Reports:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Report/Sylvesterchukwu04/Wikidata Technical Tools Training and Edit a Thon

Goals

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

Yes, we meet our goals for the project, and very happy for the resounding success of the project.

Outcome

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	By sending out early invitations and starting the edit a thon early, we achieved our objective as anticipated, providing the participants with the usage of most common wikidata technical tools which are Open Refine, Quickstatements,Mix N Match and Recoin Tool.
200 articles/improved/edits words to be added	Created (67), Edited/Improved (1.33k) & total edits (5.49k) added	Due to the knowledge gained through the physical training and edit a thon training, which the majority of our participants joined as scheduled, we were able to meet our goal. We utilized the edit a thon to complete this project.
To use outreach dashboard to tract the events online activities	https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikimedia/Wikidata_Technical_Tools_Training_and_Edit_a_Thon/	The outreach dashboard and project activities were successfully tracked.

Learning

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What worked well?

The open knowledge training was really successful. The participants paid close attention and practiced well.

What did not work so well?

Turnout out participants

What would you do differently next time?

hosting a second version with an expanded audience of about 30 participants

Finances

Grant funds spent

Please describe how much grant money you spent for approved expenses, and tell us what you spent it on.

Venue : 40,000
Refreshments(Foods & Drinks)(2000 per Participants): 30000
Logistics, Branding(T shirts for Organizers) and Publications: 20000
Prizes for top contributors : 20,000
projector Rentals : 10,000
Transportation and Miscellaneous: 10000
TOTAL : NGN 130,000

Remaining funds

Do you have any remaining grant funds?

No

Photos from Event

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Training Session
Training session
Training Session

Anything else?

Anything else you want to share about your project?

This project equipped participants with technical skills while fostering a community of Wikidata editors. It also encourage ongoing collaboration and integration of Wikidata into Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, enhancing content accuracy and consistency across these platforms.We would be priviledged to apply for the next version which is the 2.0