Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Mr. Snatch/Learning the Basics of Editing on Wikidata in North East

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

Learning the Basics of Editing on Wikidata in North East, aims to introduce new contributors in the North East region of Nigeria to the Wikimedia foundational skills of projects and contributing to Wikidata. Through targeted workshops and practical hands-on training sessions, this initiative will equip participants especially youth, students, and educators with essential knowledge about structured data, Wikidata projects, and editing practices. The goal is to bridge the knowledge gap and increase participation from underrepresented communities in Wikidata by building local capacity. This project will not only improve digital literacy but also contribute to the visibility of local knowledge, notable figures, and cultural data from the North East on a Wikimedia projects.

Wikimedia Project

Please state the Wikimedia project your project will focus majorly on (e.g. Tyap Wikipedia, English Wikiquote, 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: Abubakar Umar Sadiq
• Email address: saabubakar725@gmail.com
• Address: Borno
• Location of Project: Maiduguri

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

• 01/August/2025 to 31/August/2025

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 or improve existing content

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?

Two days edit-a-thon

2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.

Via Group Hausa community User Group and Borno community WhatsApp group.

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 inform them through their WhatsApp group and other social media platforms

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

User:Mahuta

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

They have smartphones and laptop

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

we will be using our community social media channel, WhatsApp and telegram

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

By the end of the project we expect to train at least 20 new editors create or improve wikidata items related to the North East

Impact

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets (only those applicable to your project):

1. Number of events - 2 online and Offline
2. Number of participants - 20
3. Number of new editors - 7
4. Number of of articles created - 50
5. Number of of articles improved - 200
6. Number of of images uploaded -
7. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) -

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics? (do not create a metrics dashboard until your project has been approved for funding)

Wikimedia Dashboard Tools

Contest & prize-giving events

How would decide the winners of your contest (If you are going to have a contest, what is your scoring criteria)

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).

I, User:Mr. Snatch, am the lead of this project, and User:Mahuta will be invited to join as a facilitator.

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

1. Hall: 50,000
2. Transport for invited Facilitators: 30,000
3. Refreshments and food during the training: 3,000×22=66,000
4. Banner: 20,000
5. T shirts: 10,000×2= 20,000
6. Fylers and Tags: 30,000
7. Contingency - 20,000

Total: 236,000

Endorsements

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• I  Strong supportMahuta (talk) 20:05, 15 July 2025 (UTC)