Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Abubakar Kaddi/Wikipedia Awareness and Training at Usman Danfodio University Sokoto

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

Our project aims to raise awareness about Wikipedia and enhance digital literacy among students and faculty members at Usman Danfodiyo University Sokoto. Through workshops, training sessions, and engaging activities, we will empower participants to contribute to Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.

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.

• Focus on Hausa Wikipedia but we will also upload images to 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: Abubakar Kaddi
• Email address:abubakarkaddi1@gmail.com
• Address: Sokoto State
• Location of Project:Usman Danfodio University

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

• 1st April to 15th April

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?

• Awareness Building: One day of awareness trips within school premises to introduce Wikipedia, its mission, and its impact on knowledge dissemination.
• Editing Workshops: Two days of Training participants on basic Wikipedia editing skills, including creating and improving articles.
• Content Creation: Encourage participants to contribute relevant content related to local history, culture, and academic topics.
• Community Engagement: Foster a sense of community among participants, encouraging collaboration and ongoing involvement.

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.

I will share in Hausa Wikipedia Discussion page and other Hausa Community WhatsApp group that I belong to.

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’ll use Students WhatsApp groups and mouth to mouth discussions

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:Yusuf Sa'adu

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

The participants have smartphone and laptops

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

I will create a WhatsApp group where we will continue engaging participants

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

I’m a resident of Sokoto city, and my home is nearly to the University’s main campus. My journey with Wikipedia began in Zamfara during a visit to Gusau, where I actively participated in Wikipedia training at the Federal University Gusau. Since then, I’ve continued editing Wikipedia, and now I’m passionate about creating awareness in Sokoto. This project will mark the first Wikimedia event in all of Sokoto State

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 - 3
2. Number of participants - 20
3. Number of new editors - 18
4. Number of of articles created - 40
5. Number of of articles improved - 50
6. Number of of images uploaded - 20, after the project we will use the opportunity to visit some places in Sokoto city to capture images which we will upload to Wikimedia Commons. There's no much images of Sokoto in Wikimedia Commons.
7. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) - 15

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics?

• Wikimedia Foundation Dashboard tool

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 User:Abubakar Kaddi I will be leading this event with the assistance of User:Yusuf Sa'adu. He is an experienced Wikipedia editor who has organized numerous Wikimedia events. I plan to invite him to be the facilitator for this project. I initially met Yusuf Sa'adu in Gusau when I accompanied my friend to his project at the Federal University Gusau in Zamfara State.

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

1. Trips for one day: 10,000
2. Hall rental: Hall rental for two days physical training 40,000×2=80,000
3. Refreshment for participants: 1500×20=30,000 for two days 60,000
4. Tag and flyers: 20,000
5. Banner: 10,000
6. Banded T-shirt: 5,000×2=10,000
7. Tranport for invited Orgerzer: 15,000
8. Contingency: 10,000

Total amount=₦215,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

• This proposal holds significant importance for the Wikimedia community as it addresses the low awareness and participation in Wikipedia and its sister projects among the Usman Danfodio University Sokoto (UDUS) community. The chosen strategies, including on-site awareness campaigns and a comprehensive training program, demonstrate a well-thought-out approach.Yusuf Sa'adu (talk) 13:25, 13 March 2024 (UTC)