Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Preserving Bauchi’s History and Culture Through Reliable Knowledge Creation on Wikimedia (ID: 23544550)
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Applicant Details
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Ibrahim Sani Mustapha
- 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.
Preserving Bauchi’s History and Culture Through Reliable Knowledge Creation on Wikimedia
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2025-11-10 - 2025-12-31
- 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)
Not applicable
- 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)
Change we are trying to bring:
This project represents the next phase of our previous Wikimedia activities in Bauchi, following two organized mini projects ( this and this). While those earlier projects focused on introducing Wikimedia and strengthening basic contributions, this Rapid Fund aims to preserve Bauchi’s history and cultural heritage by deepening the community’s role in reliable knowledge creation. The change we want to bring is to move from initial awareness to sustained impact; building a strong and skilled group of contributors who consistently document Bauchi’s history, culture, and traditions on Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons.
Main challenges/problems:
- Bauchi’s rich history and cultural heritage remain underrepresented on Wikimedia projects.
- Awareness and active participation among students, educators, and professionals is still limited.
- Previous trainings generated interest, but sustaining long-term engagement and advanced contributions remains a challenge.
- Lack of consistent mentorship prevents many new editors from continuing after events.
Main approaches to achieve this change:
- Organizing advanced workshops focused on documenting Bauchi’s history and culture using reliable sources.
- Hosting a full-day edit-a-thon to put training into practice and produce high-quality contributions.
- Providing an online mentorship and follow-up session to support continuous engagement.
- Strengthening collaboration among participants to form a sustainable local network of contributors in Bauchi.
- 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.
Planned activities:
This project builds on two previously organized mini projects in Bauchi ( this and this) and is designed as the next phase to deepen skills and sustain participation. While earlier activities focused on basic Wikimedia training, this Rapid Fund will focus on documenting Bauchi’s history and culture through reliable knowledge creation. The program will span two physical days and one online day:
Day One – Advanced Physical Training Workshop (Bauchi):
A full-day session for participants who have already been introduced to Wikimedia projects. This workshop will strengthen their editing skills with emphasis on documenting Bauchi’s history, culture, traditions, and notable people. Topics will include sourcing from reliable references, improving article quality, and integrating content across Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons.
Day Two – Physical Edit-a-thon (Bauchi):
A full-day collaborative edit-a-thon where participants apply what they learned on Day One. The focus will be on creating and improving Wikimedia content related to Bauchi’s historical and cultural heritage, with mentors and facilitators guiding the process to ensure quality and reliability.
Day Three – Online Mentorship and Follow-up:
A virtual session to provide mentorship, review participant contributions, and address challenges. This will also help sustain engagement by encouraging participants to continue documenting Bauchi’s knowledge beyond the physical event.
Partnerships:
We will work with local institutions and experienced Wikimedia community members as facilitators and mentors. These partnerships will support participant mobilization, provide technical expertise, and strengthen sustainability of the project beyond this phase.
- 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.
Project Team
This project will be implemented by a dedicated team of Wikimedia volunteers with proven experience in organizing Wikimedia events and facilitating community engagement.
User:Ibrahim Sani Mustapha (Organizer & Project Lead): Responsible for overall coordination of the project, grant management, reporting, and ensuring smooth implementation of all activities. Ibrahim previously co-organized a mini project in Bauchi, which laid the foundation for this current Rapid Fund proposal.
User:A'isha A Ibrahim (Female Facilitator): she will support training sessions, mentor participants, and help with gender inclusion to ensure more female participation. A’isha also co-organized a mini project in Bauchi and has been actively supporting Wikimedia initiatives in Northern Nigeria.
User:Lawan Bala (Facilitator): also supporting content development sessions, guiding participants during edit-a-thons, and providing mentorship.
User:Hauwa'u lawan ardo (Female Facilitator): ardo also organized many projects in the region, she will assist with technical guidance, provide follow-up support, and help sustain participant engagement. Hauwa'u lawal ardo is part of the organizing team of the Wiki for Human Rights campaign in Hausa Community, which demonstrates capacity in coordinating impactful Wikimedia events.
User: Umar A Muhammad (Facilitator): Project facilitator focused on mentoring new editors, ensuring content reliability, and supporting event logistics.
Wikimedia Group Affiliation:
All team members are part of the Wikimedia User Group community in Nigeria and contribute as volunteers. None of the team members are salaried or contractors; their involvement is voluntary in line with Wikimedia’s mission of free knowledge.
- 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 will be students, librarians, and young professionals from the Bauchi community, including individuals who have interest in Wikimedia projects and in documenting local knowledge. Since we have already organized two similar projects in the past, this project will serve as a follow-up, expanding and deepening the scope by integrating aspects of Bauchi’s historical and cultural heritage.
Before the activities, participants will be engaged through awareness campaigns, invitations, and online orientation to introduce them to the goals of the project. During the activities, we will provide hands-on training, mentorship, and group exercises to ensure active participation and skill development.
After the activities, follow-up will be maintained through online platforms, continuous mentorship, and involving participants in future Wikimedia campaigns. The focus on cultural and historical heritage will also encourage participants to remain active by contributing to content that reflects their community and identity.
- 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.
To develop this project idea, we engaged with members of Hausa Wikimedia User Group on Discussion Page, I first raised the idea informally during our internal discussions, highlighting the importance of expanding on our past projects by incorporating themes around historical and cultural heritage. After receiving positive feedback, I shared the proposal in our group’s communication channels, where members contributed suggestions and pointed out possible areas of collaboration.
In addition, I reached out to Mahuta, the secretary of Hadaka Open Learning Network organization, who has organized several projects in the region. Our discussion helped me refine the proposal by drawing from his practical experience in coordinating community-based initiatives, ensuring that the project is both realistic and impactful. His insights, combined with contributions from Wikimedia facilitators, provided a balanced perspective on how best to implement the idea.
- 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)
Manage Internal Knowledge
Learning and metrics
[edit]- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
Through this project, we hope to learn in the following ways:
- How effective are Wikimedia training activities in helping new editors from the region not only create accounts but also remain active contributors after the event?
- What strategies work best in introducing cultural and historical heritage topics to participants so they can contribute confidently on Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons?
- How can collaboration with local organizations and community leaders strengthen awareness and long-term engagement with Wikimedia projects?
- To what extent do participants understand and apply skills in sourcing, referencing, and adding reliable citations to articles related to the region?
- How does focusing on regional history and cultural heritage encourage participants to see themselves as knowledge contributors and custodians?
- What models of mentorship and follow-up can be developed to sustain the momentum of editors trained during this project?
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 40 | The numbers of participants that will participate the events or project. |
| Number of editors | 30 | The number of new editors and some existing ones as the project is a follow-up to the previous ones. |
| Number of organizers | 5 | The number of the project organizer and facilitators. |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
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| Wikipedia | 400 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 80 |
| Wikidata | 200 |
| Wiktionary | 80 |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
The number of Wikipedia content that will be created and improved.
- 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)
We will use WMF dashboard to measure each metric.
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)
1465150 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.
1000 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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