Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Naija Publish: Building the Nigerian Publishing Index on Wikidata

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal. Publishers and Publishing Companies play a very vital role to the growth and advancement of literary works in Nigeria and the world at large, although in most cases they are neglected. This project seeks to put an end to this sidelining by putting up information about these companies for the masses to see and use. We will be making use of Wikidata, one of the Wikimedia Foundation projects for this purpose.

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: Nnamdi Emmanuel Ikekamma
Email address: Nnamdiikekamma@gmail.com
Address: Asaba, Delta State
Location of Project: Asaba, Delta State

Project class

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

Timeline of activities

Please state the timeline of your activities, and include the start and end date for your project Physical Event: 14th March 2026 Start Date: 14th March 2026 End Date: 21st March 2026

Project Goal

Choose one or more of the following goals. Feel free to add or delete goals as required by your project.

Recruit new editors
Add and improve content
Bridge knowledge gap

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? I am doing One training and One Editathon 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. Community members have been adequately notified.

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. Participants will be notified via our WhatsApp group platform created for Wikimedia events here in Asaba. Also, a wider message will be passed to prospective members to aid in recruitment.

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:Sayvhior will be facilitating and training for this Program. User:JudithNG12 will be assisting in Logistics and participant support

5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them? Yes, participants have access to computers and mobile phones. We will be providing them with adequate training and data support. 6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)? A feedback form will be sent to participants to collect information in order to ascertain success of the project. The groupchat also will be open for questions and further guidance.

7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project? We will be making use of a compiled list of registered members of the Nigerian Publishers Association for the purpose of this Project.

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):

Number of events - 1
Number of participants - 20
Number of new editors - 10
Number of articles created - 200
Number of articles improved - 200
Number of images uploaded - 5
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) A Project page and an outreach dashboard will be created upon approval for the purpose of metrics tracking.

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) Top contributors will be awarded at the end of the contest. Highest contributors will be determined using the 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). <--Please write below this line --> Only The Wikimedia Nigeria Team is providing funding for this project

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

Venue Hire 60,000
Refreshments(Food & Drinks) 3500*20 70,000
Transport support Reimbursement 40,000
Facilitator support 25,000
Gift vouchers for Top contributors 25,000
Itineraries (including teaching aid and awareness aid) 35,000

Total amount: 255,000 (Two hundred and Fifty Five Thousand Naira Only)

Endorsements

I Strong support this event. It will also be another avenue to introduce this different Wikimedia project to our members over here. JudithNG12 (talk) 08:23, 18 February 2026 (UTC)

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