Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy/Implementation/Affiliate health criteria/Reports/2024/Wikimedians of Lagos User Group
| Affiliate basic information | ||
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| What is the affiliate name? | Wikimedians of Lagos User Group | |
| Please list the languages supported by this affiliate | English, Nigerian Pidgin | |
| Please list countries where this affiliate operates | Nigeria | |
| Reporting timeline (e.g. January-December) | June–May | |
| Reporting year (e.g. 2024 or 2024-2025) | 2024-2025 | |
| Primary contact (user name) | Biowikician | |
| Secondary contact (user name) | Jonywikis | |
| Goal delivery | ||
| What is the affiliate mission? | To bring together the Wikimedia community in Lagos and its surrounding areas and to promote the use of Wikimedia projects by people in and around Lagos. | |
| What are the affiliate goals? Link to the strategic plan, if there is one. | Increase awareness and participation in Wikimedia projects; support content creation in underrepresented languages; and foster partnerships with cultural and educational institutions. Group all Wikimedians living in Lagos. Promote the use of Wikimedia projects by people in and around Lagos. Organize in-person gatherings of Wikimedians in and around Lagos. Help people in and around Lagos learn how to edit Wikimedia projects. Promote Lagos-related topics in different languages. Establish partnerships between the Wikimedia community and various cultural, science, educational, and media organizations based in Lagos. Cooperate with local authorities, organizations, and individuals to receive grants and other materials to promote free knowledge in Lagos. Work on Creative Commons contents for Wikimedia Commons. Involve in GLAM. | |
| Organizational development | ||
| How does the affiliate make decisions? How are decisions communicated? | Decisions are made through group discussions on WhatsApp, and finalized during online meetings. | |
| What is the current state of the affiliate finances? Link to the latest financial report, if there is one. | NA | |
Affiliate health and resilience
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| How many people participate in the decision-making process in the affiliate? | 5 | |
| Has there been any significant changes in the level of the affiliate membership body (e.g. increase/decrease of number of dues-paying members)? | There has been an increase in active participants | |
| Are there any affiliate activities in the past year that were led by affiliate members? Please share the highlights. | Yes. The SheSaid Campaign (Oct–Dec 2024) on Wikiquote, and Feminism and Folklore writing contest in Nigerian Pidgin Wikipedia (Feb–Mar 2025) were organized and led by members. | |
| Leadership and inclusion | ||
Diverse, skilled, and accountable leadership
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| What kind of skills does the affiliate leadership possess? | Project coordination, event planning, Wikipedia editing, translation, community engagement. | |
| Is there any kind of succession plan for the affiliate leadership? | Yes, new volunteers are mentored and gradually take on leadership roles in small projects. | |
| Are there any trainings that affiliate leadership undergo before they assume their leadership position? | Trainings on Wikimedia policies, UCoC, facilitation, and project management are offered through WMF and partner programs. | |
| Are there any requirements for affiliate leadership to disclose their conflict(s) of interests? | Yes, during onboarding, leaders are required to declare any potential conflict of interest. | |
Diversity balance (especially gender)
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| What is the diversity level of the affiliate leadership and membership body? | Balanced gender participation with inclusive representation of youth. | |
| How is the affiliate leadership encouraging gender diversity in the decision-making process(es) of the affiliate? | By ensuring gender representation in planning committees and encouraging women to lead campaigns like SheSaid. | |
Universal Code of Conduct compliance
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| How does the affiliate leadership ensure, enforce, and evaluate compliance with the Universal Code of Conduct obligations? | All members and participants are introduced to UCoC at the start of activities, and informed beforehand that breaches will be reported through a documented process aligned with Wikimedia’s protocols. | |
| Engagement and Collaboration | ||
| Please share the publicly available records of regular meetings, activities, events, or conference in the past year where the affiliate has participated. | Wikimedians of Lagos User Group/Annual Report 2024-2025 | |
| Community connection | ||
| How many affiliate members are active contributors to the Wikimedia projects? | 35 | |
| How many affiliate members are not active contributors to the Wikimedia projects? | 3 | |
| How many affiliate members are active organizers (of projects, events, conferences, initiatives, etc) within the Wikimedia movement? | 5 | |
| How many people have participated in affiliate projects, events, conferences, and/or initiatives in the past year? | Over 50 participants | |
| Partnerships and collaboration | ||
| Please list all activities/initiatives that the affiliate has organized or co-organized in past 12 months. | SheSaid Lagos (Oct–Dec 2024), Feminism and Folklore in Nigerian Pidgin Wikipedia (Feb–Mar 2025), monthly editing meetups. | |
| What would affiliate leadership list as the top 3 (three) capacities of the affiliate? (e.g. evaluation, community governance, programs and events, organizational governance and resource policies, conflict management, partnerships, fundraising, communication and media relations, contributor development, on-wiki technical skills, policy advocacy, etc) | Programs and events | |
| Contributor development | ||
| Evaluation | ||
| What are the 3 (three) capacities that the affiliate would like to strengthen in the next 12 months? | Fundraising | |
| Conflict management | ||
| Policy advocacy | ||
| What are the organizations, community projects, or groups that the affiliate had been working or seeking to work with to develop and support the 3 capacities? | Wiki Loves Women, Nigerian Pidgin Community, Gungbe Wikimedians User Group, NOUN | |