Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Sirjat/Wikidata Training and Community Engagement in Hadejia

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

This project will builds on a previous Wikipedia Awareness Project by engaging existing editors and training new contributors on Wikidata basics. Through a one-day in-person editathon and a one-day online training, participants will create and improve Wikidata items related to Jigawa State, including places, notable people, events, institutions, and other locally relevant topics. The project aims to strengthen local editor capacity, expand structured data about Jigawa State, and support the growth of a sustainable Wikidata contributor community in Northern Nigeria.

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.

Wikidata

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: Shamsiyya Ahmad
Email address: shamsiyyaahmada35@gmail.com
Address: Hadejia, Jigawa State
Location of Project: Hadejia, Jigawa 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

1st to 28th February, 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
Engage existing editors

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 consists of one-day in-person editathon and one-day online training session

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.

I will let them know via Whatsapp group of Hausa Community and other Wikimedia WhatsApp groups I belong to.

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 let the participants know via Whatsapp group of Hadejia Wikimedia Community and face to face discussion. 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:Santa MMD and User:Gwanki

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

Some participants have a skills about Wikidata but many Wikidata will be new to them. I and the Facilitors we will work together for training the new and existing editors. And the participants will be participate with their devices like smartphones and laptops.

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

I will add those who's are not in our WhatsApp group and I will continue engaging them via 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 (only those applicable to your project):

Number of events - 2
Number of participants - 30
Number of new editors - 15
Number of of articles created - 60
Number of of articles improved - 100
Number of 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)

We will be using Wikimedia Foundation 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)

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:Sirjat I'm registered Wikimedia User Group Nigeria member, I will be the project's lead with the help of User:Santa MMD as The physical Facilitator. User:Gwanki is the experience editor and mentor, he will be online facilitator and project's adviser .

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 – ₦60,000
Banner – ₦20,000
Refreshments for participants – ₦3,000 × 35 = ₦105,000
Transportation for two Facilitators - 20,000
T-shirts for two Facilitators – ₦30,000
Generator and Projector renting – ₦40,000
Miscellaneous/Contingency – ₦30,000
Data reimbursement for online facilitator and participants - 20,000
Total: ₦325,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

Strong support Santa MMD (talk) 04:30, 16 January 2026 (UTC)
Strong support Gwanki 📩 06:16, 16 January 2026 (UTC)

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