Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Edo History Write-a-thon:Filling the Wikipedia Content Gap (ID: 21913873)/Final Report
Report Status: Under review
Due date: 2023-02-13T00:00:00Z
Funding program: Rapid Fund, Wikimedia Community Fund
Report type: Final
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- Title of Proposal: Edo History Write-a-thon:Filling the Wikipedia Content Gap
- Username of Applicant: Omorodion1
- Name of Organization: N/A
- Amount awarded: 3177
- Amount spent: 3177 USD, 1317914.91 NGN
Part 1 Understanding your work[edit]
1. Briefly describe how your proposed activities and strategies were implemented
The Edo History Write-a-thon was implemented in Edo State and participants were drawn from different communities in the state. Over all, we were able to organize both virtual and in-person Wikipedia trainings, as well as write-a-thons to help fill the Wikipedia content gap.
2. Were there any strategies or approaches that you felt were effective in achieving your goals? Please describe these strategies and approaches.
The engagement of both experienced and new Wikipedia editors ensured the project was a success. Given that the project was focused on contributions of content to Wikipedia, the experience of the old editors was very useful given the technicalities involved in the creation of new Wikipedia articles.
3. Please use this space to upload media and other files that help tell your story and impact.
Field to type in URLs.
https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Omorodion1/Edo_History_Write-a-thon
4. To what extent do you agree with the following statements regarding the work carried out with the support of this Fund? You can choose “not applicable” if your work does not relate to these goals.
| 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 | Agree |
| F. Encourage the retention of organizers | Agree |
5. Is there anything else you would like to share about how your efforts helped to bring in participants and/or build out content, particularly for underrepresented groups?
The project helped improve Edo related content on Wikipedia through the creation of new Edo related Wikipedia articles and the improvement of existing articles about the Edo people.
Part 2: Your main learning[edit]
6. In your application, you outlined your learning priorities. What did you learn about these areas during this period?
Through this project, I was able to learn about the significant content gap in Wikipedia, with respect Edo people and their culture. Several information about Edo people are still not adequately covered in Wikipedia. The good news however, is that many Edo native speakers and Edo residents are interested in contributing content to Wikipedia. Although, they will require periodic training and internet infrastructures such as Internet Data to continue editing Wikipedia.
7. 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?
Nothing unexpected happen
8. How do you hope to use this learning? For instance, do you have any new priorities, ideas for activities, or goals for the future?
Yes, there is need for more capacity building initiatives so the Edo people can tell their story in a manner that is acceptable in Wikipedia
9. Documentation of resources: Use this space to upload any documents that would be useful to share with others (e.g. communications material, training material, presentations).
Here is an additional field to type in URLs.
N/A
Part 3: Metrics[edit]
10a. Open Metrics reporting
In your application, you defined some open metrics and targets (goals). You will see a table like the one below with your metric in the title and the target you set in your proposal automatically filled in. Use the tables to report the result. Use the comments column to describe any aspects of this result that you find relevant. If the results were different from the initial target (goals) then you can explain why and what you learned from this. You can also provide any qualitative analysis regarding these results. In the last column please describe the tools and methodology used to collect this data and any difficulties you might have had.
| Open Metrics | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of event | This refers to the minimum number of events for this project (i.e number of training and write-a-thon) | 3 | 3 | In addition to the in-person training, we also had some virtual trainings. | N/A |
| Number of Words added | Number of words added to Wikipedia content | 15000 | 30200 | We achieved far more than we targeted. Although, I should point out that the figure achieved could be more. The dashboard have not been updating regularly as it should. | Outreachdashboard
https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Omorodion1/Edo_History_Write-a-thon |
| Number of Article views | Number of Article views for the project | 1000000 | 194000 | N/A | Outreachdashboard
https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Omorodion1/Edo_History_Write-a-thon |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
10b. Core Metrics reporting
In your application, you defined targets for some core metrics and targets (goals). You will see a table like the one below with each core metric in the title and the target you set in your proposal automatically filled in. Use the tables to report the result. Use the comments column to describe any aspects of this result that you find relevant. If the results were different from the initial target (goals) then you can explain why and what you learned from this. You can also provide any qualitative analysis regarding these results. In the last column please describe the tools and methodology used to collect this data and any difficulties you might have had. Note: a table will appear for each Wikimedia project content contribution you defined in your proposal.
