Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Wikidata 12th Birthday: Awareness Campaign 2024
Project summary
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Wikidata Birthday is an annual celebration done by all the wikimedia communities to celebrate the wikidata impact and contribution to the free knowledge and easy access to database information online. The celebration is aimed at providing the basic information about wikidata and how to contribute to wikidata.
Wikidata 12th Birthday: Awareness campaign 2024, is a campaign focused at creating public awareness about the fan club community and also encourage people to join the community especially the new students in the institution. Building a background for new members to know about the wikimedia foundation and their objectives to promote free knowledge on the internet.
Wikimedia Project
[edit]Please state the Wikimedia project your project will focus majorly on (e.g. Tyap 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
[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:Chukwu chibueze pascal
- Email address:wikimediafanclubunilorin@gmail.com
- Address:University of Ilorin
- Location of Project:Ilorin,kwara State
Project class
[edit]Please state if you are applying as an individual or a network/club
Wikimedia fan club Unilorin
Timeline of activities
[edit]Please state the timeline of your activities, and include the start and end date for your project
5th till 30 November 2024
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
- Celebrate Wikidata birthday
- Creating mass awareness about the FanClub
- Edit-a-thon
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 will be have One physical event and One edit-a-thon contest
Physical event: The wikidata birthday is a global celebration that brings wikimedia together to celebrate one of the wikimedia sister project that improved the database of articles through wikidata items. We aim to celebrate the day with a brief talk about wikidata and how participants can contribute to wikidata and how they can use wikidata easily.
Exposing them to various wikidata technical tools and how they can be used.
The physical event will also be an opportunity to receive new members into the community and introduce them to the wikimedia movement and the community. During the physical event there will be a short edit-a-thon for participants to have practical experience on wikidata.
Edit-a-Thon Contest: There will be an edit-a-thon contest After the event for participants to create and improve wikidata items and also be among the top contributors to win prizes during the period of the campaign.
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.
We have informed the wikimedia Users Group Nigeria about our intention to write 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.
Awareness Advocacy: One of the basic goals of this campaign to create more awareness about the fan club and also expand the community reach, We will be achieving this by creating awareness about the campaign/Fan Club via the use of E-fliers,Fliers,posters and hand bills. The already mentioned items will help the community and other people know about the campaign and also about the community.
Communication: we will be communicating with our community members via our WhatsApp platform. To be able to connect with them and share information about the incoming project and how they can effectively participate.
We will also be using various social media platforms to make publicity about the campaign and also encourage our participants to join the campaign meta page to be updated on the campaign and the results of the contest.
We will also be using electronic mails to communicate with our participants officially through the fan club’s email.
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:kingaustin07 president : He is an active contributor, with vast experience in contributing to Wikipedia and wikidata . He will be incharge of overseeing the whole activity during the project period.
User:Akintundedaniel vice president: He is also an experienced trainer and contributor, he will be co-facilitating the event and also helping to train the participants
User:jessephu community engagement: he will be incharge of logistics and training alongside two other executives.
5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?
Our target participants have internet connectable devices to enable seemless contribution during the campaign and also quality devices to improve their contributing experience.
6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?
We will engage both the new members and our old participants after the physical events through our WhatsApp community group chat. During the edit-a-thon, we will have open sessions on the community group where we can hear and assist them if there is any issue they can’t seem to solve on their own and also encourage them to follow up activities in Nigeria and the global community.
7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?
Wikidata Birthday:Awareness Campaign 2024 is focused on expanding the wikimedia fan Club Unilorin, This is to allow other students and staffs know about the fan club it’s objectives and it’s impact to the academic community. The birthday will celebrated by the community and will also serve as a platform for the community to learn more about the technicalities of wikidata.
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 - 50
- Number of new editors - 30
- Number of of articles created - 100
- Number of of articles improved - 100
- Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) - 20
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) Outreach dashboard
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:kingaustin07 president : He is an active contributor, with vast experience in contributing to Wikipedia and wikidata . He will be incharge of overseeing the whole activity during the project period.
User:Akintundedaniel vice president: He is also an experienced trainer and contributor, he will be co-facilitating the event and also helping to train the participants
User:jessephu community engagement: he will be incharge of logistics and training alongside two other executives.
What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense as a unit amount and include a total amount.
Refreshment and Take away pack during physical training (3500*30) : NGN 105,000
T shirt for team members: (7000*5): NGN 35,000
E-fliers,posters and graphics: NGN 50,000
Appreciating prizes for any five highest editor for the training(gift vouchers) : NGN 50,000
Contigencies , Miscellaneous and Logistics: NGN 20,000
TOTAL: NGN 260,000
Endorsements
[edit]Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!
I endorse this project and i will contribute my quota to the successful implementation of this project Akintundedaniel (talk) 07:38, 19 October 2024 (UTC)
I fully support this project and will actively contribute to its successful implementation. I am committed to offering my skills, knowledge, and any necessary resources to ensure the project's goals are achieved efficiently and effectively. jessephu (talk) 09:05, 19 October 2024 (UTC)