Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Wikimedia awareness in Igbinedion University Ọkada Edo State.

Project summary

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This project aims to introduce students and academic staff in Igbinedion University Ọkada, Edo State, to Wikimedia projects, with a special focus on wikidata. It will raise awareness about free knowledge, encourage participation, and build a new community of editors within the institution. The new participants will be trained on how to edit wikidata where they will document all the secondary school and tertiary institution in Edo State.

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:Precious Nnanna
Email address:Chukwujinduprecious313@gmail.com
Address:Ring Road Benin City
Location of Project:Ọkada, Edo State

Project class

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

Individual project

Timeline of activities

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

10 to 5 November 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

Recruiting new editors, Adding and improving 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?

editathon 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.

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 will creat a 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)
For example: User:Kaizenify

User: jukailota

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

Yes, they have their gadget and we will teach them how to edit

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

We will engage them through our WhatsApp group

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

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 -1
Number of participants - 25
Number of new editors -23
Number of of articles created -150
Number of of articles improved -100
Number of of images uploaded -
Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) -

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) We will use our outreach 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)

First top five editors

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).

Am the one organizing this project and will be supported by User: jukailota and am not receiving 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
Polo:...........................20,000
Refreshments . 3500 ×25 .. .....87,500
Communications/ fliers......... 30,000
Data reimbursement 1500*25......37,500
Logistics ......................30,000

Transportation support .........30,000 Prize for the first top five ...40,000

Total: #355,000

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