Grants:Project/Rapid/Moore Wikimedia Community/Wiki Loves Earth 2022 in Ghana/Report
- Report accepted
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Goals[edit]
Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went? The project in all was successful as we were able to meet our set goals as indicated below:
- We recruited new volunteer editors, trained them and they contributed to the project.
- We uploaded photos on Wikimedia Commons
- We created/improved Moore Wikipedia (incubator) articles
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 |
| A total of 3 photo walks | 3 photo walks | We organized 3 photo walks across 3 regions in northern Ghana; North East, Northern and Bono East regions. |
| A maximum of 15 participants in each Photowalks. | 15 at each photo walk. | Due to covid-19 restrictions, we invited only 15 participants for each photo walk. |
| A maximum of 15 participants at the upload session. | 15 each | 15 people participated in the upload sessions. |
| Upload a minimum of 400 photos from this project. | 1,529 | We exceeded the original target by 1,129images |
| Use about 15% of the total images on Wikimedia projects. | Only 0.2% images were used on Wikimedia projects. | Participants focused on uploading photos and creating and improving articles content at the expense of using the images uploaded on Wikipedia. |
| Create/improve at least 20 articles on Moore Wikipedia incubator. | 32 | 32 Wikipedia articles were created and a total of 22 met the set requirements. |
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: Photo walks: So many people had expressed interest to participate in the photo walks but we were only able to select some 15 people to embark on each of the 3 photo walks. Our target was to upload 400 images but we ended up uploading 1529 images. A whooping 1,129 more of our original target. This is a huge achievement.
On upload session; The upload session was successfully organized to guide participants through on how to upload images on Wikimedia commons for the contest. Those who were new were guided to create their user accounts at the workshop and to start uploading.
Regarding the Edit-a-thon challenge; A successful workshop was organized to train participants on how to edit on Wikipedia. Newbies who did not have wikipedia accounts were guided to create their accounts and to start editing. Participants created a total 32 articles in the Moore Wikipedia incubator.
- What did not work so well?
There was a very low percentage of usage of images uploaded on Wikipedia projects. Only 0.2% images were used.
- What would you do differently next time?
Next time, we will focus on guiding participants to use more of the images uploaded during the contest to the corresponding Wikipedia articles, Wikidata items and lexemes.
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.
- BUDGET
BUDGET FUNDS RECEIVED IN GHS 26,500 ITEM DETAILS RATE(GHS) QUANTITY TOTAL(GHS) Transportation Transportation for the entire trip 2000 3 6000 Refreshments Food and refreshment for Workshop and for the entire trip 150 45 6,750 Venue Rental (Upload) Venue for upload session 600 1 600 Projector Rental Rent of Projector 200 1 200 Internet Data Allowances Internet for all participants to compete in uploads and article creation 70 45 3,150 Internet Data for Workshop/upload Internet data for workshop and upload session 600 2 1,200 Venue Rental (for Workshop) Venue for editathon session 600 1 600 Upload Session Refreshment Food and refreshment for participants 60 45 2,700 T-Shirts for Participants T-shirts for participants of Photowalks and workshops 40 20 800 Best Photo challenge winner Prize (Gift voucher) Gift voucher 500 1 500 First best Contributor, photo contest (Gift voucher) Gift voucher 400 1 400 Second Best contributor, photo contest (Gift voucher) Gift voucher 300 1 300 Camera Rental Rent cameras for use during the Photowalks 400 1 400 Wiki souvenirs Pull-up banners and stickers. n/a n/a 1000 Covid-19 prevention equipment Cost of Hand sanitizers and face masks 30 30 900 Bank charges Transfers and Reimbursement charges n/a n/a 400 Transportation Purchase and mailing of shopping vouchers, purchase and delivery of souvenirs n/a n/a 600 Based on Oanda Exchange March 13 2022) GHS 26,500 1 USD = 7.16702 GHS USD 3,697.49
Remaining funds[edit]
Do you have any remaining grant funds?
No remaining funds.
Anything else[edit]
Anything else you want to share about your project?
Results of the Contest[edit]
- (Disclaimer: Prizes to be dispersed in gift card or voucher format.)
S/N Category won User name of winner Prize won in GHS Gift voucher 1 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sedimentary_Rocks_Inside_The_White_Volta_02.jpg Tahiru Rajab 500 2 Highest Photo (number) Contributor Sir Amugi 400 3 2nd Highest Photo (number) contributor Malibu xox 300
