Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Photowalk of Higher Institutions of learning in Maiduguri Borno State (ID: 22394385)
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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)
I'm a group leader of a Wikimedia User Group (submitted to the Affiliation Committee).
- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
Administrator Kanuri Wikipedia Incubator
Main Proposal[edit]
- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Photowalk of Higher Institutions of learning in Maiduguri Borno State
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-01-10 - 2024-01-30
- 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)
Wiki Loves Africa
- 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 trying to bring is most of the institutions in Borno State have no photos in wikimedia commons, wikidata and English Wikipedia The problems am trying to solve is to make the photos visible in wikimedia commons and to be usable in other Wikipedia sister projects such as wikidata and English Wikipedia for educational use, as there are no photos of these institutions in wikimedia commons and English Wikipedia. As articles of these institutions will be created on Kanuri Wikipedia it will be better to have their photos available for a better understanding of such places.
- 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 plan activities are as follows: The photo walk will be of five (5) institutions of learning in Borno State , so it will be (5) walks with 4 photographer's, two of the team members will use digital cameras while the other two will use their smart phone's, after the photos are taken 4 interested student from each institutions will be invited to attend an event on the sixth day for the photos to be uploaded to wikimedia commons.
The higher institutions are :
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Maiduguri
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramat_Polytechnic
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borno_State_University
- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Goni_College_of_Legal_and_Islamic_Studies
- Kashim Ibrahim collage of Education Maiduguri Borno State
The photo walk that will add 250 clear pictures of these institutions, 50 in each institution.
The places to be covered in each institutions are as follows.
- Fuculties.
- Libraries.
- Departments.
- Structures.
- And Institutions Gates.
An event will be organized for the pictures taken to be shared amongst participants to be uploaded to wikimedia commons and later on to be linked to Thier various articles.
we have contacted the institutions authority and are pleased with the ideas of the project and is a welcomed idea.
- 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.
User MohammedBama123 Team leader photographer and administrator Kanuri wikipedia incubator
User Misbahu umar An experience editor and photographer with many edits on wikimedia commons.
User 787IYO He is an active wikimedian who have vast experience in documentation, editing. He has organise and co-authored alot of wikimedia projects.
User Mustybdc Member and an experience Editor and photographer in wikimedia commons and Kanuri Wikipedia Incubator.
- 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 are higher institutions student from each of the Institutions mentioned above
- 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.
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct
- 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.
It was discussed on the community Whatsapp group and then the institutions authority are contacted and is welcomed by both parties The Nigerian Commons Photographers User Group was contacted and will give their assistance in making sure the project will be successful.
- 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)
Content Gender gap
- 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)
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)
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 institutions environment and location
- 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 | 4 | 4 photographer's that will be on the walk |
| Number of editors | 20 | 20 student will be invited from the various institutions listed above during the upload session |
| Number of organizers | 4 | The team as mentioned above |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | |
| Wikimedia Commons | 250 |
| Wikidata | 5 |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | 5 |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abtsract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
250 clear pictures will be added to wikimedia commons 5 will be linked to Thier articles in wikidata 5 will be added to their articles 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 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 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)
888000 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.
1127 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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