Grants:Project/Rapid/Wikidata of Ethnic Groups in Nigeria

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Rapid Grants

Egiebizzy/Wikidata of Ethnic Groups in Nigeria

Nigeria has about 250 ethnic groups with only 120 having a wikidata item (page). This project is aimed at improving the existing pages and adding more items. I will be organizing a training/edit-a-thon to bridge this gap.

targetWikidata

start date2 April

end date2 July

budget (local currency)625,465 NGN

budget (USD)1,635 USD

grant typeindividual

grantee• Egiebizzy

contact(s)• egiebizzygmail.com

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Please see the sample Editathon/Training application before drafting your application.

Project Goal

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

1. Increase wikidata's participation
2. Recruit new editors
3. Increase skills for existing editors
4. Add or improve content and number of ethnic groups items on wikidata

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?

A series of trainings/editathon

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.

WhatsApp, instagram, facebook, face to face, WUGN community

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

Yes, Egiebizzy, DonKevin, Samatics

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

Yes, participants already have smartphones or laptops

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

WhatsApp and Telegram group will be created to engage participants after the event.

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:

No, it will be an online event.

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

This project will be a bi-weekly event that will help to train new editors on contributing to Wikidata.

Impact

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

1. Number of events= 6
2. Number of participants= 42 (7/event)
3. Number of new editors = 5
4. Number of of articles created or improved = 120
5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) = 7

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).

1. Participants have either smartphones or laptops.
2. Experienced editors which include: Egiebizzy (coordinator), DonKevin (facilitator), Samatics (facilitator)

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

• Zoom: $15 x 3(months) = $45

• Graphic design for the event ads: $150

• Data for participants: $20 x 7 x 6 = $840

• Souvenir for overall top 10 contributors: $30 x 10 = $300
• Souvenir for every other participants: $200

• Miscellaneous: $100

TOTAL: $1,635

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