Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Documenting the voices of legal practitioner on wikiquote Uilorin Fan club

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

This event will focus on quotes from Nigerian legal practitioners, judges, lawyers, legislators, and human rights advocates on Wikiquote. It aims to highlight the intellectual legacy and public contributions of legal professionals whose voices have shaped the legal and political landscape of Nigeria.

This event will serve as a follow up on an earlier introductory session that introduced participants to Wikiquote as a Wikimedia project. In this follow up campaign, participants will deepen their understanding of how to source, attribute, and properly document verified quotations while learning how to create and improve pages for Nigerian legal figures.

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.

English wikiquote

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: Omoshebi Joseph Omotayo
Email address: Josephreason578@gmail.com
Address: Ilorin, Kwara state
Location of Project: Ilorin, Kwara state

Project class

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

Wikimedia Fan Club, Unilorin

Timeline of activities

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4th August - 31st August 2025

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
Engage participants

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?

There will be one physical training and edit-a-thon, with a primary focus on Nigerian legal practitioners on Wikiquote. The event aims to introduce participants to the importance of preserving and sharing notable quotes from Nigerian judges, lawyers, legislators, and legal scholars. It will highlight the role of these legal professionals in shaping justice, governance, and public discourse in Nigeria.

Participants will receive hands on training on how to identify verifiable quotes, properly format them, and attribute them accurately to their original sources. The edit-a-thon will provide a collaborative space for learning, editing, and sharing, while promoting legal documentation, and the growth of open knowledge related to Nigeria’s legal system on Wikiquote.

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 notified the Wikimedia user group about our proposal via their meta page:

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_User_Group_Nigeria

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.

To ensure maximum participation and engagement, we plan to create widespread awareness of the event among both existing contributors and new participants, particularly those with interest in law and legal documentation. This will be achieved through the strategic sharing of e-fliers and regular updates across our social media platforms, including Instagram and WhatsApp. By leveraging these digital channels, we aim to inform legal communities, law students and legal researchers about the event. Our goal is to build anticipation, encourage early interest, and sustain momentum as we approach the date of the legal focused Wikiquote training and edit-a-thon.

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:Jessephu General secretary

User:Akintundedaniel Vice president

User:Kingaustin07 president

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

Our participants have internet access devices such as laptops, tablets, smartphones to fully connect and participate during the period of the campaign and also during edit a thon.

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

Our target participants own electronic devices such as smartphone and laptops, which will enable their full participation. After the event, we will continue to engage both new and returning participants through our community WhatsApp group chat.

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

This project aims to bridge the content gap by focusing on notable quotes from Nigerian legal practitioners on Wikiquote. This event will bring together participants from both UITH and the University of Ilorin main campus. The goal is to follow up, introduce members of the Wikimedian Fan Club and the broader university community to the Wikiquote project, with a specific focus on documenting quotes of Nigerian lawyers, judges, legislators, and legal scholars. By uniting both campuses, the event encourages collaboration, shared learning, and a deeper understanding of how legal voices can be preserved and amplified through open knowledge platforms.

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 - 15
Number of of articles created - 40
Number of of articles improved - 60
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) Outreach Dashboard and meta page

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)

- 5 point for articles created with over 1,500 byte with quality references

- 3 point for articles created between 1,000 byte to 1,500 byte with quality references

- 1 point for articles created below 1,000 byte with quality references

Editing existing article

- 3 point for improving articles with over 1,000 byte with quality references

- 1.5 point below for improving articles with 1,000 byte with quality references.

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:kingaustin07 President: He is an active contributor, with vast experience in contributing to Wikiquote . He will be in charge of overseeing the whole activity during the project period.

User:Akintundedaniel Vice president: He is also an experienced trainer and contributor, Alao an event organizer for wikiquote, he will be co-facilitating the event and also helping to train the participants

User:jessephu General Secretary/Community Engagement Officer: he will be in charge of logistics and training alongside two other executives.

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

Refreshment and Take away pack during physical training (4000*35): NGN 140,000

T-shirt for team members: (7000*3): NGN 21,000

Camera rental and photography: NGN 30,000

E-fliers, Graphics and Projector rental: NGN 40,000

Appreciating prizes for any five highest editor and consolation prizes (gift vouchers): NGN 50,000

Contingencies, Miscellaneous and Logistics: NGN 20,000

Total : 301,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

I endorse this project as it's a great opportunity for the community to have a follow-up campaign on Wikiquote which was introduced earlier in the year. I will be co-facilitating on this project to oversee quality contributions inline with the project's goal. Akintundedaniel (talk) 11:33, 17 July 2025 (UTC)

I fully endorse this proposal. Wikiquote as a sister project helps the engagement of the community to different wiki projects and bridge contents gaps on the project. Kingaustin07 (talk) 22:34, 18 July 2025 (UTC)

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