Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/EveryBookitsReader 2025- Promoting Nigerian Literature , Wikimedia fan club University of Ilorin

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

Nigerian literature holds immense cultural, linguistic, and educational value, yet a large portion of it remains underrepresented across Wikipedia and wikidata. While visibility has grown on Wikipedia and Wikidata showing 233 recorded books on Wikipedia and 939 literary items on Wikidata. This project aims to address these gaps by improving the documentation of Nigerian books, authors, and literary works across the Wikipedia and wikidata.

After organizing a successful Wikipedia Awareness event last month during the celebration of Wikidata’s 13th birthday, we decided to introduce a Wikipedia related project that new university students/editors can easily connect with—Nigerian Literature.

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 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: Omoshebi Joseph
• Email address: Josephreason578@gmail.com
• Address: 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

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

1. Start 5th December 2025
2. End 30th December 2025

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

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?

We will be have One physical event and One edit-a-thon contest

Physical event: The physical event will serve as a practical, hands-on training session designed to introduce both new and old editors to the documentation of Nigerian literature on Wikipedia. Building on the momentum created from last month’s successful Wikipedia Awareness event held during the celebration of Wikidata’s 13th birthday, this session will provide participants with the foundational skills needed to contribute effectively to Wikipedia.

During the event, participants will learn how to identify notable Nigerian books, authors, and literary works that are missing or underrepresented online. Facilitators will guide attendees through the process of creating and improving articles on Wikipedia. The training will involve step-by-step demonstrations, practical editing exercises, and opportunities to explore existing gaps such as the currently recorded 233 Nigerian books on Wikipedia and 939 literary items on Wikidata.

In addition, students will be introduced to sourcing standards, citation practices, and the importance of preserving Nigeria’s cultural and linguistic heritage through digital documentation. The physical session will also encourage peer learning, collaboration, and open discussion on how Nigerian literature can be better represented globally through Wikimedia platforms.

Edit-a-Thon Contest: There will be an edit-a-thon contest After the event for participants to create and improve wikipedia articles and also be among the top contributors to win prizes during the period of the campaign.

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.

We have informed the wikimedia Users Group Nigeria about our intention to write this proposal.

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.

Awareness and Advocacy: A core objective of this project is to create strong awareness about the Nigerian Literature Documentation Campaign while also expanding the reach of the Wikimedian Fan Club. To achieve this, we will utilize E-fliers, printed fliers, posters, and handbills to inform students and the wider university community about the goals of the project. These materials will highlight the importance of improving the online representation of Nigerian literature on Wikipedia and Wikidata. and they will also introduce new editors to the activities of the fan club. This approach ensures that both the campaign and the community gain visibility and attract new participants.

Communication Strategy: To maintain smooth and effective communication with our existing and new community members, we will make use of the fan club’s WhatsApp platform. This space will allow us to share updates about the project, provide learning resources, and guide participants on how to engage actively in documenting Nigerian books, authors, and literary works.

In addition, we will publicize the campaign across various social media platforms to broaden participation and encourage more students to join. Participants will also be encouraged to follow the campaign’s Meta page, where they can stay updated on project activities, editing guidelines, and contest outcomes.

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.

Through our Whatsapp group and online fliers Through our social media handle such as: face book, Whatsapp and instagram.

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 president : He is an active contributor, with vast experience in contributing to Wikipedia, He will be incharge of overseeing the whole activity during the project period.

User:Eyinjuseun vice president: She is also an experienced trainer and contributor, he will be co-facilitating the event and also helping to train the participants

User:Ayyuha Sideeq vice president outreach: he will be in charge of logistics and training alongside two other executives.

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

Yes,Our target participants have internet connectable devices to enable seemless contribution during the campaign and also quality devices like phones,laptops and ipads to improve their contributing experience.

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

We will engage both the new members and our old participants after the physical events through our WhatsApp community group chat. During the edit-a-thon, we will have open sessions on the community group where we can hear and assist them if there is any issue they can’t seem to solve on their own and also encourage them to follow up activities in Nigeria and the global community.

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

The event is focused on sustaining the Wikipedia awareness already created among the new participants on the previous event by introducing them to them to Wikipedia through a project they can easily relate to, especially as university students, to gain more contribution.

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):

1. Number of events - 2
2. Number of participants - 40
3. Number of new editors - 5
4. Number of of articles created - 80
5. Number of of articles improved - 50
6. Number of of images uploaded -
7. 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)

Through the Wikimedia Outreach Dashboard

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)

• Wikidata

Five (5) points will be awarded for each newly created Wikidata item containing no fewer than five (5) statements, while

• two (2) points will be allocated for improving existing items by adding at least two (2) new statements and corresponding references.

• Wikipedia

10 points for a newly created article 3 points for edited article with above 1000 bytes while you 1.5 points for edited article below 1000 bytes

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:jessephu president : He is an active contributor, with vast experience in contributing to Wikipedia and wikidata . He will be incharge of overseeing the whole activity during the project period.

User:Eyinjuseun vice president: She is also an experienced trainer and contributor, he will be co-facilitating the event and also helping to train the participants

User:Ayyuha Sideeq General secretary: he will be incharge 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 (3500*40) : NGN 140,000

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

• E-fliers,posters,handbill,adverts and graphics: NGN 20,000

• Camera rental and photography : NGN 20,000

• Appreciating prizes for any five highest editor for the training(gift vouchers) : NGN 50,000

• Contigencies , Miscellaneous and Logistics: NGN 10,000

• TOTAL: NGN 261,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

User:Ayyuha Sideeq I fully endorse the EveryBookItsReader 2025 – Promoting Nigerian Literature project as the project aligns with our mission to expand open knowledge and improve the representation of Nigerian literary works on Wikimedia. I affirm my readiness to support the project through coordination and training to ensure its successful execution

User:Eyinjuseun I fully endorse these project grant as this will promote open knowledge and community engagement within the fan club. I will fully support the execution of EveryBookItsReader 2025