Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Ibrahim Sani Mustapha/Wikipedia Training and Edit-a-thon in Shanono Local Government Area

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

• The project proposal aims to organize a Wikipedia training and edit-a-thon event in Shanono Local Government. The project will provide training on Wikipedia editing and host a collaborative editing session to create and improve articles related to the local area. The goals include promoting digital literacy, increasing local representation on Wikipedia, and preserving regional knowledge. The project will cover event costs and technical support. Ultimately, the project aims to empower participants, enhance community engagement, and foster a culture of collaborative knowledge sharing.

Wikimedia Project

Please state the Wikimedia project your project will focus majorly on (e.g. Wikipedia, Wikidata, etc). It is advisable to focus on one Wikimedia project, but a maximum of two projects is allowed.

• Hausa 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: Ibrahim Sani Mustapha
• Email address: ibrahimsanig588@gmail.com
• Location: Shanono, Kano 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

• Start=5/10/2023
• End=20/10/2023

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. Train an existing editors
3. 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?

Training and Edit-a-thon.

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.

We have actively engaged with relevant Wikimedia communities to inform them about our proposal through

*Hausa Wikimedians User Group Discussion page

Additionally, we have utilized external social media.

• 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.

We will let our participants to know about this project by announcing in WhatsApp group, sending an email and other social media channels.

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:M Bash Ne and User:A Sulaiman Z

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

Yes, the participants have their laptops Smart phones and other supportive devices which will help them to contribute a high quality content.

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

The WhatsApp group will be created for the participants engagement after the events.

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

Yes, I applied this project two times last months but due to monthly funding restrictions and the limit of not funding more than one application per state in a grant cycle, it was not funded and you asked me to submit another application in this month. This is your comment Here

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-20
3. Number of new editors-15
4. Number of of articles created or improved-100
5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events)

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics?

I will use WMF outreach dashboard to track the metrics.

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).

1. Ibrahim Sani Mustapha, I am the project organizer and I will take the responsible for overseeing the project and ensuring that all activities are carried out in accordance with the grant proposal.
2. A Sulaiman Z, he is responsible for coordinating the content creation process and ensuring that all articles are high quality and reliable.
3. M Bash Ne, he is responsible for coordinating outreach activities and engaging with local organizations and community members to raise training about the project.

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

1. Event's hall- N30,000.
2. Food and refreshments for participants and facilitators-N1,500×23=N34,500.
3. Event's banner -N15,000.
4. Branded T-shirts for the organizer and facilitators-N5,000×3=N15,000.
5. Contingency-N10,000.

Total amount N104,500.

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

•  Strong support A Sulaiman Z (talk) 12:13, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
• I am  Strong support M Bash Ne (talk) 12:21, 20 September 2023 (UTC)