Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Sadammuhammad11234/Wikipedia Awareness in Zaria

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

• Zaria, second largest city in Kaduna State, Northern Nigeria. Capital of Hausa state of Zazzau. Home to Ahmadu Bello University, Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, more. Lack of awareness about Wikipedia and Sister Projects among residents, especially students. Some skeptical due to editable nature. Project aims to raise awareness, increase viewers and contributors to Hausa Wikipedia.

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:Sadam Muhammad
• Email address:sadammuhammad11234@gmail.com
• Location: Zaria, Kaduna State

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

• 01/09/2023-15/09/2023

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?

The project will span two days. On the first day, the facilitators and I will assist participants in creating their Wikimedia accounts. Following account setup, an edit-a-thon will take place, focusing on creating Wikimedia articles. The second day will be dedicated to a full-day edit-a-thon, during which we will produce and approve additional Wikimedia articles.

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 will share in Hausa Wikimedians Community WhatsApp groups

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.

I will announce in Whatsapp groups and phone call

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:Yusuf Sa'adu, [[User:Hauwau sulaiman

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 Smartphones

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

I will create a WhatsApp group

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

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 - 20
3. Number of new editors - 15
4. Number of of articles created or improved - 100
5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events)

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics?

WMF Dashboard Tool

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).

I User:Sadammuhammad11234, I will lead the event with the help of User:Yusuf Sa'adu and User:Hauwau sulaiman

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

1. Event hall= N30,000×2=60,000
2. Food and refreshments for participants=N1500×20×2=N60,000.
3. Event banner = N15,000.
4. Data support for participants =N2000×20=20,000×2days=40,000
5. Transportation and accommodation for one facilitator from/to = 20,000×2days=40,000
6. Contingency 20,000

Total amount=N235,000.

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

• I Umar-askira  Strong support

This project to be rendered In Zaria because Sadammuhammad is an experienced editor in Hausa Wikimedians User Group and dedicative in attending all ON&OFF wikipedia projects.

* I user:-Hauwau-Sulaiman  Strong support I support this project to be rendered in Zaria by our great and experience editor sadammuhammad , the project will help the new editors in zaria

• I Umar A Muhammad absolutely this project it is help the Zaria new editor to acquiring more knowledge on editing under Wikipedia also many people his understanding and know the inside of Zaria and outside of Zaria . sadammuhammad11234 is a greatest experience legend person the he research under Zaria city and village at end I have hundred support to him.09:03, 16 August 2023 (UTC)