Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Let's say it right

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

• "Let's say it right" is a project targeted at providing pronunciation for Nigerian names on the English Wikipedia. It is noticed that when people often read an article on Wikipedia about a person, a place, a cultural site, etc. People seldom give attention to how the names are genuinely pronounced because there is no guide to do so on the article. It will be very helpful if the pronunciation of the names could be added to help the user grasp and tap into the cultural awareness that is in the article.

Templates of audio recordings will be made by contributors using the "spell4wiki" tool and then strategically uploaded on wiki commons, then the users will link the audio file to its corresponding Wikipedia article.

This project is focused on building cultural awareness by correcting the mispronunciation of names on Wikipedia (A foreigner reading about "Obasanjo" will actually hear the correct pronunciation of the name)

Contact person and Location

Please state the contact details of the contact person(s) for this project including email(s) and location

• email: albertmkpongonyong@yahoo.com

Phone number: 08146568073

Timeline of activities

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

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?

I am doing one training session

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.

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.

On social media (whatsapp and telegram groups)

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:Albertoblaq

User:Hesyomi

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

I will organize a training on how to use the "spell4wiki" tool and how to add audio templates to Wikipedia articles.

The participants will contribute with their mobile phones. Data will be provided to aid the process. 6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?

Follow-ups on whatsapp and telegram platform

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

This project will go a long way to help preserve our cultural heritages through names. It will also help the youths and coming generations to appreciate the importance of cultural documentation.

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: 2 (one offline training event and one online event for followup)
2. Number of participants: 20-25
3. Number of new editors: 10
4. Number of of articles created or improved: Over 200 names will be recorded and linked to its corresponding Wikipedia article
5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events)

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics? The project will be tracked on meta and event tracking dashboard.

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).

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

• Banner/flier...........................N10000

• Data subscription (1000×25)................N25000
• Venue.....................................N40000
• Projector................................N10000
• Customized T-shirts (2000×5).......................N10000

Food/refreshments (2500×25).........................N62500 miscellaneous.....................N10000 Total = N158,500.

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