Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Preservation of Owo Cultural Heritage on Wikimedia (ID: 22756409)
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Applicant Details
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Taoheedah
- 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.
Preservation of Owo Cultural Heritage on Wikimedia
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-10-07 - 2024-12-07
- 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) Creating awareness about Wikimedia projects, training Wikimedia editors, documenting Owo cultural heritage on wikicommons, and improve content about the Owo community on 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)
Owo, situated in Ondo State, Nigeria hold an exceptional status in the southwestern region as a city known for its rich cultural heritage and historical significance. Owo is renowned for having the largest Palace in Africa which was declared a national monument by the federal government as it serves as a cultural landmark in Nigeria. The city is the home of antiques and sculptures due to the presence of museums and its location between the two famous art centres of Ife and Benin.
The city is also home to distinguished educational institutions such as Achievers University, Rufus Giwa Polytechnic and standard medical institutions such as Federal Medical Centre Owo. Yet, despite the prominent places in the community, an observable gap remains, revealing a depletion of editors, initiatives and a lack of awareness aimed at fostering Wikimedia's growth within the core of the Owo community. As a vibrant member of this community, having personally discovered the leverage of Wikimedia, I feel the commitment to initiate the first Wikimedia awareness campaign and training program in Owo.
This initiative aims to facilitate the transition of 30 new editors and retain 20 existing editors from Wikimedia promotion in Akure project (I had trained the editors in the previous years where they are retained to partake in other wikimedia projects). Owo and Akure are nearby town to one another so it is easy to convene the 20 existing editors in Owo to partake in the project. The Wikimedia Community in Owo will serve integral objectives. Primarily, it indicates an avenue to showcase the city's contributions in the part of ancient history, local traditions, art, festivals and cuisine to Nigeria's cultural landmark. The presence of a Wikimedian community significantly expands Owo's global visibility and credibility.
The project aims to train and recruit 30 new editors who are residents of Owo while engaging existing ones from Akure in the neigbouring town. By establishing Wikipedia and its sister projects awareness in Owo, we hope to lay a strong foundation for the utilization of Wikimedia outcomes, particularly among the youth. Likewise, this proposed two month-long endeavour holds the guarantee of documenting quality images of cultural heritage such as artworks and sculptures on wikicommons while addressing content gaps that presently exist in various Wikipedia articles about the community.
Working with experienced editors, we intend to promote the coverage of notable local and international intellectuals, institutions, tourist attractions, and historical areas within Owo on Wikipedia. Unlike other communities where there has been a series of training and presence of the Wikimedia community, there has never been any training which could expose people in Owo community to Wikimedia projects and how they can contribute to them. If approved, this project will establish the inaugural Wiki community meetup in Owo, designed to keep participants engaged with ongoing and future Wikimedia-related activities in the community.
Participants will be trained in contributing effectively to various Wikimedia projects such as Wikipedia and Wikicommon. This comprises creating Wikipedia accounts (understanding core content policies and general editing principles, and making minor edits) and Wikicommon uploads policies.
These skills will enable them to improve content and upload high-quality images related to individuals, places, and institutions in Owo. To ensure progress and to provide assistance during the project, we will utilize the organizer tool and outreach dashboard. These tools will track contributions and offer one-on-one support to offline and online editors, further enabling engagement and effective participation.
- 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 project will transit for two months (October 2024-December 2024). Its purpose is to introduce Wikimedia to the Owo community, and document the city's cultural heritage in Wikimedia projects such as Wikicommons and Wikipedia. The activities will be carried out through a comprehensive design:
1. Conducting a two-day in-person workshop: For two days, participants will obtain hands-on training on documenting Owo cultural heritage on Wikimedia projects. This workshop will cover crucial skills such as account creation and basic edits. With the first physical training being the 1st week of the campaign and the second physical training will be held on the 5th week of the campaign.
2. Hosting three batches of online support training: To enhance participants' editing proficiency on Wikipedia and Wikicommons, the project will present three online sessions. Experienced facilitators will guide these sessions, targeting areas where participants need improvement. With the first online training being the 2nd week of the campaign while the second and third online sessions would be scheduled to be held in the 3rd and 4th weeks of the campaign, respectively.
