Grants:Grants:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/WikiClub LASU 2nd Semester Activities
Project Summary
Briefly summarize your project proposal, and include the contact details of your contact person(s) for this project
The content of this project proposal is as follows;
Creation and/or improvement of articles related to Nigeria’s independence by adding new content, citations and references where needed.
Call for volunteer editors through publicity and WikiClub Orientation for freshers(new students on campus)
Training of new editors. This project will be a medium to induce member participation in community projects.
The WikiClub LASU community will also commence her registration with the school’s student affairs as per requirement for any legally existing association on campus.
WikiClub LASU Expansion project. The community plans to increase her population by extending her membership and participation to Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos, Nigeria.
Contact Details
Grantee: Jesugbog0
Contacts(s): benjaminesther2000@gmail.com
Timeline of Activities
Please state the timeline of your activities, and include the start and end date for your project
1) Creation and/or improvement of articles related to Nigeria’s independence. Start date: October 2022
End date: October 2022
2) Call for volunteer editors through publicity and WikiClub Orientation for freshers(new students on campus)
Start date: October 2022 End date: October 2022
October 2022
October 2022
3) Training of new Editors. Start date: October 2022 End date: October 2022
4) WikiClub LASU community registration. Start date: October 2022 End date: November 2022
5) WikiClub LASU expansion project. Start date: November 2022 End date: January 2023
Project Goal
Choose one or more of the following goals. Feel free to add or delete goals as required by your project.
1) Recruit new editors
2) Increase skills and participation for existing editors
3) Add and improve content
Project Plan
Activities
Tell us how you’ll carry out your project. Be sure to answer the following questions:
- Are you doing one editathon or training or a series of edit-a-thons or trainings?
A preliminary training will be organized to acquaint new editors and brush up existing editors after which an editathon will follow to garner contributions from the community.
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.
A notice of this proposal has been published on the WUGN talk page. It will also be announced on the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria mailing list, and social media platforms.
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
Publicity will be carried out via WikiClub LASU’s twitter page and whatsapp group, also the services of campus influencers will be employed.
4. Do you have experienced Wikimedia editors to lead the event? Please provide links to the usernames of these individuals. For example: User:Kaizenify
5. Do participants have the equipment or skills needed to participate and contribute high quality content? If not, how will you support them>
Participant would be asked to come along with their laptops/tablets/mobile internet accessing devices and also the preliminary training will suffice for those lacking in needed skills. We’d also provide a help desk that can be reached if any query arises. Provision for internet subscription will be made during the onsite event.
6. How will you engage participants after the event(s)?
New editors will be added to the WikiClub LASU whatsapp group after the event where we keep them updated with latest information on the Wikimedia projects. Questionnaires will be provided to get their feedbacks on the event. Periodic contents and posts on our twitter page will also help keep the participants engaged.
7. Is there anything else you want to tell us about this project?
For the sub projects – WikiClub LASU Community registration and WikiClub LASU expansion project, the former is subject to the school’s policy and both may continue/spill over to the next administration depending on response from students in LASU Ojo campus for the latter and the student’s affairs response time for the registration.
Impact
How will you know if the project is successful and you’ve met your goals? Please include the following targets:
Number of events: 5
Number of participants: 40
Number of new editors: 25
Number of articles created or improved: 100
Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events): 15
Metrics tracking
How do your plan to track your project metrics?
The outreach dashboard would be used in tracking the project metrics.
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)
Jesugbog0 – Community leader for WikiClub, Lagos State University (LASU), an experienced editor and a public speaker; training of new editors and anchor for the edit-a-thon
Simisola Mariam – General secretary for WikiClub, Lagos State University (LASU), an experienced editor and a public speaker: assist in training and help desk.
JoshuaOpemipo20 – Treasurer for WikiClub, Lagos State University (LASU), an experienced editor: training, logistics and help desk
Adebukola3ee – immediate past president WikiClub Lagos State University (LASU), an experienced editor and facilitator in different Wikimedia events: training and advisory role.
What resources do you need? For your funding request, list bullet points for each expense and include a total amount
Refreshments ( 2000*40) = 80,000 NGN
Incentives for participants = 20,000 NGN
Internet subscription = 10,000 NGN
E-flier and banner = 15,000 NGN
Branded T-shits (2500*15) = 37,500 NGN
Registration fee = 5,000 NGN
Logistics for registration at Ojo = 10,000 NGN
Logistics for expansion to Lagos State University, Ojo campus = 10,000 NGN
Miscellaneous = 10,000 NGN
TOTAL = 197,500 NGN
Endorsement
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