Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/WikiNaijaNames:Celebrating Nigeria's Indigenous Identity on Wikimedia

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Applicant details

Wikimedia username(s):

Ridzaina

Bukky658 James Rhoda BJ 77

Organization:

G. Have you received grants from the Wikimedia Foundation before?

Applied previously and did receive a grant

H. Have you received grants from any non-wiki organization before?

No

H.1 Which organization(s) did you receive grants from?

N/A

M. Do you have a fiscal sponsor?

No

M1. Fiscal organization name.

N/A

Additional information

R. Where will this proposal be implemented?

Nigeria

S. Please indicate whether your work will be focused on one country (local), more than one or several countries in your region (regional) or has a cross-regional (global) scope:

Local

S1. If you have answered regional or international, please write the country names and any other information that is useful for understanding your proposal.

T. If you would like, please share any websites or social media accounts that your group or organization has. (optional)

N/A

M. Do you have a fiscal sponsor?

No

M1. Fiscal organization name.

N/A

Proposal

1. What is the overall vision of your organization and how does this proposal contribute to this? How does this proposal connect to past work and learning?

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

Over 250 ethnic groups make up the diverse nation of Nigeria, each with its own distinct language, culture, and history. The country is home to many indigenous languages, many of which face extinction. WikiNaijaNames is an initiative that will help promote linguistic diversity and support the survival of indigenous languages. For many Nigerians, their native names are a crucial part of who they are. They give people chances to learn about various cultures and languages and by promoting them on Wikimedia Projects, we are ensuring that Nigerian cultures and identities are accurately represented in online spaces and providing access to this information for people all over the world. The goal of the project is to provide content about Nigerian names for Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons in order to commemorate and preserve the nation's rich cultural legacy. According to an on Wiki Signal carried out, there are currently only 24 Nigerian names(https://petscan.wmflabs.org/?psid=24907727) , 109 Surnames of Nigerian origin mostly Yoruba(https://petscan.wmflabs.org/?psid=24907781), 17 Igbo Language names(https://petscan.wmflabs.org/?psid=24907839), and only 2 Hausa Language names(https://petscan.wmflabs.org/?psid=24907850) with few pronunciation and transcription , inadequate data on Wikidata and little or no audio files about them on commons. All of that is to be fixed by this project.

This project is a part of a larger initiative to ensure that Nigerian identities are reflected online in order to encourage equity and inclusivity in the digital world. This will ensure that the information available to future generations concerning Nigerian names is correct. The project will dispel inaccurate stereotypes and advance a more complex and positive understanding of Nigerian culture by offering accurate as well as diverse information about Nigerian names. Celebrating Nigeria's Indigenous Identity on Wikimedia can also empower Nigerian communities by giving them a voice and a platform to share their stories and experiences. As a result, there will be less divide between various cultures, and there will be more harmony and understanding.

3. Describe your main approaches or strategies to achieve these changes and why you think they will be effective.

1. Training and recruitment of 30 participants of which 15 will be new editors and 15 will be existing editors. This training will enable them to create and edit articles and items as well as record and upload pronunciation audios of Nigerian names.

2. Provide the new editors and the existing editors with the necessary tools needed to improve Wikipedia, Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons. We will be providing them with all the necessary information they need to participate.

3. Training participants on how to contribute to the various Wikimedia projects that the training focuses on;

– Creating a Wikipedia/Wikidata account. – Understanding the core content policies and the general editing principles. – Creating new and improving existing items on Wikidata. – Creating new and improving existing articles on Wikipedia. Recording pronunciations and uploading them on Wikimedia Commons.

4. The outreach dashboard will be used to keep track of all contributions made by the editors during the edit-a-thon.

5. Giving out prizes to the Top 4 contributors as incentives to motivate them at the end of the campaign.

4. What are the activities you will be developing and delivering as part of these approaches or strategies?

1. Mobilizing and sensitizing participants on the various uses of the Wikimedia projects: The project will engage Academics who are linguistics and language Orators passionate about Nigerian Languages, Culture and Heritage in my Locality. It is hoped that the trained participants will go on to create more awareness and promote Nigerian native names on the various Wikimedia projects.

2. Recruit 30 participants (both new and existing)

3. Giving out prizes to the top 4 contributors as incentives to motivate them at the end of the campaign.

4. Generating diverse contents

– Edit-a-thons: We will carry out edit-a-thons to train 30 participants to perform minor edits (adding citations, Wikilinks, Category, Infoboxes, and descriptions, among others) on Wikipedia articles related to Literature topics in the Nigerian context. – Data-a-thons: This activity will be a series of Wikidata training/data-a-thon to raise awareness about the available data on Nigerian indigenous names to identify the gaps by introducing the participants to Wikidata query service and how to use it to track items. We will also increase awareness of the importance of creating these data as a worklist that will guide participants on how to create /improve items identified. Furthermore, participants will be trained to run queries to know the existing data gap and create and improve items on Wikidata. – Recording Audios with Lingua Libre: Participants will be trained on how to use Lingua Libre to record audios (pronunciation of names) and upload them on Wikimedia Commons

5. Do you want to apply for multi-year funding?

5.1 If yes, provide a brief overview of Year 2 and Year 3 of the proposed plan and how this relates to the current proposal and your strategic plan?