3. Edit-a-thon, Image Upload and Owo Tour: After a month of extensive training, an edit-a-thon focusing on improving content about the Owo community will be launched for a month. While this is ongoing, a day tour engaging the targeted participants to the Owo museum will be facilitated. This will enhance documentation of Owo cultural heritage such as sculptures, artefacts, and artwork on the Wikicommons.
4. Assessment, Survey, and Feedback session: At the end of this project, an assessment session will take place. This session will have to do with assessing participants' work, attending to queries, and disseminating certificates. Outstanding contributors will be acknowledged with certificates of excellence. A devoted WhatsApp group will serve as a forum for interaction, motivating participants to edit and seek guidance.
5. Establishing a Wikimedia editors community in Owo: The project will entail the creation of a sustainable editors community. This community will ensure the ongoing exchange of knowledge and collaboration among editors. In essence, these activities collectively seek to introduce the Owo community to Wikimedia projects, equip participants with editing skills, and inaugurate a lasting community of Wikimedia editors.
- 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.
Taoheedah (Project Lead) Taoheedah is the project lead and member of the host community. She is a certified Wikimedia project organizer who participated in the Organizer Lab V2. She is an experienced Wikimedia Project Facilitator who facilitated sessions at Wikimedia Promotion in Akure after the project, the editors were retained and further participated and contributed content to Wikimedia projects. Taoheedah was a participant in the inaugural Africa Growth Pilot Cohort. During this program, she received specialized training from senior program officers at the Wikimedia Foundation, equipping her with the skills to actively engage in Wikimedia projects. Recently, Taoheedah was a team member in Wiki Health Articles in Nigeria project featured by the Wikimedia Foundation where she coordinated the training session in bridging health content gap on Wikipedia and wikicommon. Aside from Wikimedia Projects, She is the Founder of the HealthForAll Initiative For Community Health where she has led several community health campaigns and collaborated with organizations in Uganda, Ghana and Kenya where she demonstrated coordination, planning, and team planning skills in promoting healthy living. She also organized a Book Review Platform where productive books are being reviewed monthly, this has impacted and increased the willingness to read books in the audiences.
Abdullahalaba (Communication Manager & Trainer) With a background as a seasoned Wikimedia Project Trainer, Abdullahalaba has played a pivotal role in fostering the growth of the Wikimedia community. Notably, Abdullahalaba served as the project lead for Wikimedia promotion at Lead City University, where his efforts resulted in the retention of over 50 editors who made significant contributions to Wikimedia projects. During the Wikimedia Promotion event in Akure, Abdullahalaba conducted enlightening sessions that equipped participants with the skills needed to upload quality images to the Wikicommon effectively. He will coordinate and train participants on how to upload quality images from Owo community on Wikicommons during the physical training.
Meritkosy (Online Facilitator) Meritkosy is a fellow of the Wikipedia in African Libraries(WikiAfLIB). She will coordinate and train participants as a facilitator during the Online trainings. She had participated in several AAfLIA-led Wiki training for African librarians - Basics of Wikipedia Editing Learning Circle, African Librarians Week, 1Lib1Ref - Wiki Loves Libraries Nigeria and African Youth Month 2022 Wikidata Training. She will be available to facilitate online sessions on how to improving an existing articles on Owo community.
Kamoranesi90 (Logistics Manager) Kamoranesi90 :He is a Wikipedia editor who holds a master's degree in transportation geography where his expertise will be used in the articles related to geography of the Owo community. He is a data analyst. Kamoranesi90 will help with logistics and analysis of data retrieved from the project.
For the two days of in-person training, Abdullahalaba will join the project lead (Taoheedah) to make it take place. They are in high proximity to the host community
- 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 30 youth residents of the Owo Community the aim of exposing and onboarding them to Wikimedia projects while 20 existing editors from Akure, a neigbouring town from the community will be included in the project. A significant portion of these youths are enrolled in tertiary institutions.
We will engage them through collaboration with student body associations within the community, such as The Owo Local Government Area Students Union and Owo Youth Network. We also aim to leverage the media to provide immense publicity to connect with these potential participants before the project's implementation.
