Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/She Said 2025 in Senior Citizens Network (ID: 23478724)
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Applicant Details
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Oby Ezeilo
- Organization
Wiki For Senior Citizen Network
- 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.
She Said 2025 in Senior Citizens Network
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2025-09-15 - 2025-11-15
- 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 Women
- 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)
Information on notable women in the digital space is very low. While a lot of women have made notable contributions in our different societies, documentation and preservation of some of their input has continued to lag behind. This is more especially in Africa which is still largely a patriarchal society. The culture has not changed so much. The voices of women are not heard as much as their male counterparts. Not that they are not making substantial contributions to society. It is just that their male counterparts always play the leading role. This project recognizes this challenge in Africa and wishes to address it.
This project initiated by Wiki Loves Women is targeted at addressing this challenge by creating and improving content on African women on WikiQuote. It is targeted to bring more quotes from notable but underrepresented female authors, activists, political leaders, industrialists, captains of different industries etc. some of the changes that the project will introduce include increasing the representation of female voices on WikiQuote and bringing quotes from different published materials including archival Materials which are not yet available in the digital space. This will revive intergenerational knowledge and add valuable historical insights held by older generations into the body of available open knowledge. The project aligns with Wikimedia’s gender gap initiatives, ensuring a more balanced representation of knowledge
To achieve this goal, we will mobilize members of our Network to do several edits on WikiQuote concentrating on African women. This will commence with a training to be conducted for our members by Wiki Loves Women team. Then there will be different editing sessions. In our preliminary discussions, we know that our senior citizens have access to rare published books, memoirs, and historical documents that are not available online. We will leverage this advantage and extract quotes from these resources. This will assist in digitizing more of these contents.
Additionally, unlike traditional Wiki editing drives, this project uniquely centers senior citizens as key knowledge holders, not just passive beneficiaries. By validating their contributions, we will challenge ageism in tech by proving that older adults can shape digital content; create a sustainable model for intergenerational knowledge exchange and leave a lasting legacy on WikiQuote, filling critical content gaps for future researchers. This initiative doesn’t just add quotes—it redefines who gets to document history and ensures that women’s voices, preserved by seniors, endure in the digital age. The project will also bring some age balance in Wikimedia contributions. Most groups, affiliates, projects and programmes organised by Wikimedia are carried out or targeted at younger generations. Getting senior citizens to participate in this project will help to further introduce and sustain seniors in wiki participation and achieve a little age balance in contributions.
Throughout this project we will be guided and work in close collaboration with Wiki Loves Women Team. They will conduct the training assisted by some local resources. They will also guide the implementation of the entire project.
- 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.
Mobilization We will commence mobilization for members to join the campaign. We will also use this opportunity to mobilize other senior citizens to join the network. Our definition of senior citizens are people who are 50 years and above. Other younger people who want to join us are also allowed. We will produce physical copies of fliers and distribute them in some good locations in Abuja to urge people to join the network and Wikimedia family. There will also be soft copies of the fliers which we will circulate online within Nigeria using different social media and online handles
Within this period, seniors will also be encouraged to research quotes from their archives and every other available area. We will try to extract books and other published material including journals that have good content on African women and their quotes. This will help for editing purposes. This collection of content will continue even after the training and throughout the period of the project.
Online Training The project will commence with an online training to be conducted by Wiki Loves Women team. The trainers will be Anthere Islahaddow and Afek91 the training will discuss the SheSaid Campaign and editing of wikiquote. While members of our network who had participated in this training before during the 2022 and 2023 campaigns ,it is important that we still carry out this training because new members have joined the network since then who did not participate in that training. Furthermore it will be an opportunity to refresh the knowledge of members that may have participated in the earlier programme.
2. Onsite Edit-a-thon
We will hold a physical edit a thon session. This session will be assisted by some experienced Wikimedia volunteers including User: Lucy Iwuala, User: Accurate 51 and User: ChriatLike . This session will help to ensure that members who are participating in the campaign fully understand the concept of the campaign and carry it out effectively. The experienced wikipedians will also use the opportunity to do hands on training for participants that may need support in any aspect of editing including issues about digital literacy, wikipedia norms etc. it will be used to address any issue that may affect an effective execution of the campaign. Members will also be guided on how to do referencing including in cases where we need to refer to some older published books that are not digitally available. Because some members may want to do translation, this session will also be used to discuss the ways translation can be done from English to other local Nigerian languages available in wikiquote. This session will also host group discussions on notable female Nigerians that could be included in wikiquote.
