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Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/James Moore200/Semester Funding for Wikimedia Fan Club Unilorin Meetups and Editathons in the 2021/2022 Harmattan Semester

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Project summary

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Briefly summarize your project proposal, and include the contact details of your contact person(s) for this project This grant will facilitate the recruitment and training of new and existing editors at the Wikimedia Fan Club UNILORIN during the 2021/2022 rain semester.

Timeline of activities

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Please state the timeline of your activities, and include the start and end date for your project Start date: 20th December, 2022. End Date: 20th April, 2023.

Project Goal

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Choose one or more of the following goals. Feel free to add or delete goals as required by your project.

  1. Recruit new editors on campus
  2. Increase skills for existing editors
  3. Add or improve content

Project Plan

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Activities

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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?

2 trainings and 2 editathons

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.

Facebook

Twitter
Instagram

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 of the editathons and trainings through the club's WhatsApp group as well as its Instagram and Facebook pages.

4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals.
For example: User:Kaizenify

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

Participants are excpected to bring their mobile phones and/or PCs and we will support them with internet connection. Participants who are not skilled will be trained and engaged by the experienced Wikimedia editors on the team.

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

During the event, participants will be asked to provide their phone numbers and emails. After the event, they will be added to the club's WhatsApp group and feedback forms will be sent to their mails.

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

Impact

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

  1. Number of events: 4 events
  2. Number of participants: 50
  3. Number of new editors: 20
  4. Number of of articles created or improved: 120
  5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events): 25

Metrics tracking

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How do you plan to track your project metrics?

Dashboard & Edit ladder at the end of the Each Month within the semester

Resources

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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).

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

Please note: only a sum of 299,000 NGN was disbursed by the Wikimedia Nigeria and the report has been sent.


1. Events Space 20000*4 = 80,000NGN

2. Food and drinks - 1500 * 40 * 4 = 240000 NGN

3. T-shirts for organizers and top participants- 3000 * 10 = 30,000NGN

4. Swags: Stickers, Key holders and items for top contributors = 40,000 NGN

5. Jotters for participants - 540 * 50 = 27000 NGN

6. Internet - 20000 * 4 = 80000

7. Camera rental - 10000 * 4 = 40000

8. Projector rental - 4000 * 4 = 16000

9. Graphics designs = 15,000NGN

10. Contingency Funds - 30000 NGN

Total - 598,000NGN

Endorsements

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Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

  1. Strong support Strong support This proposed grant would be a way to keep the University of Ilorin students active in the Wikimedia movement. Major Lyte 13:52, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
  2. Strong support Strong support This project will help recruit new members on campus and educate them on how to contribute to Wikimedia. Ridzaina (talk) 14:57, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
  3. Strong support Strong support This project is very helpful especially in bringing onboard new editors whom will be trained on how to contribute to Wikimedia. It will also help in gathering existing editors and making them active in contributing their quota. Taofeeq Abdulkareem (talk) 16:17, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
  4. Strong support Strong support This project will add more value to the wikimedia space by recruiting more volunteers. Hopilo12 (talk) 17:10, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
  5. Strong support Strong support The proposed project will go a long way in keeping the wikimedia fan club of university of Ilorin active and functioning which will also help in the improvement of the wikimedia space.MarteeDave (talk) 06:42, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
  1. Strong support Strong support This new project slated for the coming session is sure to add more value, create adept editors, aid social coherence, and assist members with vital skills necessary to contribute to the Wikimedia platform. With the guidance of experienced editors, the University of Ilorin Wikimedia club has a lot to give and garner with a project like this in place. Pojo07 (talk) 19:34, 11 May 2022 (UTC)


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