Grants:Project/Rapid/Umar a usman/Wikiloves Sport people

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Umar a usman/Wikiloves Sport people

I plan to do this project in order to close the content gap of sports people and sport clubs on Hausa Wikipedia project. Editors from Hausa Wikipedia and participants that will attend this project will create and improve sport related topics in Hausa Wikipedia which are currently lacking

targetHausa Wikipedia

start date20 August

end date15 September

budget (local currency)770,800

budget (USD)$1880

grant typeIndividual

grantee• Umar a usman

contact(s)• umaramaina10@gmail.com

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Project Goal

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 or improve content

Project Plan

Activities

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?

I plan to do this project for two days, I will invite existing editors and order people to teach them how to create and improve articles of sport people and their clubs

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.
[1][2]You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.

'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.

Through social media platforms; WhatsApp, Facebook & Instagram

4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals.
For example: User:M-Mustapha, User:Uncle Bash007, User:Hamxo and User:Itzedubaba are all experienced editors therefore, they will help in carrying out this project.

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

Yes some of the participants are experienced while others will need guidance and training.

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

Participants will be engaged through mentorships and guidance on how they will keep editing till they become experience editors

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:--Please write below this line --> [[3]]

Impact

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

1. The project is two days events
2. A minimum of 30 participants are expected to attend the event
3. We will have at list 20 new users
4. We will create and Polish 100 articles
5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events)

Resources

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).

I am undergraduate student and a sports enthusiast, an active editor for almost 2years, I will lead the events as the resource person. I have also participated in various Wikipedia projects activities.

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

1. Transportation and communication will cost:$200
2. Face mask and sanitizer will cost:$150
3. Ranted computers and a Projector for two days will cost:$190
4. Data subscription for two days will cost:$200
5. Shirts and caps for organizers will cost: $150
6. Event Hall for the two days will cost:$420
7. A banner,flyers and tags to make the events look more efficient will cost:$190
8. Refreshments for two days will cost:$380

Total=$1880

Endorsements

Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

•  Support. There are a lot of articles that need to be translate in Hausa wikipedia. (Umar Ahmad2345 (talk)).
•  Support. I am in total support of this project because it will allow individuals of Hausa community that searches for sport history to be more educated about the sport they love. (Sirryboi (talk) 19:42, 8 July 2021 (UTC))
•  Support. Nice idea as it will increase the number of articles related to Sports which are indeed of very small number Uncle Bash007 (talk) 22:40, 8 July 2021 (UTC)
•  Support. The reason why I support this project, is because these sport people that we are seeing,they are the Most influential people to the present generation and this project will definitely attract many people attention whole wide. Hamxo (talk) 17:09, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
•  Support great work, great idea.Anasskoko^Talk 14:05, 13 July 2021 (UTC)
•  Support Yes! This project is long overdue, can't wait to see this happens. M-Mustapha (talk) 21:38, 13 July 2021 (UTC)