Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Fixing reference errors on Igbo Wikipedia

Project summary

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Reference errors do occur while translating English Articles to Igbo Articles if not done properly, One of the most common reference errors is when a citation or reference is missing altogether, Reference errors can occur when there are syntax errors in the citation templates especially when the template is Missing in the language, improper formatting of parameters can lead to reference errors.

References cited in an article may be deleted from the source where they were originally hosted before translation, leading to reference errors.

There are about 500+ articles in Igbo Wikipedia that have these error, and correcting these errors would help in improving the quality of Articles in Igbo Wikipedia thereby working towards the project 2030 movement to diversify the WIKIMEDIA platform by involving the underrepresented. Embarking on this project would help recruit new editors and give opportunity to create awareness about the free open Knowledge``` . It will also tend to improving the old editors skills and enlightening them more on how to remove red links mostly seen on translated articles.

Wikimedia Project

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Wikipedia

Contact person and Location

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• Full name: Ignatius Somtobechukwu Oragwuncha
• Email address: igoragwuncha@gmail.com
• Address: Awka, Anambra State
• Location of Project: Awka, Anambra State

Project class

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Individual

Timeline of activities

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5th November- 10th November, 2023

Project Goal

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1. recruit new editors
2. Add or improve content on the Igbo Wikipedia

Project Plan

Activities

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1. Are you doing one editathon or training or a series of editathons or trainings?

1 training and editathon 2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? You are required to provide links to on-wiki pages to inform these communities about your proposed work. Examples of places where this can be done include community discussion pages, affiliate discussion pages, or relevant project talk pages.
You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.

I will let them know through the WhatsApp groups and community platforms 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.

I will let participants know through the various Wikimedia WhatsApp groups or through social media 4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals. (NOTE: all experienced Wikimedia editors MUST endorse your proposal as proof of availability)
For example: User:Kaizenify

User: Senator Choko he will assist in the project 5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?

Yes, they have their gadgets and I will teach them how to navigate the site during the training and more afterwards 6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?

I will engage them more through the various online platforms like WhatsApp groups and telegram channel 7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?

This project will be a good one, as it will help to improve articles on the Igbo Wikipedia

Impact

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets:

1. Number of events: 1
2. Number of participants: 25
3. Number of new editors: 23
4. Number of of articles created or improved: 300
5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events)

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics? Outreach dashboard

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, User: Orabs1996 is the one organizing the project and I will be assisted by User: Senator Choko What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.

List of bullet points of the resources:

Venue: 40,000 Food: 2000 × 25 = 50,000 Drink and water = 10,000 Projector= 10,000 Data for facilitators: 3000 ×2 = 6,000 Communication/ banner: 20,000 Data for participants: 25,000 Souvenirs for participants: 50,000 Miscellaneous: 10,000 Total amount: #211,000

Endorsements

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Strong support

This project is very vital and essential to Igbo Wikipedia for a clean and quality articles,also recruitment of editors is highly recommended so as to help in rectifying the errors as well to create awareness and improve the skills of already existing editors.i strongly endorse this project and will be available for the training... Senator Choko (talk) 12:47, 9 October 2023 (UTC)Senator Choko

 Strong support I strongly endorse this project as the goal of the project will help improve the Wikipedia space. Sayvhior (talk) 12:52, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

 Strong support This project aims at improving the quality of articles on the Igbo Wikipedia by cleaning up articles with reference errors. Therefore, I strongly endorse it. Timzy D'Great (talk) 13:18, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

 Strong support

This project plan is to improve articles on the Igbo Wikipedia. I strongly support. Akwugo (talk) 08:55, 16 October 2023 (UTC)