Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/WikiIndaba for Wkifactcheckers

"Proposed"

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

• This is the virtual connection of journalists who have been trained as fact-checkers and how to contribute to the Wikimedia project to their very first Wikimedia foundation which happens to be WikiIndaba.The group is called Wikifactcheckers we are building the capacity of the African media space

by equipping journalists with training where they acquire skills.

Wikimedia Project

Please state the Wikimedia project your project will focus majorly on (e.g. Wikipedia, Wikidata, etc). It is advisable to focus on one Wikimedia project, but a maximum of two projects is allowed.

• We are focused on Wikipedia, Wikidata and will expand to Wikisource and Wikiversity

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:Gbemisola Esho
• Email address:gbemiaepojuesho@gmail.com
• Address:Lagos Nigeria
• Location of Project: Lagos

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

• November 3rd-4th

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. Community Building

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?

We are introducing the group to the larger African community by having them experience the conference virtually.

2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? You are required to provide links to on-wiki pages to inform these communities about your proposed work. Examples of places where this can be done include community discussion pages, affiliate discussion pages, or relevant project talk pages.
You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.

I will make use of the Nigerian User Group Communication channel https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_User_Group_Nigeria#WikiIndaba_2023_for_Wikifactcheckers

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 have a social media channel and will send out emails

4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals. (NOTE: all experienced Wikimedia editors MUST endorse your proposal as proof of availability)
For example: User:Kaizenify

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Obawinner,

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Zend2020

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

They do have the equipment and skills, we also have other experienced wikimedians to guide them.

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

They will be migrated into our social media group which is WhatsApp and engage them in continuous training

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

It is the first Indaba experience for journalists,fact-checkers, and a few librarians who are in the group, and would be lovely if it could happen

Impact

How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets:

1. Number of events - 2
2. Number of participants-25
3. Number of articles created or improved
4. Number of new editors- 10
5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events)

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics? Attendance taking

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 and include a total amount.

  #Hall  =    40,000 x 2days =N 80,000
  #Feeding for 20people = 2000 x 20 x 2days =N 80,000
  #Data =N 30,000
  #Transport support for facilitators =N 40,000
  #Projector for two days =N 20,000
  #Photograph for two days =N 20,000
  #Banner= N8,000
  #Designs and socials =N 5,000
  #Logistics =N 7000
  #Contigency= N10,000
  Total=300,000 

Endorsements

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