Reports:Wikimedia UG Nigeria Grants/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Community Support Fund/Report/Wiki Abuja Ties Project Report
Goals
[edit]Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went? Yes, we met our goals. The Wiki Abuja Ties project successfully convened 25 Wikimedia old and new editors around Abuja. It was a beautiful end of year celebration for our Wiki community. And it was also a good platform for the rich conversations about the 2024 activities and prospects of the coming year 2025. The highlight of the event was definitely the breakout technical session held to provide technical support to participants in select Wikimedia projects, specifically Wikimedia Commons, WikiSource, and Meta Wiki.
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 |
| 25 Participants | 25 Participants | Although we had hoped to significantly surpass the targeted number of participants, we are glad that we did not fall below the target. |
| 10 new editors | 3 new editors | While we fell below the target new editors, we recognize that some 5 editors were attending our network event for the first time, although they are already Wikimedia editors. |
| 200 articles improved | Still ongoing | Participants have until January 14th 2025 to complete their edits across their chosen Wikimedia projects. |
Prize Winners
[edit]For events that involve giving out prizes, Usernames of the winners should be listed
The Wiki Abuja Ties event was not approved to give out prizes. However, impressive editors will be celebrated to inspire and encourage other editors.
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 previous engagements offline and online (since the Wikimedia Nigeria Conference) worked well for us as the Wikimedia editors who did not know about the WUGN Abuja Network have stayed engaged with the Network’s activities. The innovative program also worked well for the project as participants loved the idea of an end-of-year event blended with the in-depth conversations to review the year 2024 and envision the year 2025 and a variety technical session to support participants with some wikimedia projects, specifically Wikimedia Commons, WikiSource and Meta Wiki.
- What did not work so well?
The late attendance of participants did not work so well as the event only started almost 2 hours after the scheduled time. Participants did not turn up in good time and this impacted when we could start the event. However, the participants were very engaged in the technical session, such that it took a while to successfully end the session, take group photos, entertain with some refreshments and eventually close the event.
- What would you do differently next time?
While we continue to encourage participants to be prompt to meetings, we would equally promote a 1hour earlier time on the event flyers and promotions so that we are sure to start on time in future 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.
• Refreshments for one in-person event - N100,000 (N4000 each for 25 participants, for two physical events)
• Venue – N150,000
• Miscellaneous (logistics support) – N50,000
Total – N300,000
Remaining funds
[edit]Do you have any remaining grant funds? No, there are no remaining funds from the grant funds.
Photos from Event
[edit]Photos of event activities should be shown here. (This is different from Wiki Loves photos)
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Cross-section of Participants at the Wiki Abuja Ties event2 -
Cross-section of Participants at the Wiki Abuja Ties event6 -
Cross-section of Participants at the Wiki Abuja Ties event11 -
Technical session on Meta Wiki at Wiki Abuja Ties event3 -
Technical session on WikiSource at Wiki Abuja Ties event6 -
Participant at the Wiki Abuja Ties event31 -
Technical session on Wikimedia Commons at Wiki Abuja Ties event2 -
Group photograph of participants at the Wiki Abuja Ties event2 -
Group photograph of participants at the Wiki Abuja Ties event1
Anything else?
[edit]Anything else you want to share about your project?
More information about the project is available on: Wiki Abuja Ties Event Page - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Event:Wiki_Ties_Abuja
Wiki Abuja Ties Project Outreach Dashboard - https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/WUGN_Wikimedia_Abuja_Network./Wiki_Ties_Abuja?enroll=bjfmntha
Wikimedia User Group Nigeria Abuja Network Page has more photos from the event - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_User_Group_Nigeria,_Abuja_Network
More information about the project report, especially results from our pre and post-survey results and highlights from the in-depth conversations at the event are available at the community monthly report - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1190_oUaUwjWNzzOhXSgG6HDm2jCLxZ7xQkbOPBSMrNA/edit?tab=t.0