Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Say It Africa (ID: 21979937)
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Applicant Details
edit- Please provide your main Wikimedia Username.
Dammy Kaka
- Please provide the Usernames of people related to this proposal.
Favourdare123, Aderiqueza and Kingaustin07
- Organization
N/A
- Are you a member of any Wikimedia affiliate or group, including informal groups like Wiki Fan Clubs, emerging language communities, not recognized Wikimedia groups etc.? Please list them all.
Wikimedia User Group Nigeria
Grant Proposal
edit- M. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Say It Africa
- Q. Indicate if it is a local, international, or regional proposal and if it involves several countries? (optional)
Local
- Q2. If you have answered regional or international, please write the country names and any other information that is useful for understanding your proposal.
- R. If you would like, please share any websites or social media accounts that your group or organization has.
- 1. What is the change that you are trying to bring about and why is this important.
The change we want to bring is adding new Wikiquote articles and improving existing ones about popular africans. This project seeks to close the content gap on African's quotes. There are not many quotes from well-known Africans on Wikiquote, it appears Africans have a long history of writers, poets, politicians, leaders, and other intellectual Africans whose popular intellectual works and quotations fulfill the requirements for a wikiquote page but are not present on the Wikiquote . Popular African leaders, writers, authors, poets, etc. have very little content on Wikiquote that merits a stand-alone article on Wikiquote to knowledge equity of the Wikimedian movement. The focus of this project will be on adding new articles about popular African leaders quotes and also the popular African women leaders quotes on Wikiquote
- 2. Describe your main approaches or strategies to achieve these changes and why you think they will be effective.
We plan to accomplish this using the following approaches:
- 1.Organizing physical meetup/training
- 2.Edit a thon
- 3.Contest
Creating new contents and improving existing contents on African Poets, Leaders, Politicians, Writers, Influencers, Authors, among others.
Training and recruiting new editors for the Wikimedia Community. At the end, the project will contribute, support and bridge the underrepresented articles on African related contents on Wikiquote.
And the contest will serve as a medium of engaging and encouraging participants. to actively edit on Wikiquote, as prizes will be awarded to top contributors.
- 3. What are the activities you will be developing and delivering as part of these approaches or strategies?
Based on the above approaches, here are the following activities to be undertaken:
- 1.Survey: A survey of popular Africans in different professional fields who profile are absent or in need of reinforcement will be identified and publicized.
2 physical Trainings: there will be a two physical training session for available participants and also virtual during the physical trainings for participants who are not available. All participants will be trained on how to contribute to Wikiquote and guides will be provided to participants.
- 3.Edit-a-thons: This will encourage collaborative research and knowledge exchange and also aid participants in understanding what they were taught during the training session. A list has been compiled by the team which would assist participants in knowing what to work on.
- 4. Contest: The training will be followed by a contest for editors to see how well they have learnt what was taught during the trainings and allow participants contribute to free knowledge on wikiquote. After which top participants will be awarded prizes after the contest.
- 4. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign or event? If so, please select the relevant campaign below. If so, please select all the relevant campaigns from the list below. If "other", please state which.
Not applicable
- 5. Do you have the team that is needed to implement this proposal?
All volunteers are experienced and will be helping me for the period of this project
Dammy Kaka(Project lead) : An experienced Wikiquote contributor, I will be organising the physical training and also to teach the participants how to make edits on wikiquote.
Favourdare123(Facilitor) will be supporting me in training the editors and will also be in charge of the tracking the results of the edit a thon contest.
Aderiqueza(Team member/communication) will be in charge of communication and information, sharing the registration form, creating Wikimedian accounts for new user, creating and managing our social media platforms before, during and after the event. Communication with all participants will be in her care.
Kingaustin07(Team members /logistics) will be in charge of transportation and logistics, will also help train editors but he will be majorly in charge of the transportation of the editors and organising team from their different destinations to event venue.
- 6. 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.
