Grants:Project/Rapid/Follow-up Training of National Youth Service Corp(NYSC) Members in Lagos

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Egiebizzy/Follow-up Training of National Youth Service Corp(NYSC) Members in Lagos
Following the success recorded by the Wikidata of Nigeria Festivals project in Lagos, I am using this project as a follow-up training of the National Youth Service Corp(NYSC) Members that participated in the project and also to introduce them to other wikipedia project like the Nigerian Pidgin Wikipedia in incubator where I am one of the major contributor.
start date5 February
end date15 April
budget (local currency)NGN 823,356
budget (USD)USD 1,995
grant typeIndividual
grantee• Egiebizzy


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Project Goal[edit]

Choose one or more of the following goals. You can add or delete goals as needed.

  1. Recruit new editors
  2. Increase skills for existing editors
  3. Add or improve content

Project Plan[edit]

Activities[edit]

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1. Are you doing one editathon or training or a series of editathons or trainings?

3 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 WUGN here

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 let them know through WhatsApp group created for Serving Corp members in each Local Government of the State and on the WhatsApp group created during the Wikidata of Nigeria Festivals event. I will also post on the Notice board at the state secretariat and on facebook.

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?

Yes, some of the participants have laptops or smartphones. All the participants are computer literate.

6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?

I will engage them by adding new participants to the existing WhatsApp group. In the whatsApp group I will encourage participants to ask questions and send screenshots of the problem they are encountering. I will make sure I share daily editing tips and share progress with them.

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:

Risk Assessment

8. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?

No

Impact[edit]

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets:

  1. Number of events: 3
  2. Number of participants: 25
  3. Number of new editors: 5
  4. Number of Wikidata items created or improved: 100
  5. Number of Nigerian Pidgin Wikipedia articles created or improved: 20
  6. 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).

  • laptop and smartphone.
  • Egiebizzy (coordinator): I will be coordinating the event and will also handle the training on Nigerian Pidgin Wikipedia
DonKevin (facilitator): is an experienced Wikidata editor with good knowledge of SPARQL. He will facilitate the event. and handle the training on Wikidata
Pingponging (facilitator): is an experienced Wikimedian that has been involved in organizing other Wikidata events both online and offline. He will also facilitate the event.

What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.

  • Space Rental: $150 x 3 events = $450
  • Food and Drinks: $10 x 25 X 3 events = $750
  • Universal Router hire: $25 x 3 events = $75
  • Data subscription on router: $40 x 3 events = $120
  • Data subscription for all participants on their individual devices to aid contribution post-event days: $8 x 25 = 200
  • Branded Nose Mask: $1 x 25 = $25
  • Pocket Size hand Sanitizers: $1 x 25 = $25
  • Gift voucher for top 3 contributor: $100 (first: $50, Second:$30, third:$20)
  • Branded souvenirs for all participants and organizers: $8 x 25 = $200
  • Contingency:$50

Total = $1,995

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