Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/International Women's Day X Wikipedia
Project summary
[edit]Briefly summarize your project proposal. This Project International Women's Day X Wikipedia is a Project which aims at celebrating the International Women's Day within the OAU community and creating and editing OAU Women related articles.
Wikimedia Project
[edit]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. This Project will majorly focus on Wikipedia.
Contact person and Location
[edit]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: Jesutowo Grace Ademola
- Email address: jesutowograce@gmail.com
- Address: Ile-Ife, Osun State.
- Location of Project: Ile-Ife, Osun State.
Project class
[edit]Please state the name of the network/club Wikimedia User Group Nigeria OAU Fanclub
Timeline of activities
[edit]Please state the timeline of your activities, and include the start and end date for your project We aim to do this project starting with a physical Meetup on 6th of March for training and familiarization followed by an edit-a-thon spanning for a week ending on March 14.
Project Goal
[edit]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
[edit]Activities
[edit]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 physical training session and a week of edit-a-thon.
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. By letting my community Executives know about it.
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.
By using Wiki Meta page, WhatsApp groups and Social media (Instagram and LinkedIn).
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
Facilitator User:Rare Grace and Co facilitator User:Eminence190
5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them? Yes,every participant has at least a mobile phone to edit and they'll be supported with data for the edit-a-thon.
6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)? By constant check-in each day of the week
7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project? No
Impact
[edit]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 - 20
- Number of new editors - 8
- Number of of articles created - 10
- Number of of articles improved - 50
- Number of of images uploaded - 10
- Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) -
Metrics tracking
[edit]How do you plan to track your project metrics? (do not create a metrics dashboard until your project has been approved for funding) Using the event dashboard
Contest & prize-giving events
[edit]How would decide the winners of your contest (If you are going to have a contest, what is your scoring criteria)
The winners will be decided using the event dashboard
Number of Quality edits made to Notable Women related to OAU(Students, lecturers and Alumnis) articles
New articles created that meet Wikipedia standards
Use of reliable references and proper citations
Clarity, accuracy, and relevance of contributions
Resources
[edit]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). Venue
What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense as a unit amount and include a total amount.
Publicity (Flyer design, printing) - 20,000
Projector and Public Address System- 20,000
Facilitator and Logistics - 15,000
Power Generator - 15,000
Refreshments - (4000 x 20 participants) - 80,000
Prizes for contributors - 35,000
Photography - 30,000
Airtime and Data reimbursement for facilitators -(7000x2) 14,000
Data reimbursement for participants - (1500 per person) 30,000
Contingencies and Miscellaneous - 20,000
Total #279000
Endorsements
[edit]Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!
- I, Oke Emmanuel Sunday User:Eminence190, endorse this initiative as it provides a meaningful platform for our members to build more capacity and be resourceful in Wikipedia editing while spotlighting remarkable women within our communities. This project goes beyond content creation it reinforces our commitment to gender equity by addressing the visible gap in representation on Wikipedia. By encouraging the documentation of notable women and their contributions, we are actively promoting balanced knowledge and honoring voices that matters with greater recognition..
- I endorse this project as it help us bridge the gender gap amongst our females on OAU Campus. User:Rare Grace