Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/WUGN-UI WIKI Loves Africa and orientation program

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

This project aims to organize Wiki Loves Africa 2025, themed "Farm to plate" at the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria, University of Ibadan fan club, encouraging contributions of freely licensed, high-quality images that showcase African culture, heritage, and daily life. Activities will include training session, photo-walk, upload sessions, and a photo contest, engaging students, photographers, and Wikimedia volunteers. The goal is to increase visual content on Wikimedia Commons and promote awareness of open knowledge through active participation in the Wiki Loves Africa campaign.

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.

The main focus is 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: OKÙNỌLÁ Muhammed
Email address: muhammedokunola@gmail.com
Address: Ibadan, Oyo State
Location of Project: Ibadan, Oyo State.

Project class

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

Wikimedia User Group Nigeria, University of Ibadan fan club

Timeline of activities

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

1st of April to 30th of April

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
Show participants how Wikipedia works and how they can make contributions on 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?

Yes, we are doing an editathon and training.

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.

Awareness will be made on all Wikimedia related groups. Also, publicity will be made on the UI’SU TV to improve our awareness creation.

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.

To create public awareness, we intend to reach out to interested participants, including existing members and potential new members, through various online platforms such as e-fliers and our official social media channel. This strategy aims to keep participants informed about the event and maintain their engagement.

For the photo walk and training sessions, we will notify participants via official email communications to ensure they are aware of the event details and do not miss out, particularly considering that some participants may only be accustomed to receiving communication through email.

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

yes, the following editors will help us:

User:Atibrarian User:Ei'eke

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

Participants are encouraged to bring their electronic devices such as smartphones, tablets, cameras, laptops, etc., to fully engage in the photo contests and the photo walk session within the University environment.

We will train participants on photography techniques and image licensing to ensure quality contributions.

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

Global Contest: Wiki Loves Africa is a global campaign where participants compete for international recognition and prizes. We will ensure their participation in the international campaign, facilitating their familiarity with the global Wikimedia movement.

Engagement on the Community Platform: We will actively engage our participants during and after the event through our social media platforms, fostering ongoing interaction and sharing updates on activities within the Wikimedia community. Contest: Following the event, a three-week contest will be held, during which participants will have the opportunity to contribute to the local contest. Prizes will be awarded to recognize their contributions.

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

During the in-person MeetUp or training for the program, it will also serve as an opportunity to introduce freshmen to the Wikimedia movement and how to contribute to the broader Wikimedia goals.

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 - 20 for online and 30 for physical
Number of new editors - 30
Number of of articles created -
Number of of articles improved -
Number of of images uploaded - 200
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) After the grant is being approved, we will make use of the Wikimedia outreach dashboard to track our metrics.

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) We will make use of our facilitators to serve as jury officers for the event. The jury officer will judge participants based on the highest number of uploads, the quality, and how relevant it is to the program.

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).

The staff adviser will provide us with venue for the program

We will be partnering with the department of Linguistics and African Languages to get projector Executive members will come with their extension box and fans for the program.

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

Rollup banner and machine - #50,000
Publicity and graphics - #20,000
Foods - 30 x #5,000 = #150,000
Appreciation prize for top 3 editors (gift vouchers) - #30,000
Logistics for facilitator - #10,000
Generator - #6,000
Fuel - #5,000
Transportation for participants for the photo-walk - #40,000
T-shirt for Team members - 7 x #6,000 = #42,000
Data reimbursement for participants - 50 x #1,500 = #75, 000
Logistics - #10,000

Grand total - #438,000.00k

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

Support Getting communities - especially the students - involved in the ongoing Wiki Loves Africa campaign is crucial in ensuring vibrant and colorful submission are contributed as higher institution's students have their own way of telling unique story.

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