Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/WikiNgigel:A Pilot Project for High-Quality Documentation of Lampung Dance and Musical Traditions on Wikimedia (ID: 23839045)/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)
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
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
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 | |
| B. Create a more inclusive and connected culture in our community | |
| C. Develop content about underrepresented topics/groups | |
| D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives | |
| E. Encourage the retention of editors | |
| F. Encourage the retention of organizers | |
| G. Increased participants' feelings of belonging and connection to the movement | |
| 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: Through the implementation of WikiNgigel, the project is expected to generate two closely interconnected areas of learning that are both practical and reflective in nature. First, the project aims to achieve a measurable improvement in the quality, usability, and accessibility of Lampung cultural content across Wikimedia Commons, Indonesian Wikipedia, and the Lampung-language Wikipedia Incubator (https://incubator.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wp/ljp/Garang). Second, it seeks to produce evidence-based insights into how a focused, quality-oriented, and community-driven approach can strengthen the representation of cultural knowledge within open knowledge ecosystems, particularly in contexts where cultural materials remain underrepresented and unevenly documented.
A central aspect of this learning process lies in understanding the functional value of high-quality audiovisual documentation on Wikimedia Commons. Rather than prioritizing volume, the project deliberately limits its output to a curated set of materials that meet strong technical standards in terms of video clarity, audio fidelity, framing, and composition. This approach enables the team to evaluate whether improvements in production quality directly influence content usability, reusability, and integration across Wikimedia platforms. By systematically integrating these materials into Indonesian Wikipedia articles and supporting their use within the Lampung-language Incubator, the project assesses how multimedia can function not merely as archival assets, but as active components of knowledge dissemination.
In parallel, the project also seeks to learn from the implementation of a multimedia-supported content development model on Indonesian Wikipedia. By combining curated audiovisual documentation with reliable secondary sources, the initiative examines whether this integrated approach can produce articles that are more coherent, verifiable, and educationally valuable, while remaining fully compliant with Wikimedia principles, particularly the strict avoidance of original research. The learning process further extends to participant engagement, focusing on how structured workshops followed by guided mentorship can support contributors in sustaining their involvement and independently applying acquired skills in real contribution contexts.
Another important dimension of learning relates to methodological approaches in documenting performative and musical cultural heritage. Through structured recording processes—including multi-angle video capture, detailed visual documentation of instruments and costumes, and contextual explanations grounded in academic references—the project explores how cultural expressions such as Sigeh Pengunten, Sembah Batin, Talo Balak, and Lampung Gambus can be documented in ways that enhance interpretability while remaining within the evidentiary boundaries of Wikimedia platforms. This process is expected to generate practical insights into how intangible cultural heritage can be translated into structured, policy-compliant digital knowledge.
All of these learning processes are implemented through a structured methodological framework that follows a sequential flow from analysis, content curation, documentation, post-production, Wikimedia integration, training, and evaluation, carried out through a collaborative approach with community members. In addition to the primary outputs on Wikimedia platforms, the project will also produce complementary dissemination materials, including comprehensive documentation reports, video summaries of project activities, and visual communication materials such as posters. These outputs function as tools for transparency, knowledge sharing, and replication, ensuring that the insights generated through the project can be effectively communicated, evaluated, and adapted in other underrepresented cultural contexts within the Wikimedia movement.
Taken together, these learning objectives position WikiNgigel not merely as an implementation project, but as a structured pilot initiative that integrates technical production, community engagement, and reflective evaluation. By maintaining a strong emphasis on quality, cultural integrity, and practical usability, the project is expected to contribute both tangible improvements to Wikimedia content and transferable knowledge on how community-driven, resource-efficient approaches can enhance the documentation and accessibility of cultural heritage in digital environments.
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)
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)
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 | ||
| Number of editors | 20 | ||
| Number of organizers | 12 |
| Wikimedia project | Target | Result - Number of created pages | Result - Number of improved pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 20 | ||
| Wikimedia Commons | 150 | ||
| Wikidata | |||
| Wiktionary | |||
| Wikisource | |||
| Wikimedia Incubator | 20 | ||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
9. Did you have any difficulties collecting data to measure your results? (required)
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
[edit]10. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency. (required)
11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)
12. Report the funds spent in the currency of your fund. (required)
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?
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?
14.2. Are you in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations as outlined in the grant agreement?
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.
15. If you have additional recommendations or reflections that don’t fit into the above sections, please write them here. (optional)