Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Translation and Content Creation in Efik Language via the Wikimedia Incubator (ID: 22190185)
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Applicant Details[edit]
- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Emmikweok
- 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.
Translation and Content Creation in Efik Language via the Wikimedia Incubator
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2023-09-01 - 2023-11-01
- 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)
The change that we are trying to bring about is the creation of a Wikipedia subdomain in the Efik language through the Wikimedia Incubator by creating more contents in the incubator and recruiting more efik speaking contributors. This is important to preserve and promote the Efik language and culture, which is spoken by over one million people in Nigeria and Cameroon. By creating a Wikipedia subdomain in the Efik language, we aim to provide access to information for Efik speakers, document important cultural and historical events, and support greater visibility and recognition of the Efik people and their language. Our main approaches and strategies to achieve these changes include: (1) community engagement, (2) content creation, (3) editing and reviewing. We believe that these approaches will be effective because they rely on collaboration and partnership with Efik speakers and cultural experts and provide opportunities for self-determination and ownership over the creation and dissemination of knowledge. We also believe that by starting with the Wikimedia Incubator platform, we can support the development of a sustainable and independent Efik Wikipedia community.
- 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.
Our activities will include:
- Day1: organizing community meetings and workshops to engage Efik speakers and cultural experts in the content creation process,
- Day 2 and 3: developing and translating core articles in the Efik language to serve as a foundation for further content development,
- Day 4: creating new articles and expanding existing ones through editing and reviewing the articles created for clean-up.
- 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: Emmikweok: I am a native speaker of Efik and an experienced editor in Wikimedia Incubator. I have trained a very few on creating articles in Efik language. I will be organising and facilitating the events.
- User:Maryeren: She is a native speaker of Efik and she has experience in contributing to the Efik Wikipedia in incubator. She will co-facilitate the event and support in communications and project management.
- User:Udoette1: Text Reviewer. He is a language expert in Efik language and a native speaker. He will assist in reviewing the quality of text and pages created. Additionally, he will assist in supervision of participants during the 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 target participants are Efik speakers, cultural organizations, and educators from the Efik community in Calabar. We will engage participants before and during the activities through social media, local community events, and outreach efforts to promote our work and encourage participation. We will also provide training and support to participants to enhance their skills and knowledge in content creation and translation. After the activities, we will follow up with participants by creating a WhatsApp group where participant will be encouraged to drop their questions. I will be dropping links to list of articles that participants can translate and engage them on it.
- 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 discussed with the existing incubator efik Wikipedia editors on WhatsApp and we also discussed about this on Google meet. I pasted a notification on meta-wiki as seen here:
- 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)
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)
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)
Invest in Skills and Leadership Development
Learning and metrics[edit]
- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
We hope to learn more about the challenges faced by the Efik community in accessing information and contributing to the development of the Efik language. We also hope to learn more about the best practices for creating and translating content in ethnic languages and how these best practices can be adapted to the Efik language. Lastly, we hope to learn about the impact of this project on the Efik community and how it can be used as a model for similar projects in other ethnic languages.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 30 | New participant (first time participating in Wikimedia events.): 25
Returning participant (participant that has participated in Wikimedia events in other projects or activities): 5 |
| Number of editors | 30 | Number of participants having an account or having created an account, edited and created an article in Efik Wikipedia in Wikimedia Incubator:
New editors (The number of participants that create new accounts on a Wikimedia Incubator or Wikipedia): 25 Returning editors (Editors that are already registered and editing the Efik Wikipedia in incubator): 5 |
| Number of organizers | 3 | Number of people involved in planning, coordination, training and facilitation at the events. |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | |
| Wikimedia Commons | |
| Wikidata | |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | 120 |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies |
- Optional description for content contributions.
Number of Efik Wikipedia articles in Wikimedia Incubator created or improved.
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
No
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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)
Outreach Dashboard
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)
1067000 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.
1389.89 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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