Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikimedia Fulfulde Community Capacity Building and Thematic Weeks (ID: 21982169)/Final Report
Report Status: Under review
Due date: 2023-06-27T00:00:00Z
Funding program: Rapid Fund, Wikimedia Community Fund
Report type: Final
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- Title of Proposal: Wikimedia Fulfulde Community Capacity Building and Thematic Weeks
- Username of Applicant:
- Name of Organization: N/A
- Amount awarded: 3065
- Amount spent: 3065 USD, 1350552 NGN
Part 1 Understanding your work[edit]
1. Briefly describe how your proposed activities and strategies were implemented
Organizing a meet-up and training edit-a-thon to determine the theme: we announced at the beginning of every week, the focus area/theme which the participants were expected to create articles from by looking them up on English Wikipedia, During which we retrain the participants on the areas we realized they need more coaching and support.
Training and recruiting new sets of editors: the trainings were hosted in different locations including; Karasuwa, Kolere, Bajoga, Potiskum, Damaturu and Fika and that helped us in reaching out to more and more Fulfulde speaking communities from that we have on record 86 editors enrolled on the dashboard out of the 100+ who were recruited during the awareness and they were trained via the bi-weekly trainings.
Partnerships: live coverage was made by media companies including Sakiraabe Radio and Koode International Radio stations.
Establish communities: we identied the most engaged communities and have choosen them to be launched as Wikimedia Fulfulde Community Hubs/Fan Clubs/Networks in order to motivate them and ensure the retention of their very active participants. These are:
- 1. Fula Wikidata Lexicographers Hub
- 2. Fulfulde Wikipedia Funakaye Network
- 3. Fulfulde Commons Photographers Hub
- 4. Fula Wikipedia Federal College of Education (Technical) Potiskum Fan Club
2. Were there any strategies or approaches that you felt were effective in achieving your goals? Please describe these strategies and approaches.
1. Established Communities: because we used to explained to the participants at the beginning of every thematic week that their commitments to making more contribution will result to them having a chance to have an established community were they could be grouped together and act as a branch/affiliate of Wikimedia Fulfulde Community they gave it their very best.
- 2. Sustainable group: apart from the central group of Wikimedia Fulfulde Community were all the participants were added, each community of participants has a dedicated group where the participants can interact has created a
sense of belonging and a place where they can continue to learn long after the program.
- 3. Prizes: giving out prizes to the most contributing participants have played a vital role not just during the event but even after it as it keeps them motivated and expecting for another time.
3. Please use this space to upload media and other files that help tell your story and impact.
Field to type in URLs.
1. Links to the video of attestations and remarks by the facilitators: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11N_ef6iOyuMWIIOUAll-Rm5LiJM4r0Ty/view?usp=sharing
- 2. Links to the Diff Blog Post sharing the project's impact on Wikidata: https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/04/05/7-in-7-celebrating-the-impacts-of-wikimedia-fulfulde-community-on-wikidata/
- 3. Links to the event dashboard: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikimedia_Fulfulde_Community/Wikimedia_Fulfulde_Community_Capacity_Building_and_Thematic_Weeks_(2023-02-06)
- 4. Links to some Twitter posts on the Wikimedia Fulfulde Community handle about the event: https://twitter.com/Wikimediafulah/status/1638425446571294721
https://twitter.com/Wikimediafulah/status/1646429592360550402
- 5. Links to event page: https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_Fulfulde_Community_Thematic_Weeks
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 | Strongly agree |
| D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives | Agree |
| E. Encourage the retention of editors | Agree |
| F. Encourage the retention of organizers | 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 project itsellf was build out of the desire to bring in participants from underrepresented groups who would create contents about underrepresented topics on Fulfulde Wikipedia.
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?
1. Did having a series of trainings in promptly helped in establishing constant engagement and retention of recruited participants? Yes, we have seen how massively the participants engaged in the projects they were trained especially, Wikidata and Wikipedia.
