Grants talk:Project/Rapid/Mayor85/WikiLaws

Comments from DSaroyan (WMF)

Hi Mayor85, welcome to Wikimedia Foundation Funds! Thank you for submitting your first Rapid Fund application. We are excited to learn that you are planning to run a series of events to edit articles about notable Nigerian lawyers. I have some questions for you after reviewing the grant application:

• In your answer to question #7, could you please be more specific if your event will be larger than 10 people? For events with more than 10 people, please follow the Risk Assessment protocol.

Yes, my proposed event will be larger than 10 people Done

• You mentioned that “you have informed the Nigerian community through the talk page of the WUGN”. Could you please provide the link to this talk page under question #3?

Done

• I recommend extending the project end date. The project terms should also cover all dates when you plan to make any expenses

Done.

• What will be your role in this project?

Project coordinator

• Do you have any experience in running similar projects and activities?

Though,this is my first time running a Wikimedia training but i have coordinated several training as a lawyer

• Who will lead the training sessions and post-training mentorship program?

Agblagba, and i am also talking to some of the leaders in the community as well.

• • Dear Agbalagba, thanks for your willingness to support Mayor. Could you please confirm your participation and role in this project?

Hi, DSaroyan (WMF), thank you for reaching out to me. I will be glad to support this user in organising the event. Regards Agbalagba ^T★C 10:53, 2 October 2021 (UTC)

• Did I understand correctly that the event participants will be from the Young Lawyers Forum? Have you already discussed with them your planned activities? Are they interested in this project?

Yes, first, i am a member of the group and they have shown interest in participating in the event.

• Will you prepare any list of suggested articles for the events? Could you please provide the list of articles you intend to work with?

Articles to be improved

1. Yoruba legal professionals
2. Senior Advocates of Nigeria

Proposed names of Nigerian lawyers to be profiled on Wikipedia for the Wikilaws training

Here is the link to the list

• How do you plan to track the participants' contributions? Please consider using the Outreach Dashboard to track the contributions of the participants. You can also use the Training section of the Outreach Dashboard to learn more about how to plan and carry out edit-a-thons.

Yes, once the grant is approved and a date is agreed, i will ask any of the experienced Wikimedians to create the outreach dashboard for the event.

Thank you in advance for your response. Looking forward to hearing from you soon. Best regards, DSaroyan (WMF) (talk) 13:08, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

Thank you in advance of your positive reply --Mayor85 (talk) 20:54, 1 October 2021 (UTC)

List of Nigeria Lawyers on Wikidata that needs improvement

see the list here

Additional comments

Hello Mayor85, thanks for your response.

• I need more details about your experience. Could you please specify what kind of training sessions did you run for the lawyers?

I am an experienced project manager and i have organised series of training across the length and breadth of Nigeria such as

1. (2012) Environmental Rights Action- Faculty of law University of Benin (Final year students of Law) as Oranizer
2. 2012) Friends of the Earth Seminar, for the same institution as Organiser and Trainer.
3. (2020) Young Lawyers of the 21sr Century-Organizing member

• Your main target is English Wikipedia. I'm sorry if this is irrelevant, but could you confirm that all participants will be English speakers?

1. Yes, English is the official language in Nigeria and all the participants are expected to be professional lawyers.

• I also request that you prepare the list of articles in advance. You have provided the list of articles that you plan to improve. However, you also plan to create 10 articles. Which articles do you plan to create?

I have extracted a list of members of Nigerian Bar Association without Wikipedia articles for this purpose Done.

Best regards, DSaroyan (WMF) (talk) 13:26, 4 October 2021 (UTC)

I trust , i have attended to your queries to the best of my knowledge, Regards ---Mayor85 (talk) 11:08, 5 October 2021 (UTC)

Request for extension

Dear DSaroyan (WMF),

Thank you for the work you are doing.

I am aware that the report of the grant will be due today. Unfortunately, the fund for the grant was not received within the speculated time which impacted on my plans. In light of the mentioned scenario, I am requesting an extension of the grant period for another one month to expire on the 31st of December. Mayor85 (talk) 11:06, 30 November 2021 (UTC)

Hello Mayor85, thanks for posting your request. I have reviewed and formally approved it. The new grant end date is 31 December 2021, and the final report is due on 31 January 2022. Best regards, DSaroyan (WMF) (talk) 11:09, 30 November 2022 (UTC)