Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Wikiloveswiki loves monument University of Ibadan

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

• we will be working on wiki loves monument and editing Wikipedia page using already known UI photographers who are about 50 in numbers who will be working on wikicommons to increase pictures of historical places around Africa.
• There will be a training session for them by a facilitator who will train them on how to edit pictures on wikicommons.

Wikimedia Project

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.

• English Wikipedia
• Wikicommons

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: Adepoju Aminat
• Email address: adepojuaminat18@gmail.com
• Address: 6, orilonise street felele Ibadan.
• Location of Project: University of Ibadan

Project class

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

• Fan Club

Timeline of activities

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

• 1st - 30th September, 2024

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?

Series of editathons 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.

Through the fan club social media platforms

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 the fan club Whatsapp group and Facebook page

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:Aminat23

user: Adeleke405

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)?

we create a dashboard link to track every input

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

we intend to take part in the campaign to increase the visibility of historical places in Nigeria

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 - 50
3. Number of new editors - 30
4. Number of of articles created -
5. Number of of articles improved -
6. Number of of images uploaded - 250
7. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) - 20

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) Yes, a metric tracking would be used after the approval of the project

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).

we have photographers from the UI students community that would be working with members of the fan club in achieving the task

We have a venue for the event which has been sorted by the fan Club staff adviser

Extension boxes, fan would be made available by the fan club 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 3000x50 = #150,000

Publicity = #10,000

Projector = #5000

Generator and fueling= #15,000

4 T shirts = #24,000

Gift items (Card voucher)

1st position= #50,000

2nd position = #30,000

3rd position = #20,000

Miscellaneous = #10,000

Logistics = #20,000

Photography = #20,000

Total = #354,000

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