Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/A Call for Participation Event/Habeebchomsky/Kwara State University Wikimedia Fan Club
Project summary[edit]
Briefly summarize your project proposal.
- This programme tagged"call for participation event" is another milestone in the history of KWASU Wikimedia Fan Club. It's aimed at creating a cosy avenue for the recruitment of new members to the fan club, engage the newbies,upskill the novice editors,and reskill the old members towards the digitalization of knowledge dissemination on the Wiki-space. More crucially, it's aimed at creating awareness in the school milieu to get the new students acquainted to the importance of the fan club as an inspiring and educative school association.
Wikimedia Project[edit]
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.
- This programme will focus on English Wikipedia
Contact person and Location[edit]
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: Fawaz Adebayo Ajani
- Email address: Idrisfawaz36@gmail.com
08026086438
- Full name:Adeleke David
- Email address:
adelekeadedotun01@gmail.com
- Address:Malete, Kwara State
- Location of Project: Malete, Kwara State
Project class[edit]
Please state if you are applying as an individual or a network/club
- Kwara State University Fan Club
Timeline of activities[edit]
Please state the timeline of your activities, and include the start and end date for your project
- 29th-30th of January
Project Goal[edit]
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
Project Plan[edit]
Recruit new members
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?
- We are doing at least one edit-a-thon
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.
- atforms (Facebook, and Twitter). We will also communicate with the participants through a fan clubs' WhatsApp group and the club executives will visit various departments within the school to inform 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.
This event will be conducted both virtually and physically
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:Margob28]
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5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?
- Yes, they have their mobile phones and Personal PC to use for this Project.
6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?
- The WhatsApp group will be for follow-up to further engage them. The group will provide them with tips on using citation hunts tool, adding verifiable and reliable references to articles on Wikipedia and also to answer them if there is any clarification they need.
7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?
- It will be inspiring and educative and we think it will whet the appetite of the non members to join and improve the members' proactiveness
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 2
- Number of participants 50
- Number of new editors 20
- Number of articles created or improved 50
- Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) 10
Metrics tracking[edit]
How do you plan to track your project metrics?
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). [User : Kingsman0000]] is the Vice president of the Kwara State University Wikimedia Fan Club for the 2023/2024 academic session. David has participated in different campaigns and programmes of the Wikimedia Fan Club such as Wiki-in-school mentorship programme, Art+ Feminism campaign, Wiki4HumanRight campaign,etc.
- User: Margob28 She is an academics in the field of Linguistics. She is currently employed by the Kwara State University, Malete, Nigeria. She is the staff adviser for the The Wikimedia Fan Club Kwara State University, She was Part of the Participants chosen to organize the Wiki in Schools Campaign in Nigeria.
What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.
- Light breakfast and Lunch for participants and organizers #1,000 x 35 = #35,000
- Drinks & water (5 packs) = #9,000
- Airtime and subscription Data subscription for 50 participants for online training @#500 x 50= #25,000
- Designing of the flyers for promotion = #10,000
- DSLR Camera Rental = #13,000
- Public Address system rental for Physical Meeting= #10,000
- Remunerations for the cleaners of the Venue = #10,000
- Contingencies = #13,000
- Registration of Association -------20k
Total - 140,000
Endorsements[edit]
Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!
- This project is hereby endorsed by the President and the Staff Advisor of the fanclub
Name: Fawaz Adebayo Username:Fawazadebayo2020 08026086438
Name: Mariam Olugbodi Position: Staff Advisor Username:Magrob28 +234 806 390 9886