Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikimedia Awareness and Gender Promotions in Dukku (ID: 22215019)
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Applicant Details[edit]
- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Ojewuyib
- Organization
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Main Proposal[edit]
- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Wikimedia Awareness and Gender Promotions in Dukku
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2023-09-28 - 2023-10-28
- 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 Awareness, trainings and gender gap promotions
- 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)
With a population of more than 207,190 as of the 2006 Nigerian census, Dukku is one of the largest local governments in Northeastern Nigeria. In addition to housing nearly to a million people, it also has a university, a college for health and nursing, writers' groups and associations, and a variety of other institutions dispersed across its population. Unfortunately, despite the positive developments in the community, there are very few editors working on Wikimedia projects, not to mention initiatives that aim to spread awareness of Wikipedia.
As a woman and a part of the community who counts herself fortunate to have found Wikipedia, I feel compelled to launch the first Wikimedia promotion campaign/training in Dukku for the general ascent of new editors, particularly Women. The reason for this is that in order to close the gender gap on Wikimedia projects, more women volunteers are required. By raising and inspiring the emergence of active champions of Wikimedia Foundation initiatives, I also wanted to increase Wikipedia and its sister project In Dukku's visibility among the youths in the community
Also, the proposed month-long activity will be tailored toward closing bridge the gender gaps that exist about articles on different topics. Additionally, with the help of editors; articles about notable local and international scholars, organizations, tourist attraction sites such as the historical and research places, and many more in Dukku will be improved.
Finally, unlike other communities where the Wikimedia community has been present and has conducted a number of training sessions, there has never been any training or similar activity in Dukku to inform people about Wikimedia projects and how they might contribute to them. If accepted, the project will contribute to the creation of Dukku's first-ever Wiki community gathering, which will be used to keep track of the editors' development as new Wikipedia champions from Dukku as well as current and upcoming activities of Wikipedia in the community.
Approaches
Training and Recruiting new editors across different higher institutions, writers and youths' associations in Dukku. We will train 50 members of the Dukku local government to boost the number of editors who contribute to Wikimedia projects. They will be trained on Wikimedia Commons, editing Wikipedia articles, and Wikidata.
Gender Gap Promotions: To contribute to closing the masculine dominations of Wikipedia editors, the participants will include 70% women and 30% men who are mostly students and youths from different institutions, clubs and Association within the target community. Also, the project would be tailored toward given priority to notable women articles with aim towards balancing the contents on Wikipedia and it's sisters' projects
Adding or improving local contents: We want to expand the representation of Nigeria's culture and history on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects by adding or updating local content from Nigeria on English Wikipedia and Wikipedia Commons. We would urge editors to write and enhance articles about Nigeria, its people, culture, and history in order to do this. In order to improve the visual portrayal of Nigeria, we will also encourage the use of photographs and audiovisual files from Wikimedia Commons.
Creating a community of Wikimedia Editors in Dukku: One the the facilitators for both the online and physical sessions, Ibjaja055 is an active and wikipedia editor. I will partner with the Hausa User group and Wikimedia User Group Nigeria through him to help in the execution of the project as well as in the creation and sustainability of the community. This is in addition to creating a WhatsApp group for the new editors.
- 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 to introduce Wikipedia to this community. Wikipedia Promotions in Dukku will consist of five different sessions with the establishment of Wikimedia community;
Two days of an in-person (physical) workshop: With the help of three of the four facilitators to be engaged, the two day physical sessions hope to avail the participants with the basic knowledge about Wikipedia. This will also involve account creation and on-site minor edits by all the participants.
- 2. Two (2) series of online reinforcement training:
To properly equip the participants with the needed skills on how to edit on Wikipedia, Wikicommons, etc: Two online facilitators will use the online segments to fine-tune the editing skills of the new editors, as well polishing where they have much weaknesses.
- 3. One day review session (final day): After the two days of in-person instruction and the two days of online instruction, there will be a period of two weeks for the participants to edit and put their newfound knowledge into practice. The Edit-a-thon will go for two weeks, and winners will get certificates of excellence. To encourage participants to edit and try to answer any concerns that may arise from their newfound experience, a WhatsApp group will be used. After that, on the final day of the project, a one-day physical training will be held with the aim of examining the participants' work, providing clarification where appropriate, accommodating queries and clarifications, and presenting certificates to conclude the project.
Creating a group of Wikimedia editors in Dukku: The last day of the project will see the creation of a community for sustainability purposes. This will be easily achievable with the help of Ibjaja055 and the rest of the facilitators.
- 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.
Ojewuyib is the project lead and member of the host community. She 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, Wikimedia Promotions in Federal Polytechnic Kaltungo
Ibjaja055 is a an experienced Wikimedia projects editor. He was the convener of the Wikimedia Promotions in Federal University of Kashere. 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.
- 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)
Targeted participants and the community
The target participants are the youths of Dukku Local Government. They will be selected from different intellectual organisation like writing clubs, students union and the rest since the project lead has access to the groups.
Pre project activities
Before the activities, their data will be gotten through the use of Google forms, WhatsApp group will be created for them and the project Lead and the facilitators will in interacting with them.
Project activities During the Project, the the projectead will stick to the plan of one onboarding program, two online trainings and two physical trainings where the participants will be seriously guided on how to contribute to Wikimedia foundation Projects.
Post training The WhatsApp group used for the program would be turned to a community group where the participants would be mentored to further better their editing skills.
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
- 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.
- 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)
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Learning and metrics[edit]
- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
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| Number of participants | ||
| Number of editors | ||
| Number of organizers |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
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| Wikipedia | |
| Wikimedia Commons | |
| Wikidata | |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies |
- Optional description for content contributions.
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- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
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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)
Financial proposal[edit]
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- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
- 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.
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