Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/WikiActivate on Plagiarism Awareness (ID: 22454910)
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Applicant Details[edit]
- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
chukydyk
- 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.
WikiActivate on Plagiarism Awareness
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-03-23 - 2024-04-27
- 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)
Let's Connect Peer Learning Program
- 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)
At the wake of Plagiarism issues going on around the world there is a strong need to create awareness, training and educate Wikipedia existing and new editors on the stand of Wikimedia on the issue of Plagiarism and how to navigate plagiarism while contributing, creating or editing Wikipedia articles and sister’s projects.
We plan to organize a physical and online event with edit-a-thon to launch the event. Online training to spread the awareness and reach more people who will not be able to meet up with the physical events. We will have another physical event to close the event where we will develop activities to engage editors. The activities will create awareness on Plagiarism on the content Nigeria editors are creating and we will recognize and award prizes to top contributors in the Edit-a-thon.
- 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.
March 16th -22nd: The registration will be through a Google form. After which they will be added to the WikiActivate Telegram group. We will also run one posts and design and print flyers . The flyer will announce the meetings and the programme that will be held to introduce participants to Wikipedia. It will also have a short concept note of why the meeting is being held March 23rd-29th Learn more about Plagiarism and its impacts on Wikipedia content, and organize contest edit-a-thon for the participants during the campaign. This invitation will provide them the date, time and venue of meet ups via emails, calls and SMS. The trainer will train on Wikipedia generally and then concentrate and introduce the goals of the programme which is on Plagiarism and making credible edits. After the training, there will be an edit-a-thon on English Wikipedia which will concentrate on editing existing contents that are align to the SDGs and creating new ones. This edit a thon will also be a competition for participants which will last throughout the programme. We will continue to encourage each other in the Telegram group. We will provide data for participants in the competition.
Mar 30th-6th April : 2nd Round of Training and Edithathon
April 7th – 14th: PhotoWalk and Wiki Commons we will go for a Photo walk and take some pictures that has to do with Climate and Green Energy etc, also there will be a training on how to upload and use images on Wiki Commons
April 14th - 21th : The 3rd two days meet up of training and editing will be on Wikidata. At the end, a short questionnaire will be administered to get their opinion. They will also be urged to continue contributing in all the projects.
April 27th: They Judges decision, result announcement and prices given to the 1st, 2nd, 3rd best participants.
- 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: Chukydyk - will conduct the training on English Wikipedia. He will also lead other Wikipedians who will support the participants in their first edit in English Wikipedia. He is a volunteer Project lead for Wiki-activate, Wiki-Interact and Wiki-Santa where he trained new editors and existing ones on writing and editing Wikipedia articles, Wiki-commons etc. He also coordinated Wiki-lockdown during the pandemic. He participated in wikindaba 2019 as an ad-hoc committee member.
User: Mercyjamb123: She is a dedicate Wikipadian who have knowledge of the Foundation and the Wikimedia Movement. She contributes on Igbowikipadia, Wikiquote and Wiki Commons
User: Inor4mr is a Librarian and an active Wikipadian Contributor. She has background in Business Administration, experience in entrepreneurship and project management. She is experienced in Wikiquote and Wikipedia.
User: Oby Ezeilo - will conduct the training on wiki commons. She will also lead other Wikipedians that will support participants in their first edit in wiki commons. she is a test Wiki Administrator of Igbo Wiktionary. She participated in Wikindaba 2019. She is a graduate of Wikipedia Education Project Management Course conducted by the Education Greenhouse programme. She is also certified by WMF as a trainer of the Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom. She had conducted several trainings and recruited so many editors into the Wiki Family. She has volunteered to conduct this training.
User: Udeb - will conduct the training on Wikidata. He will also lead other Wikipedians who will support the participants in carrying out their first edit in Wikidata. Benedict Nnaemeka Udeh, is a Metallurgical and Materials Engineer. He is a programmer. He is extremely passionate about community growth, technology trends and data driven world. He is currently the Wikidata Hub coordinator for the Igbo Wikimedians User_Group in Nigeria. She has volunteered to do this training.
- 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)
Target participants are Nigeria Wikimedia editor both Old and New, also Editor who are not base in Nigeria can join through the online training. We will reach them via Community groups, social media, WhatsApp groups and Africa email list as well. In retaining new participants, We will add them in Wikiactivate community Whatsapp and Telegram group
- 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 discussed with all the proposed trainers and they have all agreed to volunteer to conduct the training. I have also informed some communities in the following link: African Wikipadian Digest mail list, Wikiactivate Social Media handle, https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_User_Group_Nigeria.
- 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)
Other Important Topics (topics considered to be of impact or important in the specific context)
- 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)
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)
Identify Topics for Impact
Learning and metrics[edit]
- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
We plan to evaluate the impact of Plagiarism in Nigeria Wikimedia space and understand how we can create more awareness on the issue surrounding in our rounds of awareness
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 25 | Number of expected participants |
| Number of editors | 10 | Number of editors who are expected to contribute |
| Number of organizers | 3 |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 80 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 50 |
| Wikidata | 30 |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| 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)
Yes
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
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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)
We will use the Outreach Dashboard https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/
Financial proposal[edit]
- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16UVGTopMBpD7eDtbpUCCUK2R1JKmgESZZUEnoyiVOfs/edit?usp=sharing
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
1633500 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.
1949.51 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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