Grants:PEG/Wikimedia Ghana User Group/GLAM GHANA

Lack of backup or evidence of historical artifacts and facts due to damages, loss or sheer mismanagement is removing the level of accuracy in our history.

Inability to globally share our history removes the benefit of accessibility to resourceful information on the global Web for the use of researchers or individuals with an interest in Ghana. Most of these records can be found in the archives but most of them are in bad conditions that if care is not taken they will be lost forever. According to PRAADmost of these records are deteriorating and there is an urgent call for digitization of these records. Again, editors writing about Ghanaians and other things of Ghanaian origin find it very difficult to establish their notability because of lack of information of these people or facts; and even if they exist, they are normally poorly covered on the web and mostly on the Libraries etc that can be accessed on the web.

To promote Ghanaian culture and heritage through multimedia content uploads on Wikimedia Commons and source documents on Wikisource that will compliment existing or future articles on Wikipedia and other sister projects. The Wikipedia Library (TWL) may also benefit indirectly from this cause, through our partnership with the Ghana Libraries Authority. Our focus is to promote open and free learning of historical contents about the Ghanaian culture, heritage, etc. This project will help us to reduce the tendency of future losses of Ghanaian data through fires and other disasters or even mismanagement.

Activities will include taking pictures or scanning, if necessary and cataloging Ghanaian contents and uploading them onto Wikimedia Commons and Wikisource to ensure accuracy of historical facts and to eliminate possible loss of evidence. In situations where necessary, applicable documents would be digitized before uploading and (or) placed in formats that will directly benefit other Wikimedia Projects such as Wikisource, Wikipedia, etc.

In gathering views on this project, we posted this idea via idea lab to gather relevant knowledge, expertise and advice to augment our activities towards this project. Link to idea lab here.

To ensure that we pursued a good cause and to satisfy our reason for this quest, users Flixtey and Rberchie conducted a pilot of the anticipated project with PRAAD and The National Museum in Accra. We also used the opportunity to explain our intentions and to secure partnerships for the project ahead. Below is a copy of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between us and the institution, and we will be working with.

• MOU from P.R.A.A.D
  MOU from P.R.A.A.D

Gallery of photos covered under the pilot phase

• Ghana's independence message from Queen Elizabeth
  Ghana's independence message from Queen Elizabeth
• First parliamentary sitting (Gold Coast)
  First parliamentary sitting (Gold Coast)
• President Nkrumah dancing with the Duchess
  President Nkrumah dancing with the Duchess
• Queen Elizabeth
  Queen Elizabeth
• President Nkrumah waving
  President Nkrumah waving
• Duchess of Kent exchanging pleasantries
  Duchess of Kent exchanging pleasantries
• Duchess of Kent exchanging greetings with a traditional leader
  Duchess of Kent exchanging greetings with a traditional leader
• Former Parliament House
  Former Parliament House
• Governor Thomas Shenton Thomas
  Governor Thomas Shenton Thomas
• Governor Garnet Worseley
  Governor Garnet Worseley

Please briefly describe what will be accomplished if the project is successful (2–3 sentences).

Our goal is to increase Ghanaian content on Wikipedia.This will be done by creating a depository for Ghanaian content which hitherto were not on Wikipedia and its sister projects which will enhance accessibility of Ghanaian history and heritage and also make it easier for editors to establish notability of Ghanaian contents.

• This will include taking pictures of various museums and mausoleums as well as buildings of historical importance and national monuments.
• Pictures of artifacts, paintings, wood carvings and metal work in the museums which will be permitted.
• Maps, city plans, plans of major buildings, etc.
• Government documents such as agreements, treaties, bonds, etc.

We hope to undertake this project (Photo Expeditions, Edit-a-thons and content gathering by WIRs) within a period of six (6) months.

1. Wikipedia in Residence (WIR) Program - For the entire 6 months duration.
2. Photo-Expeditions - Two (2) within the project duration of 6 months.
3. Edit-a-thons/Upload Session - One (1) every other month during the 6 months duration.

Below are a list of the places to be possibly visited;

Public Records and Archives Administration Department Ghana have agreed to partner with us on the project. This institution will host our WIR for the entire duration of the project. For the pilot phase of this project, the WIR will be situated at the Accra PRAAD office. Below are a list of items that may be collated for use on the various Wikimedia Projects;

• Maps (country maps, city maps, vegetation maps, minerals distribution maps, etc.)
• Government documents (such as;contracts,MOUs etc.)
• Official letters
• Pictures (postal stamps, agreements, bonds, etc.)
• Records of events
• Sessional address of the Presidents of Ghana before and after independence.

