Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Wiki Loves Earth Yola North: Documenting Urban Nature and Green Spaces

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

Wiki Loves Earth Yola North: Documenting Urban Nature and Green Spaces is a community-driven photography and Wikimedia Commons contribution project aimed at documenting the natural environment within Yola North Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria. The project seeks to increase the availability of freely licensed photographs of urban green spaces, water bodies, trees, parks, gardens, wetlands, and other natural features that contribute to environmental sustainability and biodiversity in Yola North. Through training sessions, photowalks, and Wikimedia Commons upload campaigns, participants will learn how to document local natural heritage and contribute high-quality images to Wikimedia projects. The project will support the global goals of Wiki Loves Earth by promoting environmental awareness and improving open access to knowledge about Nigeria's natural environment.

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.

Set and wikicommons

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: Mudassir Salihu
• Email address: mudassirsalihu20@gmail.com
• Address: Adamawa state, yola north
• Location of Project: Yola North, Adawama 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 of July to 30 of July

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

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? Training and editathons

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. Yes

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 be using Whatsapp groups and project meta page to pass relevant information

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:AsmudEmpire serves as the Project Lead and is a certified Wikimedian trainer

User:Abike25 Facilitator, is an experienced Wikipedia editor with extensive knowledge, widely respected within the Wikipedia community for her expertise and contributions.

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 are equipped with either smartphone or personal computer

6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)? Yes, they are equipped with either smartphone or personal computer

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):

1. Number of events - 2
2. Number of participants - 20
3. Number of new editors - 10
4. Number of of wikidata created\improved - 20
5. Number of of articles created -
6. Number of of articles improved -
7. Number of of images uploaded -50
8. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) -20

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) Wikimedia Outreach dashboard

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) The judging will be done by a panel of international Wikipedians, professional photographers and subject specialists, based of thumb rules of photography and as well as the community standards.

A good photo has a good story to tell.

A good photo removes all unnecessary distractions from the chief element, so that the latter is not out of the focus.

Potential usefulness and overall value of the image (including its licensing) to the Wikimedia projects.

Technical quality – Image parameters such as focus, lighting, saturation, ISO etc. will be taken into consideration.

The jury will judge individual entries based on the following criteria:

Technical quality

Originality

Potential usefulness and overall value of the image (including its licensing) to the Wikimedia projects.

• 1st Prize: 20,000
  
• 2nd prize: 15,000
  
• 3rd Prize: 10,000

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).

• Trainers & Facilitators
• Judging Panel
• Laptop and Smartphones for training
• Communication Channels:

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 Rental – ₦15,000
• Alternative Power Supply (Fuel) – ₦30,000
• Projector and Stand Rental – ₦10,000
• Graphic Design – ₦5,000
• Facilitator Fee – ₦20,000
• Light Refreshment for 2 Days – ₦80,000
• Transportation Support – ₦40,000
• Communication Expenses for Project Lead – ₦10,000
• Data Expenses for Training and Upload Campaign – ₦45,000
• Banner – ₦20,000
• Prizes – ₦45,000

Total: ₦320,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

• Strongly Endorsed this proposal. It is a well-planned initiative that will increase freely licensed images of Yola North's natural heritage and strengthen community participation.User: Abike25 (talk)