Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Loves Names (ID: 21911671)

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Applicant Details

Please provide your main Wikimedia Username.

Onyinyeonuoha

Please provide the Usernames of people related to this proposal.

ceslause@wikiinafrica.org tochiprecious

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.

Igbo Wikimedians User Group, Nigeria

Grant Proposal

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

Wiki Loves Names

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.

Igbos attach a lot of importance to the names they bear; both individual names and names of their communities. There are varied reasons for this. The names are so valued that in case of community names, any attempt to change it without the agreement of the entire community always led to crisis. Most names are derived from their forefathers, rivers/streams, deities, hills, markets and other landmarks while families and individuals usually take their names after family members, market days and known heroes and heroines, among other important institutions.

In the olden days, Igbo people named their children after the four market days of Eke, Orie, Afor and Nkwo. That is why there are such names as Mgboafo, Mgborie, Nwanyinkwo, Mgbeke, Nkwomma, for women, while the men were named Okonkwo, Okoli, Okeke, Okafor Nwafor, Nweke, among others. In addition, families name their children to symbolise their experiences in life or circumstances surrounding the birth of such children, deceased family members, time or place of birth.There are over thousands of Igbo names not captured anywhere especially the ancient names and they are going into extinction,most of the young generation youths are not aware of the names and this will be worst if the it is not captured now- what data are we going to present to the generations unborn? We intend to close the gap between the ancient names and the younger generation and in the same time solve the problem of low participation of Igbo language contributors in the use of Igbo Wikitionary as an online educational resource and creation of contents in Igbo Wikitionary platform. |

2. Describe your main approaches or strategies to achieve these changes and why you think they will be effective.

Training: We are planning 2 pieces of hybrid training e.g. physical and online training over a month focused on teaching people on how to create Wikitionary online.

Editathon: There will be 2 edith-a-thon challenge to ascertain the level of undersatnding and to create contents on the Igbo wiktionary platform.

Contest: This will reward highest editors with data token and gifts.

3. What are the activities you will be developing and delivering as part of these approaches or strategies?

We are planning 2 series of hybrid training (physicals and online) for Igbo Indigenous members at Wikimedia Igbo User Group, Nigeria, this is a maiden edition, after the training, we will organise 2 edith-a-thon challenges that will reward highest editors with data token and gifts.

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?

Our team comprises of;

Onyinyeonuoha : Volunteer Wikimedia Education Documentation Specialist and Coordinator Igbo Wikimedians User Group, Anambra Hub.

Tochiprecious: Salaried, Co-founder and program coordinator for IG Wiki.

Ceslause: Current Program Assistant at Igbo Wikimedians User Group. He's been contributing under Igbo Wikimedians User Group since 2018.

Onyinyeonuoha will facilitate the sessions while Tochiprecioypus and Ceslause will offer technical support.

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.

Geography, Language, 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.

At the end of this project there will be : An increase in the content in Igbo Wikitionary An increase number of contributors editing Igbo Wikitionary An increase awareness of Wikimedia and it's sister’s projects

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, Geographic , Ethnic/racial/religious or cultural background, Disabilities, Linguistic / Language, Socioeconomic status

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?

This is targetted at Igbo contributors to motivate knowledgeable individuals to contribute Igbo ancient names that is becoming outdated to Igbo Wikitionary.

We will spread out information to all our hubs and fan clubs with e-flyer through our various channels of communication eg facebook, twitter, linkedin, whatsaap platforms and emails. Also, we will advertise this on our social media channels.

A whatsapp group will be created prior to the training where old contributors will be added, after the training new editors will be added to group for further mentoring.

10. In what ways are you actively seeking to contribute towards creating a safer, supportive, more equitable environment for participants?

Having 2 hybrid training is a way to ensure equitable contribution. Those who have digital skills can attend online,and those who don't can attend physically

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.

Prior to drafting this proposal, I had a meeting with the stakeholders in Igbo Wikimedians User Group and briefed them on my idea.

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?

Yes

If yes:

12.1 Did you explore the possibility of doing a joint proposal with other leaders in your group?

No

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, Innovate in Free Knowledge

Learning, Sharing, and Evaluation

15. What do you hope to learn from your work in this fund proposal?

How will this training be a success?

Will the participant feel comfortable and contribute actively to Wikitionary compared to Wikipedia?

How many new articles will be added?

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 Data
Main Open Metrics	Description	Target
Number of Event	There will be two hybrid trainings and two editathons	2
Participating Institution	This targeted at Igbo Wikimedians User Group, Nigeria	1
N/A	N/A	0
N/A	N/A	0
N/A	N/A	0

17. Core quantitative metrics.

Core Metrics Summary
Core metrics	Description	Target
Number of participants	The total number of participants is expected to be 40, while at least 5 of them will be new participants.	40
Number of editors	All participants, including the newly recruited are expected to edit and contribute to Wikitionary.	40
Number of organizers	There are three organizers from IG Wiki- Onyinyeonuoha will facilitate the sessions while Tochiprecious and Ceslause will offer technical support.	3

Number of new content contributions per Wikimedia project
Wikimedia Project	Description	Target
Wiktionary	Total number of Wikitionary articles to be created	100
N/A	N/A	0
N/A	N/A	0
N/A	N/A	0
N/A	N/A	0

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.

We will use Outreach Dashboard to track the metrics

Financial Proposal

19. & 19.1 What is the amount you are requesting from Wikimedia Foundation? Please provide this amount in your local currency.

664694.13 NGN

19.2 What is this amount in US Currency (to the best of your knowledge)?

1600.4 USD

20. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it.

Wiki Loves Names Budget.docx

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

Yes

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