Grants:Project/Wikimedia UG Nigeria /Timeline

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Timeline for Wikimedia UG Nigeria

Timeline	Date
Milestone 1 ( Kick-off Meeting) Kick of Meeting with the Partner to discuss the planning of the project. All the key persons were on ground.	Day Month Year 31st of July 2017
Milestone 2 The project was put on hold because the client were busy on some other project. We hope to start fresh meeting and resumption of the project in November, 2017. We have requested for extension of the project.	Day Month Year 17th August, 2017
Milestone 3 Meeting held with our partner. The project declared opened with content submission throughout the month of November 2017.	Day Month Year 22nd November 2017

Monthly updates

Please prepare a brief project update each month, in a format of your choice, to share progress and learnings with the community along the way. Submit the link below as you complete each update.

July

Members of our community met with the partner to discuss the planning of the project. We highlighted key area of needs from our team and what our community needed from the partner.

It was agreed that the partner will provide a working space for the WIR.
Designate a member of staff for guiding our WIR for the naming and description of contents to be provided by the client.
We agreed on days for Wikipedia training .
We agreed to visit the partner's office at least 2 days in a Week.

August

The client informed our community of the need to suspend the project for two months because they need to travel for summer trip for shooting of their programs. The project was agreed to resume in the month of November 2017.

September 2017

on hold due to the reasons stated above

October 2017

Project extension approved till march 2018

November 2017

We met with our partner on 22rd November 2017. We discussed the modality of the project. The agenda includes:

Use of contents from their archive
Request for permission from the partner to be sent to Wikimedia Commons support team (OTRS Team)
Redesigning a calendar for the visiting Wikipedian in Residence.
Workshops and training of staff members
Media coverage of events.

Timeline of event

November & Decemnber;

The month of November & December have been earmarked for uploading sessions.

January;

January 2018 has been fixed for various training on Wikimedia related projects.

February;

In February, we will focus on the use of images uploaded on English, Yoruba, and Hausa Wikipedia articles

March;

Invitations of non-Wiki based organization to learn and evaluate the project this would be published on major newspapers in Nigeria

Update

We proposed January 2018 as the month for various training on Wikimedia related projects. We held several meeting with management of Goge Africa to conclude on a suitable date for this activities. However, they would not be available until February 2018. We have also held meetings with our network partners who have agreed to be available for the events in February 2018. We have uploaded over hundred images. See c:Category:Wikipedian in Residence at Goge Africa. Massive upload of images and their use on English, Yoruba, and Hausa Wikipedia will take place in March 2018.

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