Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Hausa Wikimedians User Group Wikidata 10th Birthday (ID: 21941038)/Final Report
Report Status: Under review
Due date: 2023-01-29T00:00:00Z
Funding program: Rapid Fund, Wikimedia Community Fund
Report type: Final
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- Title of Proposal: Hausa Wikimedians User Group Wikidata 10th Birthday
- Username of Applicant: Ammarpad
- Name of Organization: N/A
- Amount awarded: 3514
- Amount spent: 3514 USD, 1468700 NGN
Part 1 Understanding your work[edit]
1. Briefly describe how your proposed activities and strategies were implemented
We organized this program primarily to increase awareness about the Wikidata project as well as make people understand its significance in Wikimedia projects, how it connects with and supports Wikipedias.
The event was organized in three main sessions, with breaks in between.
- 1. The first session was an introduction and main presentation. As we assumed basic or no Wikidata experience from our participants, we started by introducing the project. In the main presentation, Wikidata workings and differences with Wikipedia editing were highlighted. There was special focus on how leveraging Wikidata in Hausa Wikipedia (and other smaller communities like ours) can make our projects better and more reliable because in these smaller communities our editor size cannot keep up with the changing world and updates needed to articles especially as volume of articles exponentially increases due to outreach projects and other factors.
- 2. The second session was for practical editing. Editors were guided to create items and navigate around Wikidata. As Wikidata editing is relatively complex to newcomers, this proved more challenging than we estimated.
3, The third session is celebration and closure. The Wikidata cake was cut and shared among participants. People gave verbal feedback on what they gained and how their understanding of Wikidata improved. Group pictures were taken and the event came to an end.
This event took place on October 29th, 2022 at Lumilab Complex, in Katsina.
2. Were there any strategies or approaches that you felt were effective in achieving your goals? Please describe these strategies and approaches.
The in-person physical training and practical sessions were effective in introducing the Wikidata project. The lighter nature of the progrem (combination with celebration) also helped to make people especially newcomers to feel more comfortable to participate. We also used brainstorming method with smaller groups where each group was assigned experienced Wikidata editor to answer their questions more closely, informally and guide them through the interface.
Slides presentations that were made were also sent to participant's personal email address to help people revisit them later after the event ends. Sharings such document greatly helps people to not easily forget about what they learnt in the event.
We also leverage our social media channels to promote the event which helped in crearing more awareness in general.
3. Please use this space to upload media and other files that help tell your story and impact.
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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 | Strongly 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 | Strongly 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?
N/A
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?
1. Gauging people's understanding of Wikidata. As we anticipated, Wikidata awareness was very low, even among those who are quite active editors on Hausa Wikipedia (which technically means edits may be done by them on Wikidata through automated processes; like when they moved a page on Wikipedia that's connected to an item). We believe understanding of Wikidata improved after the event.
- 2. Approaches to make Wikidata more appealing and what can be done to improve awareness about Wikidata in our community.
There's a need for more training and workshops similar to ones we do where we focus on Wikipedia. There's a need for more simplified guide and how-to documents about Wikidata translated in Hausa to pull more Hausa editors.
- 3. Why Wikipedia editors in our community do not or rarely edit Wikidata.
We found this is partly lack of awareness and partly due to the perception of Wikidata as incredibly complex or confusing. There was also personal preference, some small number of people indicated they're just interested in 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?
Due to some changes on the event location which were beyond our control, some people missed the event and some came very late after it started
We also had IP autoblock problems at some point during the event were some number of editors editors were not able to fully participate in editing activities.
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?
Based on the interest shown by our community members and the success of the event we have plans to continue investing in Wikidata trainings through at least incorporating Wikidata components in our general trainings and iteratively assessing the result of that. We'll the evaluation of that process in making detailed plans for outreach programs dedicated or focusing more on Wikidata alone.
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.
One of presentations developed. This is for basic introduction to Wikidata history and what challenges it's intended to address: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1UqdRlq2zGasMgVIASXHSKTJmyxVUKhvKiPTXZWL2t1Q/edit#slide=id.ged7e99f054_0_114
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 items added or improved | Estimated number of Wikidata items edited or created by editors during the course of the event | 500 | 280 | N/A | Manual review |
| People reached | Estimated number of people who are reached through social media and actual participation | 200 | 400 | N/A | Engagement tools across our social media channels |
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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 | Estimated number of people who will participate in the program. | 50 | 38 | Majority are returning participants | Attedance system using Google Forms (result collated on Sheets) |
| Number of editors | Estimated number of people who will become editors and existing editors who will edit Wikidata during the program | 30 | 38 | 35 out of the of the participants are returning. Only three new accounts were created for brand new editors, this is because majority of the aprticipants already have Wikipedia accounts which is the same account use for Wikidata, they jsut logged-in and the Wikidata attached was autocreated for people who have never logged-in there.
Both new and returning participants participated in editing |
Manual review |
| Number of organizers | Estimated number of organizers, trainers and facilitators who will help and participate to carry out the project successfully. | 4 | 7 | These were drawn from members of Hausa Wikimedias and helped actively in exectuting the projects. This count includes the lead project manager. | Manual review |
| Wikimedia Project | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
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| Wikidata | Estimated number of items created by editors during the program | 200 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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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.
While we did create an Outreach Dashboard for the event, most editors failed to appropriately register their usernames through the links sent to their emails and the organizing teams unfortunately only found this after the program ended. Due to this we couldn't fully capture the editing metrics on the Dashboard.
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?
We have decided to assign a person to ensure event participants are fully registered through appropriate platforms before event commences where possible or during the event as the case may be. We belive the Foundation providing the Dashboard tool is enough in this respect as well the new Campaigns tool that's on the way.
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.
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.
No
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.
1468700 NGN
16. Please state the total amount spent in USD.
3514 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/1pBKXZELVXWY6DZVSAD5v6lXxA0ORN2I3krK9Dxrri0w/edit#gid=0
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.
We apologize for belated filing of this report. We are working on improving our processes to ensure more timely report submission in the future.
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