Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Loves Names 2.0 (ID: 22591943)
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Applicant Details[edit]
- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Onyinyeonuoha
- 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 Names 2.0
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-06-08 - 2024-07-13
- 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) Wiki Loves Names https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Names
- 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)
Africans attach a lot of importance to the names they bear; both individual names and names of their communities. There are varied reasons for this. The names are so valued that in case of community names, any attempt to change it without the agreement of the entire community always led to crisis. Most names in Igboland are derived from their forefathers, rivers/streams, deities, hills, markets and other landmarks while families and individuals usually take their names after family members, market days and known heroes and heroines, among other important institutions.
In the olden days, Igbo people named their children after the four market days of Eke, Orie, Afor and Nkwo. That is why there are such names as Mgboafo, Mgborie, Nwanyinkwo, Mgbeke, Nkwomma, for women, while the men were named Okonkwo, Okoli, Okeke, Okafor Nwafor, Nweke, among others. In addition, families name their children to symbolise their experiences in life or circumstances surrounding the birth of such children, deceased family members, time or place of birth.
There are over thousands of African names not captured anywhere especially the ancient names and they are going into extinction, most of the young generation youths are not aware of the names and this will be worst if the it is not captured now- what data are we going to present to the generations unborn? We intend to close the gap between the ancient names and the younger generation and in the same time solve the problem of low participation of African language contributors in the use of Wikitionary as an online educational resource and creation of contents in African Wikitionary platforms.
- 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.
Training: We are planning 3 pieces of hybrid training e.g. physical and online training over a month focused on teaching people on how to create Wikitionary online.
Editathon: There will be 3 edith-a-thon challenge to ascertain the level of undersatnding and to create contents on the wiktionary platform.
Contest: This will reward highest editors with data token and gifts.
- 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.
Onyinyeonuoha : Volunteer Wikimedia Education Documentation Specialist and Coordinator Igbo Wikimedians User Group, Anambra Hub.
Oby Ezeilo- Founder Wiki for Senior Citizen , Nigeria Tochiprecious: Salaried, Co-founder and program coordinator for IG Wiki.
Ceslause: Current Program Assistant at Igbo Wikimedians User Group. He's been contributing under Igbo Wikimedians User Group since 2018.
Onyinyeonuoha will facilitate the sessions with Oby Ezeilo while Tochiprecious and Ceslause will offer technical support.
- 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)
This is targetted at African contributors to motivate knowledgeable individuals to contribute ancient names that is becoming outdated to Igbo Wikitionary.
- 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.
We will spread out information to all our hubs and fan clubs with e-flyer through our various channels of communication eg facebook, twitter, linkedin, whatsaap platforms and emails. Also, we will advertise this on our social media channels.
A whatsapp group was created during the 1st phase, prior to the training the new participants will be added there at the inception of the training and for further mentoring.
- 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)
Geographic
- 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)
Can this project become a campaign like Wiki Loves Africa?
What are the steps do I need to take?
Will the participant feel comfortable and contribute actively to Wikitionary compared to Wikipedia?
How many new articles will be added?
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 40 | 10 from each communities |
| Number of editors | 40 | |
| Number of organizers | 4 |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | |
| Wikimedia Commons | |
| Wikidata | |
| Wiktionary | 500 |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
500
- 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)
Outreach dashboard or/and Meta
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)
5608301 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.
4003.86 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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