Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Mamman Ahmad Ali/Fulfulde Wikimedia Community's 11th Birthday Celebration on Wikidata 2023

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

• I am writing to seek support for the Fulfulde Wikimedia Community's 11th Birthday Celebration on Wikidata 2023. Our community, dedicated to promoting the Fulfulde language and culture on Wikimedia projects, is enthusiastic about celebrating this milestone and continuing our mission of cultural preservation and knowledge sharing.

Wikimedia Project

Please state the Wikimedia project your project will focus majorly on (e.g. Wikipedia, Wikidata, etc). It is advisable to focus on one Wikimedia project, but a maximum of two projects is allowed.

• Wikidata

Contact person and Location

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: Mamman Ahmad Ali
• Email address:alimamman194@gmail.com
• Address: Adamawa Yola
• Location of Project: Adamawa Yola

Project class

Please state if you are applying as an individual or a network/club

• Individual

Timeline of activities

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

• 5th November 2023 to 25th November 2023.

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. Expand and improve the quality of Fulfulde-language content on Wikidata by organizing edit-a-thons and workshops.
4. Strengthen the sense of community among Fulfulde Wikimedia contributors, encouraging collaboration and knowledge sharing.

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?

One Edit-a-athon

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.

I will inform them through our social media platforms

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.

I will post and inform them on WhatsApp groups and other social media platforms of Fulfulde wikimedians

4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals. (NOTE: all experienced Wikimedia editors MUST endorse your proposal as proof of availability)
For example: User:Kaizenify

User: Awwerl

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

Yes

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

WhatsApp group will be created for them and I will be following them via this group

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

The Fulfulde Wikimedia Community's 11th Birthday Celebration on Wikidata 2023 is a significant milestone for our community, and we believe it aligns with the broader goals of Wikimedia in promoting diversity, cultural preservation, and knowledge sharing. We kindly request your support to make this celebration a success and continue our mission of enriching Wikimedia projects with Fulfulde content.

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
2. Number of participants 22
3. Number of new editors 10
4. Number of of articles created or improved 200
5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events)

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics?

We will use matric Dashboard to track our edit

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).

Mamman AA (talk) is an Native Fulfulde speaker also fulfulde Wikimedia Community communication's and outreach officer a volunteer Wikipedia editors with vast experience in organizing and facilitatin,he will serve as a organizer of this project.

User: Awwerl Is a fulfulde language speaker and volunteer teacher of fulfulde language in northern Nigeria he will assist in carrying out this project. What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.

• Hall for the physical session: ₦30,000
• Promotional Materials like Banner, e-flyers: ₦10,000
• Transportation: ₦5,000
• Rental of projectors and other equipment: ₦15,000
• Food 1500 per person × 22 =: ₦33,000
• Prizes for top 3 editors: ₦20,000
• Wikidata birthday cake: ₦10,000
• Data support for both Facilitators and participants for both online and offline sessions: ₦22,000
• Contingency: ₦10,000
• Total: ₦155,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!