Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/African Women in Sports Writing Contest

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal. African women have played significant roles in sports across the continent athletes, coaches, referees, administrators, and pioneers. However, on Hausa Wikipedia, content about African women in sports is extremely limited. Many notable personalities do not have articles, while others are only represented by short stubs.

Since Hausa-speaking readers rely heavily on localized knowledge sources, the lack of adequate content contributes to a knowledge gap. There is a need to improve representation, visibility, gender balance, and sports-related coverage on Hausa Wikipedia. This writing contest aims to address these gaps by encouraging the creation and improvement of well-referenced articles on African women in sports.

Wikimedia Project

Please state the Wikimedia project your project will focus majorly on (e.g. Tyap Wikipedia, English Wikiquote, etc). It is advisable to focus on one Wikimedia project, but a maximum of two projects is allowed. Hausa Wikipedia and Wikidata

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: Muhammad Alhaji Idriss
Email address: mahmoudcriteria@gmail.com
Address: Yobe
Location of Project: Potiskum

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 01/01/2026 30/01/2026

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
Improve coverage of African women in sports on Hausa Wikipedia.
Train new and existing editors on how to create quality biographies with reliable sources.
Encourage gender-inclusive content creation within the Hausa Wikimedia community.
Strengthen the capacity of Hausa Wikimedians User Group to host themed content drives.

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 online event and 2 weeks writing contest

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. We will let our participants know about This project on our discussion Page and social media platforms.

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 inform them through their WhatsApp groups and other social media platforms

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: Mamman Ali User:Joserpkm 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.

6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)? We will create a Whatsapp group and add them for follow up 7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project? The African Women in Sports Writing Contest will significantly improve the representation of African female sports personalities on Hausa Wikipedia. It aligns with Wikimedia’s goals of promoting knowledge equity and bridging content gaps, especially within African languages. The contest will further strengthen the Hausa Wikimedia community and support ongoing growth of quality content.

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 -30
Number of new editors - 10
Number of of articles created -200
Number of of articles improved - 300
Number of of images uploaded -
Number of of Wikidata created -100
Number of of Wikidata items improve -200
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 outreach Dashboard

Contest & prize-giving events

How would decide the winners of your contest (If you are going to have a contest, what is your scoring criteria)

Jury process

In order to ensure transparency and fairness, scoring in this competition/contest would be quantitative; keeping in mind that all articles must meet Wikipedia standards for notability, quality and sourcing, as described in the rules declared in the following section. Any article may be disqualified at the judges’ discretion.

The grading system for the winners would be as follows: Five point (5.0) would be awarded for every Wikipedia article created/translated. Three point (3.0) for every 1000 bytes of content for the articles. One point (1.0) for every quality source or citation used in a Wikipedia article. For Wikidata Quantity of Edits (2 marks): Number of valid items created or improved by the participant during the contest.

Quality of Edits (3 marks): Accuracy, completeness, and organization of data contributed to Wikidata.

References Used (2 marks): Proper use of reliable sources or citations in the data entries.

Prizes

1st position: 40k

2nd position: 30k

3rd position: 20k

Top Wikidata Contributor 15k

Top Female Contributor: 10k

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).

User:Muhammad Idriss Criteria is the one who organizing this project and will be assisted by :User: Joserpkm User: Mamman Ali

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

Contest Prizes (Top 5): ₦115,000

Data Support: ₦40,000

Publicity (Designs, flier, promotion): ₦10,000

Facilitators and Jury: ₦20,000

Total = ₦185,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

I strongly support this project Mamman Ali (talk) 18:08, 4 December 2025 (UTC)

I support this project Joserpkm (talk) 16:40, 16 December 2025 (UTC)

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