Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikimedia Awareness in Pen Resource University (ID: 22143935)/Final Report
Report Status: Accepted
Due date: 2023-09-09T00:00:00Z
Funding program: Rapid Fund
Report type: Final
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- Title of Proposal: Wikimedia Awareness in Pen Resource University
- Username of Applicant: Usmanagm
- Name of Organization: N/A
- Amount awarded: 1890.31
- Amount spent: 3118.11 USD, 1437500 NGN
Part 1 Understanding your work[edit]
1. Briefly describe how your proposed activities and strategies were implemented
The strategies and approaches delineated in the proposal have been effectively executed, resulting in the successful establishment of Wikimedia Awareness at Pen Resource University. Through meticulously organized awareness campaigns, the university community has acquired a profound comprehension of Wikimedia projects and their pivotal role in facilitating open access to knowledge.
The endeavor to train and enlist fresh editors from the university has borne fruit. Fifty students underwent comprehensive training on the nuances of editing Wikipedia articles, adeptly navigating Wikimedia Commons, and acquiring a repertoire of pertinent skills. This concerted effort has yielded a notable upsurge in the number of contributors actively participating in Wikimedia projects from within the precincts of Pen Resource University.
A pivotal facet of this initiative was the enrichment of indigenous content pertaining to Nigeria on both the English Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons platforms. The concerted drive to augment the representation of Nigeria's cultural and historical ethos within the realms of Wikimedia has proved to be a resounding success.
The establishment of a robust community of Wikimedia Editors within Pen Resource University, stands as a monumental achievement.
2. Were there any strategies or approaches that you felt were effective in achieving your goals? Please describe these strategies and approaches.
In our pursuit of achieving project milestones, we embraced a pivotal strategy that yielded remarkable results: fostering an intricate relationship with the university's top-tier management and administration. This select group included eminent personalities such as the Pro Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, Registrar, Director of Academic Planning, Director of Quality Assurance, and the Principal Planning Officer.
The outcome of this harmonious synergy was profoundly evident in the seamless execution and triumphant culmination of the project. The cohesion fostered by our judicious strategy birthed an environment where the project's goals were not merely adopted, but internalized as a collective aspiration. A tangible testament to this was the regular presence of the Vice Chancellor and Registrar, who graced both virtual and physical sessions with their sagacious insights and unwavering encouragement.
For a glimpse of our engaging discussions with the University Management and Administration, you can refer to the provided social media post links (Facebook) featuring images and posts from these interactions:
3. Please use this space to upload media and other files that help tell your story and impact.
Field to type in URLs.
Social Media Posts on the Successful Outcomes:
1. https://www.facebook.com/100003543758666/posts/pfbid02FsXrnG5LFbwV5bBKsWTmXPuUKpqpX6QmDJNk4fKJV67mLGdgPwCDM2818FvTTfRol/?mibextid=qC1gEa
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 | Strongly agree |
| B. Create a more inclusive and connected culture in our community | Strongly 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 | Strongly 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?
The target community is a place that is underrepresented. The participants were encouraged to focus on it.
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?
Throughout this period, the project yielded significant insights into the learning priorities. Firstly, the project generated heightened community awareness about Wikimedia projects within Pen Resource University. This was accomplished through targeted engagement and open discussions with university management and administration, which increased the visibility and understanding of these projects.
Secondly, the project effectively trained new editors, equipping them with the requisite skills for editing Wikimedia projects. Participants received comprehensive instruction and hands-on practice, ensuring their ability to navigate and contribute effectively to these platforms. As a result, participants were able to contribute content to Wikipedia and its sister projects, thereby enhancing the quality and diversity of information available.
Furthermore, the project played a vital role in cultivating a sustainable group of Wikimedia editors within Pen Resource University. This collaborative effort cultivated a pool of individuals who not only participated individually, but also formed a cohesive group capable of carrying out multifaceted activities. This approach proved to be invaluable, as it not only ensured a consistent influx of contributors but also identified potential facilitators, addressing a regional need for experienced leaders.
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?
Unexpectedly, we were met with a heartening and comprehensive engagement from the university's top management, including the Pro Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, Registrar, Director of Academic Planning, Director of Quality Assurance, and the Principal Planning Officer. This was a surprising turn of events, as past projects and experiences within the region had led us to anticipate limited involvement from such high-ranking individuals. Their enthusiastic cooperation played a pivotal role in the project's triumphant execution, offering a valuable lesson for similar endeavors targeting institutions.
This experience underscores the significance of fostering clarity, complete comprehension, and robust cooperation between project initiators and the target institutions. The unforeseen success stemming from this alignment demonstrates the potential for impactful outcomes when these factors are harmoniously intertwined. Furthermore, this instance accentuates the critical element of sustainability. The degree of engagement and understanding exhibited during the Wikimedia Awareness initiative in Pen Resource University greatly bolsters the university's capacity to perpetuate the movement, thereby solidifying the importance of collaborative institutional partnerships.
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?
