Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Wikipedia pages wanting photos Campaign in Wikimedia Anambra Network

Project summary

Briefly summarize your project proposal.

Photograph helps to capture the reader's attention better than having so many write ups, it enriches and illustrates content, and it gives spice to an article and make the article more engaging for readers.

Uncountable images have been contributed to Wikimedia Commons through various photo walks, and contests Yet relatively few of these photos have been used on Wikipedia articles.

This project is one of it's kind as Wikimedia Anambra Network will join in the WpWp annual campaign to add photos to Wikipedia pages lacking photos. This is to promote the use of digital media files collected from various Wikimedia photography contest .

This project aim to bridge a huge gap as there are alot of photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons that have not been used on Wikipedia article pages.

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.

Wikipedia

Wikicommons We will look into the Wikicommons a little to train the new participants how to upload photos and how to use them on Wikipedia pages.

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: Chinwendu Peace Anyanwu
• Email address: peacetilo92@gmail.com
• Location address: Awka, Anambra State

Project class

Please state if this grant is for individual project or network/club project

It's for the Wikimedia Anambra Network Individual

Timeline of activities

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

4th August - 11th August

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: This project will help in inviting new editors to the Network.

1. Add or improve content: It will help in improving Wikipedia article pages.

1. Train new and old Editors: This project will help in training editors that joined the Network in other projects held in the community on the basics of uploading photos and adding the photo to a Wikipedia Article.

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 doing One Editathon/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.
You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.

We have informed the Community about the project in our WhatsApp to learn how to add photos to articles. We also informed them on our Discussion page here

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 WhatsApp group where our communication officer do let the Network know about the project of the month and also we do announce our upcoming projects in Our meet-ups.

4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals.
For example: User:Kaizenify

User: Akwugo I am experienced and I will lead the Event and will be assisted by Ennydavids and Goodymeraj

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 have their laptops and Phones but I will support them by showing them how to navigate the Wikimedia website.

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

We have s group where we normally follow participants up.

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

This project is a good one,it will help in training community members and improve their Wikimedia projects experience.

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 1
2. Number of participants 30
3. Number of new editors 5
4. Number of of articles created or improved 80
5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events)

Metrics tracking

How do you plan to track your project metrics?

We will track with the Outreach dashboard and xtool

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.

Venue ...45,000

Refreshment .....2,000 * 30 = 60,000

Data support..... 1500 *30 = 45000

Data for facilitators .... 3000 *3 = 9,000

Transportation support .... 15,000

Souvenirs and prizes for highest contributors/Contest ... 45,000

Communications / Banner .... 15,000

Total: 234,000

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

•  Strong support: It is a simple fact that pictures speak a thousand words more than write ups. So many memories And records are being lost each time pictures are failed to be uploaded. This WpWp training will bridge the gap and stop the losses by training new and existing editors on uploading images to Wikipedia pages and articles, thereby creating a more lasting impression on the minds of readers. I am very happy with the project idea And therefore add my endorsement. Goodymeraj (talk) 22:27, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
•  Strong support: This project aim to bridge a huge gap as there are alot of photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons that have not been used on Wikipedia article pages. I am fully in support of this project and I endorse it. User: Ennydavids (talk) 13 July 2023 (UTC)
•  Strong support: This project is aimed at improving Wikipedia articles with quality photos. Therefore, I strongly endorse it. Timzy D'Great (talk) 19:36, 1 August 2023 (UTC)