Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/WikiIndaba for NIJ Wiki Fan Club
Project summary[edit]
Briefly summarize your project proposal.
This is a request to support the members of the NIJ Wiki Fan Club to join the WikiIndaba virtually so that they can understand and see the different works done in the Wikimedia community.We will be having our final training for the year before the school goes on break. We will be working on Wikidata and Wikicommons. We want to strengthen our editor base using Wikidata and Wikicommons. We will also discuss about WikiIndaba look at the recorded videos of participants to understand how the Wikimedia community works.
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.
We will also talk about WikiIndaba, Wikidata and Wikicommons
Contact person and Location[edit]
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: Kemi Makinde
- Email address: semilo99@gmail.com
- Address: New dairy farm estate, Agege, Lagos.
- Location of Project: Lagos State
Project class[edit]
Please state if you are applying as an individual or a network/club
- Fan Club
Timeline of activities[edit]
Please state the timeline of your activities, and include the start and end date for your project
- November3-31st of November
Project Goal[edit]
Choose one or more of the following goals. Feel free to add or delete goals as required by your project.
- recruit new editors - recruit 10 new editors and have 10 old editors
- We will have two physical training and two online trainings.
Project Plan[edit]
Activities[edit]
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?
- We are having training on Wikidata and Wikicommons. We will have two online trainings
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.
- Yes, I have announced on the Wikimedia Nigeria User Group
- Talk:Wikimedia User Group Nigeria#WikiIndaba 2023 for NIJ WikiFan Club
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 have a Whatsapp group
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
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 equipment
6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?
- We have a Whatsapp group
7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?
- None
Impact[edit]
How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets:
- Number of events- 2
- Number of participants-20
- Number of new editors- 10
- Number of of articles created or improved = 50
- Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events)
Metrics tracking[edit]
How do you plan to track your project metrics?
We use the outreach dashboard to track our work metrics
Resources[edit]
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).
- None
What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.
- Hall- 40,000 x 2days =N 80,000
- Feeding for 20people = 2000 x 20 x 2days =N 80,000
- Data =N 40,000
- Transport support for facilitators and data support =N 40,000
- Projector for two days =N 20,000
- Photograph for two days =N 20,000
- Banner= N8,000
- Designs and socials =N 5,000
- Logistics =N 5000
- Contingency= N10,000
- price for the 3 top editors=
- First editor; 15,000 voucher
- Second editor: 10,000 voucher
- Third editor: 5,000 voucher
- Total = N338,000
Endorsements[edit]
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