Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikimedia Promotions at Sa'adu Zungur University (ID: 22893420)
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Applicant Details
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Majalam
- 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.
Wikimedia Promotions at Sa'adu Zungur University
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2025-02-08 - 2025-03-08
- 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) Edit-a-thon
- 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)
There are still quite a number of learning environments, institutions of learnings and universities filled with hundreds of thousands intellectuals who would be glad to embrace Wikipedia and volunteer to its content development by covering the missing and less discuss topics as well as improve on the existing ones but these people lacked the awareness and are missing out in the free knowledge movement and this is the idea behind this project which aims to promotes Wikipedia and its sister projects to the students and staff of Sa'adu Zungur University, which is one of the isolated universities where the Wikimedia awareness was never been attempted to be introduced leaving behind a bunch of intelligent individuals who would have been contributing to Wikimedia projects. The university is well equipped with facilities and equipment that are among the best in Nigeria which serves the opportunity to easily handles a Wikimedia events in the institution and also helps in engaging students and staff in contributing to Wikimedia projects.
Through this promotions campaign we aim to revolutionize the traditional way of thinking of the populace of this university who believe that contents of Wikipedia were generated by machines or robots and that the information they provide is static and unchangeable by man which makes it vague and outdated. This would be best way to how to change their perception and also train them on how to contribute and use Wikimedia projects especially for research purposes.
To achieve a successful outcome, we would start the activities by creating awareness on Wikimedia projects in the University including; one on one interactions, on-campus promotions and distribution of posters and flyers, meeting HODs, Faculty Deans and Dean Students Affairs educating them about the Wikimedia projects and their significance enabling them to understand the importance of open access to knowledge and the role Wikimedia plays in achieving this goal. We would them train then randomly select and train 50 individuals from staff and students to help them become editors contributing to Wikimedia projects
Before the end of the event, we would collaborate with the management to create a community of Wikimedia editors in Sa'adu Zungur University to ensure that the continuous Wiki related activities. A WhatsApp group will also be created for participants retention and encouragement.
- 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.
Awareness Campaign: A 3-days awareness campaign will be undertaken to tour the premises of the university, academic offices, faculties, lecture halls, and other social gatherings advocating the Wikimedia projects. During the awareness we will register 50 participants for the training.
First Physical Training: This would introduced the participants to hands-on keyboard practical sessions about Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.
Second Physical Training: This session will be for mop-up activity where the participants get the chance to explain the problems they are facing and the facilitators help them solve the issues.
- 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.
- Majalam is a skilled female Wikimedia volunteer, editor and trainer with a passion for knowledge sharing and community engagement. She has actively participated in various Wikimedia events that cut-across Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, Incubator, etc. She has attended several online and in-person Wiki events organized in various part of Nigeria, especially the north. Her efforts in bridging geographic and language gaps is well noticed.
- Hajjare is another female volunteer, an experienced Wikimedia editor, and organizer of variuos Wiki events. She has organized and facilitated several Wikipedia projects Awareness in Northern Nigeria with notable impact on young people and well-deserving awards. She is part of the offline facilitators to help in training the participants.
- Ibrahim442: Is a versed and experienced male editor and project lead of Wikimedia Awareness in Mai Idriss Alooma Polytechnic. He will bring his wealth of knowledge and experience in recruiting the participants.
- Jalamcy2023 is an experienced Wikimedia projects editor and trainer with a huge facilitation experience. She assisted in various organized projects and will help online and offline.
- Mariam planner is a student of the University and a contact person. She will serve the roles of liaisons and communications between the University management and the project lead.
- The remaining two facilitators will be from the university and are going to help with technical supports, hall settings, logistics etc. They are also going to continue with the overseeing of the Wiki activities within the University.
- 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)
Lecturers, staff, students and the general populace within and around the University
- 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.
All the respective Wikimedia groups have 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)
Geography
- 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)
- In a scale of 1-10 how would you rate the success of this project?
- Did the participants obtained the required skills to edit Wikimedia projects during the implementation of this project?
- In what way do you think this project impacted the University community?
- How do you plan to keep the participants updated with the activities happening in the Wikimedia movement?
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 50 | Targets 50 participants |
| Number of editors | 25 | Targets 25 editors |
| Number of organizers | 7 | 7 organizers, 3 females and 4 males |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 300 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 100 |
| Wikidata | 150 |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | 200 |
| 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)
Wikimedia Dashboard tool
Financial proposal
[edit]- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1B7NItnHb9HRIjp1a0DcDvS1JCKZbVUpB5advrPQtdLA/edit?usp=sharing
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
1886000 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.
1118.49 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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