Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Readability Development:Wikipedia and Wikiquote as Models (ID: 22667679)/Final Report
Report Status: Under review
Due date: 01 December 2024
Funding program: Rapid Fund
Report type: Final
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[edit]- Applicant username: NANöR
- Organization name: N/A
- Amount awarded: 4042.5
- Amount spent: 3393.07 USD, 3393.07
Part 1: Project and impact
[edit]1. Describe the implemented activities and results achieved. Additionally, share which approaches were most effective in supporting you to achieve the results. (required)
First Activity: Arabic Wikipedia 20th Anniversary Competition (Aug 03, 2024 - 31 Aug, 2024) Competition Focus: Article maintenance and content quality improvement.
1. Planning Phase: Identified priority categories and articles for participants. Developed a comprehensive plan outlining: Article quality and content criteria, Participant eligibility and requirements, Editorial guidelines for the competition, Judging mechanisms.
2. Promotion Phase: Announced the competition through Arabic Wikipedia’s village pump/Almaidan, social media channels, and banner. Engaged the community’s participants with guidance messages on user talk pages.
3. Competition Duration: 4 weeks. Participants worked on mainting and improving the articles list we prepared: adding info boxes, removing orphans templates from articles, and adding references to articles without references.
4. Judging Phase: Lastes for 4 weeks after the competition concluded. Judging based on contributions’ quality and adherence to competition rules.
5. Final Phase: Sending prizes to the winners and compiling lessons learned and shared the experience on the Dev Wiki blog and Arabic Wikipedia.
Second Activity: Wikiquote Editing Competition (Part of #SheSaid Campaign) (06 Sep, 2024 - 18 Oct, 2024) Competition Focus: Improving readability and contributions to the Maghreb region's content on Wikiquote.
1. Planning Phase: Created a campaign page on Arabic Wikiqoute with detailed guidance on the competitions participation, articles’ lists, and terms and conditions.
2. Promotion Phase: Promoted the competition via Arabic Wikipedia’s village pump for sister projects, social media channels, and direct user communication. Featured banner ads on Arabic Wikiqoutes and messages on user talk pages to ensure engagement.
3. Competition Duration: 1.5 month. Participants focused on enhancing and adding content related to the Maghreb region on Arabic Wikiquote.
4. Judging Phase: Lasted for two weeks after the competition concluded. Judging based on content improvement, number of edits, and relevance to the campaign goals.
5. Final Phase: Announced results and recognized top contributors.
Effective Approaches:
- Clear Vision: Both competitions had a clear goal of improving content quality and increasing participation.
- Effective Promotion: Banner ads, user talk page messages for interested participants on regular basis, and social media outreach ensured broad engagement.
- Detailed Planning: Comprehensive guidelines for participants and detailed judging criteria facilitated a smooth execution.
- Targeted Approach: Selecting specific categories and regions (priority articles for Arabic Wikipedia and Maghreb content for Wikiquote) led to more impactful results.
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 or any other Wikimedia project
First Activity: Arabic Wikipedia 20th Anniversary Competition: https://w.wiki/Agfb
Wikiquote Editing Competition (Part of #SheSaid Campaign): https://w.wiki/B2$A
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
• Training materials and guides
Help Page for Participants: https://w.wiki/CHBj
Campaign Page on Arabic Wikiqoute: https://w.wiki/CHBq
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 | 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 | 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
[edit]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: ماهية السبل والطرائق لتنظيم حملة لصيانة المحتوى على ويكيبيديا العربية
تحسين شامل للمهارات التحريرية
تحديد الفجوات المعرفية على مشاريع أخرى خارج ويكيبيديا وسبل تقليصها
تجربة تجميع فريق عمل من مجتمعات مختلفة في المنطقة العربية
تمهيد الطريق لتنظيم مسابقات جديدة خارجة عن المألوف والمعتاد في الموسوعة
قياس مدى تفاعل المساهمين في الموسوعة مع المسابقات الجديدة
- Learning Question: ماهية السبل والطرائق لتنظيم حملة لصيانة المحتوى على ويكيبيديا العربية Methods and Approaches for Organizing a Content Maintenance Campaign on Arabic Wikipedia.
- Effective planning is essential for managing content maintenance campaigns, including selecting priority categories and clearly defining competition criteria.
- Focused on prioritized categories such as orphaned articles, adding infoboxes and references, ensuring a structured and impactful competitions.
