Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Margi Wikipedia Awareness In Borno State (ID: 22822518)
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Applicant Details
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Galdiz
- 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.
Margi Wikipedia Awareness In Borno State
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-12-20 - 2025-02-20
- 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) We intend to see create an awareness campaign for a Margi wikipedia, which is nearly to get it's site:https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/mrt
- 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)
We are endeavoring to address the lack of awareness within the Margi-speaking community regarding Wikipedia, particularly the limited knowledge about the presence of the Margi language in the incubator. To rectify this, we plan to conduct an awareness campaign aimed at informing community members about the language being in the incubator and encouraging their participation in article creation and editing. Additionally, I intend to organize workshops to provide hands-on training to interested participants, as the Margi language currently has minimal contributors. The objective is to facilitate greater contributions, offering valuable insights into Margi heritage, culture, and education on a broader scale.
- 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.
We are actively working on involving the Margi community in the Wikimedia movement: 1. Focusing on creating and enhancing articles in the Margi language within the incubator, nearing the point of site recognition.https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/mrt 2.Additionally, our efforts extend to augmenting content in the Margi Wikipedia in incubator. This involves the creation of new articles and improvements to existing ones. We planned to share incubator usage guide for them as seen in the linked below:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fhUrQpzO1JoXFQS8E48OdUtgJJUygSZm/view?usp=drivesdk 3.To broaden awareness and engagement, we plan to conduct awareness campaigns in Borno state, where a majority of the population speaks Margi. This strategic approach aims to attract more volunteers from the Margi-speaking community, fostering contributions to address existing knowledge gaps.
- 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 Galdiz : He is an experienced editor who currently the first administrator of the Margi Incubator Wikipedia:(https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/mrt]] 2. : Abraham442 He has several contributions to ensuring Margi wikipedia is advance to get it's own site. Having him as part of the team to implement this awareness will be colorful. 3. Female Rep- Sauderh2: Her work will includes ensuring a smooth inclusivity plan for the new editors of Margi wikipedia. This will foster an appropriate oppoturnities for the females in taking leadership oppoturnities as the community of the Margi language progress, hence problems of non-inclusivity will be saved from the scratch. 4.Facilitator- 787IYO : He is an experienced editor and facilitator of various Wikipedia events.
- 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 targets communities are:
1. Margi community in Borno state especially the higher institution students, who are already educated and digitally sound.
2. We already have a group in WhatsApp 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.
We will adhere to the Wikipedia universal code of conduct:https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Friendly_space_policy#Youth_Safetyand the Wikimedia foundation friendly space policy:https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Friendly_space_policy#:~:text=The%20Wikimedia%20Foundation%20is%20dedicated,expression%2C%20disability%2C%20physical%20appearance%2C
- 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 concept originated within the community's WhatsApp forum.
2. All members within the group are informed and have consented to engage actively and make contributions.
3. We plan to publicize it in the Wikipedia Project Nigeria and various language hubs to ensure the successful attainment of our objectives.
- 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 aim to acquire deeper insights into the language and culture of the Margi people, currently absent in Wikipedia.
2. Our objective is to disseminate additional knowledge about Wikipedia and its related projects to fellow participants.
3. We anticipate learning from editors and Wikipedia users about effective information management for educational purposes, leveraging the content available on Wikipedia.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 40 | The planned awareness will be in 2 stages. The "Ramat Polytechnic" and University Maiduguri. Both higher institution will comprised of 20 participant respectively. The reason for making it 20 in each higher institution is to have and organized activity with proper orientation and easy editors retention plan. |
| Number of editors | 40 | As we are organizing an awareness campaign in higher institution, we expect to have at least 20 editors in each institute. Continues follow ups will be adequately made, so that their constant contributions to Margi wikipedia in the incubator will lead to having it's own site. |
| Number of organizers | 4 | The team comprises of active members of the margi incubator.(https://meta.toolforge.org/catanalysis/index.php?cat=0&title=Wp/mrt&wiki=incubatorwiki)whom dedicates most of their time to add and edits contents. |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | |
| Wikimedia Commons | |
| Wikidata | |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | 200 |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
N/A
- 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)
We will utilized the hashtag tool to track the contributors or improvements of articles by both the returning and new editors.
Financial proposal
[edit]- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UxxgztwgjDqgFr49A9xk0GgpRvqXK1zRU8EJKLMHVdI/edit?usp=drivesdk
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
1824206 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.
1093 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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