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Project summary[edit]

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

  • Hausa Wiktionary Contest aims to revitalize development by encouraging Hausa Wikimedian participation. The contest will incentivize creating & improving Hausa Wiktionary articles, focusing on areas like vocabulary expansion & definition improvement to enrich resources for Hausa learners & speakers.

Wikimedia Project[edit]

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.

  • Hausa Wiktionary

Contact person and Location[edit]

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: Yusuf Muhammad Yusuf
  • Email address: yusufmahammad865@gmail.com
  • Phone Number: +234 802 669 0558
  • Address:Dala L.G Kano
  • Location of Project:Kano State

Project class[edit]

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

  • Individual

Timeline of activities[edit]

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

  • 1-3-2024

30-3-2024

Project Goal[edit]

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[edit]

Activities[edit]

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 physical training, one online training and writing contest

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.

Via Kano Wikimedians WhatsApp group

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 communicate with them Via Hausa Wikimedians User Group WhatsApp group and Kano Wikimedians User Group

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:Usmanmaifada

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 smartphones

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

I will create a WhatsApp group for the participants

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

Impact[edit]

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 - 10
  4. Number of of articles created - 200
  5. Number of of articles improved - 200
  6. Number of of images uploaded -
  7. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) -

Metrics tracking[edit]

How do you plan to track your project metrics?

  • Dashboard tool

Resources[edit]

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).

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

  1. Hall - ₦30,000
  2. Refreshments - ₦30,000
  3. Banner - ₦15,000
  4. Flyers for online promotion - ₦10,000
  5. Data reimbursement for online training - ₦20,000
  6. Contest prizes - ₦150,000 (prizes for 1-3 and souvenir for top ten editors.
  7. Contingency = ₦10,000

Total = ₦265,000

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