Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Berom Wikipedia Outreach (ID: 23091103)
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Applicant Details
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
Jjnzamah
- Organization
N/A
- If you are a group or organization leader, board member, president, executive director, or staff member at any Wikimedia group, affiliate, or Wikimedia Foundation, you are required to self-identify and present all roles. (required)
N/A
- Describe all relevant roles with the name of the group or organization and description of the role. (required)
Main Proposal
[edit]- 1. Please state the title of your proposal. This will also be the Meta-Wiki page title.
Berom Wikipedia Outreach
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2025-07-05 - 2025-07-13
- 4. Where will this proposal be implemented? (required)
Nigeria
- 5. Are your activities part of a Wikimedia movement campaign, project, or event? If so, please select the relevant project or campaign. (required)
Not applicable
- 6. What is the change you are trying to bring? What are the main challenges or problems you are trying to solve? Describe this change or challenges, as well as main approaches to achieve it. (required)
The change I want to bring is to make Wikipedia readable in more human languages than are presently available for knowledge diversification and language preservation.
The challenges are the death of languages, especially among youths, and the absence of information in a native language that many understand.
This project aims to document the Berom language, which has over 1 million speakers, many of whom are literate in the language. Within the Nenzit region, the Berom language is the largest Plateau language in terms of speakers, but there is no Wikimedia project in that language. This project also aims to bridge the knowledge gap and increase language diversity in the Wikimedia arena.
The main approach is to use the model used for the Jju Wikipedia by the Tyap Wikimedians User Group to develop the Berom Wikipedia in collaboration with the Berom language translators and students in the higher institutions around Jos, Nigeria.
- 7. What are the planned activities? (required) Please provide a list of main activities. You can also add a link to the public page for your project where details about your project can be found. Alternatively, you can upload a timeline document. When the activities include partnerships, include details about your partners and planned partnerships.
The planned activities for this event will include:
- Orientation on Wikimedia projects and awareness creation.
- Account creation for new users.
- Content translations to Berom in the Wikimedia Incubator and Translatewiki.
- Follow-up using our social media handle(s).
The project page link for this event is: https://w.wiki/DvDo
- 8. Describe your team. Please provide their roles, Wikimedia Usernames and other details. (required) Include more details of the team, including their roles, usernames, Wikimedia group, and whether they are salaried, volunteers, consultants/contractors, etc. Team members involved in the grant application need to be aware of their involvement in the project.
My team will include
1. I: ROLE: I will lead the team's project. USERNAME: Jjnzamah WIKIMEDIA USER GROUP: Nenzit Wikimedians User Group (proposed), Tyap Wikimedians User Group
2. ROLE: He will lead the pre-event documentation preparations as well as during the events as a volunteer. USERNAME: Kambai Akau WIKIMEDIA USER GROUP: Nenzit Wikimedians User Group (proposed), Tyap Wikimedians User Group
3. ROLE: He will handle registrations and orientation to Wikimedia projects as a volunteer. USERNAME: Friday musa WIKIMEDIA USER GROUP: Nenzit Wikimedians User Group (proposed), Tyap Wikimedians User Group
4. ROLE: He will support new editors in registration as a volunteer. USERNAME: Abukampeteradamu WIKIMEDIA USER GROUP: Nenzit Wikimedians User Group (proposed), Tyap Wikimedians User Group
- 9. Who are the target participants and from which community? How will you engage participants before and during the activities? How will you follow up with participants after the activities? (required)
The target participants are the Berom language speakers within and around the University of Jos (UNIJOS), those recommended by the Berom Educational and Cultural Organization (BECO), with whom we are in talks on this event, and those who will honour our social media invitations to be present.
To engage participants, a Meta-Wiki page was created for the event where they can register as participants. Also, since the event will be in person, my team and I will put them through the basics of editing the Berom language in the Wikimedia Incubator and Translatewiki.
We have a group created on Telegram (https://t.me/Nenzitwiki) to coordinate the event before, during, and after the event. We shall communicate with these editors using that social media channel and others.
- 10. Does your project involve work with children or youth? (required)
No
- 10.1. Please provide a link to your Youth Safety Policy. (required) If the proposal indicates direct contact with children or youth, you are required to outline compliance with international and local laws for working with children and youth, and provide a youth safety policy aligned with these laws. Read more here.
N/A
- 11. How did you discuss the idea of your project with your community members and/or any relevant groups? Please describe steps taken and provide links to any on-wiki community discussion(s) about the proposal. (required) You need to inform the community and/or group, discuss the project with them, and involve them in planning this proposal. You also need to align the activities with other projects happening in the planned area of implementation to ensure collaboration within the community.
The Nenzit Wikimedia community was alerted in the group Discussion page on Meta. Please find the link here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Nenzit_Wikimedians_User_Group#Invitation_for_Participation_in_the_Upcoming_Berom_Wikipedia_Project
The Tyap Wikimedians User Group was also invited for the event. Please find the link here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Tyap_Wikimedians_User_Group#Invitation_for_Participation_in_the_Upcoming_Berom_Wikipedia_Project
- 12. Does your proposal aim to work to bridge any of the content knowledge gaps (Knowledge Inequity)? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Language
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Education
- 14. Will your work focus on involving participants from any underrepresented communities? Select one option that most apply to your work. (required)
Linguistic / Language
- 15. In what ways do you think your proposal most contributes to the Movement Strategy 2030 recommendations. Select one that most applies. (required)
Innovate in Free Knowledge
Learning and metrics
[edit]- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
What I hope to learn from the project include:
- What are the best practices in mobilizing new editors?
- What can I do to enhance their learning experiences?
- What are the ways of sourcing for materials to support editors in translation?
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 40 | This will include both editors and those who will be present as invitees, for one reason or the other.
New participants: 36 Returning participants: 4 |
| Number of editors | 34 | Newly Registered User: 30
Returning editors: 4 |
| Number of organizers | 6 | Four organizers will be present from the already existing Tyap and Jju Wikimedia communities. Two from the Berom community. Together, they will plan, coordinate, train, facilitate, and speak during the event. |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | |
| Wikimedia Commons | |
| Wikidata | |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | 200 |
| Translatewiki | 200 |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
This project will involve mainly the Wikimedia Incubator, Translatewiki, and Meta-Wiki. Since it is a new project, all articles to be created in the Wikimedia Incubator will be new translations. Same with the translations in Translatewiki.
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
No
| Main Open Metrics | Description | Target |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
- 20. What tools would you use to measure each metrics? Please refer to the guide for a list of tools. You can also write that you are not sure and need support. (required)
I will make use of the:
- Outreach Dashboard (for the Incubator tracking): https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Nenzit_Wikimedians_User_Group/Berom_Wikipedia_Outreach_(5-6_and_12-13_July_2025)
- Translatewiki: We may need support in tracking edits on this site.
Financial proposal
[edit]- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1BIAFW__poBbAp-ia2d_j71z1gvdfLPeTFTEBvRiKNFA/edit?usp=sharing
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
3126000 NGN
- 22.2. Convert the amount requested into USD using the Oanda converter. This is done only to help you assess the USD equivalent of the requested amount. Your request should be between 500 - 5,000 USD.
1942.12 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
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