Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/2025 Wikipedia events in various regions of Japan by User:海獺 （Racco） (ID: 22914043)/Final Report
Application type: Standard application
Part 1: Project and impact
1. Describe the implemented activities and results achieved. Additionally, share which approaches were most effective in supporting you to achieve the results. (required)
助成金対象のイベントは今期は28回行われました。それぞれ異なる主催者とイベント内容です。 イベント参加者は様々で、一般、小学生、中学生、高校生、図書館職員、等が対象となりました。 未成年者が参加するイベントは教員や保護者の同席を必須としました。
効果的なアプローチ： 新規記事作成の場合は、どのようなセクションがあれば百科事典の記事として成立しやすいかがわかるように、記事のひな型を作成しました。 既存記事のブラッシュアップの場合は、記事を一度印刷し、どこをどのように改善していくかを編集前にグループディスカッションしました。 できる限り情報リテラシーやネットリテラシーの講義を編集イベントの前に設け、その後にウィキペディアの編集をすることで、ウィキペディアの役割や意義を明確にしました。
2. Documentation of your impact. Please use space below to share links that help tell your story, impact, and evaluation. (required)
Share links to:
- Project page on Meta-Wiki or any other Wikimedia project
- Dashboards and tools that you used to track contributions
- Some photos or videos from your event. Remember to share access.
You can also share links to:
- Important social media posts
- Surveys and their results
- Infographics and sound files
- Examples of content edited on Wikimedia projects
https://w.wiki/H8CE イベント一覧 https://note.com/racco_wp イベントレポート
Additionally, share the materials and resources that you used in the implementation of your project. (required)
For example:
- Training materials and guides
- Presentations and slides
- Work processes and plans
- Any other materials your team has created or adapted and can be shared with others
記事ひな形例 https://w.wiki/Hr9D 出典付けワークショップ用ガイドページ例 https://w.wiki/Hg96
3. To what extent do you agree with the following statements regarding the work carried out with this Rapid Fund? You can choose “not applicable” if your work does not relate to these goals. Required. Select one option per question. (required)
| A. Bring in participants from underrepresented groups | Agree |
| B. Create a more inclusive and connected culture in our community | Agree |
| C. Develop content about underrepresented topics/groups | Agree |
| D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives | Agree |
| E. Encourage the retention of editors | Strongly agree |
| F. Encourage the retention of organizers | Strongly agree |
| G. Increased participants' feelings of belonging and connection to the movement | Strongly agree |
| F. Other (optional) |
Part 2: Learning
4. In your application, you outlined some learning questions. What did you learn from these learning questions when you implemented your project? How do you hope to use this learnings in the future? You can recall these learning questions below. (required)
You can recall these learning questions below: 私は2013年から現在まで、200以上のイベントでWikipediaについて話す機会を作ってきました。私にとってこの活動は収入を生む仕事ではありません。できるだけ多くの人にWikipediaを理解してもらいたいのです。私が学びたいのは限られた時間と条件で、いかにイベント参加者にウィキペディアに対する興味を持っていただくかですので、その手法を、回数を重ねることで学んでいきたいです。
I have created opportunities to speak about Wikipedia at over 200 events from 2013 to present. For me, this activity is not an income-generating job. I want as many people as possible to understand Wikipedia. What I want to learn is how to get event attendees interested in Wikipedia in a limited amount of time and under limited conditions, and I want to learn how to do that the more often I go.
生成AIの進化と普及により、人力で編集してくウィキペディアがどのような立ち位置になり、どのように活用されるかを強調することにより、情報を発信することの重要性と、記録をして未来につなぐこと、信頼できる情報は何かなどを強調し、ウィキペディアへの興味を持ってもらうようにしました。 今後も、ウィキペディア以外の課題や社会問題、技術発展を考えながらウィキペディアの重要性を説いていきたいと思います。
5. Did anything unexpected or surprising happen when implementing your activities? This can include both positive and negative situations. What did you learn from those experiences? (required)
https://w.wiki/Hr9Y の 26.Miyagi Prefectural Izumi-Tateyama High School: Learning Information Literacy through Wikipedia + Editing Workshop では、あらかじめ新規作成対象を高校生のグループ三人に課題として下調べをお願いしました。三人は下調べとそれに伴う情報源を用意してイベント当日に臨み、その日に記事としての仕上げを行いました。 作成された「長命館」の記事は、日本語版Wikipediaのメインページの「新着記事」セクションに掲載されました。 私は知る限り、イベントで高校生だけで作成された記事が「新着記事」に選ばれた例を知りません。
6. What is your plan to share your project learnings and results with other community members? If you have already done it, describe how. (required)
ブログの形で、すべてのイベントのレポートを作成しています。私が参加するイベントは対象が多岐にわたり、主催者も参加者も様々ですから、共有することで参考になるようにしています。
Part 3: Metrics
7. Wikimedia Metrics results. (required)
In your application, you set some Wikimedia targets in numbers (Wikimedia metrics). In this section, you will describe the achieved results and provide links to the tools used.
