Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Kanuri Wikipedia Awareness in Borno state, Nigeria. (ID: 22192426)
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Applicant Details[edit]
- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
MohammedBama123
- 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.
Kanuri Wikipedia Awareness in Borno state, Nigeria.
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2023-09-23 - 2023-12-18
- 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 Campaign, for an Incubator Wikipedia, nearly to get its Sites: https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Incubator:Main_Page
- 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 am about to bring is, most of the kanuri speaking community are not aware or have a little knowledge about Wikipedia, and those that are aware didn't know the kanuri language is in the incubator so am going to organize an awareness campaign to let them know the language is in the incubator and they can contribute in articles creating and editing, also we will organize a workshop to train the interested participants on how to create and edit articles in the incubator as the language have a very few contributors and is needed by others to know more about the Kanuri, heritage and culture of the people for educational aspects.
- 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 activities we are developing is making sure that the kanuri community are engaged in Wikipedia movement, to create and improve articles in kanuri language in the incubator as it's nearly to get its Sites.
- 2.To improve contents and add more articles in the kanuri Wikipedia in the incubator .
- 3. The awareness will be in the state capital (Borno), where majority of the people are kanuri language speakers with that am sure we will have more volunteers willing to contribute to the knowledge gaps that exist.
- 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- Mohammedbama123
- 2. Facilitator- 787IYO
- 3. Female Rep- Hajjo30
- 4. Member 1- Umargana1
- 5. Member 2- Misbahuumar
These team have a broad knowledge of many Wikipedia and it's sister projects, and are part of many knowledge advancing movements of Wikipedia.
- 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)
1. The targets communities are kanuri community in Borno especially the higher institution students, who are already educated and digitally sound.
- 2. We already have a group in WhatsApp , facebook and other platforms.
- 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.
1. I will adhere to the Wikipedia foundation universal code of conduct: https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct
- 2. Wikimedia foundation 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.
1. The idea came up in the community WhatsApp group.
- 2. All the members in the group are aware and have agreed to participate and contribute.
- 3. We will Announce it in Wikipedia project Nigeria and other language hubs so as to achieve the desired goal.
- 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)
Advocacy
- 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 Will learn more about the language and culture of the kanuri people which does not exist in Wikipedia.
- 2. We will share more knowledge to other participants about Wikipedia and its sister project.
- 3. We hope to also learn how editors and Wikipedia users manage the information found in Wikipedia as their own advantage for educational usage.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 50 | The awareness will be in 2 stages, The "Borno state university" and "Ramat Polytechnic". Each higher institution will comprised 25 participants respectively. The reason for such number is to have an organised activity with proper orientation. |
| Number of editors | 50 | As we are organizing an awareness Campaigns in higher institution, we expect to have at least 25 editors in each institute. Continuously, follow ups will be adequately made, so that their contributions to kanuri Wikipedia in the Incubator will lead to having its own site. |
| Number of organizers | 5 | 1. Team leader- Mohammedbama123(Contact person Kanuri Wikipedia Incubator).
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| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | |
| Wikimedia Commons | |
| Wikidata | |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | 100 |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies |
- Optional description for content contributions.
100 New Articles will be created in the kanuri wikipedia in the incubator
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
No
| 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)
We are more conversant with Hashtag tool, so we will be using the tool to measure the activities of the participants contributions.
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)
1500000 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.
1935 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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