Wikimedia User Group Nigeria/Wikimedia Fan Club, Ekiti State University

The Wikimedia Fan Club Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti shall be for undergraduate and postgraduate students, and staff with the main purpose of contributing to Wikimedia and her related projects. This club shall resident at the University Campus and run by the students with coordination from Wikimedia UG Nigeria (WUGN). This club will seek to promote Wikimedia project among the students through the execution of projects and training as a way of exposing the students to the movement.

The success of this project will primarily be to raise young Wikimedians among bonafide students of EKSU and also to promote our local languages on Wikipedia. It will also help to integrate Wikimedia into the school curriculum.

We aim to achieve this by hosting several projects and events such as: edit-a-thons, GLAMs, Wikipedia Education programs and related projects, which aim to promote Wikimedia projects in the institution. The club will plan Wikimedian Ambassador program that rotates among the student on yearly basis. The selected person shall be the face of Wikimedia in the school

Staff Advisor

Objectives

To initiate, support, promote, and participate in projects of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
To create, organize, develop, and engage in activities that promote free, responsible open-content resources and reference materials in English and Yoruba languages where there are existing communities.
To collaborate, cooperate, network, and associate with Hubs and Fan Clubs of Wikimedians as well as with institutions, organizations and individuals to promote the free culture movement.

Proposed Activities

Organizing Edit-a-thons for Wikipedia, Wikisource, Wikibooks, and Wikidata in Nigeria
Promote editing of Nigeria-related content on Wikimedia projects
Wikipedia Campus Ambassadors
Open Street Maps Editing
Wikimedia In Residence (WIR)