Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Hausa Wikiqoute Campaign in Gusau (ID: 22987713)
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Applicant Details
edit- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Abubakar Yusuf Gusau
- 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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Main Proposal
edit- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Hausa Wikiqoute Campaign in Gusau
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2025-04-15 - 2025-05-30
- 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)
Other (please specify) Women Articles
- 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)
Women are still less represented on Wikipedia and its Sister projects. There are still a large gap between the number of male editors and articles within Hausa Wikipedia. Lots of women are not aware of Wikiquote. Many Wikimedians in Gusau only know how to edit Wikipedia, through our past wikipedia awareness, but are not aware of Hausa Wikiquote. Hausa Wikiquote is only known by some parts of Hausa communities, and some parts are not aware of and how it works. Hausa Wikiquote is still under Incubator, due to lack of diversity of editors who edit the Project. We will help in advancing Hausa Wikiquote to a Project Wiki under Hausa Language. There are still fewer Wikipedia activities in Gusau. There was only one Wikipedia event in the entire state, organised by me. We are able to cover only a small portion of the state due to limited funding. This project is aimed at increasing the diversity of editors on Hausa Wikiquote, increasing the number of female editors on Wikiquote, increasing its popularity and recognition in Gusau, Zamfara State.
Challenges • Women participation in Hausa Wikimedia is still low • Wikipedia activities not yet known by the Gusau communities. • Hausa Wikiquote is still under incubator and needs more editors from various Hausa communities • There is need for more people to join Wikiquote • There is need to retain existing Wikipedia editors in Gusau • There is need for collaborations with students and educational bodies in promoting Wikimedia activities.
Approaches • We will invite more women, train them and retain them in the Wikimedia movement • We will promote Wikimedia in Gusau Zamfara State through Higher Institutions via both online and face to face campaign • Through the large number of editors and contributions from this project, Hausa Wikiquote will be recognised to be approved as a Wikimedia Project. • We will retain newbies via our social media groups and engage them promptly on Wikimedia activities. • We collaborate with student organisations in higher institution in Bauchi for effective campaigns.
- 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.
The planned activities are; 1. ONLINE TRAINING/OUTREACH: We will reach out to participants via social media. We will also engage our already existing editors from Federal collage of Education and Technology Gusau in the event. There will be online training and campaigns through social media platforms and virtual office hours on Zoom. We will organize 2 online trainings on Wikiquote and how to navigate Incubator. 2. OFFLINE: We will reach out to University campuses and invite more students and teachers. We will train them through face to face training. 3. CONTEST: we will organise a contest to motivate participants in adding larger contributions 4. GENDER GAP: we will invite and encourage participation from women and other genders in the event 5. COLLABORATION: we will collaborate with student unions and departments for the purpose of this project.
- 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.
User:Abubakar Yusuf Gusau will lead the event. I have experience editing Wikiquote and WIkipedia. I have organised mini grants for Hausa WIkipedia campaign in Gusau. The need for more participation from this state spur me to apply for a rapid grant in order to accomodate and train more participants. With me are experienced editors such as
User:Uncle Bash007 who has organised a number of projects succesfully. He is an experienced editor and administrator on Hausa Wikipedia. He co-created Hausa Wikiquote and work toward developing it. He will assist with training participants on how to navigate and edit Hausa WIkiquote on Incubator wiki.
User:Alameen Khalid200 editor with experience in working on Wikiqoute projects who is a volunteer and has helped in several Wikimedia projects in Hausa Community. He is a facilitator himself.
User: Sanusi Gado who has being a major contributor on Hausa Wikiquote will help us organise the event.
- 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 students from higher institutions in Gusau Zamfara State. We have organised such campaign before and we will expand to accomodate and train more participants from the following Universities: ⁃ Zamfara State University ⁃ Federal University Gusau ⁃ Collage of Education Gusau
- 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.
We have discussed the idea with my team and I have posted it on our Hausa Wikipedia Talkpage
- 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)
Content Gender gap
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Education
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Digital Access
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement
Learning and metrics
edit- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
1. Does the community want to learn about the Wikimedia campaigns? 2. Can we add up the number of articles and editors on Hausa Wikiquote? 3. Can we increase the tendency of Hausa Wikiquote as a Wikimedia Project? 4. Can we increase the number of female editors and other genders to Hausa language Wikis
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 30 | Number of participants during the training |
| Number of editors | 15 | Number of editors to be retained |
| Number of organizers | 4 |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 50 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 100 |
| Wikidata | |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | 500 |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | 50 |
| 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
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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)
We will use the outreach dashboard to track contributions and provide one-on-one support with the assistance of the offline and online editors.
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)
1898000 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.
1258.89 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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