Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/A Photowalk: Wiki Loves Monument

Project summary

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This project is a photowalk that centers on capturing monument in areas in Anambra.This project will be done by Some Editors which our focus is traveling to places in Anambra Such as Enugu Ukwu,Nsugbe ,Ukpo that have story telling Monuments/ Archeological and cultural sites to help documents them especially those going into extinction. Enugu Ukwu is an Ancient Town in Anambra State with mesueum and Cultural sites, there is need to go to these places in Anambra to have our cultural / Archeological sites and items on the Wikimedia Commons.

project goal

To engage new and existing members of the community.

To increase or improve images on Wikimedia Common.

To add freely licensed, and quality images of Nigeria monuments to Wikimedia Common.

To increase the number of contributors to Wikimedia Common.

To recruit new contributors to Wikimedia Common.

To preserve some of our cultural item that may go into extinction and the need for Nigerian cultural visibility in wikicommons.

To correct error or not clear monument photos uploaded on commons.

To have enough photos to back wikipedia articles up.

To improve community members User s experience by teaching participants how to upload photos on the Wikimedia commons.

Also,for we the community to get directly from our community the collection of Free licence photos.

Wikimedia Project

Please state the Wikimedia project your project will focus majorly on (e.g. Wikipedia, Wikidata, 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: UZOKWE NZUBECHUKWU ERNEST
• Email address: ernestnzube@gmail.com
• Location: Anambra State

Project class

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

Individual

Timeline of activities

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

5th - 19th September

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 on Wikicommons

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?

1 training and 2 Photowalk 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.

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 communicate to the participants through our various Whatsapp groups and our discussion pages. 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: Akwugo - She will teach how to upload photos User: Timzy D'Great- He will direct in getting quality photos

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 smartphones and labtops and we'll train them on how to take and upload quality photos on Wikimedia commons. 6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?

we will continue follow up through our various Whatsapp platforms.

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 3
2. Number of participants 25
3. Number of new editors 5
4. Number of of articles created or improved 50
5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events)

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics?

We will use the Outreach dashboard to track contributions.

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).

I am the one organizing the project and will be assisted by User: Timzy D'Great who will assist on getting quality photos and User: Akwugo who will assist on how to upload media files on Wikimedia commons . we are not receiving support anywhere.

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

transportation 3000*12*2 =72,000

Refreshment for Photowalk 1000*12*2 =24,000

Data for participants during upload 1000*25 =25,000

Refreshment during upload 2000*25 = 50,000

Venue for photo upload = 40,000

projector = 10,000

camera hire = 20,000*2 = 40,000

tags = 500*12 = 6,000

T-shirt = 23,000

miscellaneous = 5,000

Total = 295,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

•  Strong support: I strongly endorse this project as it aims to add quality photos about underrepresented monuments to Wikimedia Commons. Timzy D'Great (talk) 12:03, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

• .  Strong support: this project aim to preserve and project the Africa Culture and heritage to the world for the future also it adds quality to wikicommons project..I strongly endorse that the Project be accepted and carried out for aim of achieving the 2030 project.#Senator Choko (talk) 19:48, 11 August 2023 (UTC)Senator Choko