Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Loves AfroDemics (Nigeria) 2023 (ID: 22270023)
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Applicant Details[edit]
- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Ibjaja055
- 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.
Wiki Loves AfroDemics (Nigeria) 2023
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2023-11-18 - 2023-12-18
- 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) Wikimedia Training, Knowledge Gap
- 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)
Academics and Scientists are one of the notable people of Wikipedia and its sisters' projects. The notabilities are established in their professorships, scholarships, members of international academia, reliable media coverages and being the leadership of a tertiary institution. In Africa, there are thousands of active and notable professors and scientists that cut across different disciplines. However, only few are represented on the global encyclopedia and it's sister project. To the extent that there are some notable African scientists and academics who have been forgotten after their demise. For instance my collaboration with FuzzyMagma in 2022 led to the creation of article such as Samson Gombe who had died since 1989. Albert Rakoto Ratsimamanga died in 2001, Félix Malu wa Kalenga who died in 2011 and Abdellatif Berbich who died in 2015.
Also, the few scientists and academics who have found their ways into Wikipedia and its sisters projects are male. over the years, we have tried to also close the gender gaps by creating quality articles around women scientist and academics. For instance Farida Fassi, Florence Orabueze, Kaletapwa Farauta, among many.
To make a sustainable impact on the marginalised category of African scientists and academics, we have created hundreds of quality articles around academics and scientists in Africa which can be seen here for Ibjaja055 and [[[xtools:pages/en.wikipedia.org/FuzzyMagma|FuzzyMagma]]. Therefore, we see the need to collaborate with active and new editors on the need to improve the credibility of notable academics and scientists in Africa through the establishment of a regional campaign titled Wiki Loves AfroDemics. The campaign will be an annual campaign that will not only focus on improving articles about these interwoven categories but also improve the retention of Editors on Wikimedia foundation Projects through the use of Wikimedia in Residence.
However, reaching out to the Manager of Regional Programs, she advised that it should start in Nigeria before it becomes a regional campaign.
Approaches
Training and Recruiting new editors: The program would train 50 volunteers on how to positively contribute to articles relating to Nigerian academics and scientists.
Closing Knowledge Gaps: The training would close the knowledge gaps by digging deep into some notable but forgotten Nigerian scientists and academics on Wikipedia and Wikidata.
Closing Gender Gaps: The training would also equipped the participants with the necessary materials and guidelines to imrove and create articles about African scientists and academics.
Improving existing articles: Most of the articles about Nigerian academics and scientists are stubs. They lack appropriate categorisation, no description and are without images. The participants would be trained on how to successfully contribute to them.
Creating articles: The project's team are volunteers who have displayed extraordinary mastery of creating notable and qualitative articles. You can check it here and here. The participants would be highly trained to be able to identify and create notable and qualitative articles.
Edit-a-thon: After the editors have been trained on how to create and improve articles related to Nigerian academics and scientists, there will be a closely monitored edit-a-thon that would be used to massively improve Wikipedia and it's sisters' project of Wikipedia and Wikidata.
Feedback: Google forms would be created to generate feedback from the participants and ther perception towards the campaign.
Lastly, these are the links that would be used as resources during the event;
https://nuc.edu.ng/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Directory-of-Full-Professors-in-the-Nigerian-University-System.pdf https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18sW_Ke6nwEcUdZ58BtN9iP9IDCOvH4Jg/edit?usp=drivesdk&ouid=113539316120342551846&rtpof=true&sd=true
- 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 run for a period of one month. Wiki Loves AfroDemics will consist of six different sessions:
- 1.Two days of an in-person (physical) workshop: Since the training involves creating articles on English Wikipedia which needed the right guidelines and trainings to avoid vandalism. There will be two-day in-person workshops aim to provide participants with a foundational understanding of Wikipedia, Wikidata, and the Commons wiki. During the trainings, the participants would be exposed to both general and specific notability guidelines, sourcing for reliable references, writing from objective point of view etc. This would be done by three facilitators.
- 2. Two (2) series of online reinforcement training: To adequately provide the participants with the necessary knowledge and abilities for editing on Wikipedia, Wikicommons, etc. One online facilitator will use the online portions to polish the new editors' flaws and improve their editing abilities.
