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Project summary[edit]

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

Lagos state boasts substantial number of secondary schools, with over five thousand in total, these comprises both public and private Schools. Among these, approximately 2500 have received official registration and approval from the Lagos Government. The approved list of schools can be find here. However, many of these schools lack comprehensive representation through images on Wikimedia Commons, resulting in a significant content disparity.

Photos help captures reader's attention better than a wall of text, and make the article more instructive and engaging for them. Leveraging my expertise as a professional photographer and with my deep commitment to enhancing content on Wikidata, I plan addressing this content gaps through the implementation of this project.

Lagos State comprises five distinct administrative divisions: Ikorodu, Ikeja, Epe, Badagry, and Lagos Island. This initiative will concentrate on collaborating with skilled photographers to capture imagery of secondary schools situated in the Badagry division of Lagos State.

This Photowalk will encompass the subsequent local government areas within the division: Ojo, Iba, Oto-Awori, Olorunda, Badagry-West, and Badagry Central. We will provide trainings to participants on the process of uploading photos to Wikimedia Commons and creating Wikidata items where needed.

Wikimedia Project[edit]

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.

  • This project will focus on Wikidata and Wikimedia commons

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: Yemi Festus User:Yemi festus
  • Email address: yemifestusfx2@gmail.com
  • Location: Lagos

Project class[edit]

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

  • Individual

Timeline of activities[edit]

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

  • Start: 10th-Sept-2023
  • End:10th-Oct-2023

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 and improve contents on Wikidata and Wikimedia commons
  3. Train and develop editing skills of both new and existing editors
  4. Bring together photography enthusiasts and retain them to contribute to Wikimedia commons
  5. Increase the number of Image contributors to Wikimedia commons

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?

This project is a series of events, including a two-day photowalk and two days dedicated for trainings, uploading and edit-a-thon.

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 my intentions to my community talk page, you can find the link here.

I will also announce my proposal on the WUGN talk page.

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.

As a professional photographer, I am a member of a photographers' group. I've shared the concept with fellow members during our routine gatherings, and they have shown enthusiasm to contribute to the project. Meanwhile, we plan to establish an exclusive WhatsApp group for participants, this will enhance seamless communication, updates, and coordination for the project and even upcoming events.

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

Yes,

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 are professional photographers with great experience in taken quality pictures

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

Via a dedicated WhatsApp group, I will also establish a Facebook page to enhance awareness about Wikipedia.

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

This initiative will serve as a pilot project aimed at catalyzing comprehensive visual documentation of secondary schools across various divisions within Lagos state.

Impact[edit]

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets:

Photowalk

  1. Number of events.........2days Photowalk.
  2. Number of participants........15 participants
  3. Number of new editors.........10 new editors
  4. Number of Photos taken.....300 photos will be uploaded and 100 images will be used on Wikimedia projects
  5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events).......15 participants

Training, Uploading and edit-a-thon

  1. Number of events.........Two days events (one day training and upload-a-thons and one day training/edit-a-thons.)
  2. Number of participants........15 participants
  3. Number of new editors.........10 new editors
  4. Number of Wikidata items to be created/edited........100
  5. Number of images used on Wikipedia projects.....100

Metrics tracking[edit]

How do you plan to track your project metrics?

We will create a metric dashboard to track all contributions


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).

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

  1. Transportation support (car-hire) for all participants......................NGN40,000x2 = NGN80,000
  2. Food and drinks................................................NGN2,000x15x4 = NGN120,000
  3. Custom T-shirts................................................NGN4,500x5 = NGN22,500
  4. Internet support for participants..............................NGN30,000 = NGN30,000
  5. Certificate for participants.............NGN1,000,x15= NGN15,000
  6. Hall rentals............................NGN40,000x2= NGN80,000
  7. Projector rentals.................................NGN10,000x2 = NGN20,000
  8. Contingency......................NGN20,000
  9. Total.....................NGN407,500

Endorsements[edit]

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

Thank you @User:Yemi festus for orchestrating this effort. I'm confident that this project work will enhance the prominence of schools in Nigeria, extending beyond just Lagos state. I am Eagerly anticipating insights from its execution. Fagbeji kehinde (talk) 07:59, 18 August 2023 (UTC)

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