Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Wikimedia Awareness Among Women Journalists in Kaduna state.

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

The project aims to raise awareness about Wikimedia projects and highlight the important role journalists play in documenting knowledge as secondary sources for Wikipedia and its sister projects. This campaign will foster collaboration between the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria (WUGN) and journalists, encouraging new editors to contribute to open knowledge. It also offers women journalists an opportunity to learn how information is represented on Wikipedia, with a special focus on notability guidelines for notable Nigerian women. The project is being carried out in partnership with the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Kaduna State chapter, to help its members understand their role in Wikipedia editing.

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.

Wikidata
English Wikipedia

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: Halima S. Waziri
Email address: limalidwaziri@gmail.com

wikimediakadunanetwork@gmail.com

Address: Kaduna
Location of Project: Kaduna State

Project class

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

I'm applying as a Network

WUGN Kaduna Network

Timeline of activities

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

Start date: 10th October, 2025
End date: 31st October, 2025

Project Goal

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
Bridge knowledge gap

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?

Trainings: 2 Virtual trainings, 1 physical meetup training and an Editathon

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.

By creating flyers and sharing them on wikimedia kaduna network Whatsapp group and also sharing on all our social media handles such as wikimedia kaduna@facebook and X App.

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.

Sharing all information regarding the project at wikimedia kaduna network Whatsapp group and our social media handles such as wikimedia kaduna@facebook and X App.

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?

Yes, such as Android Phones, IOS Phones and Laptops

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

Kaduna network has active group for the purpose of retaining participants through training and sharing information relating to all wikimedia projects activities.

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

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 - 3
Number of participants - 25
Number of new editors - 15
Number of of articles created - 70
Number of of articles improved - 30
Number of of images uploaded -
Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) - 10

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) Through the wikimedia event dashboard

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) the jury team of two members to check the contribution. Jury scoring criteria

2 points for every Wikidata item created
1 point for every statement/label/media added
1 point for every valid reference url added
1 point for every link to a Wikimedia project
1 points for adding Wikipedia reference
1 points adding section to Wikipedia
3 points for improving an article with 50 characters

We will be having 5 winners from this contest.

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).

What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense as a unit amount and include a total amount.

Food and Drinks for refreshment #4000 X 29 = #116,000
Promotional Materials like Banner and e -flyers #35,000
Local Running = #20,000
Alternative power supply = #30,000
Renting of Projector, sound system and photography = #40,000
T-Shirt for facilitators = #6000X4 = #24,000
Data Reimbursement for participants = #40,000
Renting of Hall = #50,000
Contest price = #50,000

Total = 405,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

I strong support this project because it will bring more journalists to contribute to wikimedia projects Inyor4mr (talk)
Strong support This project is strategically plan to bring in more women professionals especially journalists into the Wikimedia space. I hereby endorse this project.Friday musa (talk) 05:19, 14 August 2025 (UTC)

Support, I Strongly Agreed and support this Campaign because it will bring more enlightenment on wiki-Data to journalist around Kaduna State and other states in the Nation. Muktee1494 (talk)

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