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Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Improving the Citation Function on Vietnamese Wikipedia (ID: 22987458)/Final Report

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Plantaest
Improving the Citation Function on Vietnamese Wikipedia
01 May 2025 - 31 August 2025
Report ID: 12263
Report status: Under review
Report due date: 30 September 2025
Grant ID: G-RF-2502-18235
Amount funded: 125000000 VND, 5000 USD
Amount spent: 133237500 VND
Rapid Fund 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)

Overall, I have achieved the main objective of this project, which was to create configuration files for 80 Vietnamese news websites.

These configurations were written in Zotero's translators format, making them easy to integrate into VisualEditor or other tools.

During the project, in order to simplify the process of writing translators, I developed a software tool named Scaffolded, built with NextJS and deployed on Toolforge. Scaffolded made it much easier to create and test translators.

After completing the 80 translators, I set up a Citoid server called Citoidx and deployed it on Toolforge. On the Vietnamese Wikipedia side, I created a gadget, also named Citoidx. The server and gadget components of Citoidx were connected, enabling users to take advantage of these translator configurations.

The list of 80 websites with completed configurations has been documented on Vietnamese Wikipedia, and I also kept a short log describing the project's implementation process.

Once the project was completed, I announced its release in a community discussion space, allowing others to learn about it and use it in their daily article editing work.

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

The project's introduction page is available here: vi:User:Plantaest/Cải thiện chức năng chú thích, where I listed the Vietnamese news sources for which configurations were written.

After the project was completed, I released it to the community here: vi:Wikipedia:Thảo luận#Nâng cấp chức năng chú thích tự động với Citoidx, through which I received valuable feedback.

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

I documented the project implementation process on this page: vi:User:Plantaest/Cải thiện chức năng chú thích/Nhật ký.

The source code of the Scaffolded project is available on GitHub: https://github.com/plantaest/scaffolded

The deployed instance of Scaffolded: https://scaffolded.toolforge.org/

The Citoidx Server is available here: https://citoidx.toolforge.org/

The source code of the Citoidx Gadget: https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadget-Citoidx.js

The source code of the 80 translators: https://github.com/plantaest/zotero-translators

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)

Our efforts during the Fund period have helped to...
A. Bring in participants from underrepresented groups Not applicable
B. Create a more inclusive and connected culture in our community Not applicable
C. Develop content about underrepresented topics/groups Not applicable
D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives Not applicable
E. Encourage the retention of editors Agree
F. Encourage the retention of organizers 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: With this project, I hope to gain a deeper understanding of how the citation function in VisualEditor works and how to improve it for long-term benefits to the Vietnamese Wikipedia community.

Overall, through this project, I gained a deeper understanding of the VisualEditor citation tool, as well as Zotero and Citoid – areas I had rarely explored before. Although this knowledge may not seem substantial, I believe it will be valuable for me in continuing to develop useful software for the community in the future.

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)

I did not encounter anything unusual or surprising while carrying out this project, although I did spend considerably more time on it than originally planned due to some personal matters.

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)

I wrote the project's introduction page on Vietnamese Wikipedia and created a discussion post to announce its release. I believe these are sufficient for people to understand what I have accomplished.

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 5 4 To obtain this data, I counted the participants in this discussion: vi:Wikipedia:Thảo luận#Nâng cấp chức năng chú thích tự động với Citoidx.
Number of editors 1 1
Number of organizers 1 1
Wikimedia project Target Result - Number of created pages Result - Number of improved pages
Wikipedia 0 0 0
Wikimedia Commons
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
The number of Vietnamese websites correctly configured 80 80

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

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10. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency. (required)

133237500

11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)

5039.75

12. Report the funds spent in the currency of your fund. (required)

Upload the financial report

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)

Since the project implementation period was extended compared to the original plan, I increased the project duration from 450 units to 475 units in order to fully utilize the provided funding.

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

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Review notes from Program Officer:

N/A

Applicant's response to the review feedback.

N/A