Wikimedia Photo Contests in Nigeria: Learning & Evaluation
Wikipedia photography contests in Nigeria are one of the numerous programs of the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria and serve as a means of uploading media files that are realistically useful for educational purposes for use on Wikipedia articles and outside of the Wikimedia movement.
Purpose of evaluation[edit]
The primary purpose of this evaluation is to have a better understanding of the impact of the photography contests, including the priority goals of participants. The following are the aims of this evaluation.
- The photography contest that participants participate the most
- The priority goals of the participants
- The extent of involvement of the participants
- Understant if the contest meet their goals for participating
- The extent at which training impact on their contributions.
- What participants think should be improved
- Praticipants opinion about prizes
- What works well
- What aren't working well
| Theory of change | Strategies | proposed outcomes | Archieved outcomes | Learning questions | Learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No enough photos relating to Nigeria to illustrate Wikipedia articles | Implement photography contests in Nigeria | Implement at least 4 photography contests | at least 2 photography contests were implemented | How many contests were implemented? | 2 photography contests were implemented |
| Participants are usually photographers who does not know how to edit Wikimedia projects | Train photographers to contribute | Train at least 20 photographers | No photographers was trained |
How many photographers did you train? What was their motivation for attending the training? How has the training impacted on their contributions? |
No photographer was trained |
| Most participants are usually male | encourage more female to participate | At least 40% of the participants would be female | Only 22.6% of the participants are female | What is the percentage of male to female participants? | 22.6% |
| Photography contests are not well promoted to encourage contributions | We will promote the contests using various platforms | we would promote the contests through social media platforms, central notice banner, one-on-one campaign, and Wikimedia affilates members to promote the contests | Central notice banner, social media , one-one-campaign, direct invitation were used | How did you promote the campaign? Did you reach your target audience? How many professional photographers were reached? How many of the photographers participated? | Central notice banner, social media , one-one-campaign, direct invitation were used, more than 1000 people were reached |
Participants priority goals[edit]
A survey was shared with all the participants of our photography contests in Nigeria. A total of 31 participants responded to the survey, of whom 41.9% reported that their priority goal was to enrich the Wikimedia projects; 22.6% of the participants goal was to win prizes. 19.4% of the respondents' priority goals were to contribute their works, and 12.9% of the participants goals were to increase their contributions.
This result shows that while participants want to improve the quality of Wikipedia articles with photos, prizes play a significant role in their participation. 51.6% of respondents think that the prize awards should be increased.