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Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Osun Wikimedia Network/ Wikidata Edit-a-thon in OAU-IFE, Osun

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Project summary[edit]

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

This project aims to promote open knowledge through Wikidata. This program will introduce Wikidata to students in OAU. Create vast array of awareness around Wikidata and other sisters project. Welcome new members to the community. Enhance promotion of open knowledge.

Wikimedia Project[edit]

Please state the Wikimedia project your project will focus majorly on (e.g. English 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[edit]

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

Project class[edit]

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

  • Osun Wikimedia Network

Timeline of activities[edit]

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

  • April 1-30th,2024

Project Goal[edit]

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[edit]

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?

Edit-a-thon and two physical trainings

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.

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.

Community WhatsApp Group, Online Gathering, Social media platforms

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 will be the project coordinator and will lead all the activities related to the project.

User:OTim75 co-organizer and will help to mobilize young people around the project and in organizing the planned activities and take care of communications/outreach and welfare activities in this project. User: Ogundele1 will serve the roles of logistics and dashboard management during the projects. 5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?

Laptops and smartphones

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

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

Impact[edit]

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
  2. Number of participants -30
  3. Number of new editors -10
  4. Number of of articles created -100
  5. Number of of articles improved -50
  6. Number of of images uploaded -
  7. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) - 20

Metrics tracking[edit]

How do you plan to track your project metrics? Dashboard

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).

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

  • Venue rental= 40,000
  • Branded T-shirt for facilitators= 15,000
  • Food and refreshments 2500*30= 75,000 for 2 days= 150,000 *Projector/screen rentals = 15,000 Sound system = 15,000
  • Publicity, flyers = 15,000 *souvenirs and merchandise (branded book and customised pen)= 30,000 *Logistics= 15,000
  • Miscellaneous and contingencies = 10,000

Total amount= #275,000

Endorsements[edit]

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