Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Wikidata 11th Birthday Celebration and Edit a Thon - Wiki Fan Club LASU

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

• The project proposal is for a Wikidata 11th Birthday Celebration and Edit-a-Thon organized by the Wiki FanClub Lasu. This project aims to focus primarily on the Wikidata project. The proposal aims to train editors with the goals and objectives of Wikidata,how to use Wikidata effectively as the world biggest repository of Structured data.

Wikimedia Project

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.

• Wikidata

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:Adewusi Okikiola
• Email address:Okikiolajnr@gmail.com
• Address: Lagos
• Location of Project:Epe and Ojo Campus,Lagos

Project class

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

• Fanclub

Timeline of activities

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

• 29th October - 15th November 2023

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?

Two Physical Event- One in Epe Campus and One at Ojo Campus

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,The Fanclub and the Members are actively aware of this Proposal

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.

Through our Wiki FanClub Whatsapp and Telegram group also our students union 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

JoshuaOpemipo20

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

Yes

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

Engage participants post-event through an online community, mentorship, and regular updates. Recognize their contributions and encourage ongoing collaboration while implementing their feedback for future improvements.

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

This project will enable celebrate Wikidata and empower editors to become more adept Wikidata contributors

Impact

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets:

1. Number of events:2
2. Number of participants:40(20 each)
3. Number of new editors:10
4. Number of entries created or improved:300
5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events)

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics?

Outreach Dashboard

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).

Okikiolajnr(Project Lead):I am an experienced Wikidata editor and trainer

JoshuaOpemipo20(Co- Facilitator): President WikiFan Club LASU .He is experienced editor and Trainer , having facilitated various Wikidata and wikipedia campaigns and edit a thon. What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.

• Food and Refreshment(1500*40):N60000
• Cake (10000*2):N20,000
• Projector and Camera Rental (12500*2):N25000
• Transportation for Facilitators (5000*2):NGN 10,000

T shirts for Facilitator (3000*2):N6000

• Prizes for Top 5 Contributors in each event:N30,000
• Contingencies and Miscellaneous:N10,000
• TOTAL:N161,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

• I The LASU wiki fanclub president have carefully reviewed this project, and endorse it. This project aims to synchronize the both campuses, and increase people awareness to the presence of WikiClub LASU by having engaging events like this in the different campuses simultaneously.