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OtuNwachinemere/Pronunciation of Nigerian names across Wiki projects
There has been a challenge with rightly pronouncing names of African origin despite their IPA transcriptions. This project aims to produce top quality audio files of pronunciations of Nigerian names (especially non-english last names) recorded by native speakers (to avoid foreign accents) which will be uploaded on Commons and linked to respective Wikidata and Wikipedia items and articles using Audacity and Lingua Libre to create high quality audio files. All files will be properly categorised and reused across various Wiki projects.
targetEN-Wikipedia, IG-Wikipedia, HA-Wikipedia, YO-Wikipedia, Wikidata, Commons
start date30 March
end date30 July
budget (local currency)NGN 1,418,630
budget (USD)$3406
grant typeIndividual
grantee• OtuNwachinemere
contact(s)• studywilson1106@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
  2. Increase skills for existing editors
  3. Add & improve content usable across various Wikimedia projects

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?

A series of edit-a-thons and trainings.

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.

I have announced the project on here

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.

Community pages, Whatsapp and Mailing lists

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

OtuNwachinemere & User:Ceslause

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

The record studio will provide technical assistance and equipment. We will hire some extra computers to improve our speed and meet event targets. Also, there will be trainings on recording, uploading and improving Wikipedia articles and Wikidata items

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

Whatsapp group and Social media

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:

Yes, there will be less than 10 participants per meeting. COVID-19 protocols will be observed

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

There is a tentative working list available on the project page. Still getting populated.

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 - 8
  2. Number of participants - 15 (gender conscious and across indigenous languages)
  3. Number of new editors - 3
  4. Number of audio uploaded to Wikimedia Commons - we are aiming for 1000
  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).

OtuNwachinemere - Project lead
Ceslause - Project supervisor and quality check

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

  • Studio rent - $150 X 8 = $1200 (fitted with recording equipment)
  • Internet - $480
  • Food and drinks - $960
  • Laptop hire - 18 X 4 X 8 = $576
  • Souvenirs (shirts for participants) - $150
  • Miscellaneous - $40

TOTAL = $3406

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