- 2. Did the campaign bring in those in remote areas? Yes, vast majority of the training attendees came from distant places who live in less developed areas.
- 3. Do the editing of Wikimedia projects in Fulfulde language become sustained? Yes, now there wasn't a day without a series of new pages being created on Fulfulde Wikipedia by the editors trained.
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?
No, except for the inconviniences caused by the 2023 Nigeria general election which forced us to shifting the planned dates and travels associated with the event.
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?
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. Links to some banners and flyers used for online communications: https://twitter.com/Wikimediafulah/status/1640308844776550400 https://twitter.com/Wikimediafulah/status/1630768269618454530
- 2. Links to a video documentary played during the trainings: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ybZbwxhY8bBbrJ7bfbxdRAFYc8hY-cd-/view?usp=sharing
- 3. Links to slide presentations https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VrOkEMEo-OdhkYKQe98YlW1fxHb1QLiu/view?usp=sharing
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 events | Number of planned in-person trainings/editathons: 4 - 6 editathons | 6 | 4 | We were able to host 5 editathons throughout the event. 4 physical and one online training. | Google Documents form and attendance register |
| Number of participants | Throughout the events we aimed at training at least 120 participants; targeting 20 - 25 participants each week. | 120 | 86 | Out of the over 100 attendees, 86 participants were enrolled on the Dashboard. | Outreach Dashboard Tool |
| Number of facilitators | The number of community members who will ensure the smooth running of the editathons | 5 | 7 | 7 experience editors 5 from the community and 2 outside the community helped us in carrying out the activities. | Dashboard |
| Page views | Increase in Fulfulde Wikipedia page views | 1000 | 50000 | From February to May 2023 which was the duration in which the project took place there has been an increase with over 50k views on Fula Wikipedia compared to the months before the event. | bar|2-year|~total|monthly |
| 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 | There will be repeated and new contributors/editors to participate in all the editathons and we planned on targeting at least 20 - 25 in each thematic week | 120 | 86 | We trained and retrained 150 participants in the 5 workshops conducted and enrolled 86 out of them. | |
| Number of editors | The main target is to grow the number of new editors on Fulfulde Wikipedia. We therefore expect to have at least 30 new editors out of the overall participants and 30 old editors. | 60 | 86 | We recruited 33 new editors and retrain 53 old editors | Dashboard Tool |
| Number of organizers | Number of organizers, trainers and facilitators will be 5 with the project lead, event coordinator and communications/liason officer from the community and 2 other experienced organizers who will be invited from other groups/communities. | 5 | 7 | We had 7 organizers who supported the successful execution of the project | Dashboard Tool |
| Wikimedia Project | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | Number of articles created/improved | 240 | 3174 | Over 350 new articles were created and 2822 articles were improved | Dashboard Tool |
| Wikidata | Number of items/lexemes added on Wikidata | 500 | 2000 | More than 2000 lexemes were added on the Wikidata | Dashboard Tool and Ordia Tool Forge |
| Wikimedia Commons | Number of photographs uploaded | 10 | 10 | Some photographs were uploaded to be used on relevant Wikipedia articles | Dashboard Tool |
| 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.
Yes
12a. State what difficulties you had.
We experienced issues with the outreach dashboard as there were many technical error reports observed while trying to access the dashboards. Sometimes it wasn't even loading. The worse part was it didn't tracked the edits of many contributors enrolled.
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.
1. Links to Google form used during the event to record the participants information https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSezUTxy-KsaPDJdVLxq9Km8ZHVqrEoazxpC8wofytuVh3SM-A/viewform
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.
Yes
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.
We dicsussed the results with the community members in a general online meeting held in order to share the outcome and boost their morale to keep their engagement.
Part 4: Financial reporting and compliance[edit]
15. & 14a. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency.
1350552 NGN
16. Please state the total amount spent in USD.
3065 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.
N/A
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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