Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/1Lib1Ref 2024 in Gombe Network

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

Wikipedia, as a widely used source of information, relies on accurate and reliable references to maintain its credibility. The "1Lib1Ref" campaign, initiated by Wikimedia, encourages librarians and information professionals to add at least one reference to Wikipedia during a specific timeframe. The campaign aims to bridge the gap between the knowledge held by libraries and the information available on Wikipedia. Hence, the campaign is aimed at involving librarians and information professionals in Gombe Network to contribute valuable references to Wikipedia articles, thereby improving the reliability and credibility of content.

Wikimedia Project

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

Wikipedia

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: Ismail Atiba
• Email address:wikigombenetwork@gmail.com
• Address:Gombe
• Location of Project:Gombe State

Project class

Please state if you are applying as an individual or a network/club

• Gombe Network

Timeline of activities

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

1st -30th, January, 2024

Project Goal

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

1. recruit new editors
2. Improve Wikipedia content

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?

Training and editathon

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.

The Gombe Network community have been informed, further notification will be shared with Nigerian Wikibrarian community and Wikimedia UG Nigeria

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.

A call for participation will be made and prospective participant will be notified through emails (event management tool), WhatsApp and community social media handles.

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

User: Atibrarian: a librarian and experienced Wikimedian and pioneer of Gombe Wikimedia Community. User: Meritkosy: is librarian and an experienced Wikimedian and program manager who will serve as a facilitator. User: Umar2z: will be serving as facilitator User:Lazborn, will serve as communication officer 5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?

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

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

Impact

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

1. Number of events: 1
2. Number of participants: 40
3. Number of new editors: 10
4. Number of of articles created or improved: 150

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics?

The Program and Event Dashboard, and Event Metrics will be utilize

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).

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

• Hall for the physical session(1 day)= ₦35,000
• Promotional Materials like Banner, e-flyers=₦10,000
• Transportation= ₦10,000
• Rental of public Address system = ₦5,000
• Generator and fueling=#15,000
• Refreshment with water 2000 per person( × 40) = ₦80,000
• 1Lib1Ref stickers to be given to each participant: 500 per one(x40)=20,000
• Prizes for top 5 editors: ₦25,000
• Total budget: ₦200,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

 Strong support:Librarians play a vital role in ensuring that information available to the public is trustworthy and reliable and this training is an excellent opportunity to equip them with the necessary skills and knowledge they need to make Wikipedia a more reliable and informative resource for everyone.