Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Hausa Vital Articles II (ID: 22673778)

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Applicant Details

Main Wikimedia username. (required)

Muhammad Idriss Criteria

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

1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.

Hausa Vital Articles II

2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.

2024-08-01 - 2024-09-01

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)

WikiGap

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)

Vital articles are articles that are essential to the rapid growth and page visitation of any Wikipedia Project. Hausa Wikipedia lacks most of these vital articles, and some of the ones created need to be improved to the English version standard. Last year, an effort was made to create/improve articles around these vital topics, and it leads to the growth of Hausa Wikipedia. This year, we want to build around and create/improve vital articles and motivate other editors to focus on improving vital articles. https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles

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.

We plan to create more awareness around vital articles, engage/recruit editors and create/improve such articles via the following approaches i. Online awareness: we will use social media to create awareness around vital articles via online flyers. we will also create an online meet ups and trainings. ii. Offline: we will create face to face training and awareness for the target participants.

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.

Wikimedia username: Muhammad Idriss Criteria I will lead the project..

Details: I am a member of the Hausa Wikipedia Community. I have a lot of experience in editing, translating, creating wikidata and adding items to wikidata. I have more knowledge in organizing and leading community projects. As the project lead I will keep a close eye on everything we are going do.

Wikimedia username: Uncle Bash00 7 Role: Facilitator Details: Uncle Bash007, experienced editor on Hausa Wikipedia, organiser of Hausa Wikipedia Vital Articles will assist in training and creating awareness about Wikipedia Vital Articles

Wikimedia username: El-hussain14 Role: Facilitator Details:A trainer and skilled organizer, El-hussain14 plays a vital role in shaping the landscape of Wikimedia projects in Northern Nigeria. His experience adds a layer of finesse to our team, ensuring a seamless development and execution of our initiatives. he stands as a Facilitator.

Wikimedia username: Mamman AA Role: Facilitator Details:Our Communication Officer, Mubarak, is not just an experienced Wikimedia editor but a diligent and hard-working force in the North region. His dedication aims to build a capacity and bridge the gap among experienced facilitators in the region. he stands as a communication officer for the training.

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)

The target participants are people from Yobe State University. We will focus on engaging more female editors and training them on how to edit Hausa Wikipedia.

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.

I have discussed this with my team and we’ve announced it on Hausa Wikipedia talk page.

https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kofan_al%27umma#Hausa_Vital_Articles_2

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)

Cultural background, ethnicity, religion, racial

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)

Not applicable

15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)

Provide for Safety and Inclusion

Learning and metrics

17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)

Via this project, we want to answer the following questions i. are vital articles essential to the growth of Hausa Wikipedia? ii. Do we achieve the goal of this project by creating/improving vital articles and creating awareness on them? iii. will this project increase the vitality of Hausa Wikipedia to it’s readers?

18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)

Number of participants, editors, and organizers
Other Metrics	Target	Optional description
Number of participants	50	Total number of people who participate in the event.
Number of editors	30	Total number of participants who attend face-face trainings.
Number of organizers	4

Number of content contributions to Wikimedia projects
Wikimedia project	Number of content created or improved
Wikipedia	500
Wikimedia Commons	50
Wikidata	100
Wiktionary
Wikisource
Wikimedia Incubator
Translatewiki
MediaWiki
Wikiquote
Wikivoyage
Wikibooks
Wikiversity
Wikinews
Wikispecies
Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia

Optional description for content contributions.

N/A

19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)

No

Main Open Metrics Data
Main Open Metrics	Description	Target
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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)

Wikimedia Dashboard tool, Meta page to record contest.

Financial proposal

21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jILZX1Vf9i48X2JzKmp_BMh88iQXRxjOgkIsqUyUvEQ/edit?usp=sharing

22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)

2322000 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.

1691.27 USD

We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.

Yes

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