Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Hausa dialects variation
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Applicant details
editWikimedia username(s):
- User:Salisu Adamu
Organization:
G. Have you received grants from the Wikimedia Foundation before?
- Applied previously and did receive a grant
H. Have you received grants from any non-wiki organization before?
- No
H.1 Which organization(s) did you receive grants from?
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M. Do you have a fiscal sponsor?
- No
M1. Fiscal organization name.
- N/A
Additional information
editR. Where will this proposal be implemented?
S. Please indicate whether your work will be focused on one country (local), more than one or several countries in your region (regional) or has a cross-regional (global) scope:
S1. If you have answered regional or international, please write the country names and any other information that is useful for understanding your proposal.
T. If you would like, please share any websites or social media accounts that your group or organization has. (optional)
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M. Do you have a fiscal sponsor?
- No
M1. Fiscal organization name.
- N/A
Proposal
edit1. What is the overall vision of your organization and how does this proposal contribute to this? How does this proposal connect to past work and learning?
2. What is the change that you are trying to bring about and why is this important?
Hausa are the largest ethnic group of West Africa, with a population of some 53 million.Hausa is also used as a lingua franca across West Africa, making it one of Africa’s biggest languages.Hausa is also spoken in diaspora by traders, scholars and immigrants in urban areas of West Africa and the only Nigerian language that is broadcast by foreign stations.Hausa has a number of geographical dialects like many indigenous languages around the world,marked by differences in pronunciation and vocabulary.Dialects of Hausa have been classified into Three major dialects namely Eastern Hausa dialects (Kananci, Zazzaganci, Hadejanci and Gudduranci),Western Hausa dialects ( Sakkwatanci, Zamfaranci, Gobiranci and Kabanci) and Northern Hausa dialects (Dauranci, Gumalanci,Katsinanci and Damagaranci).There are some knowledge on these dialects that are not covered in Wikipedia projects. Our aim is to improve the documentation of these dialect in Wikipedia projects (Wikipedia,Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons and Wiktionary) through creating and improving articles about History, Cultural Heritage, Tradition, Regions, Ethnicity, Clothing, Foods ,Origin, Famous peoples and Kingdoms of these dialects in Hausa Wikipedia and adding more information, reliable references and content to the existing articles. Hausa dialects have differences in pronunciation like for example Western Dialect they pronounce the sound (ts) as (tc) like (Hatsi they pronounce it as Hatci, Tsimi as Tcimi, Tsere as Tcere,Watse as Watce and so on) and Northern Dialect pronounce word like (Shirwa as Hirwa, Farashi as Farahi, Shekara as hekara and so on) and Eastern dialect use to pronounce words like (Harbi as Halbi, Marka as Malka ,Warwara as Walwala and so on) so this project will include uploading of pronunciation of words(audio files) in different dialects to help learners to be proficient in other dialects and include uploading of images base on these dialects, like their historical places, Clothes,Foods,Famous peoples and kingdoms in Wikimedia Commons. This project will also include improvement of Hausa Wiktionary words by including dialects like Sakkwatanci Zamfarnci Katsinaci and Dauranci words under a section to help learners understand Hausa words in comparison to different dialects. Dialects are essential because they are part of our identity. Also this project is important because it will gather some knowledge in these dialects that will attract Hausa speakers,Hausa learners and language enthusiasts around the world to seek knowledge and gives their contributions in Wikipedia projects.Also it's increase the language diversity as well as Wikipedia readability especially from the Hausa speakers around the World.
3. Describe your main approaches or strategies to achieve these changes and why you think they will be effective.
1-Creating of 500 articles base on these dialects about their History, Cultural Heritage, Tradition, Regions, Ethnicity, Clothing, Foods ,Origin, Famous peoples and Kingdoms in Hausa Wikipedia and improving the existing ones 2-Linking the 500 new article in Wikidata 3- Uploading of 1000 Hausa words(audio files) in different dialects in Wikimedia Commons. As we explained, Hausa dialects have differences in pronunciation so these will help learners to be proficient in other dialects. 4-Uploading of 200 images base on these dialects, like their historical places, Clothes,Foods,Famous peoples and kingdoms in Wikimedia Commons 5-Inclusion of some of the dialects like Sakkwatanci,Zamfarnci, Katsinaci and Dauranci under a section in Hausa Wiktionary to help learners understand Hausa words in comparison to different dialects 6-Linking of the uploaded audio files in Hausa Wiktionary so that learners will be able to pronounce the words properly
4. What are the activities you will be developing and delivering as part of these approaches or strategies?
5. Do you want to apply for multi-year funding?
5.1 If yes, provide a brief overview of Year 2 and Year 3 of the proposed plan and how this relates to the current proposal and your strategic plan?
