Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikipedia Awareness in College of Administrative Management and Technology (CAMTECH) Potiskum, Yobe State. (ID: 21980745)

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Wikipedia Awareness in College of Administrative Management and Technology (CAMTECH) Potiskum, Yobe State.
proposed start date2022-12-25
proposed end date2023-01-25
budget (local currency)1225000 NGN
budget (USD)2823.56 USD
grant typeIndividual
funding regionSSA
decision fiscal year2022-23
applicant• Hussaini Mohammed Inusa
organization (if applicable)• N/A

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Applicant Details[edit]

Please provide your main Wikimedia Username.

Hussaini Mohammed Inusa

Please provide the Usernames of people related to this proposal.

Gwanki Sufie Alyaryasie M Bash ne

Organization

N/A

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.

1. Hausa wikimedia user group

2. Wikimedia User Group of Nigeria

Grant Proposal[edit]

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

Wikipedia Awareness in College of Administrative Management and Technology (CAMTECH) Potiskum, Yobe State.

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

Local

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


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


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

The purpose of the creation of Wikipedia and it's sisters awareness projects in College of Administrative Management and Technology (CAMTECH) Potiskum, Yobe State is to train and motivate the students to accept and use Wikimedia materials in Yobe State and Nigeria at large. 

      Moreover, to disclose and assist the students to acquire the knowledge of digital technology which can enable them contribute most importantly to the creation of articles that will bring about development of Yobe State through the knowledge and skills acquired.
2. Describe your main approaches or strategies to achieve these changes and why you think they will be effective.

Create public awareness about Wikimedia projects among students in College of Administrative Management and Technology (CAMTECH) Potiskum and recruitment of 30 new editors in various departments of the school. 

      This will enable full participation of students from various areas in Yobe state.
      Create public awareness about Wikimedia projects among participants in College of Administrative Management and Technology (CAMTECH) Potiskum, Yobe State. Many of the participants may have the idea about  English Wikipedia but very few are aware of the other languages ​​that Wikipedia is available in, especially the Hausa Wikipedia and other Wikimedia pojects that promote free education and open access to information to enhance the needs of this medium.
      Train participants on how to contribute to the various Wikimedia projects that the training focuses on which are:¡ creating a Wikipedia account, understanding the basic content policy, and understanding the general rules of editing, making minor edits etc. to improve content related to people, places, organizations, and history of Yobe state on Hausa Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikitonary and Wikicommons.
3. What are the activities you will be developing and delivering as part of these approaches or strategies?

Building awareness of Wikimedia among Students and other staff in College of Administrative Management and Technology (CAMTECH) Potiskum, Yobe State: This is to educate the students and other staff on the different uses of Wikimedia projects and to change their thinking about Wikipedia and other projects. Session on Off-line/Creative Awareness: This is a one-on-one session for participants. The method will also be used to raise awareness of the work of the Wikimedia Foundation. Online Training Session: This is an intensive training on how to promote or contribute content on Wikipedia and its sister projects. Offline Training Session and edit-a-thon: This is a hands-on keyboard training where new editors will be given a way to practice what they have learned from the online sessions.

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)

1. Awareness and Edit-a-thon at Federal University Gashua
2. Wikipedia Promotion in Yobe State
5. Do you have the team that is needed to implement this proposal?

• Hussaini Mohammed Inusa, I am the project leader. I participated in several Wikimedia Programs in Yobe State.

  • Gwanki, a professional Wikimedian, has organized several Wikimedia projects in Northern Nigeria. He's manager at Hausa Wikipedia.
  • Sufie Alyaryasie, an experienced Wikimedia editor and has experience in editing content. He has organized and been attending many Wikimedia events.
Mamman Ahmed and Maryam Saleh Isah from Yobe State will help to organize trips.
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.

Age (regency), Not applicable

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.

The content of the program will focus on filling the information gaps by updating existing articles and creating new Articles about people, places and organizations and history in Yobe state, and writing them on Wikipedia in Hausa, through this way we will improve the accuracy of knowledge in accordance with the Wikimedia strategy. This will also bring about development because it will further invest resources in Wikimedia's underrepresented communities around Nigeria and the world at large.

