Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Wiki loves Politics Nigeria, WUGN
Project summary
[edit]Briefly summarize your project proposal.
As an MSc(Master's student); Department of Political science, Enugu State University.This project focuses on documenting all Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Nigeria and linking them correctly to their respective Senatorial Districts, States, and geopolitical zones on Wikidata. This project will help fill critical gaps in Nigeria’s political geography, promote civic education, and support free, factual knowledge for journalists, researchers, students, and the general public.
Key Objectives:
1.Create or improve Wikidata articles and Wikidata items for all LGAs.
2.Map each LGA to its correct Senatorial District, State, and Zone.
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.
- Wikidata
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: Nzubechukwu Ernest
- Email address: ernestnzube@gmail.com
- Address: Enugu
- Location of Project: Department of Political science, Enugu State Campus Auditorium
Project class
[edit]Please state if you are applying as an individual or a network/club
i am applying as an Individual
Timeline of activities
[edit]Please state the timeline of your activities, and include the start and end date for your project
10Th September-30Th September, 2025
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
- Add or improve content
- Add or improve existing content
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?
One Edit a thon 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.
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.
i will let the participants know through our community social media handles. eg WhatsApp etc.
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
5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?
Participants have their gadgets such as phones, laptops and tablets.
6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?
1.i will be using our community social media channels
2. physical and continuous follow up.
7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?
This project will serve as a means to engage more participants and enhance proficiency in creating, editing and managing structured data, and also handling of notability entries
Impact
[edit]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 -1
- Number of participants -30
- Number of new editors -10
- Number of of articles created -200
- Number of of articles improved -100
- Number of of images uploaded -
- Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) -
Metrics tracking
[edit]How do you plan to track your project metrics? (do not create a metrics dashboard until your project has been approved for funding)
There will be event dashboard to track every participant's contributions.
Contest & prize-giving events
[edit]How would decide the winners of your contest (If you are going to have a contest, what is your scoring criteria)
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).
User: Ennydavids is an MSc student; Department of political science in Enugu State University and he is the lead project. He is experienced and will facilitate the training on Wikidata
User:Lebron jay is an experienced wikimedian and he is the co-facilitator for this project
User:10kdollz is an experienced wikimedian and will be in charge of communications and sensitization for the project
What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense as a unit amount and include a total amount.
Venue hire: 60,000
Food, water/drinks: 4000*30= 120,000
projector: 20,000
Child-care support :25,000
logistics: 30,000
Communication/Flier: N40,000
Data to support the participants at N1,500: N30,000
Transport support for the participants: 40,000
Total: 365,000
Endorsements
[edit]Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!
Strong support Senator Choko (talk) 18:50, 3 August 2025 (UTC)
Strong supportThere is a strong need to create visibility for our government at the grassroot. A good project Lebron jay (talk) 19:07, 3 August 2025 (UTC)
Strong support 10kdollz I endorse this project for its relevance in improving Nigeria’s political data on Wikidata, promoting civic education, and providing reliable knowledge for public benefit.(talk) 20:06, 3 August 2025 (UTC) Strong support
Strong support Viva33 (talk) 10:14, 6 August 2025 ( UTC)