Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Erasing African women Redlinks (WikiGap)
Project summary
[edit]Briefly summarize your project proposal.
Erasing African women Redlinks (WikiGap) is a collaboration with Girl's Voice Initiative, aimed to improve women articles on Wikipedia, and Wikidata. The goal is to increase visibility and representation of African women in these projects, highlighting their achievements and contributions. It's about addressing gaps in content and promoting diversity.
Wikimedia Project
[edit]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.
- Wikipedia
- Wikidata
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: Olufemi Samuel
- Email address: wikiabujanetwork@gmail.com
- Address: Fct Abuja
- Location of Project:
Abuja, Nigeria
Project class
[edit]Please state if you are applying as an individual or a network/club
WUGN, Abuja Network
Timeline of activities
[edit]Please state the timeline of your activities, and include the start and end date for your project
1/03/2026 -- 20/03/2026
Project Goal
[edit]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
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 editathon and Training
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.
Via the 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.
across all our social media, such as WhatsApp, Twitter etc.
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
5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?
Yes
6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?
By constantly engaging them on the WhatsApp group.
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):
- Number of events - 1
- Number of participants - 25
- Number of new editors - 3
- Number of of articles created -
- Number of of articles improved - 500
- Number of of images uploaded - N/A
- Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) -
Metrics tracking
[edit]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
Contest & prize-giving events
[edit]How would decide the winners of your contest (If you are going to have a contest, what is your scoring criteria)
- New Wikipedia article created - 5 points
- Exisiting Wikipedia article improved - 2 points
- Wikipedia article accurately translated - 5 points
- New Wikidata item created with at least 5 statements - 3 points
- Wikidata item description translation - 1 point
- Wikidata item improved with statements - 2 points
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 as a unit amount and include a total amount.
- Hall Rental: ₦100,000
- Branded WikiGap T-shirt for 10 community members: ₦85,000
- Refreshments (Food and drink)( ₦4,500X28):₦ 126,000
- Prizes: Gift Voucher and branded dairy for 5 *winners (₦10,000X5): ₦50,000
- Data for training: ₦20,000
- Miscellaneous Expenses: ₦35,000
Total: ₦416,000
Endorsements
[edit]Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!
I fully endorse this project; the project timeline also coincides with IWD, a great time to close the gap on women-related content on Wikipedia and Wikidata. Umasoyee (talk)
As a Proud Wikimedian and Gender Expert, I support this project because this is a cause that resonates for me as a Girls' and Women's Rights Advocate. Our organization has actively supported various Wikimedia projects and continues to advocate for increased women's visibility on Wikimedia. Erasing African Women Redlinks is a significant intervention to close this gap and what better time to power such a project than the Women's History Month. [User:Carolynseaman|Carolynseaman]] (talk)