Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Wikimedia Awareness in Delta State University Abraka.
Project summary
[edit]Briefly summarize your project proposal.
Wikimedia awareness in Delta State University Abraka, this project is to creating awareness in the above mentioned institution. The South South has come out to contribute in the free knowledge. The project will focused on bridging content gaps on wikidata. The new participants of the training will be introduced first to Wikidata where they will document Women in sports.
Wikimedia Project
[edit]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
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: Ojimba Amarachi Ruth
- Email address: amarita4life@gmail.com
- Address: Onicha-Ugbo, Delta State
- Location of Project: Asaba
Project class
[edit]Please state if you are applying as an individual or a network/club
Individual project
Timeline of activities
[edit]Please state the timeline of your activities, and include the start and end date for your project
1th September to 30th September 2025
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
Recruiting new editors and improving content
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?
Training and edit-a-thon
2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? I have really communicated to various students in the campus about directing them to come and line more about editing and transition,which made some of them join and they are very active You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.
- wall projector , laptops, banner and recharges cards use in reaching out to the students
3. How will you let participants know about the edit-a-thon? In what ways will you be communicating with them?
yes I will be doing it in different ways by chatting up on my platforms platforms on social media and calling them on phone too
For example, these can include on-wiki spaces, social media channels, mailing lists, messaging apps, or physical/online gatherings.
- wiki social mailing and physical gathering
We will be communicating with them through our WhatsApp group
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)
yes by name [user
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?
- by providing the equipments such as projector, laptop etc
They have their gadget and we will teach them how to edit wikidata and it's sisters project.
6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?
- I will entertain them and also give them data for editing the work and also give them little money for their transportation then try to follow them up with their contact on my group
We will engaged them through our WhatsApp group
7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?
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 -30
- Number of new editors -27
- Number of of articles created -100
- Number of of articles improved -200
- Number of of images uploaded -
- Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) -
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) We will use outreach dashboard in tracking this project.
Contest & prize-giving events
[edit]How would decide the winners of your contest (If you are going to have a contest, what is your scoring criteria)
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).
- I am the one facilitating this project and will be supported by Nma jeni, i did not receive any support from anywhere.
What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense as a unit amount and include a total amount.
- Hall:..............................60,000
- Projector:.........................20,000
- Communications/Flyer/polo:.........50,000
- Refreshment:........(3500*30)......105,000
- Data reimbursement:...............30,000
- Transportation support:.1500*30....35,000
- Facilitator transportation support 25,000
- Logistics:.........................20,000
Total #345,000
Endorsements
[edit]Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!
Strong supportViva33 (talk) 11:26, 22 August 2025 (UTC)
Strong support This project will go along way in building students, staffs and Delta community Akwanwa1 (talk) 18:16, 27 August 2025 (UTC)