Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Adding Christmas songs label and Igbo description on Wikidata

Project summary

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Christmas carol/songs holds a special place in Igbo tradition especially during the Holiday season when communities come together to celebrate. This project will focus on documenting/adding labels and Igbo description of Christmas songs on Wikidata. This initiative will fill the gap of Igbo description on Wikidata. The aim of this project is to improve/enhance visibility of Christmas Songs in Igbo language on Wikidata. This will help in promoting Igbo cultural heritage and make it accessible to the global audience. In this project, participants will be trained on how to contribute to wikidata and also learn the wikidata properties for Songs.

Wikimedia Project

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Wikidata

Contact person and Location

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Full name: Agusi Nchedo Celestina
Email address: nchedoagusi@gmail.com
Address: Awka, Anambra State
Location of Project:

Awka, Anambra State

Project class

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Individual

Timeline of activities

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7th December - 14th December, 2024

Project Goal

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
Increase visibility

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?

One edit-a-thon and training

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.

I have let my community know this project. 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.

I will let them know through our social media channels. 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

Yes

User: Senator Choko User:Akwugo

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 their gadgets and we will teach them the basics of editing. 6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?

We will continue follow up on our community social media channels. 7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?

This project is an initiative to promote and foster language visibility. It will increase knowledge of existing editors, source new editors and increase contents related to Christmas carols on Wikidata.

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):

Number of events - 1
Number of participants - 35
Number of new editors - 32
Number of of articles created - 150
Number of of articles improved - 50
Number of of images uploaded -
Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) -

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) We will use the event tool to register participants for the event and use the outreach dashboard to track the edits.

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: Celetex is the one organising this project and will be assisted by User Senator Choko and User:Akwugo.They will assist in coordinating the project and I will not receive funding support elsewhere.

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

Hall ₦50,000

Food....₦120,000

Data reimbursement ₦35,000

Water and Drinks ₦50,000
Data for facilitators: ₦12,000

Equipment and logistics logistics...₦30,000

Prizes for highest contributors/Contest ... ₦50,000

Communications / Banner .... ₦30,000

Child care support(mothers and children)... ₦10,000

Total: ₦387,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

Strong support What a great and wonderful initiative at this time of the year!,I strongly support this project for its huge POSITIVE impact in our community and also it will boost the sensitisation of the Wikidata project to the people. Senator Choko (talk) 03:36, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Strong support This project is timely and exact. Adding Christmas Carol Labels and Igbo descriptions on Wikidata, as it - enhances visibility - increases Wikidata's content base, and - - also increases the experience base of editors I strongly support this project Goodymeraj (talk) 07:54, 14 November 2024 (UTC)

Strong support What an excellent idea especially in this seasonal period (Christmas) I strongly support this project for its great impact in our community [[Delight4b2 (talk) 13:26, 14 November 2024 (UTC)]]

Strong support this is a wonderful initiative and I strongly support the project.Ennydavids (talk) 06:34, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

Strong support I strongly support this project as it is a better way to increase the visibility of the Igbo cultural heritage. Akwugo (talk) 11:25, 16 November 2024 (UTC)

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