Grants:Project/Rapid/Mayor85/WikiLaws

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Mayor85/WikiLaws

I am a Nigerian lawyer and Wikipedia. I observed that 8 out of 10 Nigerian lawyers lack the idea and philosophy around Wikipedia. This scenario has contributed to a state of poor visibility for this group of professional on Wikipedia. So, I am inspired to introduce Wikipedia to them.

target* Wikipedia

• Wikimedia Commons
• Wikidata

start date10th Oct

end date31st Oct 31 December

budget (local currency)691,053

budget (USD)$1,683.20

grant typeIndividual

grantee• Mayor85

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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. Recruit new editors: Engage the focused professionals on Wikipedi training and mentoring and ensure they continue editing Wikipedia
2. Edit-a-thons: Organise a series of edit-athon around to create new and improving existing content on Nigerian laws and biography

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?

Training:

Post -training mentorship of participants of the training on how to edit Wikipedia and its policies

Editathon: organize an editathon to create articles for notable Nigerian lawyers and law reports

2. How have you let relevant Wikimedia communities know about this proposal? You are required to provide links to on-wiki pages to inform these communities about your proposed work. Examples of places where this can be done include community discussion pages, affiliate discussion pages, or relevant project talk pages.

You may also provide information about external social media channels you may be using.

I have informed the Nigerian community through the talk page of the WUGN.

See the link here

3. How will you let participants know about the edit-a-thon? In what ways will you be communicating with them?
. For example, these can include on-wiki spaces, social media channels, mailing lists, messaging apps, or physical/online gatherings.

I have had two in-person meeting with the Young Lawyers Forum on the proposed training

4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals.
For example: User:I JethroBT

Agbalagba

Semmy1960

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

The proposed participants are beginners and will need support of experienced Wikipedia. I have contacted experienced Wikipedia to provide support. .

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

We plan to create to create a whatsapp/telegram channels for mentoring the newly recruit/training participants

7. 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:

Yes, See the link here

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

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: 2
2. Number of participants: 25
3. Number of new editors: 20
4. Number of articles created : 10
5. Number of existing articles to be improved: 25

1. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events)20

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).

Agbalagba is an experienced Wikimedian with experinec in event management

Semmy1960 is an experienced Wikipedian

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

• Venue= $260

• Internet = $78.79

• Branded Wikipedia shirts(for 2 facilitators and 3 best participants: 10.50 * 5 = $52.5

• Online digital banner and Photography coverage (camera rental) = $131.32

• Food and drinks, Tea & buscuit: $14.47 * 25 * 2days = $723.5
• Alternative power supply $15*2days=$30
• Local transport for facilitators travelling: $52.53 * 3 = $157.59

• Participant packs (folder, Wrist bands, pen, wikidata cheatsheet, stickers) = 5.77 * 25 = $144.45

• Certificate of participation = 2.62 * 25 = $65.66

• Miscellaneous(Logistics, Bank charges, Disposable masks) = $39.39

Total budget = $1,683.20

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