Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/M Bash Ne/Enhancing References in Hausa Wikipedia
Project summary[edit]
Briefly summarize your project proposal.
- There are hundreds of articles on Hausa Wikipedia that lack references. I have noticed that the editors of Hausa Wikipedia seem to prioritize creating new articles rather than improving existing ones. This proposed project aims to teach editors how to identify articles without references and how to add proper citations to them. The project will greatly assist in providing reliable citations for Hausa Wikipedia articles that currently lack sources.
Contact person and Location[edit]
Please state the contact details of the contact person(s) for this project including email(s) and location
- bashirgwanki21@gmail.com
Kano State
Project class[edit]
Please state if this grant is for individual project or network/club project
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?
- The project consists of a two-day series of training and awareness sessions. On the first day, the training will be conducted online, where participants will gather virtually to receive instruction on identifying articles without sources and adding citations to them. The second day of the project will involve a physical edit-a-thon, where participants will come together in person to collaborate on adding citations to Hausa Wikipedia articles.
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.
- All the participants will know mostly via Hausa Community WhatsApp groups and other project's groups
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.
- Since this project is intend to carryout in Kano, the participants will know through Kano Wikimedians WhatsApp group.
4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals.
For example: User:Kaizenify
- I M Bash Ne, I will lead the event with the help of Ibrahim Sani Mustapha as a project's facilitator
5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?
- All the participants have the equipment, many have smartphones and some have laptops
6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?
- I will create a special WhatsApp group for the project were I will continue engaging the participants. I will also engage them via Kano Wikimedians WhatsApp group.
7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?
Impact[edit]
How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets:
- Number of events - 2 online and physical
- Number of participants - 30 for each event
- Number of new editors - 20
- Number of of articles created or improved - 100
- Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) - 20
Metrics tracking[edit]
How do you plan to track your project metrics? I will use the WMF Dashboard tool for tracking the participants contributions
1. Venue - 40,000
2. Refreshments - 2000×20= 40,000
3. Data reimbursement after online training - 1,000 for each participant = 20,000
4. Banner and Tags = 10,000
5. T Shirts for Facilitators 3500 × 2 = 7,000
Total = 117,000
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).
What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.
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