From our previous engagements, we observed that onsite interaction does not just boost active engagement but it also enhances peer learning. Members of the network being seniors learn better during physical sessions than online sessions. This physical session will therefore fill the gap that may have been noticed in the earlier online session.
3. Wikiquote Edits
After the online training session, members of the network will continue to edit during the period of the campaign. The edit will mostly be to create and edit contents about African women on English Wikiquote. Because many members of the Network also edit in other local Nigerian languages, members can also translate from English Wikiquote to other language Wikiquotes including Igala, Hausa and Igbo language
4. Online Reflection & Check-in Session
We will haveseries of online sessions to monitor the progress and to support our members during the campaign. During these sessions, any challenge experienced by participants will be discussed and addressed.
5. Completion, Recognition & Community Showcase
At the completion of the campaign, top senior contributors would be featured on the Wikimedia Diff blogs and Wiki for Senior Citizens social media to highlight their impact.
All the contributions will be tracked and reviewed
Top contributors would be shortlisted and notified
Online Result announcements would be organised where everyone will join to celebrate the winners.
- 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.
The Wiki Love Women SheSaid global campaign will include our curriculum. Every action we do shall adhere to the global framework. The global Wiki Loves Women team will supply social media postings and cards as well as other communication materials. In order to help our community, they have also provided a variety of communication methods, such as office hours, one-on-one, telegram groups, etc. The Wiki Loves Women team, which includes User: Anthere, User: Islahaddow and User: Afek91, will provide trainings on the SheSaid Campaign and updating Wikiquote. In addition, they will take part in further training sessions and generally offer direction and assistance to the program. Wikiquote administrators and other campaign participants from prior years have already shown a desire to join and offer more comprehensive assistance. Oby Ezeilo will Lead the project, she will be Responsible for overseeing strategy, partnerships, and project implementation. User: Lucy Iwuala: Trainer, Creates presentation slides & video tutorials for senior contributors. Also responsible for the online training session User: ChristLike: Reviewer, In charge of reviewing and verifying content accuracy and alignment with WikiQuote guidelines. User:Akum20: Onsite Facilitator, Assists the project lead in managing physical edit-a-thons and hands-on training sessions and doubles as Graphics Designer, Designs visual guides and campaign materials. Pascaline: Online Trainer, Conducts virtual workshops and provides remote support as well as responding to various questions on the WhatsApp Group.
- 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)
Learned Senior citizens (retired and in-service) Interested editors from other Wikimedia groups We already have a WhatsApp group and communicate via that channel. All information will be passed across and communicated via the WhatsApp Group. Also, because we're a very close community, we know ourselves and have our phone numbers, direct calls and messages will also be utilized in ensuring all seniors are carried along
- 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.
N/A
- 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.
I have shared it in our designated WhatsApp Group and also announced it on the Wiki For Senior Citizens Network Discussion page (link)
- 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)
Gender and diversity
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Age (diversity of age groups)
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Identify Topics for Impact
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: How effectively senior citizens can bridge digital knowledge gaps - Does their unique access to archival materials significantly expand underrepresented content on English WikiQuote? What strategies best engage older adults in Wikimedia projects - Do hands-on workshops or peer-led sessions yield higher participation than self-paced learning? How intergenerational collaboration impacts content quality - Does combining seniors’ historical knowledge with younger editors’ technical skills improve accuracy and depth? Whether documenting marginalized women’s voices inspires sustained contributions - Does focused thematic editing motivate seniors to continue contributing beyond the campaign? We’ll track metrics like new quotes added, participant retention, and post-project surveys to answer these questions.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 35 | All the people expected to contribute to the project including the facilitators |
| Number of editors | 30 | |
| Number of organizers | 5 |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | |
| Wikimedia Commons | |
| Wikidata | |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | 200 |
| 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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- 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)
Outreach Dashboard
Financial proposal
[edit]- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZRfSlV_NtDsev7kDA2JoQkmgxu92f0KsvxLeocqaUhU/edit?gid=0#gid=0
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
3009600 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.
1881 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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