Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Plagiarism and AI Awareness for Young Graduates (ID: 23477941)/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)
Activity Description To support our mission of equipping African youths with digital and open knowledge skills, WikiActivate Africa organized the AI and Plagiarism Awareness Workshop as part of closing the digital gap in Africa. The objective was to train editors on Wikimedia’s Artificial Intelligence policies, plagiarism rules, and ethical contribution practices across Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikiquote. Program Approach: The program was delivered in two sessions Virtual Workshop - 27 September 2025 (27 participants)
Introductory training on Wikimedia’s stance on AI-generated content, how to maintain content integrity, and detecting AI generated articles and edits.
Physical Workshop - 4 October 2025 (18 participants): Hands-on practical editing, identifying AI-generated content, and contributing to Wikiquote and Wikipedia. To drive participation, we created event flyers, a registration form, and shared announcements on WikiActivate Africa WhatsApp/Telegram communities, Wiki Nigeria UG channels, Wikimedia Africa Telegram groups, and African Digest mailing list. Members also helped spread outreach through their networks.
Contribution Tracking: Due to technical challenges with Outreach Dashboard logging, contributions were tracked using Outreach Dashboard and Manually recorded contribution on tables provided on the Meta event page
Results & Impact: Contribution Growth: 431 contributions across Wikiquotes, Wikipedia and Wiki Common focusing on tech related articles and quotes Digital Skills Development: 47 participants was trained on AI policies, detection of AI-generated content, and how to contribute on Wikpedia, Wikimedia commons and Wikiquote Community Engagement: Increased involvement of new and returning editors Awareness Impact: We strengthened understanding of AI threats, plagiarism risks, and responsibility in creating or editing Wikipedia articles. We also introduce participants on some Wikimedia tools such as Lift Wing, Clue Bot, ORES, AI Translation tool. Participants reported increased confidence in making ethical and verifiable contributions. Wikiquote was especially successful due to fewer editing restrictions for beginners.
Challenges and How We Managed Them : During the implementation of this project, we experienced two main challenges. First, there was a delay in receiving the approved funds, which affected our initial planning and caused a shift in the proposed timeline for the workshops. To ensure the event still took place successfully, we adjusted our dates and maintained active communication with interested participants to keep them engaged and informed about the changes. Secondly, we encountered editing restrictions such as blocking of usernames on Wikipedia that made it difficult for both old and new contributors to make multiple edits. This initially slowed the pace of contribution. To overcome this, we redirected a significant portion of editing efforts to Wikiquote and Wikimedia Commons, where the rules were more flexible for beginners. This adaptation enabled us to maintain high contribution levels and ensure that participants continued learning and applying their skills effectively.
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/Event:AI_and_Plagiarism_Awareness
Dashboards and tools that you used to track contributions: Dashboard: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wiki_Activate_Africa/AI_and_Plagiarism_Awareness_Workshop?enroll=
Meta Page Table for manual contribution track: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:AI_and_Plagiarism_Awareness#List_of_Wikipedia_articles_edited/created_by_participants_table_1
Recording of virtual training: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBtKgIZFs2U
Photo and Clips from Event: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VJjUoBCPepTqG4dvONgCyTajZG58iJnc?usp=sharing
Example of Articles that was edited: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Nx_k9usjCXrjU2qZB-ZCulSfE2-2-dM7vCv69HIBvic/edit?gid=1771267840#gid=1771267840
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
Presentation Slides: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xZcSYYlo3w9SRXZ7BRQBm1uFfuo0iX0-?usp=sharing
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 | Not applicable |
| D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives | Not applicable |
| 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
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: We plan to evaluate the impact of Plagiarism in Nigeria and the West African Wikimedia space and understand how we can create more awareness on the issue surrounding it in our rounds of awareness
One of our main learning questions was to understand the level of awareness around Artificial Intelligence and plagiarism. Throughout the project, we discovered that many contributors were not aware of Wikimedia policies on AI and were not fully informed about the risks of plagiarism and the evolving Wikimedia policies designed to protect the integrity of content. This revealed the importance of continued advocacy and structured training on citation, sourcing, and critical evaluation of content before publishing on Wikimedia projects.
Going forward, we need to improve the design of future workshops to include more practical exercises on AI detection. Develop localized awareness materials and collaborate with more educational institutions to introduce good content practices from participants who are more of students
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)
While trying to book our physical event venue, we were told that the particular time we wanted has been booked already by someone, so we had to adjust our own time and updated the participants about the time change. This challenge provided valuable learning moments for our team. This experience reinforced the need to make venue arrangements earlier and always prepare a backup plan. By promptly adjusting and informing participants, we were still able to run the event smoothly.
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 plan to write and publish a Diff article to share our experience and learnings with the wider community. Additionally, the event Meta page has already been shared across various community groups for improved visibility.
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 | 30 | 42 | Event Meta Page |
| Number of editors | 20 | 8 | Event Meta Page |
| Number of organizers | 4 | 3 | Event Meta Page |
| Wikimedia project | Target | Result - Number of created pages | Result - Number of improved pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 200 | 0 | 45 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 100 | 46 | 0 |
| Wikidata | |||
| Wiktionary | |||
| Wikisource | |||
| Wikimedia Incubator | |||
| Translatewiki | |||
| MediaWiki | |||
| Wikiquote | 50 | 285 | 55 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Documented report on the facilitated discussion | |||
9. Did you have any difficulties collecting data to measure your results? (required)
Yes
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)
We notice that the Outreach Dashboard is not track some contributions of participants we have to create a Table on the meta page to manually document participants' contributions
Part 4: Financial reporting
[edit]10. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency. (required)
2303325
11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)
1500
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/1r-V5czQeU2vs7-k_MPidnqMHMZyXmSeIUi-mam8TfeU/edit?usp=sharing
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)
N/A
Review notes
[edit]Review notes from Program Officer:
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Applicant's response to the review feedback.
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