Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikimedia Awareness in University of Calabar (ID: 22444969)/Final Report
Report Status: Under review
Due date: 13 July 2024
Funding program: Rapid Fund
Report type: Final
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[edit]- Applicant username: Reading Beans
- Organization name: N/A
- Amount awarded: 950
- Amount spent: 950 USD, 1490000
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)
Creating awareness about Wikimedia Foundation projects in University of Calabar: The awareness was created through the sharing of flyers in school WhatsApp groups and physically.
Training and recruiting new editors in University of Calabar. About ten new editors were recruited during the awareness and they were trained via online and physical channels.
Adding or improving local contents in Nigeria on English Wikipedia and Wikipedia Common: Edit-a-thon was created and the participants contributed to Wikipedia and Commons.
Creating a community of Wikimedia Editors in University of Calabar: At the end of the program, a sustainable group named UNICAL Wikimedia Editors was created for the participants.
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
We adapted already existing resources from previous training and helps.
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 | Agree |
| 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: Did the project create recognition of Wikipedia and it's sisters projects in University of Calabar?
Did the project create active participation of students and lecturers at the University of Calabar?
Did the project Create a community of Wikimedia editors at the University of Calabar?
Did the project create community awareness about Wikimedia projects in University of Calabar? Yes, the project massively created awareness with the use of offline flyers.
Did the project train new editors to have the required skills to edit Wikimedia projects? Yes, the project trained new editors. The link to the dashboard is uploaded above
Was the project beneficial to the existing editors in University of Calabar? Yes, the project also trained 5 returning editors.
Did the participants contribute contents to Wikipedia and it's sisters' projects ? Yes, the project contributed to Wikipedia and Wikidata. The link to the dashboard is uploaded above.
Did the project create a sustainable group of Wikimedia editors in University of Calabar? Yes, the project created a sustainable group called Wikimedians in UNICAL for further learning and interaction.
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. Even though the turn out to events were encouraging, the number of students who volunteered were few. The retained editors are most non-students. This shows that in this geographical area, hosting the campaign outside the school is likely to yield more success.
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)
I have already shared the project outcomes and lessons with other community members through the Wikimedia Nigeria WhatsApp group and during a Wikimedia meet-ups organised by WUGN. These platforms allowed me to highlight key insights, such as the challenges of student engagement and the need to diversify outreach strategies. I plan to continue sharing these learnings in future community calls and discussions, so others organising similar campaigns can benefit from my experience.
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 | 56 | 16 | There are more users who signed up on the first and second training but did not list their names in the outreach dashboard. |
| Number of editors | 50 | 10 | Same as above. |
| Number of organizers | 6 | 6 | The outreach dashboard was effective the tracking the contributions. |
| Wikimedia project | Target | Result - Number of created pages | Result - Number of improved pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 50 | 477 | 3500 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 150 | ||
| Wikidata | 100 | 24 | 175 |
| 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)
1490000
11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)
950
12. Report the funds spent in the currency of your fund. (required)
Provide the link to the financial report Adjusted budget
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