Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Faces behind the Pages - Increasing the Visibility of authors on Wikisource

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

A quick check on the English Wikisource shows that there are hundreds of author pages yet to be created even when their works have been completely digitized on Wikisource. This is the problem that this project looks to address. In order to tackle this problem, this project would include training participants on how to make edits on Wikisource with major focus on creating and improving author pages on Wikisource, and how to link author pages and texts on Wikisource to their corresponding articles on the English Wikipedia. This would give more visibility to these authors and improve contents on both Wikisource and Wikipedia.

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 Wikisource
English Wikipedia

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: Timothy Chibuike Ezenwanne
Email address: timzy164@gmail.com
Address: Awka, Anambra State
Location of Project: Awka, Anambra State

Project class

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

I'm applying as an individual

Timeline of activities

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

Start Date: 9th March, 2026
End Date: 23rd March, 2026

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 new contents and improve existing ones
Improve editors' skills
Bridge knowledge and content gap

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?

One training and an editathon/contest

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 informed the Anambra Network on their WhatsApp platform and their discussion page 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.

Participants would be informed through social media platforms and one-on-one invitations.

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:Lebron jay

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

Participants will be able to contribute with their mobile phones and laptops. They'd be tutored on how to make quality contributions.

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

There'll be follow up classes on a dedicated WhatsApp group for this project

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

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 - 30
Number of new editors - 5
Number of of articles created - 100
Number of of articles improved - 150
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)

The project metrics would be tracked with the outreach dashboard and Xtool.

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)

Author's page creation on Wikisource - 5 points
Linking an author's page to Wikipedia - 3 points
- The participant who garnered the highest points will be declared the winner of the contest. There'll be prizes for the runners-up and consolation prizes

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).

I, Timzy D'Great will be organizing this program with the support and assistance of User:Lebron jay. There's no other support from anywhere else.

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

Training venue - ₦50,000
Facilitator's data - ₦20,000
Contest prizes - ₦80,000
Refreshment (Participants and Facilitators) = ₦95,000
Projector - ₦10,000
Logistics - ₦10,000
Publicity - ₦10,000
Contingency - ₦10,000
Fuel - ₦10,000

- Total - ₦295,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

Strong support Ennydavids^Talk 9:33, 15 February 2026 (UTC)
Strong support: Great project to Show visibility of authors behind the books and articles on Wikisource Lebron jay (talk) 20:40, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

Strong support This is a good project as it will give visibility to Wikisource in the community.Akwugo (talk)

Strong support Senator Choko^Talk 23:22, 15 February 2026 (UTC)

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