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Project Title

LET US OPEN THE KNOWLEDGE WITH #1LIB1REF: THE ANAMBRA NETWORK SPACE

Project summary

The global campaign of #1Lib1Ref is commemorated annually to remind us of the importance of ensuring accurate and authentic sources in Wikimedia. It is about learning more and adding value to already existing Wikipedia articles as well as telling more stories and integrating other Wikipedia sister projects. As the world is a global village, this is a good opportunity for Wikimedia Anambra Network to join in the world campaign of adding references to articles. Undoubtedly, there are several articles in Wikipedia that are begging to be improved with authentic sources. Doing this project will add value to these anomaly and make Wikimedia more credible.

This is a Wikipedia activity. This project will combine physical and follow up online training. The Wikimedia Anambra Network is majorly a community of librarians and students in the academic communities. It is then necessary that they use the #1Lib1Ref opportunity to nurture more volunteers for Wikimedia as they learn the basics and improve their editing skills. The participants will be taught to sign up in the meta and join the dashboard. The training will include how to create and improve articles with authentic sources. There will be edit-a-thon that will last for two weeks with prizes given to the editors that have more contributions.

Contact person and Location

Ngozi Perpetua Osuchukwu Emails: wikianambranetwork; ngostary2k@yahoo.com

Timeline of activities

The edit-a-thon will last for two weeks. It will start with physical training of the participant after which prizes will be given to the top most editors.

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. Add or improve content
3. Add references
4. Create new articles
5. Improve skills of existing editors

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?

There will be one edit-a-thon. But training will come first on how to create and improve articles as well as adding references. There will also be a follow up online to encourage and clarify some challenges that may come up during the edit-a-thon. The edit-a-thon will last for two weeks

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.

The Anambra Network has an active WhatsApp platform for regular communication and updates There is also our ever active twitter page for dissemination and sharing It will be in the meta It will also be posted in sister community platforms for wider sharing and notification

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 have our WhatsApp platforms. We also use our mails, messages and twitter

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

User:Ngostary2k

User:Akwugo

User:AfricanLibrarian

User:Timzy D'Great

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

The participants have smart phones and laptops and other smart electronic devices. They also have ICT and information literacy skills

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

Our WhatsApp platform is “Live.” There will be addition of new editors after every event with follow ups of continuous editing and upcoming contributions

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

This is a project that is critical for members of the academic community because of their roles in learning and research. This project will be a good booster in their academic activities in sharing information. This project will be most welcomed in May, 2023 to synchronize with the globally acceptable month of the campaign

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 physical training and online follow up
2. Number of participants: 25 participants = 25
3. Number of new editors: 10
4. Number of of articles created or improved: 100
5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events): 2 weeks edit-a-thon

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics? The dashboard will track contributions of the participants

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. User:Ngostary2k She is an experienced Wikimedian and a certified Wikipedian Trainer - Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom. She has also facilitated many Wikipedian trainings. She will facilitate on article creation
2. User:Akwugo She is skilled in Wikipedia and Wikidata. She is a Wikimedia facilitator and has contributed to several Wikimedia projects
3. User:AfricanLibrarian She has skills in Wikimedia activities and have contributed to great number of edits. She has skills in facilitation and creative commons
4. User:Timzy D'Great He has participated in contributing to Wikimedia articles and projects.

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

1. Hall hire N35,000
2. Internet data support for the participants and facilitators @N1,000 per person = N30,000
3. Lunch for the 25 participants @N2,200 per person = N55,000
4. Graphic design of posters, Flex and communication N15,000
5. Projector rental N10,000
6. DSLR Camera rental N10,000
7. Prizes for top 4 contributors N30,000
8. Logistics and contingency funds (logistics, emergency expenses) N15,000

Total =N200,000

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