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6. Please include a timeline (operational calendar) for your proposal.
7. Do you have the team that is needed to implement this proposal?
8. Please state if your proposal aims to work to bridge any of the identified CONTENT knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select up to THREE that most apply to your work.
8.1 In a few sentences, explain how your work is specifically addressing this content gap (or Knowledge inequity) to ensure a greater representation of knowledge.
9. Please state if your proposal includes any of these areas or THEMATIC focus. Select up to THREE that most apply to your work and explain the rationale for identifying these themes.
10. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Please note, we had previously asked about inclusion and diversity in terms of CONTENTS, in this question we are asking about the diversity of PARTICIPANTS. Select up to THREE that most apply to your work.
11. What are your strategies for engaging participants, particularly those that currently are non-Wikimedia?
12. In what ways are you actively seeking to contribute towards creating a safer, supportive, more equitable environment for participants and promoting the UCOC and Friendly Space Policy, and/or equivalent local policies and processes?
13. Do you have plans to work with Wikimedia communities, groups, or affiliates in your country, or in other countries, to implement this proposal?
13.1 If yes, please tell us about these connections online and offline and how you have let Wikimedia communities know about this proposal.
14. Will you be working with other external, non-Wikimedian partners to implement this proposal?
14.1 Please describe these partnerships and what motivates the potential partner to be part of the proposal and how they add value to your work.
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15. How do you hope to sustain or expand the work carried out in this proposal after the grant?
16. What kind of risks do you anticipate and how would you mitigate these. This can include factors such as external/contextual issues that may affect implementation, as well as internal issues, such as governance/leadership changes.
17. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select a maximum of three options that most apply.
18. Please state if your organization or group has a Strategic Plan that can help us further understand your proposal. You can also upload it here.
Learning, Sharing, and Evaluation
edit19. What do you hope to learn from your work in this fund proposal?
20. Based on these learning questions, what is the information or data you need to collect to answer these questions? Please register this information (as metric description) in the following space provided.
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Here are some additional metrics that you can use if they are relevant to your work. Please note that this is just an optional list, mostly of quantitative metrics. They may complement the qualitative metrics you have defined in the previous boxes.
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| Number of editors that continue to participate/retained after activities | N/A | N/A |
| Number of organizers that continue to participate/retained after activities | N/A | N/A |
| Number of strategic partnerships that contribute to longer term growth, diversity and sustainability | N/A | N/A |
| Feedback from participants on effective strategies for attracting and retaining contributors | N/A | N/A |
| Diversity of participants brought in by grantees | N/A | N/A |
| Number of people reached through social media publications | N/A | N/A |
| Number of activities developed | N/A | N/A |
| Number of volunteer hours | N/A | N/A |
21. Additional core quantitative metrics. These core metrics will not tell the whole story about your work, but they are important for measuring some Movement-wide changes. Please try to include these core metrics if they are relevant to your work. If they are not, please use the space provided to explain why they are not relevant or why you can not capture this data. Your explanation will help us review our core metrics and make sure we are using the best ones for the movement as a whole.
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| Number of editors | N/A | N/A |
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21.1 If for some reason your proposal will not measure these core metrics please provide an explanation.
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22. What tools would you use to measure each metric selected?
Financial Proposal
edit23. & 23.1 What is the amount you are requesting from WMF? Please provide this amount in your local currency. If you are thinking about a multi-year fund, please provide the amount for the first year.
23.2 What is this amount in US Currency (to the best of your knowledge)?
- 0 USD
23.3 Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it.
23.4 Please include any additional observations or comments you would like to include about your budget.
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Please use this optional space to upload any documents that you feel are important for further understanding your proposal.
- Other public document(s):
Final Message
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We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
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Feedback
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