Grants:Project/Rapid/Anurikaonu/Nigerian Female Choreographers, Dancers and Musicians

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Anurikaonu/Nigerian Female Choreographers, Dancers and Musicians
We will be adding and improving information on Nigerian female choreographers, dances and musicians in Wikidata. Most of the editors will be women as we try to improve information on women in Wikimedia
targetEnglish Wikidata
start date27th March
end date27th June
budget (local currency)655,500 Nigerian Naira
budget (USD)$1725
grant typeAn Individual
granteeAnurikaonu
contact(s)• mobiscale8(_AT_)gmail.com


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Project Goal

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Choose one or more of the following goals. You can add or delete goals as needed.

  1. Recruit new editors: we will recruit mostly female editors
  2. Increase skills for existing editors: Skill of existing and new editors will be improved
  3. Add or improve content: Content will be added to Wikidata

Project Plan

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Activities

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Tell us how you'll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:

1. Are you doing one editathon or training or a series of editathons or trainings?

We are planning on carrying out 6 editathon within 3 months.

2. How will you let your community know about the event? Please paste links below to where relevant communities have been notified of your proposal, and to any other relevant community discussions.

Participants will be notified through social media eg. Whatsapp on the following event. I have also sent the link of this project in the wikidata mailing list and and added it on the wikidata project chat. the link to the project chat is https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:Project_chat

3. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event?

Yes, There are 2 experienced editors. Chuks Zilo

Oby Ezeilo

4. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?

Some participants have the skills and equipment required, others will be thought and provided for during the event.

5. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?

We will keep in contact with participants through various social media apps comfortable to them. We will also be personally in contact with each other

6. Are you running any in-person events or activities? If so, you will need to complete the steps outlined on the Risk Assessment protocol related to COVID-19. When you have completed these steps, please provide a link to your completed copy of the risk assessment tool below:

The events will be online

7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?

No

Impact

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How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets:

  1. Number of events: 5
  2. Number of participants: 9
  3. Number of new editors: 4
  4. Number of articles created or improved: 135
  5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events):5

Resources

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What resources do you have? Include information on who is organizing the project, what they will do, and if you will receive support from anywhere else (in-kind donations or additional funding).

We have 2 experienced editors. some people have laptops etc

What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount.

  1. Food and Drink = $175 x 5 events = $875
  2. Hire of Laptop = $20 x 4 x 5 events = $400
  3. Data = $120 x 3months = $360
  4. Souvenirs (Wikimedia branded cups & plates) = $90

Total = USD 1725

Endorsements

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Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

  • Choreographers and dancers form a very active but under reported part of the creative industry. I support Tyler1555 (talk) 18:26, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
  • This projects helps improve one of the unrecorded parts of Nigeria, I fully support this project. Chuks Zilo (talk) 19:18, 17 January 2021 (UTC)
  • I love the passion in Anurikaonu. I support this application Ekufine (talk) 11:55, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
  • I support and will like to participate Pavoris (talk) 21:47, 20 January 2021 (UTC)
  •   Support -—M@sssly 18:54, 6 March 2021 (UTC)
  • ++ ! –SJ talk  20:25, 7 March 2021 (UTC)