Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikidata for All Workshop Celebrating 10 Years of Free knowledge base (ID: 21952525)

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Wikidata for All Workshop_Celebrating 10 Years of Free knowledge base
proposed start date2022-01-01
proposed end date2022-11-01
budget (local currency)28920 GHS
budget (USD) USD
grant typeWikimedia Affiliate (chapter, thematic org., or user group)
funding regionunknown region
decision fiscal year2023-24
applicant• Ruby D-Brown
organization (if applicable)• Open Foundation West Africa

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Applicant Details[edit]

Please provide your main Wikimedia Username.

Ruby D-Brown

Please provide the Usernames of people related to this proposal.

Ruby D-Brown Kaffzz Jwale Joris Darlington Quarshie Xhibit GH

Organization

Open Foundation West Africa

Are you a member of any Wikimedia affiliate or group, including informal groups like Wiki Fan Clubs, emerging language communities, not recognized Wikimedia groups etc.? Please list them all.

Open Foundation West Africa

Grant Proposal[edit]

M. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.

Wikidata for All Workshop_Celebrating 10 Years of Free knowledge base

Q. Indicate if it is a local, international, or regional proposal and if it involves several countries? (optional)

Regional

Q2. If you have answered regional or international, please write the country names and any other information that is useful for understanding your proposal.

West Africa and on the African continent. We have countries that have been participating and benefiting from our programs, campaigns and training. These includes countries like Togo, Burundi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Cameroon, Togo, Uganda etc

R. If you would like, please share any websites or social media accounts that your group or organization has.

Social Media Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/ofwafrica LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/ofwafrica Twitter- https://twitter.com/OFWAFRICA Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/ofwafrica/ Youtube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmoG8dQ8KsbWb7_kanElMfQ Website- https://ofwafrica.org/

1. What is the change that you are trying to bring about and why is this important.

We want to create awareness about Wikidata in this year's celebration of wikidata. While many of our community are aware of Wikipedia and are active contributors and user of wikipedia the same is not the case for Wikidata. In the quest to increase awareness and build more capacity we believe that creating that awareness and building capacity through this year's celebration will bring a little change in what already has been the situation for our community.

2. Describe your main approaches or strategies to achieve these changes and why you think they will be effective.

The main strategy is to create a hybrid event, and invite members from across our hub to be part of this workshop and celebration. We also want to create awareness about the benefits of Wiki data in our world today and its benefits, gather community stories put them together to create awareness and visibility.

3. What are the activities you will be developing and delivering as part of these approaches or strategies?

As part of this approach, we will be on board wiki data experts in the community to build capacity and enlighten the community about Wiki data through the hybrid workshop. We will also invite the Wikidata 4 Education Team to share insight about the pilot project which is happening in Ghana and how that is going to benefit/improve the educational system in Ghana.

4. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign or event? If so, please select the relevant campaign below. If so, please select all the relevant campaigns from the list below. If "other", please state which.

Other (please specify)

Wikidata 10 years celebration
5. Do you have the team that is needed to implement this proposal?

Ruby D-Brown - Project Coordinator Kaffzz - Communications coordinator Jwale - Training associate Joris Darlington Quarshie- Technical support team lead Xhibit GH- Training associate

6. Please state if your proposal aims to work to bridge any of the identified CONTENT knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select up to THREE that most apply to your work.

Content Gender gap, Geography, Language, Socioeconomic Status, Topics considered to be of impact or important in the specific context, Cultural background, ethnicity, religion, racial

6.1 In a few sentences, explain how your work is specifically addressing this content gap (or Knowledge inequity) to ensure a greater representation of knowledge.

We hope to build the capacity of the participants to be able to contribute to the content on wiki data in their language and on respective topics that are of interest to them. This could cut across gender, cultural background, ethnicity, and across geographical borders.

7. Please state if your proposal includes any of these areas or THEMATIC focus. Select up to THREE that most apply to your work and explain the rationale for identifying these themes.

Education, Culture, heritage or GLAM , Advocacy, Climate Change and sustainability

8. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities?

Gender Identity, Geographic , Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background, Digital Access

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?

