Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikimedia Awareness in Billiri Community (ID: 22276653)
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Applicant Details[edit]
- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Thinkrasheed
- 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)
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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.
Wikimedia Awareness in Billiri Community
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2023-11-03 - 2023-12-03
- 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, capacity building and community development.
- 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)
Billiri is one local government in Northern Nigeria with a population of more than 339,400 people as of the 2006 Nigeria's census.
It currently accommodates close to a million people, in addition to having federal government college, and college of education. Writers' clubs and associations, and a host of other institutions spread across its community. But unfortunately, despite the advantageous advancements in the community, there is an absolute dearth of editors, not to even talk of projects that seek to promote Wikipedia in the community.
As a member of the community who is lucky to have discovered Wikipedia, I feel obliged to premier the first Wikimedia promotion campaign/training in billiri for the overall ascendancy of new editors as well as raising and inspiring the emergence of active champions of the Wikipedia projects. The creation of Wikipedia and its sister's project awareness in Billiri is targeted towards laying a solid foundation for the widespread adoption and use of Wikimedia products among youths in the community.
Also, the proposed month-long activity has the potential to bridge the content gaps that exist about articles on different topics with the help of experienced editors; many notable local and international scholars, organizations, tourist attraction sites such as the historical and research places, and many more in Billiri do not have wide coverage on Wikipedia.
Unlike in other communities where there has been a series of training and presence of the Wikimedia community, there has never been any training or anything sort of that to train people and notify them about Wikimedia projects and how they can contribute to it them in Billiri. If approved, the project will help to establish the first ever Wiki community meetup in Billiri, specifically meant to keep in touch with present and future activities of Wikimedia in the community as well as to keep track of the editors' journey as new wikimedia champions from Billiri.
- 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 Billiri will consist of five different sessions with the establishment of Wikimedia community;
- 1. Two days of an in-person (physical) workshop: With the help of three of the five facilitators to be engaged, the two day physical sessions hope to avail the participants 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 them with the needed skills about how to edit on Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikicommons, etc: With the help of the two online facilitators of the project, the online segment aimed at fine-tuning the editing skills of the new editors, as well polishing where they have much weaknesses.
- 3. One day of an in-person review session (final day): After the two days physical trainings as well as the two days online sessions, an interval of two weeks will be given for the participants to edit and practice the knowledge acquired from the project into fruition.
There will be a two weeks Edit-a-thon where winners will be awarded a certificate of excellence each; a WhatsApp group will be utilized to encourage them edit and attempt to questions arising from their newfound journey. Thereafter a one-day physical training, as the last day of the project, will be convened with the purpose of reviewing the works of the participants, clarifying where necessary, entertaining questions and clarifications, and awarding certificates to wrap up the project.
Creating a group of Wikimedia editors in Billiri: 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 Usmanagm through the Hausa user group.
- 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.
Thinkrasheed is a skilled editor with extensive experience in Wikimedia projects. He serves as the project lead in Billiri wikimedia awareness community project. Thinkrasheed has actively participated in various Wikimedia initiatives, including winning the first prize in the Wikimedia Awareness in Akko local government and Trainee program at the Gombe edit-a-thon. He has also taken part in the Gombe Connect campaign and Federal Polytechnic Kaltungo project.
Abdulazeez Taufeeq is a skilled editor with extensive experience in Wikimedia projects. He serves as the project lead in Federal College of Horticulture Dadin Kowa. Abdulazeez has actively participated in various Wikimedia initiatives, including winning the third prize in the Wikipedia Awareness and Trainee program at the Gombe edit-a-thon. He has also taken part in the public domain contest, the Federal Polytechnic Kaltungo project, the ongoing Wikimedia promotion in Akure focusing on article creation and updating, and the Wiki climate tours organized in Federal University Kashere in Nigeria.
Usmanagm: is a seasoned trainer and skilled organizer who plays a vital role in the development of Wikimedia projects in Northern Nigeria. He acts as the project lead for Wikimedia Awareness in Akko and will support the lead in raising awareness during the offline campaign.
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.
YusufuAM is an active Wikimedia projects editor. He has participated in different programs such as Wikimedia Promotions in federal university kashere, Wikki Loves Library, Wiki wanting photos, Afrosports etc.
- 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 Billiri local government is the target community that comprises of different people from different regions, ethnic groups and they belong to different religions, out focus will be on creating and improving articles that are related to Nigerian culture, religions and Language in Hausa Wikipedia and English Wikipedia. I and the team member I will be actively involved in facilitating the training and also make sure that the participants get the required logic and knowledge of contributing to Wikipedia and sister projects. Also, we will monitor the three weeks online edit-a-thon for the new editors to make sure that Wikipedia is not vandalized out of ignorance.
At the end, the project will contribute and support wikipedia, wikidata and wikimedia Commons in knowledge building as well as total development of wikimedia movement through relevant article development, creating more active editors and good quality photo uploading.
- 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 from Wikipedia
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Friendly_space_policy#Youth_Safety%7C will be summarised and read at the beginning of any programmed carryout during the project.
- 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.
The Wikimedia Nigeria Community has been notified
Wikimedia_awareness_in_Billiri_community and Hausa Wikimedia User Group Nigeria has been notified through the Whatsapp platform.
- 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)
Advocacy
- 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)
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 create community awareness about Wikimedia projects in Billiri community?
Did the project train new editors to have the required skills to edit Wikimedia projects?
Was the project beneficial to the existing editors in Billiri community?
Did the participants contribute contents to Wikipedia and it's sisters' projects?
Did the project create a sustainable group of Wikimedia editors in Billiri community ?
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 60 | Participants: These are the total number of people that will be available for the online and offline events. This includes the editors, organisers and institution representatives.
New Participants: There forty six new participants which are representatives from the school management and the new recruited editors. Returning participants: There will be fourteen returning participants which consists of the facilitators and the existing editors. |
| Number of editors | 50 | Forty New Editors: These are total number of students and staff that will create new accounts and will be monitored on the modus operandi of contributing positively to Wikimedia Foundation Projects.
Ten Returning Editors: These are the total number of Returning Editors who already have their accounts and will be further trained. |
| Number of organizers | 5 | Thinkrasheed is a skilled editor with extensive experience in Wikimedia projects. He serves as the project lead in Billiri wikimedia awareness community project. Thinkrasheed has actively participated in various Wikimedia initiatives, including winning the first prize in the Wikimedia Awareness in Akko local government and Trainee program at the Gombe edit-a-thon. He has also taken part in the Gombe Connect campaign and Federal Polytechnic Kaltungo project.
Abdulazeez Taufeeq is a skilled editor with extensive experience in Wikimedia projects. He serves as the project lead in Federal College of Horticulture Dadin Kowa. Abdulazeez has actively participated in various Wikimedia initiatives, including winning the third prize in the Wikipedia Awareness and Trainee program at the Gombe edit-a-thon. He has also taken part in the public domain contest, the Federal Polytechnic Kaltungo project, the ongoing Wikimedia promotion in Akure focusing on article creation and updating, and the Wiki climate tours organized in Federal University Kashere in Nigeria.
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.
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| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 50 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 120 |
| Wikidata | 30 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 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)
We will be using Wikimedia Outreach dashboard where we will monitor the participants activities. It will also be used to measure some project metrics such as number of participants, number of articles created/improved, number of references added to articles.
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)
1357500 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.
2319 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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