Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Loves Folklore 2025:Lagos Cultural Heritage (ID: 22895523)
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Applicant Details
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Mercyjamb123
- Organization
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- 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)
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- 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 Folklore 2025: Lagos Cultural Heritage
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2025-02-20 - 2025-03-30
- 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 Folklore
- 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)
Lagos is a city with immense cultural diversity, yet its rich heritage remains significantly underrepresented on Wikimedia Commons. This project seeks to address the gap by increasing the number of freely licensed photographs of Lagos' cultural assets, such as traditional festivals, historic landmarks, and local arts. By documenting this heritage, the project will also raise awareness about Wikipedia and its sister projects, fostering greater participation in the Wikimedia movement.
This change is essential because Lagos' cultural heritage is at risk of being overlooked or forgotten in the digital age. The lack of representation limits global visibility and the preservation of its traditions for future generations. Additionally, many Lagosians are unaware of the opportunities Wikimedia platforms provide to share knowledge and document their culture. Addressing these gaps will empower local communities to contribute actively while promoting cultural pride and global accessibility.
To achieve this change, the project will adopt three main strategies: awareness campaigns, training workshops, and photo hunts. These approaches will educate and engage both seasoned Wikimedians and newcomers, equipping them with the skills and motivation to contribute to Wikimedia Commons. By leveraging these strategies, the project will create a sustainable impact, ensuring Lagos' cultural heritage is preserved and represented on a global platform.
- 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.
1.Awareness and recruitment: awareness will be made at those unrepresented local government areas across lagos State, introducing them to Wikipedia and its potential for free knowledge sharing. Social media, and the likes will be use to spread awareness about the program. There will be a platform for interested participants and photographers such as Whatsapp group and emails to keep in touch with them and register for the training. program.
2. Workshop: we will introduce our members to the Wiki Loves Folklore contest and train them on how to contribute/participate and also invite professional photographers in the region and introduce them to Wikimedia projects and give them room to participate in the contest.
3. Photo hunts: we will embark on a photo walks taking and gathering random pictures of about 300- 500 different unrepeated, quality images. Training sessions: another training will be held before the participants start uploading the media files to ensure accuracy and meeting of the requirements and to avoid having many problems with the uploaded files.
4. Upload sessions: most experience editors will lead and guide the other participants especially the newly recruited ones during the upload sessions.
5. Tracking Tools: we will use outreach dashboard, and hashtag tools to track participants' contributions and also provide one on one support for them.
6. Prizes: Giving out prizes to the top 5 contributors as incentives to motivate them at the end of the contest.
- 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 Lead: User: Mercyjamb123, experienced Wikimedian. Led the Improving and Documenting Notable Women on Wikidata.
My contributions extend to Wiki Loves Monuments and Wiki Loves Earth, WikiActivate.
User:Jesugbog0, experienced Wikimedian who will co-organizer and help to mobilize young people around the project and in organizing the planned activities.
User:Neme244, experienced Wikimedian who will serve the roles of communications/outreach in this project.
User:obawinner, experienced Wikimedian will serve the roles of logistics and dashboard management during the projects.
And Two other experienced photographers that will also be invited as facilitators to give their helping hands in this project.
- 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 the student of Lagos State University in history department, cultural leaders who hold knowledge about Lagos’s traditions, stories, and rituals, performing artists (dancers, musicians and actors) involve in traditional performance, artisans and craftspeople. The participants will be engaged through follow-up during and after activities, and a WhatsApp group will be created specifically for prompt communication. To ensure continuity, sustainability and continuous development of its members/participants capacity.
- 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.
Through the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria's talk page where every member can review and come https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_User_Group_Nigeria#Wiki_Loves_Folklore_2025%3A_Lagos_Cultural_Heritage
- 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)
Improve User Experience
Learning and metrics
[edit]- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
1. Gaining insights into the rich and diverse cultural practices, landmarks, and traditions of Lagos that are underrepresented or forgotten.
2. More on how to effectively collaborate with local communities, cultural custodians, government agencies.
3. And understanding how local communities value and interpret their heritage, which might differ from institutional or academic narratives.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 50 | Number of total participants to be reached out and trained |
| Number of editors | 30 | Number of participants uploading a photo |
| Number of organizers | 6 | Four (four) experience organizers and 2 professional photographer |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 50 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 300 |
| Wikidata | |
| 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)
No
| 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)
1.Outreach dashboard tools
2. Commons category tool and
3. Hashtag tools
4. Xtools
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)
3704500 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.
1974.92 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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