N/A

6. Please include a timeline (operational calendar) for your proposal.

7. Do you have the team that is needed to implement this proposal?

Ridzaina (Project Lead): is an experienced Wikimedian in Nigeria and also the General Secretary of the Wikimedia Fanclub, Unilorin. She was the project lead for the Let’s connect peer learning program in Kwara. She facilitated the Wikidata for Nigerian Novelists and Novels, was a co-facilitator for Reading Wikipedia in the classroom program for Teachers in Nigeria, Reading Wikipedia in the classroom program for Students in Kwara, Celtic Knot Conference Kwara, Promoting Nigerian Books and Authors, 1Lib1Ref 2022 Kwara and so on. She has participated in various Wikimedia projects and won several contests such as Wiki Loves SDG's Contest 2021, Wikidata for Libraries and Librarians in Nigeria, AfroCreatives 2022 contest, etc. She is a trained educator who is passionate about learning and sharing knowledge.

Bukky658 (Facilitator): is a fellow of Wikipedian in African Libraries, the first Certified Trainer and Project Lead for the Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom program in Nigeria. She is the founder of the Wikimedia Fan Club, at Kwara State University and has led and co-organised several other projects such asWikiLovesLibrariesNigeria 2022, 1Lib1Ref Kwara 2022, WikiGLAM Awareness for Librarians in Kwara State, Wikidata for Libraries and notable Librarians in Kwara State, Wikipedia awareness for Library and Information Students in Nigeria, Wikidata for novelists and their novels, and then let’s connect peer learning program in Kwara. She is currently a Special Advisor of the Wikipedia and Education User Group.

James Rhoda (Facilitator): is an experienced Wikimedian, She was the project lead for Wikidata for Nigerian Novelist and Novel, She facilitated the Wikidata for Libraries and Librarians in Nigeria, WikiGlam Awareness in Kwara State and unofficially facilitated other projects. She has participated in a series of contests such as WPWP 2020, Wikidata SDG's Contest 2021, Wiki Loves Africa 2021, WPWP2021, Wikidata(Media personalities in Nigeria) 2021, etc.

BJ 77: (Communication expert) He is an experienced Wikimedian who has participated in various Wikidata and Wikipedia projects. He is an educator and he is very good at communicating with other people.

8. 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.

Geography, Language, Cultural background, ethnicity, religion, racial

8.1 In a few sentences, explain how your work is specifically addressing this content gap (or Knowledge inequity) to ensure a greater representation of knowledge.

By updating Nigerian names and their meanings on Wikipedia and Wikidata, WikiNaijaNames will support cultural diversity and make sure that the knowledge on Wikimedia is more inclusive and representative of the global community. This aids in bridging the representational and knowledge gap present in traditional information sources. The difficulty readers have in pronouncing native Nigerian names will also be alleviated with the help of the audio recordings that will be uploaded on Wikicommons.

9. 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 , Diversity

10. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Please note, we had previously asked about inclusion and diversity in terms of CONTENTS, in this question we are asking about the diversity of PARTICIPANTS. Select up to THREE that most apply to your work.

Geographic , Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background, Linguistic / Language, Digital Access

11. What are your strategies for engaging participants, particularly those that currently are non-Wikimedia?

This campaign targets new and existing Wikimedia from Nigeria and also members of linguistics and Nigerian languages associations across the country. During the planning stage, the project team will facilitate the campaign and will be briefed about the project and relevant resources to guide the implementation will be shared with them. During the campaign planning stage, we hope to create awareness before the implementation for prospective participants by creating awareness about the project on various social media platforms using E-posters and banners to promote the program online. During the project, the team will be actively involved in the training and ensuring that the participants get the act and art of contributing to Wikipedia and its sister projects, Wikidata and WikiCommons. Also, the training is set to have two physical and two online training/ Edithatons to ensure that editors are properly guided on how to promote Nigerian native names across various Wikimedia projects during the editing contest. To ensure the sustainability of the project, during the events, new participants will be recruited. After the event, all participants will receive updates about related Wikimedia campaigns/programs to encourage continuous participation during wiki events. All Participants will be added to the existing messaging channel and mailing lists for follow-up, updates, questions, etc.

12. In what ways are you actively seeking to contribute towards creating a safer, supportive, more equitable environment for participants and promoting the UCOC and Friendly Space Policy, and/or equivalent local policies and processes?

The General friendly space policy for Wikimedia events will be summarised and read at the beginning of each event to remind the participants and the organisers of the importance of a friendly space policy. In addendum, we will make the following 24 hours phone numbers available throughout the events; The organisers, Local venue security, Local law enforcement, Local sexual assault hotline, Local emergency and non-emergency medical services, and Local taxi company will be available.

13. Do you have plans to work with Wikimedia communities, groups, or affiliates in your country, or in other countries, to implement this proposal?

Yes

13.1 If yes, please tell us about these connections online and offline and how you have let Wikimedia communities know about this proposal.