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 , Open Technology

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

Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background, Linguistic / Language, 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?

The target audience are staff and students of the College of Administrative Management and Technology (CAMTECH) Potiskum, Yobe State. and these include people from different sections of society. I will inform the principals before the event, show them what the event is all about and I will open groups on social media to answer their questions and guide them after the event. Most of the women are not represented and I want to bridge this gap, by encouraging them and giving them the necessary support, The college is not far from where I currently live. And I want to assure you that I know the school and the community very well because I used to stay there to study. I have already started contacting two of my friends who are now college students for suitable programs. I have three professional editors who will help me lead this project successfully by God's grace. These are: 1- Gwanki 2- Sufie Alyaryasie 3- M Bash Ne The experienced wikimedians mentioned (Wikipedia User names) will be invited to help me manage this work. They have experience in project management and have carried out various projects in different places in Nigeria. Considering that this is my first project and inviting these professional editors to lead the project, it will create a positive impact.

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

The space-friendly policy of Wikimedia content will be summarized and read at the beginning of each event to remind participants and organizers of the importance of the space policy. We will follow Wikimedia's friendly space policy during the event. Wikimedia and UCoC friendly space policies will be distributed to participants prior to the start of the event. The venue will be safe and convenient.

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.

I will inform them through social media handles and I will let them know in whatsapp group and also in Hausa Wikimedia User group discussion on meta.

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.

The Students Union Government (SUG) of College of Administrative Management and Technology (CAMTECH): This union will assist in communicating with the students through the use of their social media platforms. They will also help in connecting me with the school management to the approving the implementation of the program in the school.

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, Improve User Experience, Manage Internal Knowledge, Identify Topics for Impact, Innovate in Free Knowledge

Learning, Sharing, and Evaluation[edit]

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

1. learning how to coordinate and manage participants.

2. How to improve the quality of the content gap on Wikipedia and its sister works.
3. I look forward to learning from the participants to improve my community's work and experience priorities that increase the contribution of editors and the sustainability of new editors in various Wikimedia strategies.
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
Creating Awareness about Wikimedia To the students online and offline outlets will be used to create a massive awareness about the aims, goals and objectives of Wikimedia Foundation. 30
Training the recruited editors We shall recruit the new editors and train them on how to create the articles and improve the existing ones 30
Creating articles New and existing articles that will improve and grow up the Wikimedia projects will be created and improved. 50
Creating WhatsApp and facebook group WhatsApp group and facebook page will be created after the event and add whose have an interest in Wikipedia 2
N/A N/A N/A
17. Core quantitative metrics.
Core Metrics Summary
Core metrics Description Target
Number of participants Total number of participants including organizers 40
Number of editors Number of new editors during the training 30
Number of organizers Number of organizers 5
Number of new content contributions per Wikimedia project
Wikimedia Project Description Target
Wikipedia Number of articles to be created or Edited during the event. 50
Wikimedia Commons Number of photos to be uploaded to Wikimedia Commons 20
Wikidata Creating and editing Wikidata items about Yobe State 10
Wiktionary to create and update wikittionry items during the event. 30
N/A N/A N/A
17.1 If for some reason your proposal will not measure these core metrics please provide an explanation.

Creating Community Awareness about Wikimedia Projects in College of Administrative Management and Technology (CAMTECH) Potiskum, Yobe State

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.

Number of participants: Program and Events Dashboard Number of Editors: Program and Events Dashboard Number of Organizers: Program and Events Dashboard Number of new content contributions to Wikimedia Projects: Program and Events Dashboard and Wikimedia Hashtag Tools

Financial Proposal[edit]

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

1225000 NGN

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

2823.56 USD

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

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JfFl6qJkSq-FxBsDXhBSMak3DaNWkmiK3D8Bq_LiObY/edit?usp=drivesdk

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

Yes

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