We are targeting participants from 6 regions where our hubs are connected. Thus Greater Accra, Ashanti, Northern, Upper West, Volta, and Brong Ahafo region. Prior to the event we will be sending invitations on our social media handles, mailing list, and the respective hub WhatsApp group pages. New participants who join will be enrolled in our community for further mentoring and engagements. We will also be inviting more students and educators from the regions.

10. In what ways are you actively seeking to contribute towards creating a safer, supportive, more equitable environment for participants?

We will be ensuring that the Wikimedia Friendly space policy is adhered to.

11. Please tell us about how you have let your Wikimedia communities know about the planned activities and this proposal. Use this space to describe the processes you carried out to make the community more involved in planning this proposal. Please link the on-wiki community discussion(s) around the proposals.

We will convey the information using a variety of platforms, both within and outside of the Wikimedia community. These includes WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, as well as our website, campaign sites on meta and their discussion pages, partner platforms, and word of mouth. Wiki pages Social Media Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/ofwafrica LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/company/ofwafrica Twitter- https://twitter.com/OFWAFRICA Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/ofwafrica/ Youtube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmoG8dQ8KsbWb7_kanElMfQ

12. Are you aware of other Rapid Fund proposals in your local group, community, or region that are being submitted and that align with your proposed project?

No

If yes:

12.1 Did you explore the possibility of doing a joint proposal with other leaders in your group?
N/A
12.2 How will this joint proposal allow you to have better results?
N/A
13. Will you be working with other external, non-Wikimedia partners to implement this proposal? Required.

Yes

13.1 Please describe these partnerships and what motivates the potential partner to be part of the proposal and how they add value to your work.

We will be working with students and educators from tertiary institutions that we already have collaborations with in the past to organize this workshop.

14. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select a maximum of THREE options that most apply.

Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement, Coordinate Across Stakeholders, Invest in Skills and Leadership Development, Manage Internal Knowledge, Identify Topics for Impact

Learning, Sharing, and Evaluation[edit]

15. What do you hope to learn from your work in this fund proposal?

In implementing this project we want to learn how relevant or impactful the workshop will be to the participants. We also want to know how useful wiki data is to them, whether they have acquired the necessary skills to contribute to wikidata.

16. Based on these learning questions, what is the information or data you need to collect to answer these questions? Please register this information (as metric description) in the following spaces provided.
Main Open Metrics Data
Main Open Metrics Description Target
Attendance This will measure the number of people who participated in the workshop 50
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17. Core quantitative metrics.
Core Metrics Summary
Core metrics Description Target
Number of participants We will register the number of participants who attends the workshop for our reporting 50
Number of editors Using our metrics dashboard we will sign the participants on the dashboard to track their contribution 40
Number of organizers This will entail trainers and coordinators who will be assisting us in the workshop 5
Number of new content contributions per Wikimedia project
Wikimedia Project Description Target
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17.1 If for some reason your proposal will not measure these core metrics please provide an explanation.

2000 wikidata entries

18. What tools would you use to measure each metric selected? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support.

Programs and event dashboard

Financial Proposal[edit]

19. & 19.1 What is the amount you are requesting from Wikimedia Foundation? Please provide this amount in your local currency.

28920 GHS

19.2 What is this amount in US Currency (to the best of your knowledge)?

 USD

20. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zHvalv8kitTBCjbFNvdrMmV39RWH0OEKavf5gJeWk2U/edit#gid=0

We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.

Yes

Endorsements and Feedback[edit]

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Community members are invited to share meaningful feedback on the proposal and include reasons why they endorse the proposal. Consider the following:

  • Stating why the proposal is important for the communities involved and why they think the strategies chosen will achieve the results that are expected.
  • Highlighting any aspects they think are particularly well developed: for instance, the strategies and activities proposed, the levels of community engagement, outreach to underrepresented groups, addressing knowledge gaps, partnerships, the overall budget and learning and evaluation section of the proposal, etc.
  • Highlighting if the proposal focuses on any interesting research, learning or innovation, etc. Also if it builds on learning from past proposals developed by the individual or organization, or other Wikimedia communities.
  • Analyzing if the proposal is going to contribute in any way to important developments around specific Wikimedia projects or Movement Strategy.
  • Analysing if the proposal is coherent in terms of the objectives, strategies, budget, and expected results (metrics).

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