Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Introducing Wikimedia Projects to Federal College of Wildlife Management (ID: 23544680)
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Applicant Details
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Apdoull
- 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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- 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.
Introducing Wikimedia Projects to Federal College of Wildlife Management
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2025-11-15 - 2025-12-15
- 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) Awareness
- 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 aim of this project is to raise introduce and raise awareness of Wikimedia projects to the Federal College of Wildlife Management] community among the students, librarians, academic and non academic staff to promote active participation in contributing to Wikimedia projects. Many members of the college community believe that contents of Wikimedia projects are generated by machines or robots and that the information they provide is static and unchangeable. The project will promote awareness of how to contribute and use Wikimedia projects, especially for research purposes, generating interest and inspiring participants to learn how to enhance the content of these platforms. We aim to create sustainable Wikimedia communities within the institution. We will train students and staff on how to contribute to these projects and provide a platform for them to come together to discuss the challenges they face while contributing to Wikimedia projects and to find solutions to these issues. This project will help attract more academics to open access/knowledge initiatives and contribution of quality encyclopedic contents and GLAM (history, culture, tradition, languages, and valuable images) to Wikipedia and Commons to enhance the visibility (openness) and access to information. The overall plan and focus is on the college community, the main targets of this project will help recruit and increase the participation. We will partner with the Fulfulde Community and Hausa Wikimedians User Group to ensure the sustainability of the project.
- 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.
The main approaches/strategies are:
1. Creating Awareness: awareness drive will be initiated within the school community to attract academics, librarians, and the students from various faculties and departments.
2. Recruitment and Training: members of the school community will be recruited and trained
3. Edit-a-thon: this will enable the recruited and trained participants to put the knowledge acquired to use - hands- on experience.
- 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. Apdoull: is the project lead and a highly experienced editor who executed and co-facilitated a number of projects that cut across English Wikipedia, Hausa Wikipedia, Fulfulde Wikipedia and Wikidata. He is a top contributor and participant in several Community led Wiki trainings, He will facilitate on Wikidata and wiki commons. He is a serving Corp member in the target institution.
2. Mohammed Iliya: a photographer with over 10 years of experience, is an experienced Wikimedia editor and one of the dedicated and hard-working editors in the northern region who are building their capacity to bridge the gap of experienced facilitators in the region. He was identified during my past project the Wikimedia Promotions in Binyaminu Usman College of Agriculture and has since contributed immensely to Wikimedia projects, with thousands of global edit contributions. He is creative and possesses strong communication skills. Mohammed will moderate sessions and keep participants' WhatsApp groups up-to-date with the program's every detail and step.
3. Usman: is an experienced contributor to Wikimedia projects who has made a significant impact by training and recruiting more editors in Northern Nigeria. He has been a trainer, volunteer, and facilitator in numerous projects and has lead similar projects.
4. Bash: and other one academic staff will also be among the facilitators
- 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 our project are the members of the Federal College of Wildlife Management community, and no prior experience with Wikimedia is necessary to participate. We will engage potential participants through various means, including interactions with the student union, associations, faculty officers, and lecture halls. During the project, we will actively facilitate the training, ensuring that participants gain the necessary knowledge and skills to contribute to Wikipedia and sister projects. Additionally, we will monitor the participants works to prevent any vandalism or misinformation. The project will contribute to the development of Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons by building knowledge and creating more active editors, as well as improving the quality of photo uploads.
To ensure sustainability, we will create a WhatsApp group called College of Wildlife Management Wikimedia Community, where participants can stay in touch, discuss Wikimedia projects, and stay updated on the latest events and workshops. Additionally, we will introduce the participants into the Fulfulde and Hausa Wikimedians User Group to ensure continued engagement and participation in Wikimedia projects.
- 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.
I have informed them at the Wikimedia UG Nigeria community meta page and also the school community WhatsApp group.
- 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)
Other Important Topics (topics considered to be of impact or important in the specific context)
- 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)
Digital Access
- 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)
- Did the project create community awareness about Wikimedia projects in the Federal College of Wildlife Management?
- Did the project train new editors to have the required skills for editing Wikimedia projects?
- Did the participants contribute content to Wikipedia and its sister projects?
- Did the project create a sustainable community of Wikimedia editors in the Federal College of Wildlife Management?
- Did the project identify potential contributors capable of facilitating similar events in the future?
- We will also conduct a post-program survey as part of the learning process
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 70 | These are the total numbers of people that will be available for the events. This includes the editors, organisers, volunteers, and the institution representatives. |
| Number of editors | 40 | These are the targets number of new editors of Wikimedia projects. |
| Number of organizers | 5 | Number of experienced editors who will run and organize the projects. |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 400 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 150 |
| Wikidata | 100 |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
We will engage the participants to create and improve at least 400 articles during the training, targeted 150 non copyrighted photos to be uploaded during the training, and 100 new items to be created on Wikidata.
Breakdown: Each participant will create or improve 10 articles in the one month period, upload 4 photos and create 2 items on Wikidata.
- 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)
The program and event dashboard and Wikimedia hashtag tools will be used to measure the metric in order to ensure that the set target was met.
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)
2530000 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.
1644.5 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
Endorsements and Feedback
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- Stating why the proposal is important for the communities involved and why they think the strategies chosen will achieve the results that are expected.
- Highlighting any aspects they think are particularly well developed: for instance, the strategies and activities proposed, the levels of community engagement, outreach to underrepresented groups, addressing knowledge gaps, partnerships, the overall budget and learning and evaluation section of the proposal, etc.
- Highlighting if the proposal focuses on any interesting research, learning or innovation, etc. Also if it builds on learning from past proposals developed by the individual or organization, or other Wikimedia communities.
- Analyzing if the proposal is going to contribute in any way to important developments around specific Wikimedia projects or Movement Strategy.
- Analysing if the proposal is coherent in terms of the objectives, strategies, budget, and expected results (metrics).