• Month 1 - Historical agreements (bonds, treaties, and pacts of colonial and modern times including referendum).
• Month 2 - City maps, plans, drawings, land boundaries and plans of historical buildings in the capital (Precolonial and postcolonial).
• Month 3 - Sessional addresses of various Presidents and Parliament of different republic Head of States.
• Month 4 - Pictures of various important public figures (colonial administrators, presidents, etc.) and various landmark projects including their commissioning + Various important newspapers or filings that will support some key articles we intend to write on.
• Month 5 - Court cases, Judgements and rulings of key issues (Woyome against the state, etc.)
• Month 6 - Land & Conversion bulletins + Reporting and storytelling

The Ghana Museums and Monuments Board has given us the go ahead to capture all encyclopedic contents on all forts, castles, museums and sites across all the 10 regions of Ghana. However under the project duration (6 months) we will cover 2 regions across the country. Activities in this section will be in the form of photo-expeditions where at least 2-3 people travel from Accra to meet up with other photographers and photo fanatics in the communities of visit. This approach we believe will cut down on cost of travel and increase our reach that may later translate into new contributors to commons.

We have categorized 2 activities for the period of the project to cover museum, monuments and eco-tourist sites in each region we visit.

• Month 1 - Ashanti Region
• Month 2 - Volta Region

• Contents gathering by WIR throughout the 6 month period.
• 3 edit-a-thons/upload sessions throughout the project duration (6 months).
• 2 photo-expeditions throughout the entire project duration (6 months).

This project due to the the wider remit of GLAM will involve most of Wikimedia projects.

• Wikimedia Commons a repository for Ghanaian contents that will be gathered
• Wikipedia creation and improvement of articles of Libraries,museums,monuments and archives.
• Wikisource will incorporate it into the Library project if training is received.

What crucial thing will the project try to change or benefit in the Wikimedia movement? Please select the Wikimedia strategic priority(ies) that your project most directly aims to impact and explain how your project fits. Most projects fit all strategic priorities. However, we would like project managers to focus their efforts on impacting 1-2 strategic priorities. Examples of strategic priorities can be found at here.

Increasing quality

This project will focus on increasing quality of sources for the (re) use of editors.

1. Increasing accessibility to reliable sources for editors
2. Increasing participation by subject matter experts to perform surface and in-depth reviews
3. Photo events with associated edit-a-thons focused on integrating media on wiki projects

Increasing participation

Through the 3 edit-a-thons designed for this project, new editors may be recruited or existing editors may be engaged with edits (to be active).

1. Active interest-group collaboration on identifying articles for improvement
2. Topic-specific edit-a-thon (on forts and castles, museums, other relevant documents)
3. The Photo-Expeditions will engage people from all walks of life (both Wikimedians and non-wikimedians).

• Scan and upload a minimum of 100 essential documents of Ghanaian origin per month.
• Take and upload over 100 pictures of historical relevance per month.
• Create an article for PRAAD and update it with some of the documents in their depository.
• Number of relationships and partnerships to be established 4-9

• Upload at least a minimum of 200 quality images per trip from Ghanaian museums, monuments and eco-tourism sites.
• Upload a total of 400 quality images after the two (2) trips (photo expeditions)
• Take and upload pictures of all the Forts, Castles, monuments and eco-tourism sites in the aforementioned regions including their holdings.
• Upload pictures of museums and monuments in Ghana and items that we will be allowed to be captured.
• Take and upload pictures of landmarks, important buildings and monuments in Ghana.
• Create and (or) improve articles of places of visit.
• Establish relationships with 5 partners.

This explains the framework of the entire project and how clearly work intends to be done in order to achieve the level of success expected. The project will engage the activities one (1) coordinator (volunteer role, will be called on as and when there is the need) and one (1) Wikipedia in Residence (WIR) for the GLAM.

The one project coordinator (will be a volunteer to execute particular tasks as and when the need arises, may not necessarily be a particular volunteer, as it may vary due to availability) will be responsible for the administration works of the project. His/Her duties include;

• Call for WIR and recruitment of WIR
• Monitoring and supervision of WIR to ensure efficiency and effectiveness at post.
• Social media and PR management.
• Forging partnerships with GLAM bodies in Ghana for future or similar Wikimedia projects.

