Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Consolidating and Building Wikimedia Community in Taraba

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

The need to further the awareness of Wikimedia projects and activate a Wikimedia community in Taraba State stems from its low participation in Wikimedia projects, highlighted by the lack of representation during Wikimedia Nigeria's Train The Trainer Northeast Edition in Gombe. Despite Taraba’s youthful population and rich cultural and historical heritage, its stories remain undocumented on global knowledge platforms like Wikipedia.

After series of online training for new editors residing in Taraba State and their desire for an in-person training to consolidate and reinforce their learning, community bonding and networking, this campaign seeks to further raise awareness and build capacity among residents to engage with Wikimedia projects. Through workshops and outreach, it will empower individuals to document and share Taraba’s unique narratives, creating a vibrant community of contributors.

By amplifying local voices, this initiative will integrate Taraba residents especially the higher institutions students into the global knowledge network, fostering inclusivity, collaboration, and lifelong learning.

Wikimedia Project

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

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: Ismail Atiba
Email address: Atibrarian@gmail.com
Address: Gombe
Location of Project: Taraba State

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 December to 31st December

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
Provide comprehensive training Wikipedia 5 Pillars and
Content Policy and Wikipedia Notability Guideline

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, workshop and edit-a-thon

Awareness drive: In attempt to create more awareness for the campaign and recruit new editors for campaign, we are looking at engaging students community in the state from Federal University Wukari, Taraba State University and Colleges of Educations.
Capacity Building Training: The campaign aims at training new and existing users on how to make meaningful contributions - create and improve article on english Wikipedia and how to wikidata item relating to Taraba State.
Edit-a-thon: After the physical training,there will be a mid-level guided edit-a-thon that will enable the community to contribute to both wikipedia and wikidata. This is aimed at allowing them to get familiar with contributing as volunteers and provide room for guidance for editors to avoid disruptive editing.

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.

The Nigeria Wikimedia community have been informed using the discussion page.

Furthermore, Wikimedians and prospective participants in the state have been informed about the project ideas and need for the project was extensive discussed in our community WhatsApp group here

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.

The campaign have been discussed extensively with members from various university communities in Taraba about the campaign in our WhatsApp group.

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

Ismail Atiba: Project Lead an experienced Wikimedian and pioneer of Gombe Wikimedia Community.
Pascaline Nwonwu: Is an experienced Wikimedian, trainer and community coordinator, IG WikiCommons Hub. She will be serving as support trainer and community support during and after the training. As a serving corp member in the State she will serve as community mentor for new and existing users along with the project lead for the next one year in State.
Umar2zis an experienced Wikimedian and certified trainer in the Train The Trainer program, North-East Edition held in Gombe State.
Ibrahim Musa Is an enthusiastic editor and community liaison officer for the project team. He will work closely with the team as a mentee to develop on-Wiki knowledge, skills and leadership roles.

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 have basic digital skills required to manipulate their smartphones and laptop to participate however, the proposed training will equip them on how they can effectively utilize their existing skills like creative writing to contribute to Wikimedia Projects.

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

Post training evaluation using Google forms will be conducted to measure impact and learning which will form strategy for future engagement. The project’s WhatsApp group will serve as a venue for continuous engagement and communication.

After the training we intend to onboard participants to the Nigeria Wikimedia User Group directory by registering as members on the website www.wikimedia.org.ng/membership

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

This campaign will serve as an avenue to creates awareness and introduce Wikipedia to the students within the University communities, build students' research skills, critical thinking and information literacy and lifelong learning.

Furthermore, it's an opportunity to recruit a crop of new wikimedia contributors to ensure the sustainability of the wikimedia movement in Nigeria and aligned with the Wikimedia movement strategy recommendations: increase the sustainability of our movement, investing in skills and leadership development and innovate in free knowledge.

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 - 2
Number of participants - 30
Number of new editors - 25
Number of articles created - 5
Number of articles improved - 100
Number of Wikidata items created - 45
Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) - 30

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) The Event management and Programs & Events Dashboard tool will be used to manage, track users contribution

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).

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

Refreshments ₦2000 per person × 30 =: ₦60,000
Hall for the physical session × 2days: ₦80,000
Promotional Materials like Banner, e-flyers: ₦10,000
Transportation + accommodation for 2 facilitator: ₦80,000
Rental of projectors : ₦10,000
Generator and fuelling × 2days = 20,000
Rental of public Address system × 2days : ₦10, 000
Branded souvenir for top 3 editors: ₦30,000
Local running ₦10,000

Total budget: ₦300,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

Strong support This project is essential to the development and growth of the community. It will help to grow awareness of Wikimedia in Taraba State and this in turn will encourage broader participation, expanding volunteerism among old experienced and new editors.#Nwonwu Uchechukwu P (talk)

Strong support This project aims to raise awareness of Wikimedia initiatives within the state, fostering greater recognition and engagement with the platform. By promoting Wikimedia's mission, the project will encourage increased participation, particularly among both seasoned and new editors, thereby expanding volunteerism and contributing to the growth of the local Wikimedia community.Umar2z (talk) 10:50, 25 November 2024 (UTC)
Strong support This project as we look forward to the advancement of Wikimedia activities in Taraba. This will serves as an opportunity for new editors like me and others residents of Taraba who heard about Wikipedia through efforts and activities Gombe Network to improve on awareness we received to advanced capacity building to enable us contribute to Wikipedia and Wikidata.

Furthermore, this will foster prospective editors, newbies and old editors in the state meet, network and strategize for greater involvement in the movement. Discovery eye (talk) 10:43, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

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