Grants:Project/Rapid/Omorodion1/Wiki and Open Access Week Celebration at Ambrose Alli University/Report

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This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2021-22 has been reviewed and accepted by the Wikimedia Foundation.


Goals[edit]

Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went?

Yes, I met my goals. I am happy with how the project went.

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
two training + One Edit-a-thon two training + One Edit-a-thon The organizers were able to achieve this target by organizing two days training event which was followed by an edit-a-thon
35 participants Over 35 people participated in the events We achieved and exceeded the target as over 35 students participated in the event. You can see the list of participants here
25 new editors recruited 25+ new editors were recruited Majority of the participants were new editors and the figure exceeded the target for this project. This was made possible due to the pre-event awareness campaign. See the list of participants here
100+ articles to be created or improved 100+ articles were created or improved Over 100 wikipedia articles were created or improved during the training and edit-a-thon. See the project dashboard here


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?
    • The partnership with the Nigerian Library and Information Science Students` Association, Ambrose Alli University Chapter, ensured the recruitment of volunteers was easy and stress-free. The association also helped in Wikipedia editing awareness creation within the University Campus.
    • The presence of some key staff of the Department of Library and Information Science during the training added colour and more value to the training.
  • What did not work so well?

We had several challenges which limited the overall success of this project. For Instance, some of the recruited participants were unable to create their Wikipedia Account on their own because of IP blocks. Even many of the participants who were trained could not make edits or participate in the edit-a-thon because they experienced several IP blocks for no fault of theirs. During the training, the IP of the internet router that was being used for training was blocked and this almost destabilized the organizers.

Aside the blocked IP issue, there was the challenge of poor network during the training.

  • What would you do differently next time?
    • Get back up network in the event of an IP Block
    • Consider the strength of network while choosing venue for subsequent events.

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.

Kindly find the detailed information about the amount spent for this project here

Remaining funds[edit]

Do you have any remaining grant funds?

Remaining funds have been used or will be used for other approved mission-aligned activities. This use has been requested in writing and approved by WMF.
Yes. I have USD 24 left. I propose the remaining grant fund be deducted from my next project.


Anything else[edit]

Anything else you want to share about your project?

I would appreciate it if I can be placed on IP Block exempt. I would have done it long ago if I knew how to go about it.
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