Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki Data Link up Articles (ID: 22453121)
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Applicant Details
[edit]- Main Wikimedia username. (required)
AYM8818
- 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.
Wiki Data Link up Articles
- 2. and 3. Proposed start and end dates for the proposal.
2024-04-10 - 2024-08-10
- 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)
It's duly observed that most of the editors in Hausa community are not too conversant with Wiki Data, thus they rarely edit or make any contribution in wiki data. This is part of the main challenges facing the community. As much as Wiki data is important in the whole movement. Most of our editors are not editing or making any contribution in wiki data, they are also not engaging their campaigns with Wikidata.
This project seek to change this view, we want to organised workshop in order to make proper awareness and trainings in other to have Hausa community editors editing, contributing wiki data and, creating Wiki data items and linking Hausa Wikipedia article to wiki data.
- 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.
1. First of all we will like to make Awareness on wiki data and also carried on in person training on wiki data.
- 2. We will organised 5 online training on how how to create Wiki data items and link of articles. One session each month.
- 3. We will link up 200 articles from Hausa Wikipedia to wiki data.
- 4. Create 50 wiki data items
- 5. Edit 50 wiki data items
- 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.
1.AYM8818: lead project team
- 2. Anas Adam: Trainor
- 3. Uncle Bash007: logistics manager and presenter
- 4. Alameen Khalid200: communication matters
- 5. Sanusi Gado: Trainor 2
- 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)
Hausa Wikipedia community. We will engage them via WhatsApp and also follow up on them in the same platform
- 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.
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- 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.
We informed them via WhatsApp, in the general WhatsApp group we have.
- 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)
Other Important Topics (topics considered to be of impact or important in the specific context)
- 13. Does your proposal include any of these areas or thematic focus? Select one option that most applies to your work. (required)
Not applicable
- 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)
Improve User Experience
Learning and metrics
[edit]- 17. What do you hope to learn from your work in this project or proposal? (required)
1. How best our community can edit Wiki Data
- 2. The average of awareness of wiki data in our community.
- 3. The number of our editors editing wiki data.
- 18. What are your Wikimedia project targets in numbers (metrics)? (required)
| Other Metrics | Target | Optional description |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 30 | This is the number of participants |
| Number of editors | 20 | This is the number of editors |
| Number of organizers | 5 | These are numbers of event organisers of the project |
| Wikimedia project | Number of content created or improved |
|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 200 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 50 |
| Wikidata | 100 |
| Wiktionary | |
| Wikisource | |
| Wikimedia Incubator | |
| Translatewiki | |
| MediaWiki | |
| Wikiquote | |
| Wikivoyage | |
| Wikibooks | |
| Wikiversity | |
| Wikinews | |
| Wikispecies | |
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
- Optional description for content contributions.
N/A
- 19. Do you have any other project targets in numbers (metrics)? (optional)
Yes
| 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)
Hashtag tool
Financial proposal
[edit]- 21. Please upload your budget for this proposal or indicate the link to it. (required)
- 22. and 22.1. What is the amount you are requesting for this proposal? Please provide the amount in your local currency. (required)
3101524.8 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.
3742 USD
- We/I have read the Application Privacy Statement, WMF Friendly Space Policy and Universal Code of Conduct.
Yes
Endorsements and Feedback
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- Analysing if the proposal is coherent in terms of the objectives, strategies, budget, and expected results (metrics).