Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Osun Wikimedia Network/Wikipedia Event

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

• Osun Wikimedia Network aims to host a physical meetup for her community members to network, contribute to Wikimedia projects.

We are organizing a one day in-person meet-up for our members and edit-a-thon through Wikipedia to improve their knowledge and editing skills on Wikipedia, strengthen engagement as a network, increase their knowledge and foster inclusion by connecting with other Wikimedians virtually across the globe.

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.

• Wikipedia

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: Rukayat Ajeigbe
• Email address: ajeigberukayat@gmail.com
• Address: Osogbo, Osun State
• Location of Project: Osogbo, Osun State

Project class

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

• Osun Wikimedia Network

Timeline of activities

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

• 18th of 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

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 editathon & training

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.

Community WhatsApp group

Twitter page and Instagram. 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.

twitter page, Meta page.

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: RukayatAjeigbe
• User: OTim75

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

Yes, their smartphone and other devices.

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

Community WhatsApp group follow ups and other Wikimedia related projects will be discussed there.

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

[User:Kaizenify]]

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-2
2. Number of participants- 30
3. Number of new editors - 10
4. Number of of articles created or improved -50
5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) - 20

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics? Event 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).

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

• Venue rental=40,000
• T-shirts for facilitators 5000(2) = 10,000
• Food for refreshments (Breakfast and launch) - 2,500(32) = 80,000
• Projector/Screen Rentals= 15,000
• Sound system=10,000
• T-fare for Facilitators 5000(2)= N10,000
• Communication and Graphics - N15,000
• Logistics =15,000
• Contingency =N10,000

• Total= 205,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!