Reports:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Report/Peterebube1977/Wikisource Training and Proofread a thon On Nigerian Books
Goals
[edit]Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went?
- Yes I did. I was so happy with how the project went through,the virtual training made it seamless and easy.
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 |
| 20 participants | 20 | Our goal was successfully achieved through early invitations and the prompt initiation of the edit-a-thon |
| 150 articles/improved/edits words to be added | Created (15), Edited/Improved (150) | We attained our target as intended, with a majority of participants actively participating in the online training. The edit-a-thon served as our means of achieving the project goals. |
| We expected to have (10) new participants | 10 new participants registered | Our new participants include those who attended the event, along with an additional 10 individuals who registered specifically for it. |
| To use outreach dashboard to tract the events online activities | https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikimedia/Wikisource_Training_and_Proofread_a_thon_On_Nigerian_Books/home | We successfully created the outreach dashboard and tracked the projects activities. |
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 were the successful aspects of the project?
The successful aspects of the projects was numerous but just to mention a few:
- The new members found wikisource editing to be easy to edit, which fast spaced their editing skills on wikisource.
- The number of edits made were exceedingly beyond our expectations
- The existing editors were able to mentor and guide the new editors which was very great as a collaborative skill for advancing open knowledge sharing.
- What were the challenges encountered?
A notable challenge that was encountered was the delay of tracking of edit contributions by outreach dashboard.
- What improvements will be considered for future initiatives?
None Actually the Google Meet platform has proven to be very effective.
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.
- E fliers NGN5,000
- T shirt for Facilitator: NGN 5,000
- Prizes for top five contributors:NGN30,000
- Contingency and Miscellaneous: NGN10,000
- TOTAL : NGN 50,000
Remaining funds
[edit]Do you have any remaining grant funds?
- No
Photos from Event
[edit]Photos of event activities should be shown here. (This is different from Wiki Loves photos)
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Wikisource Virtual Training -
Wikisource Virtual Training -
training flyer
Anything else?
[edit]Anything else you want to share about your project?
- It was truly a wonderful project, and the use of virtual training proved to be very effective. I’d love to continue incorporating virtual training into my future projects and as well have a 2.0 for this project.