Grants:Project/Rapid/Hamxo/Kasu & Environs training and edit-a-thon
Please see the sample Editathon/Training application before drafting your application.
Project Goal
editChoose one or more of the following goals. You can add or delete goals as needed.
- Recruit new editors
- Increase skills for existing editors
- Add or improve content
Project Plan
editActivities
editTell 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 to holds two (2) days trainings and edit-a-thons at kaduna state university for our existing and new users under the university hub and it aims to teach them on how to create and improve English & Hausa Wikipedia articles,and Wikipedia commons.
2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? You are required to provide links to on-wiki pages to inform these communities about your proposed work. Examples of places where this can be done include community discussion pages, affiliate discussion pages, or relevant project talk pages.
You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.
- The kasu/19/geo/200L/wiki hub at kasu group/platform and the Hausa Wikimedians user group are aware of the project.
Twitter/Wikimedia Hausa, Instagram/Wikimedia Hausa, Facebook/Wikimedia Hausa
Link to KASU/19/geo/200L/wiki hub kasu
3. How will you let participants know about the edit-a-thon? In what ways will you be communicating with them?
For example, these can include on-wiki spaces, social media channels, mailing lists, messaging apps, or physical/online gatherings.
- The participants will be communicating via WhatsApp group,Facebook and telegram
Link to KASU/19/geo/200L/wiki hub kasu
4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals.
For example: User:I JethroBT
- yes! the following usernames are the experience editors to help lead the event =User:Salihu Aliyu ),(User:M-Mustapha , Abubakar A Gwanki,User:Bello Na'im,user:holysman,user:itzedubaba, and user:Umar a usman
5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them?
- Most of the participants are staffs & students, and some of them have the equipment and some doesn’t have,for those that have will use their equipment(smart phone/laptop)and for those that have no equipment,we are going to hire some equipments for them and support them with subscription of data (internet ) in order to participate at the event.
6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?
- We do have our what’s app group already,where we share ideas and fixed challenges and all the new users would be added to the group for guidance,support and updates in order to contributes to Wikipedia.
Link to KASU/19/geo/200L/wiki hub kasu
7. 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:
8. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?
- yes! the essence of this project is to train our new and existing editors in order to give their highest contributions to English & Hausa Wikipedia, and to Wikimedia foundation at large as the fastest growing university in Nigeria.so definitely this project will attract the attention of many staffs and students of kaduna state university,to become the members of KASU WIKIHUB for the betterment of our community and Wikipedia foundation.
Impact
editHow will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets:
- Number of events:2
- Number of participants:50
- Number of new editors:30
- Number of of articles created or improved:100
- Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events):30
Resources
editWhat 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).
- project lead;Hamxo,facilitators;User:Salihu Aliyu ),(User:M-Mustapha , Abubakar A Gwanki,User:Bello Na'im,user:holysman,user:itzedubaba, and user:Umar a usman.We don’t expect any donation or additional funds from anywhere else.
What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount. Budget
- Hall (event space)for two days = 400 USD
- Computers and projector =170.47 USD
- Refreshments for two days =721.43 USD
- Camera rental for two days =49.53
- Internet subscription (the data that would be used to access internet at the event) for two days =201.81 USD
- Communication = 72.14 USD
- Branded Nose Masks = 80 USD
- Hand sanitizer =60 USD
- Customized Shirts for 8 facilitators and 5 most serious/active participants =87.90 USD
- Certificate of participation (after the successful event a certificate would be given to the participants) = 125 USD
- Transportation of Facilitators =130 USD
- Promotional material;banners,fliers & stickers =100 USD
- Data package support for participants after the event=200 USD
- Contigency = 198.19 USD
- Total=2596.47 USD
Endorsements
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Endorsed -User:SIRTEE (User talk:SIRTEE1) 8:50, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
Umar a usman (talk) 22:52, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
Strong support
- Endorsed -User:Idris sanusi (User talk:Idris sanusi ) 21:39, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
Support Bello Na'im (talk) 02:42, 27 April 2022 (UTC)
Strong support I strongly support this project because it aims to increase skill for us the existing editors and to train new editors also Sadammuhammad11234 (talk) 17:06, 28 April 2022 (UTC)