Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Hauwa'u lawal ardo/Amplifying Women’s Voices on Hausa Wikiquote

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

This project aims to grow Hausa Wikiquote in the Wikimedia Incubator by training participants especially women to create and improve quotation pages about notable women. The project will start with a training session on how to contribute to Wikiquote in the Incubator, including adding quotations, citing reliable sources, and formatting pages. After the training, participants will take part in a three-week writing contest focused on creating and improving pages featuring quotations from notable women in Nigeria, Africa, and around the world. The project will help increase women’s participation in Wikimedia projects while expanding Hausa-language quotation content.

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.

Hausa Wikiquote (Incubator)

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: Hauwa'u Lawal Ardo
Email address:hauwalawalardo@gmail.com
Address: Bauchi, Bauchi State
Location of Project:Bauchi, Bauchi State

Project class

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

Individual

Timeline of activities

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

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

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?

The project will start with a two-day in-person training workshop where participants will learn how to edit Hausa Wikiquote in the Wikimedia Incubator, including how to create quotation pages, add reliable references, and structure Wikiquote entries. After the training, participants will take part in a three-week online writing contest focused on creating and improving quotation pages about notable women.

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.

This proposal will be shared with members of the Hausa Wikimedia community through community WhatsApp groups

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 will be informed through WhatsApp groups, phone call invitation and physical invitation

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

Smshika

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

Most participants will use their personal smartphones or laptops to participate in the training and contest. The project will provide hands-on training on editing Hausa Wikiquote in the Wikimedia Incubator, including how to find reliable quotations and properly cite sources. Internet access support will also be provided during the training sessions.

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

Participants will be encouraged to remain active in the Hausa Wikimedia community through WhatsApp groups and future editing campaigns. Organizers will also provide mentorship and share information about other Wikimedia projects where participants can continue contributing.

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 - 3
Number of participants - 20
Number of new editors - 15
Number of of articles created - 200
Number of of articles improved - 300
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)

Wikimedia Foundation Dashboard Tool

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)

Contest winners will be determined based on both the quality and quantity of contributions. The scoring criteria will include:

Number of Hausa Wikiquote pages created about notable women
Number of existing pages improved with additional quotations and references
Quality of quotations and use of reliable sources
Proper formatting and structure of Wikiquote pages

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 Hauwa'u lawal ardo I will lead the project with the help of experience editor Smshika as a project's Facilitator

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 NGN × 2 days = 100,000 NGN
Refreshments for participants - 3,000 NGN × 20 participants × 2 days = 120,000 NGN
Project banner - 20,000 NGN
Transportation for two Facilitators - 20,000
T-shirts for organizers – 25,000 NGN
Contest's prizes for top Contributors - 100,000 NGN
Miscellaneous - 10,000 NGN

Total: 395,000 NGN

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

I strongly endorse the project Amplifying Women’s Voices on Hausa Wikiquote. This initiative is very important for improving the representation of women and their contributions on the Hausa Wikiquote. Many notable women—especially from Northern Nigeria and other Hausa-speaking communities—are still underrepresented in Wikimedia projects, and this project will help address that gap. Smshika (talk) 08:08, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

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