| Wikidata | |
| Wiktionary | 50 |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
We will ensure they contributes to wikipedia and the backbone of every language (Wiktionary).
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
No
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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 utilized the outreach dashboard, and other apps for making event documented and colorful.
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)
2250000 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.
1620 USD
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Yes
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