Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki for Climate Change/Wikimedia Libya Community (ID: 22588297)/Final Report
Report Status: Under review
Due date: 30 January 2025
Funding program: Rapid Fund
Report type: Final
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[edit]- Applicant username: Salema younus
- Organization name: N/A
- Amount awarded: 1800.93
- Amount spent: 2774.78 USD, 13686
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)
Our activities were a webinar on knowledge and its impact on climate, during which a number of Libyan specialists and academic researchers spoke in the field, and through it we sought to attract volunteers to edit in Wikipedia and its sister projects, also organizing a contest on the environment in the Maghreb region, which is the second version of it, to support and encourage new users in Wikipedia and increase their contributions, as we targeted users whose number of edits is less than 1500, with a special prize allocated to the category of users who have more than 1500 edits. The competition contributed to motivating members of the Wikimedia Libya community, and they won second and third from Libya.
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
Here are the links and resources documenting our project's impact:
Contest Page:
We have created a dedicated page for the contest on Wikipedia, which includes details about the contest and the articles worked on by participants.
https://w.wiki/A8pH
Photos webinar :
Photos from the webinar have been uploaded to Wikimedia Commons, including the webinar poster.
Additionally, we shared announcement for via our community's Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/12vZ6ETZDuMh9G24/?mibextid=oFDknk
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 | 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: Does the community want to learn about the Wikimedia campaigns? How many attendees are in the session? How many participants are in the Wikipedia contest? We will compare this year's results with last year's results in terms of the number of participants, followers, and attendance.
We learned that the community is curious to learn more about Wikimedia campaigns. Approximately 22 individuals participated in the webinar, showing interest and engagement. Additionally, 10 participants joined the contest, demonstrating great enthusiasm and motivation.
This insight highlights the importance of organizing more interactive sessions and contests to attract and retain community members.
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)
Yes, during the implementation of our activities, We were pleased with the high level of enthusiasm from the participants, especially from those who had little to no prior experience with Wikimedia projects. Their eagerness to learn and contribute was a motivating factor for the organizers.
We faced a challenge with the fluctuations in the exchange rate and the difference between what the foundation calculates and what is available in the country, which caused us payment issues and forced us to communicate multiple times with the grant employees.
What we learned realized that providing consistent support and encouragement can significantly boost participation and motivation, even among those new to Wikimedia. These insights will help us improve the structure and inclusivity of our future activities.
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)
We have created a page on Meta and Arabic Wikipedia to document the project and its activities.
Additionally, we shared the results of the contest with the community through posts on social media platforms.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Maghreb_Environmental_contest_2024
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 | 20 | 36 | |
| Number of editors | 10 | 10 | |
| Number of organizers | 2 | 3 |
| Wikimedia project | Target | Result - Number of created pages | Result - Number of improved pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 100 | 149 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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
[edit]10. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency. (required)
13686
11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)
2774.78
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/1xjSfUdk44YGnJ-qUtHGcnInm02UbQp7us1BDIvbBu84/edit?gid=0#gid=0
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)
Review notes
[edit]Review notes from Program Officer:
N/A
Applicant's response to the review feedback.
N/A