Wikimedia User Group Nigeria/Wiki Loves Monuments 2018 in Nigeria

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Wikimedia User Group Nigeria/Wiki Loves Monuments 2018 in Nigeria
The proposal is meant to finance the participation of WUGN in this year Wiki Loves Monument 2018 in Nigeria.
targetWikimedia Common,English Wikipedia and English Language
start date2 September
end date30 September
budget (local currency)NGN 630325.00
budget (USD)USD 1982.37
grant typeA group
contact(s)• olaniyanshola15@gmail.com SDK Olobe
organization (if applicable)• Wikimedia User Group Nigeria


Please see the sample Contest application before drafting your application.

Project Goal[edit]

  • To engage new and existing members of the community
  • To increase or improve images on Wikimedia Common
  • To add freely licensed, and quality images of Nigeria monuments to Wikimedia Common
  • To increase the number of contributors to Wikimedia Common
  • To recruit new contributors to Wikimedia Common

Project Plan[edit]

Activities[edit]

Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:
1. What content will the contest focus on, and why is it important to your community? The contest will focus on freely licensed and high quality images of Nigeria Monuments, that will be contributed to Wikimedia Common for free usage.

  • Images of Nigeria monuments, archaeological sites, and cultural heritage are not adequately covered on Wikimedia Common. This contest is an opportunity to contribute high quality images of these monuments, archaeological sites, and cultural heritage to Wikimedia Common.
  • It help increase the awareness of Wikimedia projects
  • The workshop under this projects will help to correct wrong impression about Wikimedia movements in Nigeria
  • It will help to introduce the basis of Wikimedia Common and Wikimedia projects to many Nigerians
  • It will help to increase the number of contributors to Wikimedia Common and other Wikimedia projects
  • It will help to increase the number of Nigeria-related contents on Wikimedia Common
  • The contest will help to establish a long term relation with professional photographers


2. How will you let people know about the contest? Apart from the community mailing list, on-wiki notice, Like we did in 2016 , we will promote the contest through Nigeria Newspapers, facebook, twitter and one-on-one campaign. We will also held a meeting with professional photography club whose members are enthusiastic about the contest and willing to participate.

We are at the tail end of signing Memorandum of Understanding with National Commission for Museums and Monuments. The agreemen will enhances nationwide participation of volunteers in the contest.
3. How will you judge the contest and award prizes? We will set up a panel of jury which will consists of notable photographers, photo-journalists and experienced Wikimedians. The panel will also include Two staffs of the National Commission for Museums and Monuments who will serve as volunteer on the panel of jury.The jury will judge individual entries and award them based on the criteria set here
4. For photo contests, what is the strategy to get images used on projects? There would be an edit-at-thon that would focus on using the images on Wikipedia.
5. 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 and feel free to add more:

For photo contests:

  • If at least 25 people participates
  • If at least 500 images are uploaded to Wikimedia Common
  • If three months after the contest, 75 (and 15%) of uploaded images are used on wiki projects
  • If at least 13 monuments are photographed

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).

Team

  • Olaniyan Olushola: Contest Organizer, will oversee all the activities of the Project
  • User:HandsomeBoy: Contest Organizer:Event Facilitator , coordinate activities on Facebook and our official mailing

list

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

Budget[edit]

Sl.No Item Quantity Rate (NGN) Total (NGN) Total (USD) Notes
1 Workshop 1 80000 80000 262.29 Local rental and coffee break, Data Modem, Projector,Catering: Tea and biscuits.Generator.
2 Photo walks 4 350000 350000 1147.54 Facilitate access to the participants in protected areas ( see breakdown below under Photo walk).
3 Awards 3 150000 150000 491.80 1st prize 70000 NGN
2nd prize 50000 NGN
3rd prize 30000 NGN
(Voucher or gift worth of the mentioned amount will be giving to each winner}
4 Contingency Cost 30000 98.36 USD
Total Grand Total:NGN 611475 (USD 1999.99)

Budget Breakdown for the workshop[edit]

Sl.No Category Description Total (USD)
Breakdown of Editathon Expenses ( Excluding Local Rentals and Coffee above )
(Sumtotal : USD262.29)
1 Data for the modem 30.00
2 Projector 47.00
3 Catering: Tea and biscuits 10.00
4 Generator 13.00
5 Local rental 162.29 Total: USD 262.29

Budget breakdown for photo walk[edit]

This is the budget breakdown for the photo walk.:

Sl.No Category Quantity Rate (NGN) Total (NGN) Total (USD) Remark
Cost per photo walk
(Sumtotal : 350,000 NGN)
1 Car hiring 1 100000 100000 327.86 This will cover the transport expenses to the venue.
2 Accommodation 4 30000 120000 393.44 Shared accommodation for 4 wikimedians @ the rate of 15000NGN per room per night
3 Food 4 20000 80000 262.29 meal of 5000NGN per member per day
4 contingencies 1 50000 50000 163.93 estimated cost of access to protected places for 10 volunteers
5 Grand Total 350000 1147.52

Endorsements[edit]

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