Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Samuel Sobowale/Wikiquote:Spotlighting Nigeria’s Political Voices

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

Nigeria is currently in an election cycle, and politics has become the most discussed topic across social media platforms, news outlets, and communities. Despite the rise in political discussions in Nigeria, Political voices still remain underrepresented and poorly documented on Wikiquote.

Wikiquote: Spotlighting Political Voices is a Wikimedia initiative focused on documenting, preserving, and improving notable political and civic quotes from Nigerian political figures, activists, and public leaders on Wikiquote.

This project aims to empower contributors to responsibly document historical and present political quotes using reliable and verifiable sources. Participants will learn to create and improve Wikiquote entries, verify quotes, and citations on Wikiquote.

Wikimedia Project

Please state the Wikimedia project your project will focus majorly on (e.g. Tyap Wikipedia, English Wikiquote, etc). It is advisable to focus on one Wikimedia project, but a maximum of two projects is allowed.

English Wikiquote

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: Samuel Sobowale
Email address: jarv3sweb@gmail.com
Address: Ilorin, Kwara State
Location of Project: Ilorin, Kwara State

Project class

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

Individual

Timeline of activities

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1st July - 26th of July, 2026.

Project Goal

Choose one or more of the following goals. Feel free to add or delete goals as required by your project.

recruit new editors
Add or improve content
Support Wikiquote awareness

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?

Physical Training: We will conduct a physical training session that will introduce participants to Wikiquote editing, guidelines, and how to properly source for resources.

Edit-a-thon: We will conduct an edit-a-thon to give participants hands-on experience in creating and improving Wikiquote entries.

2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.

We have made the Wikimedia Nigeria Community aware of our idea and can be accessed via: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_User_Group_Nigeria#Wikiquote:Spotlighting_Nigeria%E2%80%99s_Political_Voices

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.

We will create awareness by sharing event flyers on Wikimedia-related and youth groups, thereby reaching interested participants and our target audience.

We will also create a dedicated WhatsApp group that will serve our interested participants to promote easy communication, resource sharing, and address editing challenges.

4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead/assist the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals. (NOTE: all experienced Wikimedia editors MUST endorse and sign your proposal as proof of availability)
For example: User:Kaizenify

User:thesaleswiz Project lead

User:Tunmise123 Co-facilitator

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

Participants have electronic gadgets: phones, tablets, and laptop devices to contribute through the project timeline, and we will support them with data reimbursements.

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

To ensure continued participation and long-term impact beyond the project activities, we will utilize an established WhatsApp group to actively engage participants through mentorship and community support.

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

This project is open to students, youths, young Wikimedians, researchers, writers, and Civic enthusiasts.

Impact

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):

Number of events - 1
Number of participants - 25
Number of new editors - 10
Number of articles created - 50
Number of articles improved - 150
Number of images uploaded -
Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) -

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics? (do not create a metrics dashboard until your project has been approved for funding)

Outreach Dashboard Tool

Contest & prize-giving events

How would decide the winners of your contest (If you are going to have a contest, what is your scoring criteria)

Creating Articles

- 1,000 bytes and above – 5 points

- 500 bytes to 1,000 bytes – 3 points

- 0 byte to 499 bytes - 1 point

Editing Articles

- 1,000 bytes and above – 5 points

- 500 bytes to 1,000 bytes – 3 points

- 0 byte to 499 bytes - 1 point

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).

User:thesaleswiz (Project Lead and Jury): An experienced Wikiquote editor and trainer who has assisted in training participants on Wikiquote with the Shesaid 2025: African women in STEM team. Will provide training during this project and lead the jury process.

User:Tunmise123 (Co-facilitator and Jury): An experienced Wikimedian editor and trainer. Will assist with training participants during the physical training session and assist with the jury process.

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

Hall: NGN 50,000
Food and Refreshments for participants (3,500 x 25): NGN 87,500
Branding and T-shirts for Facilitators (5,000 x 2): NGN 10,000
Transportation support for facilitators (5,000 x 2): NGN 10,000
Camera Rental and Photography: NGN 20,000
Transportation support for participants (1,000 x 25): NGN 25,000
Banner: NGN 10,000
Prizes for Top 3 contributors (50,000, 30,000, 20,000): NGN 100,000
Contingencies: NGN 20,000

Total: NGN 332,500

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

User:Tunmise123: i strongly endorse this projectas it help promote NIgeria politicians on wikiquote.

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