| Core metrics | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | This refers to the total participants for this project. | 40 | 56 | Over 50 persons participated in the project. Although, some of the participants could not edit much due to the IP block challenge they kept experiencing. | Outreachdashboard
https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Omorodion1/Edo_History_Write-a-thon |
| Number of editors | The total editors for this project will consist of the project organizers and the 40 participants. It is expected that at least 25 of the total participants will be new editors. | 43 | 56 | Outreachdashboard
https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Omorodion1/Edo_History_Write-a-thon | |
| Number of organizers | the number of persons responsible for organizing the event | 3 | 3 |
| Wikimedia Project | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | This refers to the number of Edo related Wikipedia article that will be created or improved during the Write-a-thon. While at least 60 new articles will be created during the write-a-thon, at least 140 Edo related Wikipedia articles will be improved. | 200 | 207 | Over 200 Edo related Wikipedia articles were created/improved during this project. While some of the newly created articles are still in draft, about 28 new Edo related articles are currently in the Wikipedia Mainspace. | Outreachdashboard
https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Omorodion1/Edo_History_Write-a-thon |
| Wikimedia Commons | The total number of images to be added to Commons | 50 | 47 | About 47 images have so far been uploaded to commons. | Outreachdashboard
https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Omorodion1/Edo_History_Write-a-thon Wikimedia Commons Category https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=Edo+History+Write-a-thon&title=Special:MediaSearch&go=Go&type=image |
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12. Did you have any difficulties collecting data to measure your results? This could include things like a lack of time or resources, or the expertise in your team to collect this data. It could also include difficulties with particular data collection tools.
Yes
12a. State what difficulties you had.
The Wikimedia outreachdashboard wasn`t updating regularly so it was difficult to monitor the participants and track their contributions. The dashboard went for a week without an update.
12b. 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?
The Wikimedia outreachdashboard wasn`t updating regularly so it was difficult to monitor the participants and track their contributions. The dashboard went for a week without an update.
13. Use this space to upload any documents and provide links to any tools you have used that would be useful to understand your data collection (e.g., surveys you have carried out, communications material, training material, program and event dashboard link, project page on Meta).
Here is an additional field to type in URLs.
N/A
14. Have you shared these results with other Wikimedian communities (either affiliates, user groups, volunteers, etc., different to yours)? This can include things such as data and direct outcomes, lessons you have learned, or information on how to run or recreate your programs.
Partially
14a. If yes or partially, please describe how you have already shared them and if you would like to do more sharing, and if so how.
Part 4: Financial reporting and compliance[edit]
15. & 14a. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency.
1317914.91 NGN
16. Please state the total amount spent in USD.
3177 USD
17. Please report the funds received and spending in the currency of your fund.
17a. Upload a financial report file.
17b. Please provide a link to your financial reporting document.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OPuToKxJwX-G_92pkCgYTMhg5Kjc8ei8nIg1oMmdRYo/edit?usp=sharing
As required in the fund agreement, please report any deviations from your fund proposal here. Note that, among other things, any changes must be consistent with our WMF mission, must be for charitable purposes as defined in the grant agreement, and must otherwise comply with the grant agreement.
17c. If you have not already done so in your budget report, please provide information on changes in the budget in relation to your original proposal.
N/A
18. Do you have any unspent funds from the Fund?
No
18a. Please list the amount and currency you did not use and explain why.
N/A
18b. What are you planning to do with the underspent funds?
N/A
18c. Please provide details of hope to spend these funds.
N/A
19. Are you in compliance with the terms outlined in the fund agreement?
Yes
20. Are you in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations as outlined in the grant agreement?
Yes
21. 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
22. If you have additional recommendations or reflections that don’t fit into the above sections, please write them here.
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