Grants:Project/Rapid/UG GR/Wiki Loves Earth in Greece 2021/Report
- Report accepted
- To read the approved grant submission describing the plan for this project, please visit Grants:Project/Rapid/UG GR/Wiki Loves Earth in Greece 2021.
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Goals[edit]
Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went?
2nd place in WLE Greece 2021
3rd place in WLE International (landscapes)
Some of the project's goals were succeded. This also includes improving the quality of the already existing articles related to the pictures. Also many areas in Greece were covered for first time with photos from the competition and we raised awareness of free licences among photographers in Greece (at least for those who participated) and recruited some of them as new contributors to Wikimedia Commons. We also increased local media coverage about Wikimedia projects through national news outlets. We raised even more coverage when the photo which winned the 1st place in WLM Greece then got the 3rd place in the landscape category in the international WLE.
On the other side, most of our quantitative goals were not met. We encountered significant drop in participation and submitted photos, and this is something that we will promptly examine further.
From the organizational side, the project run ok, although we encountered some burnout.
Outcome[edit]
| Target outcome | Achieved outcome | Explanation |
| Number of participants: 200 | 137 | |
| Number of photos uploaded: 2500 | 920 photos | |
| Number of new users: 180 | 117 (85%) | |
| 4 months after the contest, 125 or 5% of photos are used on wiki projects | 113 (12%) | |
| 4 months after the contest, 20 of uploaded photos are categorized as valued, quality or featured | 3 categorized as quality |
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?
- Jury process worked great.
- What did not work so well?
- Participation was low. We need to research the reasons for this.
- What would you do differently next time?
- Keep the schedule
- Advertise more (?)
- Increase of prizes (?)
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.
| Number | Category | Item description | Unit | Number of units | Actual cost per unit | Actual total | Budgeted total | Currency | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prizes | 1st award | item | 1.00 | 400.00 | 400.00 | 900.00 | EUR | e-gift cards |
| 2 | Prizes | 2nd award | item | 1.00 | 300.00 | 300.00 | |||
| 3 | Prizes | 3rd award | item | 1.00 | 200.00 | 200.00 | |||
| 4 | Prizes | 1st award for the illustration marathon | item | 1.00 | 30.18 | 30.18 | 60.00 | EUR | via bank transfer |
| 5 | Prizes | 2nd award for the illustration marathon | item | 1.00 | 24.29 | 24.29 | |||
| 6 | Posters | posters of the awarded photographs send to winners and duplicates archived for future exhibition | item | 20.00 | 10.23 | 204.60 | 250.00 | EUR | printing costs |
| 7 | Certificates | Certificates for the awarded photographs and jury members | item | 20 | 20.00 | EUR | Certificates with the names of the awarded photographers. They were sent via email as result of the Covid-19 pandemic | ||
| 8 | Fees, comissions etc | Bank commission for bank transfer for 1st award for the illustration marathon | bank commission | 1.00 | 2.35 | 2.35 | 20.00 | EUR | bank commissions |
| 9 | Mailing | For awards and thank you certicates | n/a | - | - | 19.00 | 50.00 | EUR | for posters mailed to the winners |
| 10 | Incidentals | cylinder packages for posters | item | 5 | 1.90 | 9.48 | 50.00 | EUR | for posters send via postal service to winner |
Total 1,189.90 EUR
Remaining funds[edit]
Our remaining funds are 210.10 EUR.