Prospective Partnerships

• Ghana Library Authority
• Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
• Institute of African Studies
• Ministry of Tourism and creative arts
• National Film and Television Institute
• Ministry of Information

The WIR will be responsible for the collation of contents to Wikimedia Projects. Their duties include;

• Take and upload or scan quality pictures or contents from GLAM partners.
• Look for information from partners to help improve articles already on Wikipedia or yet to be created.
• Preservation of information.(Digitization)
• Scanning of books and pictures for upload.

Project Team username or email

• User:Rberchie an active member of Wikimedia User Group Ghana and a Grantee for a couple of projects.
• User:Flixtey Community Manager for Wikimedia User group Ghana and Grantee for most projects.

Volunteers

• User:Nkansahrexford a former Wikimedian in Residence for the Africa Center and a participant of GLAM WIKI 2015.
• User:Kwameghana a photojournalist and an active member of Wikimedia Ghana User Group.
• User:Gramalow a GLAM enthusiast.
• User:Celestinesucess an active member of the Wikimedia Ghana User Group.
• User:Evemahmoud an active member of the Wikimedia Ghana User Group
• User:SAgbley an active member of the Wikimedia Ghana User Group and a staff of PRAAD to assist the Wikimedian in resisdence

Please provide a detailed breakdown of project expenses according to the instructions here. See Budget Guidelines. Grantees are subject to line-item scrutiny of expenses. Changes to the approved budget beyond 10% in any category must be approved in advance.

• (削除) Travel 3 (number of participants) * 100ドル = 300ドル * 2 (locations) = 600ドル (削除ここまで)
• (削除) Feeding 15 (number of participants) * 6ドル = 90ドル * 2 (locations) = 180ドル (削除ここまで)
• (削除) Accommodation 3 (number of participants) * 50ドル = 150ドル * 2 (locations) = 300ドル (削除ここまで)
• (削除) Total 480ドル + 180ドル+ 300ドル = 1080ドル (削除ここまで)

'$14,380ドル.30'

Total amount requested from the Project and Event Grants Program.(削除) 13,592ドル.50 (削除ここまで) 8,173ドル

Venue costs for the three (3) edit-a-thons have been catered for and not included in the budget. Our patnership with the Goethe Institute and the Linux Accra will give the venues for the named events for free. Ordinarily that should value around:

3 venues * GHC 500 = GHC 1,500 appx. 412ドル.10

See a description of non financial assistance available. Please inform the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) of any requirements for non-financial assistance now.

You are responsible for notifying relevant communities of your proposal, so that they can help you! Depending on your project, notification may be most appropriate on a village pump, talkpage, mailing list. Please paste a link below to where the relevant communities have been notified of this proposal, and to any other relevant community discussions. Need notification tips?

• The Glam mailing list has been notified here
• The Wikimedia Ghana User Group has been notified
• The project has been shared on social media
• The Wikipedia Library
• Wikisource User Group
• Africa Wikimedian Mailing List
• GLAM Discussion page on Outreach

Do you think this project should be selected for a Project and Event Grant? Please add your name and rationale for endorsing this project in the list below. Other feedback, questions or concerns from community members are also highly valued, but please post them on the talk page of this proposal.

• Ghana needs to be highlighted in the global arena and this is a key project to achieve that. 173.66.91.228 19:52, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
• I like both premises and extent of this project. Very important. Support. --Virginia Gentilini (talk) 11:42, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
• I really like the Wikisource part :-) Aubrey (talk) 14:47, 9 September 2015 (UTC)
• I personally saw an artifact at a museum in Accra, which is damaging slowly; and if care is not taken, it will eventually be lost forever. This project I believe will keep this artifact of historical importance safe for future referencing. Evemahmoud (talk) 15:50, 10 September 2015 (UTC)
• Much to like about this project — it addresses an area where we have rather poor coverage, it strengthens the GLAM activities in Africa, it spans across Wikimedia projects. Can't say whether the budget is appropriate, though, nor do I think I know the people involved. -- Daniel Mietchen (talk) 22:54, 11 September 2015 (UTC)
• It seems very important to me, I think they really need this support. --Phyrexian ɸ 17:04, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
• It is important that we ensure we support initiatives in Ghana to make more historical information available. Leutha (talk) 22:25, 16 November 2015 (UTC)
• Strong support for this, especially the WikiSource aspect. Battleofalma (talk) 18:11, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

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