Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Anufo Language Wikimedians Documenting the members of the legislative arm of government in Anufo Language through students engagement at Gambaga College of Education (ID: 23467927)/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)
Anufo language Wikimedians embarked on edit-a-thon to document members of legislative arm of government in the Ghanaian parliament of the 8th and 4th republic and Ghanaian MPs 1993–1997. The initiative sought to enhance open knowledge by improving the availability, accuracy, and completeness of information related to legislative representatives on the Anufo language in the incubator platform. The project aligns with the Wikimedia vision of enabling every human being to freely access the sum of all knowledge, particularly information relevant to governance, civic awareness, and democratic participation. The project aimed to document and update profiles of all members of the legislative arm on Wikimedia platforms and also enhance Wikipedia articles about legislators with verified information, references, and structured content. Lastly, the project seeks to strengthen local community participation in governance-related open knowledge initiatives. Preliminary, gaps were identified on missing information on members of parliament of Ghana on Anufo language in the incubator. These gaps give rise to the creation of a list of legislators required to be written about especially on the 8th and 7th parliament of the 4th republic and the 1993-1997 MPs. Official information was gathered that included parliamentary and government websites. These websites were cross-verified to ensure reliability. Moreover, references were added to improve credibility and prevent future deletion of the articles. Community members participated in physical meetings, online training and discussions, to be acquainted with the skills of editing in the incubator. The main activity saw the creation of new articles for notable legislators who met the notability criteria. The articles were structured in sections, such as: Early life and education, Political career, Legislative roles, Committees served on and so on. Moreover, citations from reliable sources were inserted to ensure verifiability. Each wikimedian worked with fellow wikimedians to review edits and ensure compliance with platform guidelines. Outreached dashboard link was shared on community social media platforms to throw more light on the progress of the community. Quality control was ensured before the final review. During these, duplicate entries were corrected and merged where necessary, and referencing improved. Interlinking across projects such as Wikipedia and Wikidata was ensured. After the edit-a-thon, three hundred and forty two (330) articles were created and ten (10) articles improved on members of parliament. This project enhanced public understanding of legislative roles, constituencies, and political biographies and also strengthened the visibility of elected officials on a global platform. The community’s awareness was created on the importance of documenting public office holders. Collective editing improved accuracy and reduced errors. Collecting information from official sources significantly strengthened the credibility of edits and minimized the likelihood of reversion or deletion. The project successfully improved the documentation of members of the legislative arm of government across Wikimedia platforms. Through organized research, structured data entry, collaborative editing, and community engagement, the project contributed significantly to open knowledge on governance. The results demonstrate Wikimedia’s effectiveness as a platform for civic documentation and highlight approaches that can be replicated for future political, cultural, or historical documentation initiatives.
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://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/cko/Documenting_the_members_of_the_legislative_arm_of_government
Outreached dashboard
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
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xf7WGcuV4iPOkGvUDt5xpsBvlbz2uHOu/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xf7WGcuV4iPOkGvUDt5xpsBvlbz2uHOu/view?usp=sharing
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 | Strongly agree |
| B. Create a more inclusive and connected culture in our community | Strongly agree |
| C. Develop content about underrepresented topics/groups | Strongly agree |
| D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives | Strongly agree |
| E. Encourage the retention of editors | Strongly agree |
| F. Encourage the retention of organizers | Strongly disagree |
| 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: How many volunteers were recruited, and what were some of the challenges you faced?
How many of the recruited volunteers have been retained, and
how do you intend to keep them active after the program?
How would you manage the partnership to ensure that it is continuously impactful?
As part of the project, 30 volunteers were recruited to write Wikipedia article, source reliable references and review and quality checks. Their participation significantly expanded the volume and accuracy of contributions within the project period. Some of the challenges were that some legislators had incomplete online profiles or inconsistent information, making verification time-consuming. A few volunteers struggled with poor internet connectivity especially those at Chereponi district, slowing down editing. Few of the editors were very new to Wikimedia editing, requiring extra time for training, supervision, and repeated corrections. There is an anticipation of 10 volunteers who will be retained as active contributors who continue to engage with Wikimedia projects. The strategies to retain these volunteers is to organize periodic edit-a-thons and create a volunteer WhatsApp for ongoing communication, updates, and peer support. Also, provision of continuous training sessions to help them advance their editing skills and explore sister projects. Last but not least offer recognition, including certificates, online spotlights, and opportunities to lead future events. To manage the partnership to ensure continuous impactful community,The community should maintain regular check-ins with partners to review progress, share updates, and discuss emerging information needs.
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)
During the implementation of the project, unexpected events both positive and challenging occurred. These moments provided valuable learning experiences that will help strengthen future Wikimedia-related documentation initiatives. A positive unexpected outcome was that the editors showed interest in contributing to this project and so therefore have poised to understand Wikipedia and Wikidata processes. The lesson learnt from this is that projects of public concern are appealing and contribute to motivating editors in contributing to Wikimedia projects. A negative unexpected outcome was that toward the midpoint of the project, a lot of volunteers slowed down due to workload, academic schedules, or farming activities. A lesson leant from this is that edit-a-thons should be organized during off seasons and vacations. Also organisers must ensure motivational check-ins, and distributing tasks more evenly are crucial for sustaining volunteer energy.
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)
This project learning summary is shared on Diff at https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/11/20/documenting-the-members-of-the-legislative-arm-of-government-by-anuf%c9%94-language-wikimedians/ and also will be shared on Telegram and WhatsApp community space and all social media handles. Secondly a project report including activities, results, challenges, and lessons learned will be published on Meta-Wiki under the project page. This will allow global Wikimedia contributors to access and learn from the documentation process. Lastly, the learning will be discussed during the team monthly meetup.
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 | 50 | 50 | |
| Number of editors | 30 | 32 | |
| Number of organizers | 6 | 6 |
| Wikimedia project | Target | Result - Number of created pages | Result - Number of improved pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | |||
| Wikimedia Commons | 100 | 72 | 0 |
| Wikidata | |||
| Wiktionary | |||
| Wikisource | |||
| Wikimedia Incubator | 250 | 330 | 12 |
| 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)
16427
11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)
1500
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/18Iv1vUzAZFIy1N-tJjvZTNDxv_dvtMR8ZC-bLH3ZM2o/edit?usp=sharing
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)
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)