Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Balancing Narratives in Wikipedia:A Step towards addressing Systemic Bias in a Global Encyclopedia (ID: 22393368)/Final Report
Report Status: Under review
Due date: 30 April 2024
Funding program: Rapid Fund
Report type: Final
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[edit]- Applicant username: Nosakhare Okuons
- Organization name: N/A
- Amount awarded: 1155
- Amount spent: 1155 USD, 925000
Part 1: Project and impact
[edit]1. Describe the implemented activities and results achieved. Additionally, share which approaches were most effective in supporting you to achieve the results. (required)
Different activities were organized during the implementation of this project. They include: 1. Recruitment of new Wikipedia editors to help improve content on Wikipedia 2. organized online and one in-person training to help train the participants to contribute content to Wikipedia. 3. Organized edit-a-thon to help address the content gap in Wikipedia, with the aim of balancing the narratives.
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
Project Page on Meta-Wiki: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Balancing_Narratives_in_Wikipedia_Project
Outreachdashboard: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Nosakhare_Okuons/Balancing_Narratives_in_Wikipedia/home
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
We used PowerPoint slides and live demonstration to train the participants.
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 agree |
| G. Increased participants' feelings of belonging and connection to the movement | Strongly agree |
| F. Other (optional) |
Part 2: Learning
[edit]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: I would like to know how much valuable Edo indigenous knowledge can be contributed to Wikipedia through this project, how much Edo indigenes are keen to continue contributing Edo content to Wikipedia, what are the factors that could prevent the continuous contribution of free Edo content to Wikipedia.
The output from this project shows that so much information can be contributed to Wikipedia. Edo indigenes are keen to continue contributing Edo content to Wikipedia. The project shows that lack technical support and appropriate infrastructure such as internet could prevent the continuous contribution of free Edo-related content in Wikipedia.
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)
Nothing unexpected or surprising happened at the implementation of this project.
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)
The learnings from this project will be shared with other community members during periodic meet-ups, conferences and workshops. We also plan to publish a Diff from this project.
Part 3: Metrics
[edit]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 | 48 | 61 | Outreach dashboard: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Nosakhare_Okuons/Balancing_Narratives_in_Wikipedia/home
We exceeded the target number of participants for this project. The project targeted 48 participants while 61 participants actually participated in the event. |
| Number of editors | 48 | 61 | Outreachdashboard: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Nosakhare_Okuons/Balancing_Narratives_in_Wikipedia/home
The total number of editors for this project exceeded expectations. |
| Number of organizers | 3 | 3 | The project had 3 key organizers who were joined by other volunteers. |
| Wikimedia project | Target | Result - Number of created pages | Result - Number of improved pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 200 | 2 | 114 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 50 | 70 | 70 |
| 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)
925000
11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)
1155
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/1juXFgW6b_mzAsNOkeEKFiWE_LIHb4naCB-jia4IPPjI/edit?gid=928458698#gid=928458698
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)
Done
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 Your response to the review feedback. 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)
No additional recommendations or reflections.
Review notes
[edit]Review notes from Program Officer:
N/A
Applicant's response to the review feedback.
N/A