Grants:Project/Rapid/Musaddam Idriss/Edit-a-thons on villages in the Sahel Regions of Nigeria
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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
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?
- The project will have series of editathons and trainings for three days. Here is the plan of the project:
- Day 1: Awareness creation and training on the Wikimedia Movement and its projects
- Day 2: Intensive training on Wikipedia and practical hands on experience on Hausa Wikipedia
- Day 3: Creating and improving content based on previous contributions and skills acquired assessment
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.
- Online outreach via WhatsApp and Facebook groups and physical. Also, I will inform the community on the Wikipedia Hausa Discussion page.
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.
- Social media channels and physical outreach to reach more people.
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
- Yes, Anasskoko and Gwanki are both experienced editors, they would help me in the training of the new editors.
5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?
- The participants may not have the required skill but some may have their own laptops/mobile phones to use during the trainings. We will have to hire some laptops for participants who do not have computers. Also, the participants will be provided with Internet data that will be used during the edit-a-thon sessions.
6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?
- I will open social platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram groups and ask all participants to join.
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?
- This is the first event in the history of Hausa Wikipedia that we are looking forward to create visibility on villages in Sahel region of Nigeria.
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 = 3
- Number of participants = 50
- Number of new editors = 20
- Number of articles created or improved = 300+
- Number of repeat participants = 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).
- I Musaddam Idriss will lead the event with the help of Anasskoko as facilitator
What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.
- Hall rent fee for the period of three days - $400
- Accommodation for facilitators for three days - $100
- Laptops and projector rents - $150
- Data - $150
- Food and Drinks - $400
- Transport - $350
- 5 T-shirts two for the facilitators and remaining 3 for the best contributing participants - $150
- Banner for this event and future events, Pamphlets and Tags - $300
Total $2000
Endorsements[edit]
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