Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Digi (ID: 22816253)
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Applicant Details
edit- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Lutarchitecture
- 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)
N/A
- 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.
Wiki Digi
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-12-01 - 2025-04-01
- 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)
Other (please specify) Wiki Heritage
- 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)
Change I am trying to bring
1. Community growth and Engagement 2. Bridging of knowledge gap 3. Representation and Diversity inclusion
Main Challenges I am trying to solve 1. The problem of extinction of endangered archives 2. The problem of cross-border collaboration 3. The problem of stakeholder and custodial management 4. The problem of knowledge gap and under representation
Approaches to achieve it 1. Community collaborations 2. Trainings and mentorships 3. Community engagements
- 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.
Main Activities
Stakeholder meetings custodian meetings curation of archives digitization of archives uploading of digital files to Wikimedia Commons
- 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.
Bigbaybee - Trainer (Commons Contributor) Prof.Brisibe - Project Manager (Commons Contributor) Volunteers - Jefferson Petercan - Graphics Designer Contractors - Digitization specialist - Tecres Technologies Ltd
- 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)
There are no restrictions on my Target participants all inclusive participants, age, class, gender etc.
the Wikimedia user group Nigerian community likewise the Igbo, Hausa, Yoruba and Tyap User groups
through group chats for the projects, survey forms, interactive training sessions etc. I will follow up with participants through emails and the community project group.
- 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.
At the Wiki Conference Nigeria 2024, after my lecture I had conversations with some community members asking if I could train them and their community and I feel this will be a good start to help train and teach community members about the use of patty pan for batch uploads and walk them through the process of curation and digitization and getting of license or letter of consent declaration for archives that are in custody of institutions or external bodies.
- 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)
Community management and leadership Learn about indeginous history Learn about the building heritage of nigeria post independence relevance of sustainable heritage conservation
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 50 | 10 offline participants
40-80 online participants |
| Number of editors | 10 | |
| Number of organizers | 5 |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 4 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 100 |
| Wikidata | 2 |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | 1 |
| 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)
Yes
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Train wikimedians on the use of pattypan | N/A | 20 |
| Meta data and Hyperlink creation | N/A | 20 |
| 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)
I am not sure and will need support in measuring metrics
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)
6578000 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.
4011.18 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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- 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).