Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Expanding Coverage of Owo Cultural Heritage on Wikimedia 2.0 (ID: 23083170)/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)
Creating awareness about Wikimedia projects in Owo Community: The awareness was created through online publicity and leveraging previous collaboration with the Owo cultural group from Achievers University.
Training and Recruitment: 50 existing editors and 20 new ones were recruited during the awareness and trained using comprehensive resources through online and physical sessions.
Improving, creating Owo contents on English Wikipedia and expanding coverage of cultural heritage on Wikipedia Commons: An Edit-a-thon was organised as the participants actively contributed to Wikipedia and WikiCommons.
Community building of Wiki editors in Owo: At the end of the project, a sustainable group named 'Wikimedians in Owo' was made available to the participants. The link to the community is provided in the designated space.
At the end of the project,
A sustainable group in the form of a WhatsApp group was launched, where the participants interacted, sought guidance, and continued to learn about the Wikimedia movement.
Leveraging previous collaboration with the Owo cultural group from Achievers University was an effective approach as the majority of the participants who participated in the project emerged from the Achievers University in Owo.
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
Link to Meta Page: https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Expanding_Coverage_of_Owo_Cultural_Heritage_on_Wikimedia_2.0
Link to Outreach Dashboard: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Individual/Expanding_Coverage_of_Owo_Cultural_Heritage_on_Wikimedia_2.0
Link to photos from the event: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1d3ob6p4yKWfSYXJuPy70oYK6eYqeqsCS
Link to social media posts: X; https://x.com/kenny6509/status/1954250638155456726?t=R6ReRtZEZrSnZa8mkVSVgQ&s=19
Facebook; https://www.facebook.com/100012773790392/posts/2287299475039157/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v
Link to certificates given to top contributors, facilitators, and participants:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yJL9QHNWmhBLAK1d7lupN-NcCYRK7UUt
Link to the sustainable community created (Wikimedians in Owo): https://chat.whatsapp.com/D7mHkpicMK6FWbmdienvQb?mode=ems_copy_t
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
Link to resources used: https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Expanding_Coverage_of_Owo_Cultural_Heritage_on_Wikimedia_2.0/Resources
Link to Online Training Recordings: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1L1zHVyB0MT9Ghb3ENhmScMiHiUIpOs7X
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 | 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 | 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: Did the project expand community awareness about Wikimedia projects in Owo?
Did the project document underrepresented aspects of Owo cultural heritage that were not previously on Wikimedia Commons?
Did the project retain existing editors from Owo, recruit new ones, and equip them for effective Wikimedia project contributions?
Did the participants create and improve content about the Owo community on Wikipedia?
Will the project's impact support future Wikimedia initiatives in Owo?
Were the targeted participants inspired to continue contributing to Wikimedia initiatives after the project?
Did the project expand community awareness about Wikimedia projects in Owo?
Yes, the project expands community awareness about Wikimedia projects through affiliation with Owo Cultural Groups and engaging students in Achievers University
Did the project document underrepresented aspects of Owo cultural heritage that were not previously on Wikimedia Commons?
Yes, the project document underrepresented aspects of Owo cultural heritage that were not previously on Wikimedia Commons.
Did the project retain existing editors from Owo, recruit new ones, and equip them for effective Wikimedia project contributions?
Yes, the project retains 50 existing editors, recruits 20 new ones, and establishes them for effective Wikimedia project contributions.
Did the participants create and improve content about the Owo community on Wikipedia?
Yes, the participants improved 253 articles, created 24 articles, and added 601 references to content about the Owo community to Wikipedia
Will the project's impact support future Wikimedia initiatives in Owo?
Yes, the project's impact supports future Wikimedia initiatives in Owo as there are plans to establish the Owo Wiki Community at Achievers University to continue future Wikimedia projects.
Were the targeted participants inspired to continue contributing to Wikimedia initiatives after the project?
Yes, the participants were inspired to continue contributing to Wikimedia initiatives as evidenced by the positive feedback and survey results I collected after the project ended. Other Wikimedia projects were shared with them through the sustainable community named Wikimedians in Owo to ensure the ongoing exchange of knowledge and facilitate collaboration among editors.
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 physical training, the Director of Corporate Affairs at Achievers University, who is a native of Owo, showed interest in the project and encouraged participants to contribute to future Wikimedia projects focused on expanding coverage of Owo's cultural heritage.
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 project results have been disseminated to other community members in the Wikimedia Nigeria usergroup by sharing links to the project dashboard.
Also, I have shared the project insights and results on the wikimedia diff blog
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 | 73 | 75 | Event organizer registration tool, Google Meet, and Zoom |
| Number of editors | 70 | 70 | Event registration tool and outreach dashboard |
| Number of organizers | 3 | 5 | Meta page |
| Wikimedia project | Target | Result - Number of created pages | Result - Number of improved pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 100 | 24 | 253 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 100 | 219 | 100 |
| 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)
1472080
11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)
1000
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/19FKiKPzntq-W5ZjMVmW-bcwh0JSVZzNRhmprRLBNDho/edit?usp=drivesdk
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)
Review notes
[edit]Review notes from Program Officer:
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Applicant's response to the review feedback.
N/A