Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikimedia Awareness in Offa (ID: 22050536)
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Applicant Details
edit- Please provide your main Wikimedia Username.
Mijesty
- Please provide the Usernames of people related to this proposal.
Bukky658 Rhodajames Linasonblessing
- 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 Nigeria User Group University of Ilorin Fan Club Lets Connect
Grant Proposal
edit- M. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Wikimedia Awareness in Offa
- 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.
Offa is a local government area in Kwara state with a population of 90,000 people as at the 2006 national census of which the statistics increases over time, it is home to various tourist attractions, institutional facilities, trade centers, colleges, associations, various communities and religious groups. Despite the advancements in various areas of this community there is very little or absence of wikipedia editors in this region and awareness about Wikipedia or it's various uses. It is my duty as a wikipedia volunteer and associate of this community to create an immense awareness about Wikipedia and begin the recruitment and training of active volunteers to improve articles and document various data linked to Offa and other places in Nigeria by laying a strong foundation and educating people on the various uses of wikipedia to aid the acquisition of skills needed by volunteers to embrace the use of Wikipedia. If approved the proposed month long project will help to establish the first ever Wiki community meetup in Offa and bridge the information gap on Wikipedia and it's sister projects, it will also help to keep track of the present and future activities of Wikipedia in the community and to keep track of the editors' journey as new wikipedia champions from Offa.
- 2. Describe your main approaches or strategies to achieve these changes and why you think they will be effective.
Training and Recruiting 50 new editors across different learning institutions in Offa. This will aid an active participation of youths from different institutions within the target community.
Creating an awareness about Wikimedia projects among participants in Offa; Most of the participants may be familiar with English Wikipedia very few are aware of other existing languages such as the Yoruba wikipedia which happens to be the most spoken language in the community. Therefore the training project will give focus to Yoruba Wikipedia, as well as other sister projects that promote free knowledge and open access to information, thereby enhancing the need for this approach.
Photo walk; as stated earlier there are various historical tourist attractions in the community such as the Oloffa of Offa palace, the ancient Offa central mosque, Moremi hall of Fame etc. These tourist sites will be our main focus for the entries on Wikipedia commons.
Creating a community of Wikipedia Editors in Offa: to keep in touch with the newly recruited volunteers and to keep track of their editors journey, a WhatsApp group will be created where information will be shared asides our physical meet up in Offa.
Training participants on how to contribute to the various Wikimedia projects that the training focuses on;
- Creating a Wikipedia account
- Understanding the core content policies, and the general editing principles
- Creating new articles, performing minor edits among others to improve content about people, places, organizations, etc
The outreach dashboard will be used to keep track of all contributions made by the editors during the edit-a-thon.
- 3. What are the activities you will be developing and delivering as part of these approaches or strategies?
This project will run for a period of one month to implement all proposed objectives which will consist of five different sessions with the establishment of the Wikimedia community in Offa;
- 1. Two days of an in-person (physical) workshop: With the help of the facilitators to be engaged, the two day physical sessions will teach the participants the basic knowledge about Wikipedia. This will also involve account creation and on-site minor edits by all the participants.
- 2. Two (2) series of online reinforcement training:
To properly equip all newly recruited volunteers with the needed skills on how to edit on Wikipedia and other sister projects: With the help of the facilitators of the project, the online sessions is aimed at improving the editing skills of the new editors.
- 3. Photo walk: to capture images of tourist attractions and monumental structures in Offa.
- 4. One day online review session (on the final day of the edit-a-thon): After the two days physical trainings as well as the two days online sessions, an interval of three weeks will be given for the participants to edit and practice the knowledge acquired from the project into fruition.
After the edit-a-thon the winners will be awarded a certificate of excellence each; a WhatsApp group will be utilized to encourage them edit and attempt to questions arising from their newfound journey. Thereafter a one-day online review session, as the last day of the project, will be convened with the purpose of reviewing the works of the participants, clarifying where necessary, entertaining questions and clarifications, and awarding certificates to wrap up the project.
- 5. Creating a group of Wikimedia editors in Offa: The last day of the project will see the creation of a community for sustainability purposes.
- 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?
Bukky658 will lead and join the project lead to coordinate the online sessions. She is a volunteer and a certified trainer of the reading Wikipedia in the classroom program, the Project lead for WikiGLAM Awareness for Librarians in Kwara State, the project lead for Wikidata for Libraries and notable Librarians in Kwara State, the first prize winner of Wiki Activate 2021 and the organiser of Wikimedia Fan Club, Kwara State University Awareness Campaign. She will be the one of the facilitators of the project.