I have informed them at the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria for their suggestions and inputs. The link can be found here https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_User_Group_Nigeria#WikiNaijaNames

14. Will you be working with other external, non-Wikimedian partners to implement this proposal?

Yes

14.1 Please describe these partnerships and what motivates the potential partner to be part of the proposal and how they add value to your work.

There will be a partnership with the Linguistics Students Association of Nigeria, the Linguistic Association of Nigeria (LAN) and the Association of Nigerian Languages Teachers to help recruit new editors, and these partners will help publicize the project and its objectives to the participants from their establishment, which will boost their interest in participating in this project. These partners are passionate about Nigerian Cultures and Languages and will further promote the cause of this project.

15. How do you hope to sustain or expand the work carried out in this proposal after the grant?

16. What kind of risks do you anticipate and how would you mitigate these. This can include factors such as external/contextual issues that may affect implementation, as well as internal issues, such as governance/leadership changes.

17. 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, Provide for Safety and Inclusion, Manage Internal Knowledge, Innovate in Free Knowledge

18. Please state if your organization or group has a Strategic Plan that can help us further understand your proposal. You can also upload it here.

Learning, Sharing, and Evaluation

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

The main questions that we hope to have answered after completing the project are: What is the history and cultural significance of Nigerian names? How can the inclusion of Nigerian names on Wikimedia platforms promote cultural diversity and understanding? What challenges have been encountered by participants in promoting Nigerian names on Wikimedia platforms, and how have they been addressed? What impact has the project had on the visibility and usage of Nigerian names on Wikimedia platforms? How many articles of Nigerian names have been created or improved on Wikipedia? How many items of Nigerian names have been created or improved on Wikidata? How many audio recordings of Nigerian names have been recorded and uploaded on Wikicommons? What further steps can be taken to promote the inclusion of Nigerian names and other underrepresented cultures on Wikimedia platforms? How many people are continuing to edit after the project? What motivates editors to continue to edit after activities? What are some of the existing barriers, are they receiving the needed support?

20. 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 space provided.


Main Metrics	Description	Target
Number of Events	We will have a total number of 2 physical events and 2 online training. The events will cover training sessions on creating articles and items about Nigerian native names on Wikipedia and Wikidata, respectively and also recording and upload pronunciation audios of Nigerian native names on Wikicommons.	4
Number of Newly Recruited Wikimedians	15 new editors will be recruited	15
Total number of items/articles created and improved	The total number of items created is expected to be 150 and the expected articles to be improved/created is 100	250
Total number audio recordings created and uploaded	The total number of audio recordings to be created is 50	50
N/A	N/A	N/A

Here are some additional metrics that you can use if they are relevant to your work. Please note that this is just an optional list, mostly of quantitative metrics. They may complement the qualitative metrics you have defined in the previous boxes.


Additional Metrics	Description	Target
Number of editors that continue to participate/retained after activities	N/A	N/A
Number of organizers that continue to participate/retained after activities	N/A	N/A
Number of strategic partnerships that contribute to longer term growth, diversity and sustainability	N/A	N/A
Feedback from participants on effective strategies for attracting and retaining contributors	N/A	N/A
Diversity of participants brought in by grantees	N/A	N/A
Number of people reached through social media publications	N/A	N/A
Number of activities developed	N/A	N/A
Number of volunteer hours	N/A	N/A

21. Additional core quantitative metrics. These core metrics will not tell the whole story about your work, but they are important for measuring some Movement-wide changes. Please try to include these core metrics if they are relevant to your work. If they are not, please use the space provided to explain why they are not relevant or why you can not capture this data. Your explanation will help us review our core metrics and make sure we are using the best ones for the movement as a whole.

Core Metrics Summary
Core metrics	Description	Target
Number of participants	We will be working with 30 participants, 15 newly recruited and 15 existing participants with 4 organizing team members.	34
Number of editors	We will be working with a total of 30 editors	30
Number of organizers	There will be 4 Wikimedia volunteers (including the project lead) but we will be working with other experienced Wikimedians and Linguists.	4

**Number of new content contributions per Wikimedia project**
Wikimedia Project	Description	Target
Wikipedia	A total of 100 articles will be created and improved.	100
Wikidata	A total of 150 items will be created and improved.	150
Wikimedia Commons	A total of 50 audio recordings of pronunciation of Nigerian native names will be recorded and uploaded.	50
N/A	N/A	N/A
N/A	N/A	N/A

21.1 If for some reason your proposal will not measure these core metrics please provide an explanation.

N/A

22. What tools would you use to measure each metric selected?

Summary x Sigma Hashtags x WMFLabs, Outreach Dashboard Pages Created - XTools and Global account information.

Financial Proposal

23. & 23.1 What is the amount you are requesting from WMF? Please provide this amount in your local currency. If you are thinking about a multi-year fund, please provide the amount for the first year.

1213075 NGN

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

2624.23 USD

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

23.4 Please include any additional observations or comments you would like to include about your budget.

N/A

Please use this optional space to upload any documents that you feel are important for further understanding your proposal.

Final Message

By submitting your proposal/funding request you agree that you are in agreement with the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and the Universal Code of Conduct.

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

Yes

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