The insights gained from this experience hold immense value for our future endeavors. Building upon this learning, we aim to refine our approach and explore new horizons. The unexpected engagement of university management underscores the significance of transparent communication and alignment with key stakeholders. As a result, we plan to prioritize cultivating strong relationships and clear communication channels with institutions in our future projects.
Also, the success of this initiative has encouraged us to consider expanding our activities and goals. We aspire to channel our energy towards fostering sustainable communities of contributors within educational institutions, leveraging the cooperation and understanding we garnered in this project. With a heightened focus on facilitator identification and training, we intend to contribute to the growth of Wikimedia initiatives not only within Pen Resource University but also in other institutions across the region.
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.
1. Link to the program dashboard: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Pen_Resource_University/Wikimedia_Awareness_in_Pen_Resource_University/home
2. 1. Drive Link to the first physical session: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1--I-5p6AWWzcsCa2giA5ektvdcBj_BYm
2. 2. Pictures During the second day and Certificates Given:
a. https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=WIKIMEDIA+AWARENESS+IN+PEN+RESOURCE+UNIVERSITY+CLOSING+one&title=Special:MediaSearch&type=image b. https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=WIKIMEDIA+AWARENESS+IN+PEN+RESOURCE+UNIVERSITY+CLOSING+TWO&title=Special:MediaSearch&type=image c.https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=WIKIMEDIA+AWARENESS+IN+PEN+RESOURCE+UNIVERSITY+CLOSING+three&title=Special:MediaSearch&type=image
3. Group Created for Sustainability Plan: https://chat.whatsapp.com/GO6v7Wf2YFA6PxxMBdslOM
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 Awareness Beneficiaries | The total students and staff that will benefit from the awareness that will be carried out on the campus. | 500 | 1000 | The total students and staff that benefited from the awareness that will be carried out on the campus. | Through the links provided and a combination of online and offline activities, including awareness creation engagements with the university management both before and during the project, we effectively established a multifaceted approach to achieving our goals. |
| Number of Editors | The total number of participants that will be trained on campus. | 50 | 50 | The total number of participants that were trained on campus | Online and Physical |
| Number of events | The total number of events, online and offline. | 5 | 5 | The total number of events conducted, online and offline. | Online and Offline means. |
| Number of articles created or improved | The total number of articles that will be created or edited during the edit-a-ton. | 300 | 6554 | The total number of articles that will be created or edited during the edit-a-ton. | The use of Outreach dashboard. |
| 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 | Participants: These are the total numbers of people that will be available for the online and offline events. This includes the editors, organisers, volunteers, and the institution representatives.
New participants: There will be 50 new participants which are participants from the school. Returning Participants: There will be 10 returning editors which consist of the facilitators, volunteers, etc. |
60 | 60 | These are the total numbers of people that were available for the online and offline events. This included the editors, organisers, volunteers, and the institution representatives. New participants: There were 50 new participants which are participants from the school. Returning Participants: There were 10 returning editors which consisted of the facilitators, volunteers, etc. | Google form, dashboard, etc. |
| Number of editors | New editors: These are total numbers of students and staff that will create new accounts and will be closely monitored on how to contribute to Wikimedia Foundation Projects. | 50 | 50 | New editors: These were a total numbers of students and staff that created new accounts and were closely monitored on how to contribute to Wikimedia Foundation Projects. | Dashboard, Meta Page |
| Number of organizers | Usmanagm will be the organizer of the event, responsible for creating awareness, moderating the online sessions, and taking care of logistics. He will also sensitize the editors on the importance of contributing to Wikipedia and the do's and don'ts of Wikipedia.
Musaddam Idriss will be the (online and offline) facilitator, responsible for discussing Wikipedia account creation, how to edit, and how to create articles on Wikipedia. Yahuzaishat is the Communication Officer and will moderate sessions and keep participants' WhatsApp groups up-to-date with the program's every detail and step. Gwanki will be the offline facilitator, responsible for discussing the rudiments of Wikidata and how to upload on Commons Wiki. Two Volunteers From the Students Body: In addition, two volunteers from the students' body will be engaged closely to help set up the hall with facilities and serve any other roles during or after the program allocated to them by the Project Lead like sharing refreshments. |
6 | 6 | The total number of editors. All organizers have participated in the project. | Zoom and physical sessions. |
| Wikimedia Project | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | Articles Created or improved during the training. | 50 | 1565 | Articles Created or improved during the training. | Dashboard |
| Wikidata | Number of wikidata created or improved during the training. | 50 | 4989 | Number of wikidata created or improved during the training. | Dashboard |
| Wikimedia Commons | Non copyrighted photos uploaded during the training. | 200 | 835 | Non copyrighted photos uploaded during the training | 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 |
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.
No
12a. State what difficulties you had.
N/A
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?
N/A
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.
Dashboard Link:
Meta Page: https://meta.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Awareness_in_Pen_Resource_University
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.
No
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.
Part 4: Financial reporting and compliance[edit]
15. & 14a. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency.
1437500 NGN
16. Please state the total amount spent in USD.
3118.11 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.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dMtwBBOOUYw5xgzM2NtcRhq9HPso4D3LnhCzdHqsVd4/edit
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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