Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Akintunde Daniel/Women In Art And Technology

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

• Art and technology has worked hand in hand over time which has led to we making research about people related to creating or involving themselves with technology and art in Nigeria.

This project is targeted at bridging gender gap on women in art and technology and also creating more entries on wikipedia and wikidata which includes creating of new articles and new items, improving of existing articles and existing items, improving article stubs and adding photos to articles that needs photos.

This project will further create a form of awareness and recruitment process for especially those from the field of technology to get familiar with wikipedia and it's sister project.

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.

• Wikipedia, 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: Akintunde Daniel Opeyemi
• Email address: akintundedanielr7@gmail.com
• Location: Ilorin.

Project class

Please state if this grant is for individual project or network/club project

• Individual Project

Timeline of activities

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

• August 10 - August 31st

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
3. Sensitizing and creating awareness

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 Editathon and training.

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.
I have informed the wikimedia nigeria user group about my proposal via this link https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_User_Group_Nigeria#Women_In_Art_And_Technology You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.

We will be engaging our whatsapp platform and other social media platform to communicate about the project and other informations to participants and also create awareness about the event.

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 be engaging our whatsapp platform, E-mails and other social media platform to communicate about the project.

4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals.
For example: User:Kaizenify

User:Akintundedaniel

User:Alexander achie004

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

Yes, the participants are student, youths and professionals who would have smartphones and laptops for an easy flow of knowledge, participation during the training, mifi/router would be provided.

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

At the conclusion of the event we will be working to ensure that the participants join as community members of Wikimedia User Group Nigeria as this will keep them updated with developments in the wikimedia space and gaining access to other wiki events. Additionally,participants will be added to a whatsapp group for follow up and ongoing support. We will conduct a post event survey to identify areas for improvement.

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

The content of this proposal will help prioritize bridging the content gap by creating and improving articles about women in art and technology.

By making more information available and accessible to anyone there by promoting knowledge equity which is in line with Wikimedian movement strategies. We are committed to creating a safe,supportive and equitable environment for all participants. We will adhere strictly to promote the Wikimedia UCOC and friendly space policy.

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: 1
2. Number of participants: 20
3. Number of new editors: 10
4. Number of of articles created or improved: 150 (Wikipedia - 50, Wikidata - 100)
5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events)

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics? Outreach Dashboard and X 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).

User:Akintundedaniel (Project Lead) I am an experienced Wikimedian editor and i have engaged in various edit-a-thons on wikipedia, wikidata respectively.

User:Alexander achie004 (Communication And Logistics) : Is an experienced, having over 1000 edits across different projects, he will be in charge of the Communication and logistics during the course of the campaign.

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

Venue : NGN 30,000

Refreshment (Break during the training) and Take away pack (1500*20) : NGN 30,000

Internet services (1000*20) : NGN 20,000

E Flier: NGN 8,000

Airtime for Communication + Transportation +data for the two team members: NGN 25,000

Camera rental and photography : NGN 5000

Appreciating prizes for any top five highest editor for the training(Accessories) : NGN 30,000

Contigencies , Miscellaneous: NGN 10,000

Total: NGN 158,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

I am fully endorsing this project as it hope to actively promote the content entries on both Wikipedia and wikidata. The project lead is an experienced editor and I will join him in creating a proper awareness to the Wikipedia to people who do not understand Wikipedia and wikidata. I hope that this project proposal is funded to completely improve and implement the Wikimedia Foundation movement strategy. Best wishes I  Strong support and I will be available physical for the project Alexander achie004 (talk) 09:34, 30 July 2023 (UTC)