Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/2024 WIKIPEDIA WANTING PICTURES GOMBE STATE UNIVERSITY EDITION

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

• The Wikipedia Wanting Pictures Gombe State University Edition aligns with the global Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos initiative, aiming to enhance the visual content on Wikipedia, an essential resource for billions worldwide. This project focuses on mobilizing Wikimedians at Gombe State University to add relevant photos to Wikipedia articles that currently lack visual content.

Through conducting targeted training sessions and campaigns, this initiative empowers editors with the skills needed to identify and upload high-quality, appropriate images to Wikipedia pages. Adding photos offers a more comprehensive understanding of topics, thereby enhancing the overall user experience.

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.

• Hausa 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: Adamu Bala Babayo
• Email address: gombestateuniversityfanclub@gmail.com  
• Address: Gombe
• Location of Project: Gombe State University, Gombe, Gombe State

Project class

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

• Club

Timeline of activities

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

• August 1st – August 31st, 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. Add or improve 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?

We will conduct two training sessions and 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.

The proposed community is aware of the project, and Wikimedia Nigeria is equally aware as it is part of a general campaign under them.

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 have a central WhatsApp group for communicating with participants. Additionally, we will create flyers to call for participation, ensuring a coordinated communication channel.

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:AB-Babayo

User:Thinkrasheed

User:SadiY56

5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?

Yes, participants have the required equipment and skills.

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

We do hold monthly mini meet-ups at the university to support the retention of editors and encourage active contributions.

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

As this is our first project focused on uploading pictures, we will allocate some time in the first session to properly introduce Wikimedia Commons and its interface.

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):

1. Number of events - 2
2. Number of participants - 35
3. Number of new editors - 10
4. Number of of articles created - 0
5. Number of photos added to articles - 100
6. Number of of images uploaded - 50
7. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) - 10

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) To effectively track project metrics, we will implement a comprehensive approach that includes the use of a dedicated outreach dashboard. This dashboard will serve as a centralized platform to monitor and analyze participants' contributions throughout the project.

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.

• Promotional Materials: A-flyers: ₦ 5,000. B-Banners: ₦10,000 Total: ₦15,000.
• Transportation for team members to sort out the delivery= ₦15,000
• Rental of public Address system (2 sessions, 7,500 per day) = ₦15,000
• Alternative power supply (2 sessions,10,000 per day) = ₦20,000
• Hall Cleaning (We have free space to use; this is just for keeping the area clean for the sessions)= N5000
• Refreshment with water 2500 per person( ×35=87,500) 2 days = ₦175,000
• Prizes for Top 3 editors (1st- 15k gift card; 2nd-10k gift; 3rd-5k gift card)- = ₦30,000
• T Shirt for facilitators (3): ₦15,000
• Total= ₦272,000

Endorsements

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