| Target | Results | Comments and tools used | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 500 | 1750 | Event Metrics only counts participants who directly edited Wikimedia projects using their own accounts.
In this project, the number of participants also includes people who attended lectures, classes, and workshops, even if they did not directly edit Wikimedia projects. In several educational settings, participants contributed by researching topics and completing worksheets, while the organizer later reflected their work on Wikipedia due to time and technical constraints. As a result, the number of people engaged in learning and content preparation is higher than the number of editors recorded in Event Metrics. |
| Number of editors | 70 | 177 | |
| Number of organizers | 10 | 37 | For reporting purposes, one organizer was counted per event, defined as the person primarily responsible for planning and implementing the activity. |
| Wikimedia project | Target | Result - Number of created pages | Result - Number of improved pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 120 | 19 | 84 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 25 | 119 | 20 |
| Wikidata | |||
| Wiktionary | |||
| Wikisource | |||
| Wikimedia Incubator | |||
| Translatewiki | |||
| MediaWiki | |||
| Wikiquote | |||
| Wikivoyage | |||
| Wikibooks | |||
| Wikiversity | |||
| Wikinews | |||
| Wikispecies | |||
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
8. Other Metrics results.
In your proposal, you could also set Other Metrics targets. Please describe the achieved results and provide links to the tools used if you set Other Metrics in your application.
| Other Metrics name | Metrics Description | Target | Result | Tools and comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
9. Did you have any difficulties collecting data to measure your results? (required)
No
9.1. Please state what difficulties you had. How do you hope to overcome these challenges in the future? Do you have any recommendations for the Foundation to support you in addressing these challenges? (required)
Part 4: Financial reporting
[edit]10. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency. (required)
788614
11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)
5254.19
12. Report the funds spent in the currency of your fund. (required)
Provide the link to the financial report https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uUSjz3uDYvvwdcYcUyneg00IfoP01wkchiY2TQ4IZZQ/edit?gid=1774691723#gid=1774691723
12.2. If you have not already done so in your financial spending report, please provide information on changes in the budget in relation to your original proposal. (optional)
Actual expenses exceeded the originally proposed budget by approximately JPY 34,614 （$425）
The additional costs were covered by the organizer through personal funds, and no additional funding was requested.
13. Do you have any unspent funds from the Fund?
No
13.1. Please list the amount and currency you did not use and explain why.
N/A
13.2. What are you planning to do with the underspent funds?
N/A
13.3. Please provide details of hope to spend these funds.
N/A
14.1. Are you in compliance with the terms outlined in the fund agreement?
Yes
14.2. Are you in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations as outlined in the grant agreement?
Yes
14.3. Are you in compliance with provisions of the United States Internal Revenue Code (“Code”), and with relevant tax laws and regulations restricting the use of the Funds as outlined in the grant agreement? In summary, this is to confirm that the funds were used in alignment with the WMF mission and for charitable/nonprofit/educational purposes.
Yes
15. If you have additional recommendations or reflections that don’t fit into the above sections, please write them here. (optional)
For this term, the grant was primarily used to cover travel and accommodation costs for events located at a distance from my place of residence, as well as transportation expenses for facilitators on three occasions. Other costs—such as administration and fees, equipment and tools, merchandise, prizes and awards, internet and services, food and beverages, communications and materials, and staff-related expenses—were provided by the event organizers as needed.
This approach reflects my effort to use the grant efficiently, enabling me to visit as many locations as possible and support organizers in holding their events. The events I attended were not organized by me, but were opportunities I accepted at the request of organizers, allowing me to promote understanding of Wikipedia across diverse venues, regardless of size.