Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Wikidata Workshop And Training at chukwuemeka odumegwu university Igbariam

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

This training/workshop is aim to equip participants with practical skills in contributing to open structured data, expanding digital visibility, information, documentation, and knowledge sharing; especially the students and academic staff in the university with the skills and knowledge necessary to effectively use and contribute to Wikidata, enhancing their capacity to manage and share knowledge within the institution.

Background: Wikidata is a free, collaborative knowledge base that provides structured data to support Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. As a valuable resource, this workshop/training will offers opportunities for participants to engage with digital data management, increase their digital literacy, and promote knowledge sharing

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.

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: Nzubechukwu Ernest
• Email address: ernestnzube@gmail.com
• Address: Awka Anambra state
• Location of Project: Igbariam Campus

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

10TH MARCH- 31ST MARCH, 2026

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
3. Training existing editors

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?

The training will be conducted over One days, consisting of interactive sessions, practical exercises, and group discussions

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.

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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 would do our publicity through the use of our social media channels.

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: Ennydavids

User:Akwugo

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

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.

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 - 1
2. Number of participants - 20
3. Number of new editors - 10
4. Number of of articles created - 200
5. Number of of articles improved - 200
6. Number of of images uploaded -N/A
7. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) -N/A

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)

There will be event dashboard to track every participant's contributions.

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)

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).

User: Ennydavids is a Political Analyst and also an experienced Wikimedian and He is the project lead.

User: Akwugo is the current Wikimedia Anambra Network President and she's an experienced Wikimedian and will co-facilitate on creating basic wikidata items.

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: 70,000

Food, water/drinks: 4500*20= 90,000

Banner/Communication: 30,000

projector hire: 30,000

Contingency:40,000

Data to support the participants at N1,500: N30,000

Transport support for the participants: 40,000

Total: 330,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

•  Strong support: This project will train the participants on how to use and edit Wikidata. I strongly support and endorse Timzy D'Great (talk) 20:27, 15 February 2026 (UTC)
•  Strong support This project will promote digital knowledge sharing, I strongly support it.Akwugo (talk) 21:18, 15 February 2026 (UTC)
•  Strong support Sayvhior^Talk 23:31, 15 February 2026 (UTC)