Grants:Project/Rapid/Wikimedia Hackathon 2022 VGLUG Villupuram,TamilNadu/Report

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This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2022-23 has been reviewed and accepted by the Wikimedia Foundation.


Goals[edit]

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

  • With a lot of team effort we have met not only our goals but also we have achieved a lot more than expected.
  • To conclude how the project went on we have ensured the participant's confidence levels were improved. We are happy that Wikimedia hackathon awareness was reached among the rural people in and around Villupuram.
  • Knowledge sharing among the participants was really great and we have received a large number of contributions from the new beginners.
  • We have successfully developed the below mentioned 4 tools as part of this Wikimedia hackathon,
  1. Quick Wiktionary
  2. SpotWikiEdit
  3. Bulk Wiki Downloader
  4. Bulk Wiktionary Creator

Outcome[edit]

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Target outcome Achieved outcome Explanation
25 Total participants 27 Total participants We reached and surpassed our target!
10 New developers 15 New developers We reached and surpassed our target!
20 Newly registered users 13 Newly registered users Few of the participants are already having an account on Wikimedia. So the rest of the participants opened a new account during the event.
4 Tools 4 Tools(2 Tools in Python, 2 tools in JS) As per the target, we have developed totally 4 tools which include a few minor changes and improvements required.

Also future enhancement discussion happened on these Spell4Wiki and Wikisource apps.

3 Pre event 2 Pre event We were able to conduct 2 pre-events due to lack of time.
5 active contributors 8 active contributors Initially we have targeted 5 contributors, surprisingly we had 8 contributors on the event days and we will include them for the next level contributions and projects.
  • We have received more positive feedback from the participants related to the hackathon event and event handling.

Learning[edit]

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What worked well?[edit]

  • The Zeroth Day event helped the new participants to understand the Wikimedia Hackathon in detail.
  • The best part of this event was a team effort which made us work with each other and share their opinion on the tool they have worked on. Knowledge sharing was a great experience for each one of us who participated in this event.
  • Team effort was succeeded with the help of below patterns used among the list of participants,
  1. At the first step we had splitted the candidate into a few teams based on technologies along with volunteers and co-volunteers.
  2. Each team has a combination of new beginners and well experienced developers.
  3. Crazy names were chosen by the team folks for the respective teams.
  4. Developed tools were showcased among the teams.
  5. Also shared the challenges faced during the project development and how they overcame possible solutions.
  • Global showcase meeting at the end of the event really helped us to get to know the other point of observations on the projects we have worked on and that is giving more different views to improve us in the future.
  • Around 100+ candidates registered for this event. From the total count, we have selected 27 candidates. But the registered count proved that many people were very much interested to attend the event and contribute themselves.

What did not work so well?[edit]

Lack of time was a minor concern from our side because few participants are very new to this hackathon event so we felt it would be better if the event days are extended.

What would you do differently next time?[edit]

Next time, we will create a Wikimedia hackathon vibe around the district by conducting many pre events such as small competitions for schools and mid level competitions for college students with the Wikimedia theme. So that we can attain a massive crowd of contributors for hackathon and we can bring more innovative and must needed tools for Wikimedia.

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.

S.no Item Description Cost
1 Food Expenses for the in-person event Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner ₹36872
2 Travel expenses Travel expenses for the volunteers on Hackathon meetup. ₹6200
3 Tea, Snacks and drinks Break time Refreshments ₹16650
4 Other Stationary,Junction Box,etc,. ₹10600
5 Venue Hall & Hospitality Event Locality with facilities along with accommodations ₹43800
6 Flyers/pamphlets/Tags Flyers/pamphlets/Tags for the event to distribute ₹6500
7 COVID-19 protective material COVID-19 safety Measures include face masks and Hand sanitizer ₹9286
8 Press release on local newspapers Event Public promotions ₹5400
9 Laptop, Projector rental Hardware support for the Hackathon ₹24500
10 Contingency This is for unforeseen expenses ₹20600
11 Data Support./Internet Data package support and headphones/mic for participants ₹5800
12 Child care Child care for small hardware ₹4200
13 Zero-Day Budget Pre-Hackathon event expenses ₹11000
Total expenses in INR ₹201408
Total expenses in USD $2578 approx

Remaining funds[edit]

Do you have any remaining grant funds?

No unused funds left.

Anything else[edit]

Anything else you want to share about your project?

Tools developed
S.no Tool name Info Status
1 Quick Wiktionary When users select word from any websites It helps to get meaning of the word from Wiktionary.

Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCNNZhIWt74

Development completed and plugin creation in progress.
2 SpotWikiEdit Users can edit the Wiki content directly by selecting the word or sentence.

It will prompt for replacing the string. Once the string is given, it will get updated on the page.

Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMca7KoETjA

Almost completed. Found some challenges that need to be resolved.
3 Bulk Wiki Downloader Supports bulk download of media files from Wikimedia commons category.

Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1tYQJN8Tbc

Development completed.
4 Bulk Wiktionary Creator It helps to create a bulk of words page along with meaning in Wiktionary. Development in progress.

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