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Prithee P/Women in Quote Kwara
This project plans to increase the voice of women through the creation of new entries in Wikiquote and improvement of existing ones. The aim of this project is to bridge the gender gap on Wikiquote while focusing on Nigerian content.
targetEnglish WikiQuote
start dateNovember 1
end dateDecember 5
budget (local currency)#725,290
budget (USD)$1,769
grant typeIndividual
contact(s)• godstime_elijah989@yahoo.com (receiving grant funds on Prithee P's behalf); Preciousoby6(_AT_)gmail. com


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Project Goal

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Choose one or more of the following goals. You can add or delete goals as needed.

  1. Recruit new editors in Kwara to Wikiquote
  2. Increase skills for existing editors
  3. Add or improve content on Nigerian females

Project Plan

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Activities

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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?

Series of trainings and editathons. 3 events (physical)

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 will inform the WUGN community discussion page 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.

It will be announced on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Nigeria and the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria pages

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

  • Precious - Organiser of Wiki4SDGsNigeria, and WPWP Kwara. Top winner in WikiLovesSDGs Online Edit-a-Thon organised by Project EveryOne UK in 2020. Winner, WPWP 2020 Contest and Wiki4Climate Project.
  • Godstime He is the current vice-president (training and development) of the Wikimedia Fan Club, University of Ilorin. He will help with the training of participants.
  • James Organizer of WikilovesSDGs. He will help with training and the collation of results.


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

They do. Participants own either a laptop or smartphone.

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

A WhatsApp Group will be created to engagement participants during the event.

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

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How will you know if the project is successful and you've met your goals? Please include the following targets:

  1. Number of events - 3
  2. Number of participants at the physical event - 15
  3. Number of new editors - 10
  4. Number of of articles created or improved - 60
  5. Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) - 10

Resources

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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).

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

Budget
  • Organization
  • Internet subscription (For the team members) : $120
  • Internet support for participants: $300
  • Event hall: $100 x 3 = $300
  • Food and drinks: $100 x 3 = $300
  • Branding and graphic designs: $100
  • Camera rental and projector: $53 x 3= 159
  • Souvenirs: $10 x 15 =$150
  • Prizes for Top 5 - $50 gift card x 5= $250
  • Bank charges: $40
  • Miscellaneous: $50

Total: $1,769

Exchange rate- 1 dollar equals 410 naira

Endorsements

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Community members are encouraged to endorse your project request here!

  • Strong support Strong support This kind of project is needed to amplify the voices of women who have been under represented and I wholeheartedly support it. Godstime Elijah (talk) 08:46, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
  • Support SupportTimmylegend (talk) 08:35, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
  • Support Support Haylad (talk) 08:59, 20 October 2021 (UTC)
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