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Project summary[edit]

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

  • The initiative at Aminci College of Education Funtua focuses on delivering thorough training and increasing awareness about Wikipedia to students. Through interactive workshops and enlightening sessions, the project aims to empower students with the necessary skills for effective contributions to Wikipedia and other Wikimedia platforms. The ultimate goal is to cultivate a culture of knowledge-sharing and digital literacy, empowering students to actively engage in creating and enhancing online content.

Wikimedia Project[edit]

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

  • Wikipedia

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: Amina Bashir
  • Email address: aminabashirmht@gmail.com
  • Address: Funtua
  • Location of Project: Katsina State.

Project class[edit]

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

  • Individual

Timeline of activities[edit]

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

  • 1-15, March 2024

Project Goal[edit]

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. Add or improve 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?

Two days of Workshop and Edit-a-thon

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 share via Funtua Wikimedians Community WhatsApp group and Hausa Wikimedians User Group WhatsApp group.

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.

I will share via Funtua Wikimedians Community WhatsApp group, many participants are there.

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

Yusuf Sa'adu

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 all have

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

I will engage them via WhatsApp group

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

I have applied in the last month but not hear anything from grant committee. That's I reapply in this round.

Impact[edit]

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 20
  3. Number of new editors 15
  4. Number of of articles created or improved 150
  5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events)

Metrics tracking[edit]

How do you plan to track your project metrics?

  • Dashboard tool

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 A Salisu will organize the project with help of Yusuf Sa'adu, and Yusuf Sa'adu is an experienced Wikimedia Editor.

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

  1. Refreshment: 1,500 x 22 (participants and facilitators) = N33,000 for two days 66,000
  2. Hall: N30,000 for two days 60,000
  3. Event's banner:N10,000.
  4. Data support for participants and facilitators :N1,000×22=22,000 for two days 44,000
  5. Local transfer for orgerzers N15,000
  6. Flyers - N10,000
  7. Microphone - N20,000
  8. Contingency - N10,000

Total amount=N235,000

Endorsements[edit]

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

  • this project will introduce new editors to Wikipedia as there are very few in the Abdullahi Aminci College of education Funtua, it will also enlighten people more about Wikipedia and the advantages of using Wikipedia as a reliable source of information. I support this projectYusuf Sa'adu (talk) 19:46, 16 January 2024 (UTC)

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