- Transforming a topic into a full-developed competition, moving beyond individual tasks or the context of Arabic Wikipedia Day.
- Lesson Question: تحسين شامل للمهارات التحريرية Comprehensive Improvement of Editing Skills.
- The absence of strict eligibility criteria allowed newcomers to participate, leading to their skill development and exploration of broader editing fields.
- The number of participants demonstrated that lowering conditions, especially number of edits and editing rights, encourages widespread engagement and learning.
- Lesson Question: تحديد الفجوات المعرفية على مشاريع أخرى خارج ويكيبيديا وسبل تقليصها Identifying and Addressing Knowledge Gaps in Other Wikimedia Projects
- The Wikiquote initiative, pertained to the #SheSaid campaign, tackled both gender and geographic gaps, focusing on underrepresented regions like the Maghreb.
- This approach provided a template for addressing similar gaps in other Wikimedia projects.
- Lesson Question: تجميع فريق عمل من مجتمعات مختلفة في المنطقة العربية Building a Cross-Community Team in the Arab Region.
- Forming a diverse team from various regions led to a successful collaboration, laying the foundation for future joint projects.
- Dividing competitions suggested lists across multiple categories allowed participants to engage more deeply by choosing areas that aligned with their interests and skills, enhancing their involvement and connection to the project.
- Lesson Question: تمهيد الطريق لتنظيم مسابقات جديدة خارجة عن المألوف والمعتاد في الموسوعة Paving the Way for Innovative Competitions.
- The competition drew approximately 1400 maintained article and significant participation by introducing new approaches and dividing suggested articles into interest-based groups.
- This innovative structure fostered enthusiasm and opened doors for further unconventional contests.
- Lesson Question: قياس مدى تفاعل المساهمين في الموسوعة مع المسابقات الجديدة Measuring Participant Interaction with New Competitions.
- High participation from newcomers highlighted their willingness to take on challenges and their enthusiasm for unique competition formats.
- These competitions encouraged them to engage more actively in Wikimedia projects, boosting their confidence and contributions.
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)
Unexpected: We observed an unexpectedly high level of engagement from both newcomers and experienced contributors, resulting in a substantial volume of contributions that required extensive follow-up and evaluation.
Response: To manage this surge effectively, we enlisted experienced editors and administrators to support the organizational process and ensure smooth execution of the judging phase.
Learned: Unexpected engagement is a great opportunity but requires immediate response and preparation, particularly in planning for support and moderation to handle the workload effectively.
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)
- Completed Sharing:
We announced the winners of both competitions through the community’s various social media channels and village pumps on Wiki projects, ensuring wide visibility and recognition.
- Planned Sharing:
We will publish the lessons learned and insights from the project on *Diff*, providing a resource for other community members to benefit from our experience and create their own initiatives.
Part 3: Metrics
[edit]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 | 25 | 47 | https://w.wiki/Apbw |
| Number of editors | 25 | 32 | |
| Number of organizers | 5 | 6 |
| Wikimedia project | Target | Result - Number of created pages | Result - Number of improved pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 1000 | 0 | 1613 |
| Wikimedia Commons | |||
| Wikidata | |||
| Wiktionary | |||
| Wikisource | |||
| Wikimedia Incubator | |||
| Translatewiki | |||
| MediaWiki | |||
| Wikiquote | 250 | 262 | 0 |
| 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)
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)
Data Collection Approach: We relied on predefined categories and tables, requested participants to document their contributions accurately, and tracked progress using the designated campaign hashtags.
Challenges: Fortunately, this structured approach ensured smooth data collection, and we did not encounter significant difficulties.
Supporting Resources: Readability campaign participants' table: https://w.wiki/Apbw SheSaid Maghreb campaign participants' table: https://w.wiki/B5$K
Part 4: Financial reporting
[edit]10. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency. (required)
3393.07
11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)
3393.07
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)
13. Do you have any unspent funds from the Fund?
Yes
13.1. Please list the amount and currency you did not use and explain why.
Underspend of $220.07
13.2. What are you planning to do with the underspent funds?
B. Propose to use them to partially or fully fund a new/future grant request with PO approval
13.3. Please provide details of hope to spend these funds.
Partially or fully fund a future grant request.
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:
N/A
Applicant's response to the review feedback.
N/A