Grants:Project/Rapid/Hackathon Moore Wikimedia Community

Briefly explain what are you trying to accomplish with this project, or what do you expect will change as a result of this grant. Example goals include, "recruit new editors", "add high quality content", or "train existing editors on a specific skill".

Recruit new editors
Train participants on different Wikidata tools such as Quickstaments, ‘Mix n Match’, Terminator etc
Link wikipedia articles to Wikidata items using databox and bio templates

Project Plan[edit]

Activities[edit]

Tell us how you'll carry out your project. What will you and other organizers spend your time doing?

Day 1. Participants will be introduced to Wikimedia and Wikidata tools. We will organize a hands-on session for participants to contribute to Wikidata using Quickstatements and the Mix n Match tool.

Day 2. We will invite experienced Wikidata contributors to train participants on how to use the databox and the bio templates.Participants will have the opportunity to learn from volunteers from communities such as the Dagbani and the Gurene Wikimedia communities.

How will you let others in your community know about your project (please provide links to where relevant communities have been notified of your proposal, and to any other relevant community discussions)? Why are you targeting a specific audience?

Communities will get to know about this proposal through Dagbani Wikimedia User Group social media handles below:

What will you have done at the end of your project? How will you follow-up with people that are involved with your project?

By the end of the session,

The participants from the hackathon will automatically become members of our community
We will write a blogpost to highlight the learning experiences of participants from the hackathon
Participants will also be able to use the Quikstatement tool to do mass edits of wikidata items.
After the hackathon we will conduct a survey to determine the challenges of Participants with regards to contributing to wikidata using these tools

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:

Yes Risk Assessment protocol

Impact[edit]

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets and feel free to add more specific to your project:

Number of total participants: 25
Number of items created 200+
Number of articles created or improved (if applicable) n/a
Number of photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons (if applicable) n/a
Number of photos used on Wikimedia projects (if applicable) n/a

Resources[edit]

What resources do you have? Include information on who is the organizing the project, what they will do, and if you will receive support from anywhere else (in-kind donations or additional funding).

User: User:Alhassan Mohammed Awal is an experienced contributor to wikimedia projects. He will coordinate the entire project.
User: User: Dnshitobu - Facilitator
User: Musahfm - Social media campaigns and communication.
User: Ruky Wunpini - Logistics
User: User:Dhee jah - Graphic design

What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense: Budget

Space rent for two days: $200 x 2 = $400
Breakfast: $5 x 25 x (2 days) = $250
Lunch and beverages: $10 x 25 x (2 days) = $500
Internet: $100 x 2 = $200
Pull-up banner: $150
Logistics, communications, social media promotion and admin cost = $200
Name tags, pens,notepads, flyers, stickers = $250
Scholarships for particpants (for data and childcare) 100 x 25 = $2,500
Hackathon T-shirts (for event promotion and branding): $15 x 30 = $300
Covid-19 safety supplies (sanitizers, masks) = $100
Contingency: $100

TOTAL: $4,950

Ghana Cedi Equivalence: GHC36,315.9

Endorsements[edit]

Strong support Hackathons like this will help bridge the technical knowledge gap of community members especially on how to use already created tools from hay.toolforge.org to enhance content quality and usage. Based on that and many other reasons, I strongly endorse this project.Dnshitobu (talk) 11:20, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
Strong support I strongly endorse this project Sir Amugi (talk) 11:57, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
Strong support I strongly endorse this project. Achiri Bitamsimli (talk) 12:03, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
Strong support I strongly endorse this project Musahfm (talk) 12:17, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
Strong support I strongly endorse this project. This will offer an opportunity for Participants to learn how to use technical tools to perform tasks on Wikidata and wikipedia with ease. Alhassan Mohammed Awal (talk) 12:30, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
Strong support I strongly endorse this project. Zak Raha (talk) 12:36, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
Strong support I strongly endorse this project.Hasslaebetch (talk) 13:35, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
Strong support I strongly endorse this project. Abubakar280 (talk) 13:57, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
Strong support I strongly endorse this project.Munkaila Sulemana (talk) 14:12, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
Strong support I strongly endorse this project Ruky Wunpini (talk) 17:13, 20 March 2022 (UTC)
Strong support I endorse. Shahadusadik (talk) 16:52, 23 March 2022 (UTC)
Strong support I strongly endorse this projectTahiru Rajab (talk) 09:31, 26 March 2022 (UTC)