Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Photowalk and Wikidata of Secondary Schools in Badagry a division of Lagos

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

Lagos State boasts a substantial number of secondary schools, with over five thousand in total. These comprise 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 found here: [1]. However, querying Wikidata reveals that many of these schools lack comprehensive representation on Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, resulting in a significant content disparity.

Photos help capture the 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 my deep commitment to enhancing content on Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, I plan to address these content gaps through the implementation of this project.

Lagos State comprises five distinct administrative divisions: Ikorodu, Ikeja, Epe, Badagry, and Lagos Island. This project work will focus on collaborating with skilled photographers to capture imagery of secondary schools situated in the Badagry division of Lagos State. This Photo-walk will encompass the subsequent local government areas within the division: Ojo, Iba, Oto-Awori, Olorunda, Badagry-West, and Badagry Central. We will train participants on the process of uploading photos to Wikimedia Commons and creating Wikidata items.

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.

• Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons

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: Yemi Festus User:Yemi festus
• Email address:yemifestusfx2@gmail.com
• Address: Badagry,Lagos
• Location of Project: Lagos, Nigeria

Project class

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

Individual

Timeline of activities

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

• Start: 5th-Dec-2023
• End:30th-Dec-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 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

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?

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.

We have announced our intentions on WUGN discussion page., you can find the link here.

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,

• User:Yemi festus I will be leading the project
• User:Fagbeji kehinde he is a professional photographer, and he will co-facilitate the project and train photographers how to upload to Wikimedia commons
• User:Willytouch Professional photographer, He participated in the Wiki loves Africa photo Contest, organized by the Yoruba wikimedia User Group his picture won the third position. He will help coordinate the Photographers during the photowalk
• User:Ogemanuel Metadata manager

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 wide coverage and documentation of secondary schools within Lagos state and Nigeria at large.

Impact

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

Photo-walk

1. Number of events.........2days Photo-walk.
2. Number of participants........15 participants
3. Number of new editors.........11 new editors
4. Number of Photos taken.....200 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.........11 new editors
4. Number of Wikidata items to be created/edited........100
5. Number of images used on Wikipedia projects.....100

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics?

We will create a metric dashboard to track all contributions

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.

1. Transportation support (car-hire) for all participants......................NGN40,000x2 = NGN80,000
2. Food and drinks................................................NGN1,500x15x3 = NGN67,500
3. Custom T-shirts................................................NGN4,500x5 = NGN22,500
4. Hall rentals............................NGN40,000= NGN40,000
5. Projector rentals.................................NGN10,000 = NGN10,000
6. Contingency......................NGN10,000
7. Total.....................NGN230,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

 Strong support

I'm given my strong support for this project work, will be available for the implementation. Fagbeji kehinde (talk) 04:30, 25 November 2023 (UTC)