Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Usmanmaifada/Wikipedia Awareness and Workshop at Yusuf Maitama University Kano

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

• This project educates participants on effective Wikipedia contributions and emphasizes understanding Wikipedia's reliability. Through workshops and discussions, it imparts insight into editing processes and citation standards. Participants learn to critically evaluate and responsibly use Wikipedia's content while contributing to its accuracy.

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: Usman Maifada
• Email address:umaifada38@gmail.com
• Location:Kano 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

• September 15, 2023 - September 30, 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
3. Creating community at the YUMSUK

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?

I will carry out a project by hosting a one-day workshop where I will teach the participants how to contribute to Wikipedia.

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 late them know via Hausa Wikipedia Community and Kano 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.

The participants will know via University's Students Whatsapp groups and I will inform some of them at school premises.

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:M Bash Ne

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

Yes, all the participants have Smartphones

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

I will create a WhatsApp group for Wikimedia Community in YUMSUK

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 - 1
2. Number of participants - 30
3. Number of new editors - 20
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?

I will track the participant's contribution via Wikimedia Foundation 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 am User:Usmanmaifada, a first-class graduate from the Department of Geography at YUMSUK. With strong connections to both school staff and students, I will be leading the event. Assisting me is User:M Bash Ne, an experienced Wikimedian from Kano State, who will serve as the project's facilitator.

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

1. Event's hall= ₦30,000
2. Food and refreshments for participants= ₦1,500×20=₦30,000
3. Event's banner= ₦10,000.
4. Branded T-shirts for organizer and facilitator= ₦5,000×2=₦10,000.
5. Data support for the participants=₦1,500×20=₦30,000.
6. Transport and accomodation for facilitator= ₦10,000.
7. Contingency= ₦10,000.

Total amount ₦130,000

Endorsements

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•  Strong support This project will not only bring awareness to the university, it will also build Wikimedia Community at the YUMSUK. M Bash Ne (talk) 13:50, 22 August 2023 (UTC)