Grants:Project/Rapid/Advancing Wikimedia Projects in Gungbe Language: Gungbe Wiktionary, Gungbe Wikipedia, Wikidata & Commons
Please see the sample Editathon/Training application before drafting your application.
Project Goal
[edit]Choose one or more of the following goals. You can add or delete goals as needed.
- Recruit new editors
- Increase skills for existing editors
- Add or improve content on Gungbe Wikipedia
- Add or improve content on Gungbe Wiktionary
- Add or improve content on Wikidata
- Upload Gungbe audio files on Commons using Spell4wiki
Project Plan
[edit]Activities
[edit]Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:
1. Are you doing one editathon or training or a series of editathons or trainings?
- 10 series of trainings/editathons
2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? You are required to provide links to on-wiki pages to inform these communities about your proposed work. Examples of places where this can be done include community discussion pages, affiliate discussion pages, or relevant project talk pages.
You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.
- I have informed the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria, Wikimédiens du Bénin User Group, the proposed Gungbe Wikimedians User Group
3. How will you let participants know about the edit-a-thon? In what ways will you be communicating with them?
For example, these can include on-wiki spaces, social media channels, mailing lists, messaging apps, or physical/online gatherings.
- I will inform them through the Gungbe Wikimedians facebook page, Gungbe Wikimedians WhatsApp group, through the local cheifs and town hall meetings.
4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals.
For example: User:I JethroBT
5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?
- Participants have mobile devices for editing and smart phone for voice recording on Spell4Wiki
6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?
- I will assign participants to experienced existing editors as mentors.
- I will organize weekly google meet training to address questions that requires live answers.
- On the facbook page and WhatsApp group, I will be sharing daily editing tips and share progress with participants.
7. Are you running any in-person events or activities? If so, you will need to complete the steps outlined on the Risk Assessment protocol related to COVID-19. When you have completed these steps, please provide a link to your completed copy of the risk assessment tool below:
8. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?
- Sample outcome expected for each event:
- Gungbe Wiktionary: ohàn
- Gungbe Lexeme on Wikidata: wikidata:Lexeme:L624945
- Gungbe Wikipedia: Samuel Wheto
- Commons Audio upload of Gungbe Words using Spell4Wiki to be used on Gungbe Wiktionary and Wikidata:
- (Male voice for gungbe word "niṣẹ")
- (Female voice for the gungbe word "odan")
Impact
[edit]How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets:
- Number of events: 10
- Number of participants: 20
- Number of new editors: 5
- Number of Gungbe Wikipedia articles created or improved: 20
- Number of Gungbe Wiktionary pages created or improved: 100
- Number of Gungbe Lexemes on Wikidata created or improved: 100
- Number of Gungbe audio files created and uploaded on Commons: 100
- Number of Gungbe audio files used on Gungbe Wiktionary and Wikidata: 100
- Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events): 10
Resources
[edit]What resources do you have? Include information on who is organizing the project, what they will do, and if you will receive support from anywhere else (in-kind donations or additional funding).
- Samatics(Project Lead)
- Misteld(Communications and Facilitator)
- Biowikician(Project Management and Facilitaor)
What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.
Gungbe Wiktionary trainings/editathons
[edit]- Space Rental: $150 x 4 events = $600
- Food and Drinks: $10 x 20 X 4 events = $800
- Router hire: $25 x 4 events = $100
- Data subscription on router: $50
- Data Subscription on individual participants Mobile device to contribute post event days: $8 x 20 = $160
- Local Transport for organizers: $8 x 3 = $24
- Branded Nose Mask: $1 x 20 = $20
- Pocket Size hand Sanitizers: $1 x 20 = $20
- Communications before and after event(calls and internet subscription):$30
Total = $1,774
Gungbe Lexeme on Wikidata training/editathon
[edit]- Space Rental: $150 x 4 events = $600
- Food and Drinks: $10 x 20 X 4 events = $800
- Router hire: $25 x 4 events = $100
- Data subscription on router: $50
- Data Subscription on individual participants Mobile device to contribute post event days: $8 x 20 = $160
- Local Transport for organizers: $8 x 3 = $24
- Branded Nose Mask: $1 x 20 = $20
- Pocket Size hand Sanitizers: $1 x 20 = $20
- Communications before and after event(calls and internet subscription):$30
Total = $1,774
Gungbe Wikipedia trainings/editathons
[edit]- Space Rental: $150 x 1 event = $150
- Food and Drinks: $10 x 20 X 1 event = $200
- Router hire: $25 x 1 event = $25
- Data subscription on router: $25
- Data Subscription on individual participants Mobile device for recording and uploading post event days: $4 x 20 = $80
- Local Transport for organizers: $4 x 3 = $12
- Branded Nose Mask: $1 x 20 = $20
- Pocket Size hand Sanitizers: $1 x 20 = $20
- Communications before and after event(calls and internet subscription):$30
Total = $562
Gungbe words recordings on Spell4Wiki and Commons training
[edit]- Space Rental: $150 x 1 event = $150
- Food and Drinks: $10 x 20 X 1 event = $200
- Router hire: $25 x 1 event = $25
- Data subscription on router: $25
- Data Subscription on individual participants Mobile device for recording and uploading post event days: $8 x 20 = $160
- Local Transport for organizers: $4 x 3 = $12
- Branded Nose Mask: $1 x 20 = $20
Total = $592
Other expenses
[edit]- Branded Shirts for top 4 contributors: $12 x 4 = $48
- Branded souvenirs for all participants and organizers: $10 x 20 = $200
- Miscellaneous: $50
Total = $298
Grand Total: $5,000
Endorsements
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