Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Promoting Nigerian Books and Authors 2023 (ID: 22062011)/Final Report
Report Status: Under review
Due date: 2023-07-30T00:00:00Z
Funding program: Rapid Fund, Wikimedia Community Fund
Report type: Final
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- Title of Proposal: Promoting Nigerian Books and Authors 2023
- Username of Applicant: James Rhoda
- Name of Organization: N/A
- Amount awarded: 2214.92
- Amount spent: 2214.92 USD, 1018500 NGN
Part 1 Understanding your work[edit]
1. Briefly describe how your proposed activities and strategies were implemented
Promoting Nigerian Books and Authors was an initiative that stemmed from Wikidata for Nigerian Novelist and Novels, The main purpose of both projects was to bridge the content gap which exists on the Wiki platform about Nigerian Books and their Authors. Many authors from Nigeria remain absent from the Wikidata and Wikipedia databases due to limited online visibility. Our proposed activities were to train participants, provide the participants with the necessary tools needed to edit properly, help them understand the core content policies and the general editing principles, and also help them edit Wikidata and Wikipedia properly. The Above mentioned activities were implemented thus:
- 1. A list of articles and items was available to the participants, for easy identification of areas where their contributions were needed.
- 2. Two physical meetings were held and a series of online meeting was held to help track the participants contributions and edit challenges.
- 3. The participants were taught the core content policies and the general editing principles and were asked to study them.
2. Were there any strategies or approaches that you felt were effective in achieving your goals? Please describe these strategies and approaches.
Yes! The goals of this project were to train participants, provide the participants with the necessary tools needed to edit properly, help them understand the core content policies and the general editing principles, and also help them edit Wikidata and Wikipedia properly. The first approach used was sensitizing participants on the content gap that exists about the project theme online and on various Wikimedia projects whilst changing their perception of Wikipedia and its sister projects and also inviting Nigerian authors to talk about their challenges in putting out credible sources for their books, Secondly, we organized Data-a-thons and Edit-a-thons where we taught participant how to set their preferences on Wikidata and Wikipedia to smoothen their editing process. We also provided a list of articles from categories on Wikipedia and we collated a list of Books to be created on Wikidata on the Meta page
3. Please use this space to upload media and other files that help tell your story and impact.
Field to type in URLs.
N/A
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?
Bringing together students, Authors and Bibliophiles to contribute to Nigerian literature sparked a debate on what needs to be done in other to improve the quality of Nigerian Literature and what way is best to introduce Nigerian Literature to the global space. Having this discussion encouraged the participant to not only put Nigerian books on Wikidata and Wikipedia but also encouraged them to correct the errors which is existing in the Wikidata items and Wikipedia articles.
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?
Based on the learning questions on my application, the following was my key takeaway
- 1. Most new participants were not aware of Wikidata, as they were most familiar with Wikipedia.
- 2. Their perspective regarding Wikidata separately from Wikipedia was that Wikidata was easier to work on and the Wikidata preferences provided tools that provided information on what they needed to do.
- 3. Some of the participants had the belief that Wikipedia is unreliable but we educated them on the policies of Wikipedia and that Admins were steadily available to check articles being published on Wikipedia.
- 4. The best strategy being deployed by me concerning retaining editors was letting them know the benefit of the Wikimedia project to the global space. And the program did answer the expectation of the participants.
These are some of the things I have learnt during this project. However, I am still learning a lot about the best metrics to be used in Wikimedia projects and techniques to encourage students to participate in Wikimedia projects.
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?
Yes, we had some problems with the outreach dashboard It caused the dashboard to reset and some of the edits were not recorded
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?
Learning that participants prefer Wikidata to Wikipedia because of the preferences and tools, I hope to teach the participants how to properly adjust their preferences to match their style of editing.
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.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q13Gx0cQE8lmdUpoww88fJT3LzaljScXmHQC1cDYnPg/edit#
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 | We will have a total number of 2 physical events and 2 online training. The events will include Wikidata and Wikipedia training ( Adding Citation, Wiki Links and creating Wikidata Items). | 4 | 8 | We had 2 physical events and 6 online training | outreach dashboard |
| Number of Newly Recruited Wikimedians | 10 new editors will be recruited | 10 | 10 | We had 10 new participants | N/A |
| Total number of items/articles improved | The total number of items created is expected to be 200 and the expected articles improved is 100 | 300 | 500 | We had over 500 edits on the dashboard | Outreach Dashboard and user contribution |
| 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 | We will be working with 30 participants, 10 newly recruited and 20 existing participants including 3 organizers | 33 | 41 | We had a total of 41 participants | Outreach Dashboard |
| Number of editors | We will be working with a total of 30 editors | 30 | 30 | Number of Newly Registered Users: 10
A number of Returning Editors: 20 |
Outreach dashboard |
| Number of organizers | There will be 3 Wikimedia volunteers (including the project lead) but we will be working with other experienced Wikimedians and Authors. | 3 | 6 | In total there were 6 Volunteers |
| Wikimedia Project | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikidata | Wikidata being the main focus of this project will have a total number of 300 items created and edited | 200 | 200 | We had over 200 items created and over 4.1k revision on Wikidata | Outreach Dashboard |
| Wikipedia | citations, links and articles improved/created | 100 | 182 | We had over 100 edits on Wikipedia | Outreach Dashboard |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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.
We had difficulties with the outreach dashboard towards the end of the project, which caused the dashboard to not track some of the edits.
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 had difficulties with the outreach dashboard towards the end of the project, which caused the dashboard to not track some of the edits. However we hope to overcome this challenges by setting categories and PetScan ID on the dashboard.
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.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q13Gx0cQE8lmdUpoww88fJT3LzaljScXmHQC1cDYnPg/edit#
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.
Yes
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.
A blog post was written on Diff.Wikimedia containing details of the project and shared
Part 4: Financial reporting and compliance[edit]
15. & 14a. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency.
1018500 NGN
16. Please state the total amount spent in USD.
2214.92 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.
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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