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Project summary[edit]

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

  • The network plans to organize an outreach/training program for students and network members at the university of PortHarcourt.
  • The aim is to equip and localize Wikipedia and its relative projects amongst students

Wikimedia Project[edit]

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.

  • Wikipedia and Wikidata training and outreach program to university students in Uniport.

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: Michael Diala
  • Email address: Michael.diala16@gmail.com
  • Address:
  • Location of Project:

Project class[edit]

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

  • A network(Wiki Niger Delta )

Timeline of activities[edit]

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

  • November 10-28th of November, 2023

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 on Wikipedia and Wikidata
  3. Build and improve the knowledge gap
  4. Network engagement
  5. outreach

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?

  1. Wiki Niger Delta Executive Meeting
  2. wiki Niger Delta network outreach/Wikipedia training for university students in PortHarcourt.
  3. Edit-A-Ton

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.

Yes , Wikimedia User Group in Nigeria and the official network communication handles @wikinigerdelta .

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.

Whassap , Social media and meta page

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

Superswift

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

We will support them with data

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

We have a dedicated Whassap group to follow up

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:

  1. Number of events 3
  2. Number of participants 40
  3. Number of new editors 25
  4. Number of of articles created or improved (100)
  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?

Wikimedia Niger Delta Network

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).

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

  1. Hall(including projector) ...........................40k
  2. Refreshment .............2,500k(30) 75k
  3. Photography .........,.....25k
  4. Graphical Design (3)..........10k
  5. Facilitator Transport Reimbursement ( 10k
  6. Printing of branded T-shirt(4)5k =20k
  7. Logistic support .... 25k
  8. Edit-A-Ton Contest Prize 30K
Total : 250k

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