3 Edit-a-thon:. After the two days of in-person training and the two days of online instruction, there will be a two-week time for the participants to edit and put their newly acquired knowledge into practise.
- 4. Review and award presentation: After the edit-a-thon, three days would be used for review session. The Edit-a-thon winners would be awarded with certificates of distinction.
- 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.
1. Ibjaja055 is an experienced Wikimedia projects editor. He was the founder of Federal University of Kashere Wikimedia Fan Club. He has participated in different Wikimedia projects. He is the 4th highest contributor during the third edition of the African Librarians Week held from 22-29 May 2022. The First Prize Winner of Wikipedia Awareness and Training in Gombe edit-a-thon, first Prize Winner of WikiProject Public Domain Contest in Nigeria and First Prize Winner of Wikipedia Awareness for Librarians at Ahmadu Bello University Zaria edit-a-thon. Lastly, he has created hundreds of notable and quality articles around African academics and scientists check [[1]]
Roles The project coordinator and campaign leader: in charge of overseeing the overall activities of the programmes.
- 2. FuzzyMagma is an experienced Wikimedia editor who has contributed immensely to the improvement and creation of African scientists and academics articles. With several years of experience and close to 25, 000 edits on Wikimedia Foundation Projects, he has been able master the creation of good articles [2] around African scientists and academics see [Ahmed Mohamed El Hassan], [El Hadi Ahmed El Sheikh], [Wingfield] and so on. In general, he has created over one hundred articles in which 80 percent had attained B and C grades[[ https://xtools.wmcloud.org/pages/en.wikipedia.org/FuzzyMagma%7C Check here]]
Roles Online facilitator
- 3.Ojewuyib is an experienced Wikimedia projects editor and a trainer. She has participated in many Wikimedia Projects such as Afro sport contest, Wikimedia Promotions in Akure and she is the leader of Federal Polytechnic of kaltungo Wikimedia Fan Club.
Roles Facilitator and in charge of recruiting women editors
- 4. Tesleemah is the project lead of Wikimedia Awareness in Akure. She is an experienced Wikimedia projects editor and a training Associate working with Free Knowledge Africa. She has participated in many Wikimedia projects such as Wikimedia Promotions in Federal University of Kashere where she served both as a trainer of the online sessions. She has participated in different wikimedia contests. She is the first prize winner of Wikipedia Nigeria Cuisine Project. Outside Wikipedia she has worked with different local and international organizations such as Theirworld ,YALI Kwara.
Roles
Facilitator and Communication Officer
- 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 from Nigeria and we would release Google forms of call for application before the activities. Fifty participants would be selected and trained for the program. After the activities, the WhatsApp group created would be maintained for continuous mentoring.
- 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.
The Youth Safety Policy here [3] would be summarised and read at the beginning of each event
- 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 am active member of the Wiki User Group Nigeria and I have informed Wikimedia Nigeria User Group through their talk page here
https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_User_Group_Nigeria?mfnotify=saved#Wiki_Loves_AfroDemics_(Nigeria)_2023 for collaboration.
Also, the feedbacks from the project would also be shared with them for suggestions and recommendations on how to effectively create a regional campaign that will make lasting impacts on the categories.
- 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)
Education
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Gender Identity
- 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 train new and existing editors?
Did the project close knowledge gap by improving Nigerian scientists and academics articles?
Did the project close gender gaps relating to Nigerian academics and scientists?
Did the project create new articles related to Nigerian academics and Scientists?
Did the project improves new articles related to Nigerian academics and scientists?
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 60 | Total number of people would be directly and indirectly involve in the project |
| Number of editors | 50 | Since the campaign involves article creation and improvement, 30 returning Editors and 20 new Editors would be trained |
| Number of organizers | 10 | The Facilitators and volunteers |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 50 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 200 |
| Wikidata | 300 |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abtsract 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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| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 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)
1. Wikimedia Outreach Dashboard would be used to measure the contributions of participants across Wikipedia, Wikidata and Commons Wiki.
- 2. Event Metrics would be used to measured the activities of the existing and the new participants. It will also be used to measure the amount of participants the event will be able to retain after the programme.
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)
1770000 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.
2290 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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