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Project summary

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Briefly summarize your project proposal.

  • The "Wiki Loves Monuments" campaign is a Wikimedia initiative focused on highlighting and documenting cultural heritage monuments in Uyo through photography.This campaign includes:

1. Photography Contest: Participants are invited to capture and submit photos of cultural heritage monuments in Akwa Ibom State.

2. Wikimedia Commons Contributions: All photos are uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, making them freely available for use across Wikimedia projects.

3. Judging and Prizes: A panel of judges selects the best photos, with prizes awarded to the top entries.

4. Community Involvement: The campaign encourages community participation in the documentation and preservation of cultural heritage monuments.

Through this campaign, the documentation of cultural heritage monuments is enhanced, enriching Wikimedia's media resources.

Wikimedia Project

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Please state the Wikimedia project your project will focus majorly on (e.g. English Wikipedia, Wikidata, etc). It is advisable to focus on one Wikimedia project, but a maximum of two projects is allowed.

  • Wikicommons

Contact person and Location

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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: Andikan Eduok
  • Email address:eduokandikan @gmail.com
  • Address:Uyo, Akwa Ibom State
  • Location of Project:Uyo, Akwa Ibom State

Project class

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

  • Individual

Timeline of activities

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

  • 1st September, 2024 - 30th September, 2024

Project Goal

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Choose one or more of the following goals. Feel free to add or delete goals as required by your project.

  1. recruit new editors = 15
  2. Add or improve content = 100

Project Plan

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Activities

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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?

  • Trainings

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.

  • Social media handles : (@Wikinigerdelta)

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.

  • Whatsapp/Social media handle,
  • Physical/online gatherings.

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: Andikan Efiok Eduok
  • Network based experienced Wikimedia Editors. User:Superswift, User:Iwai-Dialax

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

  • The participants have the required equipment, and training sessions will be held to improve their skills.

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

  • In upcoming projects and Prize, contest, Feedback and posting different projects they can contribute on the WhatsApp group.

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

  • "Wiki Loves Monuments" documents cultural heritage, fosters community engagement, and enriches Wikimedia's media repository. In Akwa Ibom State, this project will highlight the region's historical landmarks, engage locals in preserving cultural sites, promote cultural tourism, and enhance global visibility, thereby benefiting the local economy and instilling community pride.

Impact

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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 - 3

Virtual campaign Launch, Physical meeting/Photowalk, Contest

  1. Number of participants - 20
  2. Number of new editors - 15
  3. Number of of articles created -
  4. Number of of articles improved -
  5. Number of of images uploaded - 100
  6. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) - 5

Metrics tracking

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How do you plan to track your project metrics? (do not create a metrics dashboard until your project has been approved for funding) Campaign categories, Commons uploads

Resources

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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).

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 —— 30k
  • Projector ——15k
  • Refreshment —— #1500(20)30k
  • Graphics design —— #15k
  • Contest prize —— 50k
  • Photowalk —— (logistics(60k))
  • Refreshments —— (#1500(20)30k))
  • Logistics support —— 30k
  • Contingencies —— 10k
 Total = 270k

Endorsements

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Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

  • I humbly wish to endorse this project because of it huge contribution to the monumental development in Akwa-Ibom state .

Submit your report

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