Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Networks and Fan Clubs Support Fund/Translate-a-thon in University of Ibadan

Strong support ~~~~

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

Over the past month, international Wikimedia campaigns such as Wiki Loves Africa and Wiki Loves Ramadan attracted significant participation, with contributors uploading numerous photographs accompanied by descriptions primarily written in English. Additionally, the Wiki Loves Earth campaign is currently ongoing and will continue into the coming month, generating even more multimedia content.

To improve accessibility and representation of local languages, this project seeks to translate image descriptions from these campaigns into Yorùbá. By providing descriptions in both English and Yorùbá, the project will make the content more accessible to Yorùbá-speaking audiences, promote the use of indigenous languages within the Wikimedia movement, and enhance the discoverability and educational value of the uploaded images.

The initiative will focus on translating descriptions associated with photographs submitted during the Wiki Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Ramadan, and Wiki Loves Earth campaigns, thereby contributing to the preservation and visibility of the Yorùbá language in the digital knowledge ecosystem.

Wikimedia Project

Please state the Wikimedia project your project will focus majorly on (e.g. Tyap Wikipedia, English Wikiquote, etc). It is advisable to focus on one Wikimedia project, but a maximum of two projects is allowed.

Wikimedia Commons

Contact person and Location

Please state the contact details of the contact person(s) for this project including email(s) and location. For more than one contact person, indicate same details for everyone

Full name: Oladejo Zainab Opeyemi
Email address: oladejozainabopeyemi8@gmail.com
Address: Ibadan, Oyo State
Location of Project: University of Ibadan

Project class

Please state the name of the network/club

University of Ibadan

Timeline of activities

Please state the timeline of your activities, and include the start and end date for your project

Start date: July 1st

End date: July 31st

Project Goal

Choose one or more of the following goals. Feel free to add or delete goals as required by your project.

recruit new editors
Add or improve content
Increase the visibility of our Nigeria local languages.
Build on the importance of preserving our local languages.
To describe our photos accurately in our local languages.

Project Plan

Activities

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?

We'll be having an editathon

2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.

We have informed our community members

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.

We will make use of our social media platforms and also reach out to participants through their mails.

4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead/assist the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals. (NOTE: all experienced Wikimedia editors MUST endorse and sign your proposal as proof of availability)
For example: User:Kaizenify

User:Oladejo Zainab Opeyemi

User:IamMKO

User: Olaide07

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 their smartphones and laptops to contribute to the program.

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

We are going to connect with them through their WhatsApp contacts provided during the meeting and the general group.

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

We want to use this to retain our members

Impact

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets (only those applicable to your project):

Number of events - 1
Number of participants - 25
Number of new editors - 5
Number of of articles created - 0
Number of of articles improved - 100
Number of of images uploaded - 0
Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) -

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics? (do not create a metrics dashboard until your project has been approved for funding)

Outreach dashboard
Page view, and
Xtool

Contest & prize-giving events

How would decide the winners of your contest (If you are going to have a contest, what is your scoring criteria)

Accurate translation of decription of photos --- 5 points

Resources

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).

User: Oladejo Zainab Opeyemi-the fan club president is going to facilitate the program

User:IamMKO-will be of help in taking the community members through Wikimedia activities.

User: Olaide07-is going to co-facilitate the program]]

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

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

Publicity and graphics - #25,000
Foods - 25 x #4,000 = #100,000
Cleaning - #5,000
Appreciation prizes for the top five editors and #consolation prizes (gift vouchers): #50,000
Airtime and Data reimbursement for the facilitators (#7,000 x 2) = #14,000
Generator and fuel - #20,000
T-shirt for Team members - 3 x #7,000 = #21,000
Data reimbursement for participants - 30 x #2,000 = #60,000
Projector and Screen with tfare - #30,000
Contingencies, Miscellaneous and Logistics: #15,000

Grand total= #340,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

As President of the WUGN University of Ibadan fan club, I formally endorse this project - Translate-a-thon in University Of Ibadan. I fully support its implementation and encourage active participation from all members. Oladejo Zainab Opeyemi (talk) 21:53, 15 June 2026 (UTC)

Strong support

Strong support Jaiyée (talk) 05:20, 18 June 2026 (UTC)

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