Grants:Project/Rapid/LUCG Wikimedia Community/LUCG First Edit-a-thon/Report
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- Report accepted
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Goals
[edit]Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went?
- The goals set for this project were met and exceeded in terms of the number of participants, new editors, and article/item improved/created.
Participants were trained on the following
- Creating articles on Wikipedia
- Improving Articles on Wikipedia
- Creating new items on Wikidata
- Improving Items on Wikidata
Outcome
[edit]Please report on your original project targets. Please be sure to review and provide metrics required for Rapid Grants.
Target outcome | Achieved outcome | Explanation |
Number of participants: 25 | 53 | 37 participants were present at the event and 16 others came through reports from other participants and individual mentorship |
Number of new editors: 20 | 48 | It was a really hyped event on the LUCG campus |
Number of articles created/improved: 40 | 53 | 33 articles was created/improved on Wikipedia while 20 items were improved o Wikidata |
Wikimedia Commons upload:0 | 27 | No target was set for this project |
Learning
[edit]Projects do not always go according to plan. Sharing what you learned can help you and others plan similar projects in the future. Help the movement learn from your experience by answering the following questions:
- What worked well?
- We adopted a one on one communication strategy to invite participants to the workshop and it worked out well
- The school administration helped by providing the participants with desktop computers
- Participants received T-shirts, Mugs, and Stickers
- We set up a three-man mentorship group that really assisted those who were referred to us by the participants
- We made arrangements for a light breakfast so the participants didn't have to worry about that and showed up early to the workshop.
- We created a curation page on Google docs with few references so that participants will find it easy to create articles
- We were able to know the interest of a few participants as the curation enveloped around different topics/individuals
- We adopted a one on one mentorship approach which helped us assist most mentees with their complaints
- Even though the date of the event had changed due to the fund's delay, the turnout was still commendable
- What did not work so well?
- On getting to the event, we noticed that the internet connection was poor and we only had one router available. We then decided to rent two more but still wasn't good enough. It really affected the contribution of the participants and also reduced the morale of editing.
- The internet connection was really poor and that affected participants' contributions
- What would you do differently next time?
- We will definitely find a better means to resolve the internet issue with the school and network providers
- We will focus more on articles that are of interest to the participants
- We will also focus on already existing articles for new editors to ease their understanding
Finances
[edit]Grant funds spent
[edit]Please describe how much grant money you spent for approved expenses, and tell us what you spent it on.
Item | What was budgeted (Ghc) | What was spent (Ghc) | Explanation |
Venue space | 600 | 600 | N/A |
Projector | 400 | 400 | We rented a projector to ease our productivity at the event |
Internet routers | 500 | 500 | We rented three routers. One was paid for, and two others were rented out by colleagues |
Internet Data | 240 | 320 | There wasn't data on the two extra routers, so we subscribed on them |
Power extension socket | 350 | 350 | We bought 5 power extension sockets |
Refreshment (Light Breakfast + Lunch) | 1500 | 1830 | We had more participants than expected |
Water | 75 | 145 | |
Mugs | 200 | 200 | |
T-Shirts | 600 | 600 | |
Stickers | 150 | 150 | |
Printing | 60 | 60 | |
Transportation for items | 180 | 300 | |
Banner | 100 | 100 | |
Transportation for event facilitators | 300 | 300 | |
Transportation for event participants | 700 | 700 | |
Miscellaneous | 600 | 600 | All additional expenses on refreshment, water and Transportation were taken from it |
Total | 6555 | 6555 |
Remaining funds
[edit]Do you have any remaining grant funds?
No
Anything else
[edit]Anything else you want to share about your project?