Content Gender gap, Other global topics for impact (topics considered to be of global importance), Cultural background, ethnicity, religion, racial
- 6.1 In a few sentences, explain how your work is specifically addressing this content gap (or Knowledge inequity) to ensure a greater representation of knowledge.
This project will be focused on bridging the lack of Wikiquote content on well-known African leaders, poets, writers, authors, etc., this endeavor seeks to fill the content deficit. Additionally, by doing this project,we believe Wikiquote will have more inclusive and representative articles about Africa and Africans
- 7. 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.
Education, Culture, heritage or GLAM , Advocacy
- 8. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities?
Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background, Digital Access
- 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?
The main target group are new and existing editors based in Lagos. However, virtual participation will be provided for participants who wish to attend but are not based in lagos.
Our WhatsApp platform will be used for communications and exchange of knowledge. Support system will be organized to engage new editors and existing editors to contribute actively during the training and the edit a thon.
- 10. In what ways are you actively seeking to contribute towards creating a safer, supportive, more equitable environment for participants?
The Wikimedia's Universal Code of Conduct and friendly space policy will be discussed prior to the start of the project with all participants to enhance a friendly environment. Non-participants will not be allowed into the event space.
- 11. Please tell us about how you have let your Wikimedia communities know about the planned activities and this proposal. Use this space to describe the processes you carried out to make the community more involved in planning this proposal. Please link the on-wiki community discussion(s) around the proposals.
I have informed the Nigeria Wikimedian User group about about this project, using the User group's meta page. Via this link. https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_User_Group_Nigeria#Wikiquote_Say_It_Africa
- 12. Are you aware of other Rapid Fund proposals in your local group, community, or region that are being submitted and that align with your proposed project?
No
If yes:
- 12.1 Did you explore the possibility of doing a joint proposal with other leaders in your group?
- N/A
- 12.2 How will this joint proposal allow you to have better results?
- N/A
- 13. Will you be working with other external, non-Wikimedia partners to implement this proposal? Required.
No
- 13.1 Please describe these partnerships and what motivates the potential partner to be part of the proposal and how they add value to your work.
- 14. 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.
Increase the Sustainability of Our Movement, Improve User Experience, Invest in Skills and Leadership Development
Learning, Sharing, and Evaluation
edit- 15. What do you hope to learn from your work in this fund proposal?
1.I want to learn more about Africans intellectual works and spread this information.
- 2. I am interested in learning more about various writers, poets, leaders, and why they gained that much fame in their fields.
- 3.I also want to know how Africans quotes has shaped the continent, with a concentration on Africa leaders, poets, writers and authors etc.
- 4.My goals are to get more knowledgeable about the Wikiquote platforms and to add to the body of online knowledge. Additionally, I will have the chance to hone my project management abilities.
- 16. 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 spaces provided.
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Number of articles | Number of Wikiquote articles to be created and improved | 200 |
| Number of participants | Number of New editors 20
Number of returning editors 25 |
45 |
| Organising team | Number of the organising team | 4 |
| Number of Events | Number of physical in person meet up for training participants in lagos | 2 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 17. Core quantitative metrics.
| Core metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | Number of participating editors | 45 |
| Number of editors | Number of New and returning participants | 45 |
| Number of organizers | 1 Project lead
1 facilitator 2 Team members |
4 |
| Wikimedia Project | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Wikiquote | Number of New and improved articles | 200 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 17.1 If for some reason your proposal will not measure these core metrics please provide an explanation.
- 18. What tools would you use to measure each metric selected? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support.
Xtool to track Numbers for articles created and improved by editors Outreach dashboard to track data of participants
Financial Proposal
edit- 19. & 19.1 What is the amount you are requesting from Wikimedia Foundation? Please provide this amount in your local currency.
1012186.35 NGN
- 19.2 What is this amount in US Currency (to the best of your knowledge)?
2343.14 USD
- 20. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it.
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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