Wikimedia Foundation Affiliates Strategy/Implementation/Affiliate health criteria/Reports/2025/Gungbe Wikimedians User Group
| Affiliate basic information | ||
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| What is the affiliate name? | Gungbe Wikimedians User Group | |
| Please list the languages supported by this affiliate | Gungbe | |
| Please list countries where this affiliate operates | Nigeria | |
| Reporting timeline (e.g. January-December) | 16 January – 15 January | |
| Reporting year (e.g. 2024 or 2024-2025) | 2025 | |
| Primary contact (user name) | User:DonKevin | |
| Secondary contact (user name) | User:Misteld | |
| Goal delivery | ||
| What is the affiliate mission? | Promoting the Gungbe language and culture through Wikimedia projects by increasing content, strengthening community participation, and supporting inclusive free knowledge. | |
| What are the affiliate goals? Link to the strategic plan, if there is one. | * Improve Gungbe content on Wikimedia projects, especially Wikipedia and Wikiquote.
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| Organizational development | ||
| How does the affiliate make decisions? How are decisions communicated? | Decisions are made collaboratively through discussions during quarterly meetings and online communication channels. | |
| What is the current state of the affiliate finances? Link to the latest financial report, if there is one. | The group currently relies on community-driven support to support its activities. | |
Affiliate health and resilience
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| How many people participate in the decision-making process in the affiliate? | 11 active contributors | |
| Has there been any significant changes in the level of the affiliate membership body (e.g. increase/decrease of number of dues-paying members)? | Membership remained stable with gradual engagement through campaigns and meetings. | |
| Are there any affiliate activities in the past year that were led by affiliate members? Please share the highlights. | Yes, key activities included:
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| Leadership and inclusion | ||
Diverse, skilled, and accountable leadership
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| What kind of skills does the affiliate leadership possess? | Community coordination, Wikimedia governance participation, language documentation, event organization. | |
| Is there any kind of succession plan for the affiliate leadership? | Yes, leadership and contact persons were discussed and updated during the first quarterly meeting. | |
| Are there any trainings that affiliate leadership undergo before they assume their leadership position? | Yes, through peer support, mentorship, and campaign-based coordination. | |
| Are there any requirements for affiliate leadership to disclose their conflict(s) of interests? | Yes, leaders are expected to declare any affiliations that may present conflicts of interest. | |
Diversity balance (especially gender)
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| What is the diversity level of the affiliate leadership and membership body? | The group actively promotes gender inclusion and community participation through campaigns like SheSaid. | |
| How is the affiliate leadership encouraging gender diversity in the decision-making process(es) of the affiliate? | By ensuring inclusive discussions during meetings and prioritizing gender-focused content initiatives. | |
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? | By promoting awareness of the Universal Code of Conduct and encouraging respectful participation within the community. | |
| 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. | * First Quarterly Meeting 2025 | |
| Community connection | ||
| How many affiliate members are active contributors to the Wikimedia projects? | 11 active contributors | |
| How many affiliate members are not active contributors to the Wikimedia projects? | 6 members support activities in non-editing roles. | |
| How many affiliate members are active organizers (of projects, events, conferences, initiatives, etc) within the Wikimedia movement? | 5 active organizers | |
| How many people have participated in affiliate projects, events, conferences, and/or initiatives in the past year? | 18 participants across various initiatives. | |
| Partnerships and collaboration | ||
| Please list all activities/initiatives that the affiliate has organized or co-organized in past 12 months. | * Participation in WMF Board of Trustees Selection Election 2025
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| 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) | Community engagement | |
| Content development in low-resource languages | ||
| Wikimedia governance participation | ||
| What are the 3 (three) capacities that the affiliate would like to strengthen in the next 12 months? | Organizational governance documentation | |
| Technical editing skills on Gungbe Wikimedia projects | ||
| Broader international participation in Wikimedia activities | ||
| 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? | *Ogu Assembly
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