During the project, we will actively promote the training, guaranteeing that participants gain the vital knowledge and skills to contribute to Wikipedia and its sister projects. Furthermore, we will monitor the online edit-a-thon to prevent any vandalism, copyright infringement, or misinformation.
The project will contribute to the expansion of Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons by yielding free knowledge and developing more active editors, as well as improving the quality of image uploads.
To ensure sustainability, we will create a WhatsApp group, where participants can stay in touch and get updated on the latest Wikimedia projects, events, and workshops. This project will be a continuous one as we discover that Owo language can be preserved through oral documentation on the Wikicommons and also since the editors would be trained on wikipedia, subsequent projects aim to target creation of new articles on the Community as by then they are familiar with the Wikipedia policies. Also, the Owo Wikimedian Hub will be retained in the Wikimedia Nigeria User Group to ensure continued engagement and participation in Wikimedia projects.
- 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.The General friendly space policy for Wikimedia events will be summarized and to be read at the beginning of each event. The event will adhere to the Wikimedia-friendly space policy during the event. The Wikimedia-friendly space policy and UCoC will be distributed to participants before the event starts. The event also promises to be safe and conducive.
2.People of age 14 or younger will not be allowed register for the training since the target participants are Adults (18 years and above)
3.Mature content such as violent or sexually explicit imagery will not be displayed in public areas of the venue.
4.I will make the copies of the youth safety plan available for event attendees. 5.I will ensure the physical events comply with all local laws and regulations that apply to young attendees. The Youth Safety Policy can also be found here https://docs.google.com/document/d/13CQgPVOn_WsD10saf6xRXriL0nGc48Q1/edit?usp=drivesdk&ouid=117993037653867881210&rtpof=true&sd=true
- 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.
Discussions with team members, student body associations in Owo and Wiki Akure community: I have reached out to my team on the project, they are eager to join me in making it a successful one. The presidents of the student body associations in owo community has been informed. I have informed the Wiki Akure community ahead of their inclusion in the project through their meta page https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk%3AWikimedia_Promotion_in_Akure#Upcoming_Wikimedia_Awareness_in_Owo
I have also informed the Wikimedia Nigeria User Group about the project through their meta page: https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_User_Group_Nigeria#Preservation_of_Owo_Cultural_Heritage_on_Wikimedia
- 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)
Cultural background, ethnicity, religion, racial
- 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)
Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background
- 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 Owo?
Did the project preserve Owo cultural heritage on Wikicommons?
Did the project train new editors to have the required skills to edit Wikimedia projects?
Did the participants improve content about the Owo community to Wikipedia ?
Was the project beneficial to the target participants in terms of full satisfaction of the knowledge acquired?
Did the project create a sustainable group of Wikimedia editors in Owo Community?
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 54 | These are the total number of people that will be available for the online and offline events in Owo. This includes the editors, organisers and institution representatives. |
| Number of editors | 50 | This comprises 30 New Editors, who will create new accounts and will be monitored on the various approaches to contributing to Wikimedia Projects. Also 20 Returning Editors, who already have their accounts will be further trained. |
| Number of organizers | 4 | Total number of the organizers. |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 50 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 60 |
| Wikidata | |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
Wikimedia Commons: 60 pictures of significant buildings, notable places and personalities in the Owo community will be uploaded to Commons. Uploading Owo community pictures to Wikimedia Commons preserves its heritage, sharing it globally and engaging audiences eager to explore diverse cultures.
Wikipedia: References will be added to 30 already existing articles on Wikipedia related to significant buildings in Owo, notable places such as Owo museum and personalities in the city. 20 already created articles will be improved by fixing minor edits such as grammatical errors and adding essential categories and new sections. In total, 50 Wikipedia articles will be edited. This will help bridge the content gap while promoting free knowledge.
- 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)
I will be using the organizer event tool, hashtag tool and WMF outreach dashboard which will be used to measure the project metrics such as number of participants, number of quality images added to the wikicommons and number of articles improved as well as number of references added to the articles.
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)
1921000 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.
1178.78 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).