Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikimedians of Northern Nigeria User Group Wikipedia Awareness in Jos (ID: 22576385)
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Applicant Details[edit]
- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Uncle Bash007
- Organization
Wikimedians of Northern Nigeria User Group (not a recognized affiliate)
- 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)
I'm a group leader of a Wikimedia User Group (submitted to the Affiliation Committee).
- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
Wikimedians of Northern Nigeria User Group - Roles
Uncle Bash007 - User Group Chairman
Gwanki - Vice Chairman
A Sulaiman Z - Secretary
Sanusi Gado - Treasurer
Hauwau sulaiman - Ass. Secretary (Female)
Yusuf Sa'adu - Board Councilor
AYM8818 - Board Vice Councilor
Manaf205 - Board Auditor
Main Proposal[edit]
- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Wikimedians of Northern Nigeria User Group Wikipedia Awareness in Jos
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-06-03 - 2024-08-04
- 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)
WikiGap
- 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)
A lot of Wikimedia activities have been carried out across Northern Nigeria, but some areas are still yet to be covered. Thus, that’s our user group’s main aim, to reach the places that are yet to be reached; the minorities; and the underrepresented. Plateau/Jos is a state in Northern Nigeria, with diversity in ethnic groups and cultures. Yet, there are little or no Wikimedia activities in the region. This spurred this user group (after careful observation) to conduct our first event in the region with the sole aim of creating Wikimedia awareness and engaging some major languages on Wikipedia. Three major languages in the region are Birom, Gbayi, and Nupe. We will focus on teaching them how to contribute to Wikipedia and create new language Wikipedias for these major languages.
- 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.
Our major aim is to create Wikimedia awareness in the region, with the primary aim of amplifying Wikimedia's mission and vision to the local communities in the region. The above aims can be achieved through the following objectives.
a). In-person awareness campaigns: this is a suitable approach, especially in creating awareness for the first time in the region; as there would be a lot of questions and the organizers will be available to answer them directly. We will use Wikimedia banners, flyers, and customized Wikimedia t-shirts to create effective awareness in the region. We will also organise face-to-face trainings for the local communities
b). Online campaign: this is particularly important in reaching out to the wider communities; since we cannot reach every angle at once. We will use social media to reach out to wider communities in the region. We will organise several other online trainings to improve participants’ experience and we will add particpants to our user group’s social media groups on Telegram and Whatsapp to keep them aware and updated about Wikimedia activities.
c). Collaboration: From experience, we observed that Wikimedia activities are much more effective through partnerships and collaborations. We will collaborate with the local community organisations in the region to make our campaign more effective.
d). New Language Wikipedias: we will guide participants to open new language projects on Wikipedia. We will also sort for those present on Wikipedia (like Nupe Wikipedia) and train them on how to improve them with vital articles.
e). Editathon: we will organise editathon among participants to encourage contributions and a competitive/winning ability among participants
f). Fan Clubs: we will encourage minor languages to open a Wiki fan club
- 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.
We are group of strong, experienced and dedicated Wikimedians..
- I Uncle Bash007 (chairman, Northern Nigerian Wikimedians User Group), an administrator on Hausa Wikipedia will lead the event
- Gwanki (vice chairman, administrator and oldest editor on Hausa Wikipedia and Hausa Wiktionary and winner of many contests will handle trainings and mentorship
- Sanusi Gado (treasurer Northern Nigerian Wikimedians user group) will handle finances and book keeping
- A Sulaiman Z (secretary of the user group) also an administrator on Hausa Wikipedia and Hausa Wiktionary) will handle communications and planning
- Yusuf Sa'adu (councillor of the user group) also an administrator on Hausa Wikipedia and Hausa Wiktionary) will ensure compliance with Wikimedia policies such as UCoC, Friendly Space Policy & Youth Safety Policy as well as general conducts of the organisers.
- AYM8818 (vice councillor of the user group) an experienced editor will help in ensuring compliance as well as social media campaigns
- Hauwau sulaiman (vice secretary) she will also assist in communication and in-person campaigns
- Manaf205 will handle logistics
- 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 target participants are people from Jos Plateau. The major ethnic groups in the region (Birom, Gbayi, and Nupe). We will engage participants before the event by reaching out to some participants from the region. Creating collaboration with some local communities in the region based on our aims, and deciding the best locations to carry out our in-person events in the region. We will keep participants active on Wikimedia after the event by adding them to our user group’s pages both on-wiki and social media.
- 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 have communicated through our user group talk page on meta and announced on social media platforms https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedians_of_Northern_Nigeria_User_Group
- 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)
Linguistic / Language
- 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)
Through this project, we want to answer the following questions
i. are there any Wikimedia activities taking place in Jos?
ii. Is there need to create awareness and amplify Wikimedia activities in the region?
iii. Will this project bring about a positive impact on Wikimedia goals and 2030 strategies of reaching out to minority or underrepresented communities?
iv. will this project goal bring about a positive impact to it’s people; by documenting information about their culture, people, and history?
v. Will this project via Wikimedia - help these languages from extinction?
vi. Will this project bring about recognition to Wikimedia and the user group as well?
NB: These questions will be answered via structured online questionnaire by the participants
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 200 | Number of people reached during campaign |
| Number of editors | 50 | At least 15 editors from every language community |
| Number of organizers | 8 |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 250 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 10 |
| Wikidata | |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | 250 |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | 50 |
| 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)
Yes
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Languages reached | languages to be reached Birom, Gbayi, and Nupe | 3 |
| New Languages added to Wikipedia | New Language projects added to Wikipedia | 2 |
| Fan clubs | Fan club(s) to be opened in the course of the event | 2 |
| 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)
Wikimedia Hashtag tool Wikimedia Dashboard tool Dedicated Meta page Google Forms (for evaluating Learning questions above)
Financial proposal[edit]
- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lpaCqjLDvPQqF0K-fpV1NDLtekuZpjEbioYZBWG1z1s/edit#gid=0
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
4204695 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.
2725.48 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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