Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/WikiActivate Celebrate Women (ID: 22967794)
This is an automatically generated Meta-Wiki page. The page was copied from Fluxx, the web service of Wikimedia Foundation Funds where the user has submitted their application. Please do not make any changes to this page because all changes will be removed after the next update. Use the discussion page for your feedback. The page was created by CR-FluxxBot.
Applicant Details
edit- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
chukydyk
- Organization
WikiActivate
- 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)
I'm a group leader of an informal Wikimedia group.
- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
Dike Chukwuma (User: chukydyk) Project Lead: Responsible for the overall project implementation, evaluation and reporting
Ubah Chisom Mercy (User: Mercyjamb123) Program Assistant – Oversees ongoing projects
Olubusola Afolabi - Communication Manager
Main Proposal
edit- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
WikiActivate Celebrate Women
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2025-04-18 - 2025-05-24
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Regional (more than one country in the same continent or region) Ghana, Nigeria, Botswana, South Africa and Uganda
- 5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)
Wiki Loves Women
- 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 project aims to celebrate and recognize women by focusing on enhancing their representation and visibility on Wikiquote and Wikipedia articles. Through this drive, the WikiActivate Celebrate Women initiative encourages the creation and improvement of Wikiquote entries and Wikipedia articles related to these influential women, thus contributing to a more inclusive and diverse representation of their voices and perspectives.
- 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.
• Training and Workshop Sessions: We will organize workshops and training sessions for participants to educate them about Wikimedia Universal Code of Conduct, proper citation practices, and Wikipedia's policies on sourcing citations. Provide examples of acceptable and unacceptable practices to illustrate the importance of originality and proper citation.
- Plagiarism Awareness: We will introduce plagiarism check during this project and raise awareness about the importance of originality and proper attribution. We will introduce participants to plagiarism detection tools such as Turnitin and, Grammarly and resources that can help them identify potential instances of plagiarism in Wikipedia articles. Demonstrate how these tools can be used to ensure the integrity of the content.
- 3 Weeks edit-a-thons : We will organize edit-a-thons which would focus on the creation and improvement of Wikiquote entries and Wikipedia articles related to influential women, thus contributing to a more inclusive and diverse representation and perspectives while adhering to Wikipedia's policies on plagiarism and citation
- Follow Up online Session: We will hold an online session for participants who are not able to make it to the physical event.
- Recognition and Rewards: We will recognize and reward women and participants who demonstrate a commitment to upholding Wikipedia's standards of article integrity and void of plagiarism practices. Highlight their contributions as positive examples for others to emulate.
- 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.
-Olubusola Afolabi - (User: Olubusola Afolabi) : is a Librarian and an active Wikimedian contributor. She has background in Library science, experience in project management. She is experienced in Wikiquote, Wikidata, Wikisource and Wikipedia.
- Ubah Chisom Mercy (User: Mercyjamb123): Outreach Coordinator: Responsible for the execution of the Group’s communication, activities and strategies
- Ibekeme Merit Kosisochukwu (user: Meritkosy): Actively conducts trainings and Assists in contests preparation, Helps in the development of programs and Helps in evaluating contests. He is an enthusiastic Wikipedia contributor with a fervent passion for history, government institutions, and research. His contributions encompass content creation, meticulous copyediting, and rigorous reference validation
- 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 for our activities are women in general and women's groups
- Existing and New Wikipedia editors
- Also participants who are interested in the gender equality movement
We will follow up with participants after the project through Wiki Activate Africa platforms on Telegram and Whatsapp, X and Wiki Meta page
- 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.
N/A
- 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 will announce the project through various local communication channels like WhatsApp groups, Various Wikimedia Community platforms, WikiActivate members through our Telegram and WhatsApp groups. We also spread the idea of our project through the Africa Wikimedian Digest (Email list)
- 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)
Gender and diversity
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Gender Identity
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Identify Topics for Impact
Learning and metrics
edit- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
1. The effect of women's contribution on established Wikimedia projects. 2. What becomes of a new community after hosting a successful first event 3. Impact of mentoring in project organizing and coordination.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 30 | |
| Number of editors | 20 | |
| Number of organizers | 3 |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 100 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 200 |
| Wikidata | |
| 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 | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 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)
1. Outreach dashboard 2. Commons category
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)
- 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.
USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
No
Endorsements and Feedback
editPlease add endorsements and feedback to the grant discussion page only. Endorsements added here will be removed automatically.
Community members are invited to share meaningful feedback on the proposal and include reasons why they endorse the proposal. Consider the following:
- Stating why the proposal is important for the communities involved and why they think the strategies chosen will achieve the results that are expected.
- Highlighting any aspects they think are particularly well developed: for instance, the strategies and activities proposed, the levels of community engagement, outreach to underrepresented groups, addressing knowledge gaps, partnerships, the overall budget and learning and evaluation section of the proposal, etc.
- Highlighting if the proposal focuses on any interesting research, learning or innovation, etc. Also if it builds on learning from past proposals developed by the individual or organization, or other Wikimedia communities.
- Analyzing if the proposal is going to contribute in any way to important developments around specific Wikimedia projects or Movement Strategy.
- Analysing if the proposal is coherent in terms of the objectives, strategies, budget, and expected results (metrics).