Ridzaina: is a Wikimedia volunteer from Nigeria who has gathered experience from contributing (as a facilitator and as an editor) to various Wikimedia projects like Wiki loves SDGs, WikiGLAM, 1lib1ref, Wikidata for Libraries and Librarians in Nigeria, Wikidata for Novels and Novelists in Nigeria, WikiLovesLibraries and so on. She was also a facilitator for Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom, Nigeria and Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom for Secondary School Students in Kwara. She is also the General Secretary of the University of Ilorin Wikimedia Fan Club.
Rhodajames: is an experienced Wikimedian, who has participated in various Wikimedia projects (as a facilitator as well as an editor) namely; 1lib1ref, WikiGlam, Wikidata for Novel and Novelist in Nigeria, Wikidata for Libraries and Librarians in Nigeria and the project lead for the Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom for students in Nigeria.
Linason Blessing is a member of the Nigerian user group and the Kwara state university fan club, she has facilitated many Wikipedia projects and has an outstanding contribution on editing Wikipedia and Wikidata.
- 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
- 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.
Offa is a community in the west where the most spoken language is Yoruba, as it is a well spoken language already we hope to engage new editors on the Yoruba wikipedia and we hope to bridge the content gap about Offa on the Yoruba wikipedia also.
- 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 , Not applicable
- 8. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities?
Linguistic / Language
- 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 proposal is targeted at the diverse youths in Offa Community. We hope to engage these participants before the project implementation through e-posters and constant jingles through their various institutional online platforms. Amongst the facilitators we have an alumni of a popular educational institution in Offa, we hope to use this to our advantage and reach out to lecturers in the facility to assist in engaging the students.
These platforms and new online groups will be created to keep in touch with participants even after the implementation of the project, the newly found hub in Offa, kwara state will be a platform where informations and updates will be regularly sent to, there will be a regular check up on participants to make enquires about the challenges they are facing and they will be given probable solutions.
- 10. In what ways are you actively seeking to contribute towards creating a safer, supportive, more equitable environment for participants?
The general friendly space policy for Wikimedia events will be utilized efficiently and explained properly to the participants and the event will adhere to the Wikimedia friendly space policy throughout the implementation of the project.
- 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 notified the Wikimedia Nigeria user group about the proposed implementation of a wikipedia awareness in Offa, kwara state
- 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.
Yes
- 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.
There will be a partnership with the heads of department of various educational institutions in Offa, kwara state to help recruit new editors, these partners will help broadcast the project and it's objectives to students which will make boost their interest to participate in this project. Our partners are people who are very particular about promoting open knowledge, and also particular about impacting the knowledge and habit of volunteering on their students.
- 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.
Improve User Experience, Manage Internal Knowledge, Innovate in Free Knowledge
Learning, Sharing, and Evaluation
edit- 15. What do you hope to learn from your work in this fund proposal?
As facilitators of the project we hope to have positive answers to the following questions;
Was the community awareness about Wikipedia successful
Were we able to recruit new editors
Do the participants understand the basic skills needed to contribute efficiently on Wikipedia
If the friendly space policy was adhered to
If the participants were able to contribute to wikipedia and it's sister projects properly
If we were able to successfully create a new community of editors in Offa, kwara state
If the project was beneficial to the target participants and the community at large
- 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 newly recruited editors | The projects aims to recruit and train new participants on the use of Wikipedia and how to contribute to it. | 50 |
| Total number of articles created and edited | During the implementation of this project, participants will create and edit articles on Wikipedia and it's sister projects. | 1000 |
| Number of events | To reach the objectives of this project there will be 2 physical sessions and 3 online sessions which includes the introduction, training and review session. | 5 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 17. Core quantitative metrics.
| Core metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | We hope to recruit at least 50 new editors as this project will only focus on recruiting new people to contribute in the community. | 50 |
| Number of editors | For the project to reach its goals and objectives we hope to recruit at least 50 editors during the course of the project | 50 |
| Number of organizers | To help facilitate this project and to put new editors through navigating wikipedia, also to answer questions that will arise during and after the project there will be a total number of 5 facilitators including the project lead | 5 |
| Wikimedia Project | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | Number of articles improved and created | 500 |
| Wikimedia Commons | Number of pictures uploaded during the photo walk and physical sessions | 100 |
| Wikidata | Amount of new and improved items on wikidata | 1000 |
| 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.
The outreach dashboard will be utilized to track each contribution made by the 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.
1276275 NGN
- 19.2 What is this amount in US Currency (to the best of your knowledge)?
2921 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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