Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/1Lib1Ref 2025 Campaign (ID: 22987678)
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Applicant Details
edit- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
AYM8818
- Organization
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- If you are a group or organization leader, board member, president, executive director, or staff member at any Wikimedia group, affiliate, or Wikimedia Foundation, you are required to self-identify and present all roles. (required)
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- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
Main Proposal
edit- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
1Lib1Ref 2025 Campaign
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2025-04-25 - 2025-07-20
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Nigeria
- 5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)
1Lib1Ref
- 6. What is the change you are trying to bring? What are the main challenges or problems you are trying to solve? Describe this change or challenges, as well as main approaches to achieve it. (required)
The backbone of 1Lib1Ref stands to make Wikipedia articles fully referenced in other to make them stronger, Independent and reliable from recognize sources. we are trying to make use of this campaign to highlight the importance of referencing in the movement and to educate our community both the old and the new of the importance of referencing every articles through effective collaboration from Libraries in Kaduna. National Library Kaduna, Kaduna state Library and their association, Ahmadu Bello University Library, Arewa House Library and the State Library Kaduna. We will be bringing these libraries and association along. in other to educate our community the importance of referencing articles and also to make these librarians Wikipedia friendly on the process, by registering them to Wikipedia. It has become a reality in Hausa Wikipedia to see an article without s single reference this campaign sort to change that.
There are thousands of articles in Hausa Wikipedia without reference some without single reference this has become a day to day occurrences in Hausa Wikipedia. We are trying to change that perspective of creating articles without reference and also reference the at least 1000 articles in Hausa Wikipedia.
- 7. What are the planned activities? (required) Please provide a list of main activities. You can also add a link to the public page for your project where details about your project can be found. Alternatively, you can upload a timeline document. When the activities include partnerships, include details about your partners and planned partnerships.
1. Collaboration with 5 libraries and Kaduna State Library association to enhance Wikipedia referencing and to showcase the importance of sourcing reference from Libraries and how to reference articles using books, Journals, newspapers and online sources.
2. A Seminar from experience Wikipedians and Librarians to change the perspective of creating articles without references in Hausa Wikipedia. Citing generally the importance of reference to articles from the librarians and also an insight from experience Wikipedian of how the movement consider articles without reference.
3. A workshop to reference 1000 articles In Hausa Wikipedia.
- 8. Describe your team. Please provide their roles, Wikimedia Usernames and other details. (required) Include more details of the team, including their roles, usernames, Wikimedia group, and whether they are salaried, volunteers, consultants/contractors, etc. Team members involved in the grant application need to be aware of their involvement in the project.
Aliyu Shaba: I'm well experience Wikipedian and the project lead if this campaign. Uncle Bash77: he is a experience Wikipedian and also an admin in Hausa Wikipedia Musa Vacho77: Project Facilitator, Volunteer and Lead organiser of the Collaboration Anas Adam: an admin in Hausa Wikipedia and Facilitator with Logistics, refreshment and presentations.
- 9. Who are the target participants and from which community? How will you engage participants before and during the activities? How will you follow up with participants after the activities? (required)
1. Hausa Community 2. Via Hausa Community General WhatsApp Group and 1Lib1Ref Whatsapp group from our previous 1Lib1Ref campaign. 3. WhatsApp group as it's the effective means if communication in Nigeria
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
No
- 10.1. Please provide a link to your Youth Safety Policy. (required) If the proposal indicates direct contact with children or youth, you are required to outline compliance with international and local laws for working with children and youth, and provide a youth safety policy aligned with these laws. Read more here.
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- 11. How did you discuss the idea of your project with your community members and/or any relevant groups? Please describe steps taken and provide links to any on-wiki community discussion(s) about the proposal. (required) You need to inform the community and/or group, discuss the project with them, and involve them in planning this proposal. You also need to align the activities with other projects happening in the planned area of implementation to ensure collaboration within the community.
As you know I'm one of the earliest organiser of 1Lib1Ref [[1]] campaign in Hausa Community, so we do have an organize WhatsApp group for the campaign. And the discussion about this campaign takes place their.
- 12. Does your proposal aim to work to bridge any of the content knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Other Important Topics (topics considered to be of impact or important in the specific context)
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Culture, heritage or GLAM
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Socioeconomic status
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Invest in Skills and Leadership Development
Learning and metrics
edit- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
1. Effective collaboration with Libraries organization 2. Orientation on change perspective on writing articles without reference. 3. The importance of referencing in every article
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 40 | Include Organiser, librarians and editors |
| Number of editors | 30 | These are the participants that will make an edit during the campaign |
| Number of organizers | 4 | These include me and the rest of the team |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 1000 |
| Wikimedia Commons | |
| Wikidata | |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
These are numbers of articles to be referenced
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
No
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- 20. What tools would you use to measure each metrics? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support. (required)
Outreach dashboard
Financial proposal
edit- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
1673378 NGN
- 22.2. Convert the amount requested into USD using the Oanda converter. This is done only to help you assess the USD equivalent of the requested amount. Your request should be between 500 - 5,000 USD.
1111 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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