Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Nigerian Institute of Journalism WikiFan Club/Meetup and Wikipedia and Wikidata Awareness Training
Project summary[edit]
Briefly summarize your project proposal.
- This is a meetup and Wikipedia and Wikidata awareness training. The Nigerian Institute of Journalism is a communication school, and it is a monotechnic. We want the WikiFan Club at the school to become more active and viable. That is why we are starting with a meetup to sensitise the students about our community, what we do as Wikipedians, and why they need to always contribute to Wikipedia as communication students. After the meetup, we will introduce the training to them, which will commence the following week. During the meetup, we will invite the project director of Wikimedia Nigeria User Group to speak to them as a mentor and a student from the Lagos State University who has been contributing to Wikipedia and how impactful it has been to her. The testimony can also help grow the club in the school. We had to do the meetup and the training because exams start at the end of August and school vacates in September. So we have to ensure we kick-start the club again this year, have new members, and hold on to the old members. A continuous programme will ensure positive growth in the fan club in the school.
Contact person and Location[edit]
Please state the contact details of the contact person(s) for this project including email(s) and location
- semmy1960
semilo99@gmail.com
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?
- We are having a meet-up first for sensitisation and two online trainings on basic introduction to Wikipedia and Wikidata.Two physical training on Wikipedia editing and Wikidata. The training will start 12th of July and ends 2nd of August.
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 have announced on the Wikimedia Nigeria Discussion page.https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_User_Group_Nigeria#Community_announcement
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.
- We will be using Whatsapp and other social media spaces
4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals.
For example: User:Kaizenify
5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?
- Yes they have the equipment
6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?
- We have a school WhatsApp platform where further communications will take place. All new participants will be added to the platform.
7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?
- We will like to ensure the Wikifan club in the Nigerian institute of Journalism becomes vibrant. We choose the training pattern because the school will soon start exams which is in August, school vacates by September.The school authorities only allows students have club meetings on Wednesdays. It is the only free time for any school activities for students and the ICT room will be available for use. We have announced the meetup and the training to the students and we have told the lecturer adviser in charge of the fanclub about our plan. The students are enthusiastic about the program and have shown their interest to be a part of the meetup and the training.
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 = 3
- Number of participants -20
- Number of new editors= 15
- Number of of articles created or improved= 80
- Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events)
Metrics tracking[edit]
How do you plan to track your project metrics? The event outreach dashboard will be used to track the project
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).
- We have the hall for free, alternate power supply and computers.
- User:semmy1960- Project lead
- User:Ogundele1- Communication and social media manager and mentor
- User:James Rhoda- Online support trainer and mentor
- User:Kaizenify- Speaker during the meet-up
- User:Ebubechukwu1- Speaker during the meet-up
- User:Pricelessjosy- Support lecturer coordinating the students and she is also a Wikimedian
What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.
*Transportation for 2 speakers during the meetup - N20,000
*Projector - N20,000 x 2 training = 20,000
*Photography - N10,000 x 3 (2 training and one meet-up)= N20,000
*Graphics Design and banner N10,000
*Food and Drinks @ N2000 x 20 x 2- N80,000
*Gift for Top 3 editors - N30,000
*Snacks and drinks for meetup- 700 x 35 people = N24,500
*transportation for project led and support trainer for training and meetup = 40,000 support trainer lives in Badagry. She is not to be in school on Wednesday but we are using her lab for free with computers and alternate power
*Data for support trainers and mentor - 4 people- 25,000
*Data for Meetup = 20,000
*Contigency = 10,000
Total - N299,500
Endorsements[edit]
Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!
- Its a loud able project that will aid communication students know more about Wikipedia. ~~~~Pricelessjosy