Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Wikimedians Kaduna Connect Compaign
Project summary[edit]
Briefly summarize your project proposal.
This compagin will be among students, lecturers, people of higher institutions in Kaduna like Kaduna polytechnic, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna state university by making a connections of likes minds that want to contribute to the body of knowledge. With the aims of promoting awareness of Wikimedia projects like Wikipedia, wikidata wikicommons . Also to encourage people edits in difference language like Hausa. Librarians, Historians and other participants will be train on how to create and edits articles. Create wikidata items and add pictures to wikicommons. This project will support and complimate 1ref 1Lib Compaign of showcasing African Knowledge. Therefore project will be more concern about Librarians, Library science students. The project will concentrate on wikipedia and wikidata.
Contact person and Location[edit]
Please state the contact details of the contact person(s) for this project including email(s) and location
- Ramatu A Haliru
- Email ramatu4me@gmail.com
- Inyor4mr
- Ahmadu Bello University zaria
Timeline of activities[edit]
Please state the timeline of your activities, and include the start and end date for your project
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?
- Yes at the end of the training
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.
I will share in Link in social media like wikimedia Nigeria user group what app group, Hause wikimedia Users Group plateform and Wikibrarians User group platform than wikimedia talkpage
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?
e-flyers and through email and text messages
For example, these can include on-wiki spaces, social media channels, mailing lists, messaging apps, or physical/online gatherings.
- A WhatsApp group will be created for the purpose
Email will be send to them, flyers and visit to the schools
4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals.
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 participants must have smart phone, laptop or computer for quality contribution.
6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?
- The WhatsApp group will continue to function and we shall be having physical meeting once a month to make wikimedia Kaduna Connect hub functioning and contributing.
7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?
- The project exposed Librarians, students
and lecturers to digital literacy skills and let them know the importance of Wikimedia projects to education and also create visibility so local content in the northern region which will make them contents creators.
Impact[edit]
How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets:
- Number of events 2
- Number of participants 25
- Number of new editors 20
- Number of of articles created or improved 50
- Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) 10
Metrics tracking[edit]
How do you plan to track your project metrics? A dashboard will be created to track participants contributions
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).
- . Ramatu A. Haliru she is a Librarians at Ahmadu Bello University Zaria and a certified wikipedia in African Libraries course in 2021. She is a wikimedian that love contributing to wikipedia, wikidata wikicommons with experience of participants in different wikimedia projects within Nigeria and African at large. She wish to share the wikimedia knowledge by organizing this project.
A Library space is available at Abdullahi Muhammed Public Library in Ahmadu Bello University Zaria. What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.
- Promotional Materials like Banner, e-flyers = #25,000
- Food and drinks with water 2000 per person which is 2000 x 28 =#56,000
- Alternative power supply which is generator and fuel in case of power outrage = #15,000
- Customized T-shirt 3000 x 3 = #9000
- Prized (gift prizes) for top 3 editors #30,000
- Internet supports for both Facilitators and participants for both online and offline sessions = #40,000
- Educational materials like customized jotters and pans for 28 = #30,000
- Local running for the project #20,000
- Rental of projectors, sounds and camera #40,000
- Total = #265,000
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