Wikimedia chapters/Reports/Shared Knowledge/Impact reports/Q1 2023

This is an Impact report for the first quarter (Q1, January through March) on the 2023 APG grant to Shared Knowledge, with special consideration given to the 2023 Annual plan.

For monthly reports about our activities during this quarter, see January Activity report, February Activity report and March Activity report.

You can also see our Financial report for the same period.

Projects

1. Students Mentorship

2. Wikiexperiments

3. Editing Competitions

4. Editing Days

5. Editing Weekends

6. 1Lib1Ref

7. WikiSketch Lessons

8. Geoexpeditions

9. Wiki Loves Folklore 2023

10. WikiVillage

11. MakSport

12. Exhibitions

Achievements

Num.	Name of project	Achieved outcome	Explanation
1	Students Mentorship	2 mentorship sessions held 36 total participants 31 new participants 13 articles created on the Macedonian Wikipedia	Giving Wikipedia lectures and editing lessons to high school students at the American High School Skopje and university students at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Skopje, both in February.
2	Wikiexperiments	1 filming session held 5 total participants 2 new participants 18 videos (all used in articles) 15 articles created on the Macedonian Wikipedia 13 articles improved on the Macedonian Wikipedia 8 templates created on the Macedonian Wikipedia	Filming chemistry experiments at the Institute of Chemistry, Skopje in February.
3	Editing competitions	1 competition held 11 total participants 8 competitors 2 new participants 335 articles created on the Macedonian Wikipedia 8 articles improved on the Macedonian Wikipedia	The editing competition was titled Chemical Compounds (February 10-March 9).
4	Editing days	26 editing days held 7 total participants 184 created articles and 1 improved one 5 created templates and 1 improved one 2 created modules	Nine Editing days in January, eight in February, and another nine in March.
5	Editing weekends	12 editing weekends held 8 different users 148 new articles created and 2 improved ones 11 templates created	Four Editing weekends in January, February, March, each.
6	1Lib1Ref	1 editition held 4 total participants 3 competitors 874 references added in articles 715 articles improved	20 day editing competition of inserting references on articles that lack or have very few references.
7	Wiki Sketch Lessons	6 six sessions held 15 total participants 9 new participants 11 articles created and 1 improved on the Macedonian Wikipedia 16 images uploaded on Wikimedia Commons (12 used)	Individual and group lessons of editing on Wikipedia.
8	Geoexpeditions	4 total participants	Exploration and photographing river islands on the Vardar river.
9	Wiki Loves Folklore 2023	22 total participants 11 new participants 18 contesters 2,809 images uploaded on Commons 4 images used in articles 2 articles improved on the Macedonian Wikipedia	The Macedonian edition of the international Wiki Loves Folklore 2023. It lasted from February 1 to March 31.
10	WikiVillage	1 total participant 12 articles created 1 article on the Macedonian and 11 on the English Wikipedia 19 articles improved 18 articles on the Macedonian Wikipedia and 1 on the English Wikipedia	Preparation and content coverage for the QR-pedian project in the village of Vevčani.
11	MakSport	2 engagements made 4 total participants 1 new participant 4 articles created 13 uploaded images on Wikimedia Commons	Both in March. Visiting an international football game where photos were taken. The second engagement was editing about international footballers which was several days later.
12	Exhibitions	1 exhibition held 87 total participants 65 new participants 12 articles created 21 articles improved	Preparation, editing, and opening the Slovenia Exhibition.

Description of activities and learning

All these projects and activities are part of the Shared Knowledge's Annual Plan. This section will describe how the activities progressed during the First quarter.

Education & Science Program

1. Students Mentorship

Goals met by this activity

According to our metrics this program for the entire year should have at least 105 total participants. 36 participants got involved in this quarter. Thus, 34.2% of the total participants annual quota is achieved. There 31 new participants among these two men (100 new people projected; 31% progress). According to our total pages quota, in 2023 at least 400 pages in total should be covered. So far, 26 content pages were covered and that is 6.5% progress.

2. Wikiexperiments

Goals met by this activity

Within this project, we had 5 total participants. With this 5 participants, there is a 50% progress according to the annual total participants quota. Two people were new which makes up 25% progress (8 NP projected). 90 total content pages were covered out of the annually planned 200 (45% success).

Community Program

3. Editing Competitions

Goals met by this activity

Traditionally one competition was held in this quarter. We had 11 total participants of which 8 competitors and 3 jury members. With this being said, this is 36.6 % out of the 30 annually planned participants. When it comes to new participants, two were new and they represent 33% out of the planned annual new participants quota (6). The achieved total content pages is 686 compared to the annual 840 content pages which is 81.6% progress.

4. Editing Days

Goals met by this activity

In this 26 editions we had participation of 7 different Wikipedians. The annual total participants quota is 18 which means a progress of 38,8%. There were no new participants out of the 3 as projected minimal required quota. The total covered content pages is 386 out of 2000 total annual content pages which is 19.3%.

5. Editing Weekends

Goals met by this activity

12 editions of various topics were held. We had 8 people participating out of the planned 11. That is achievement of 72.7%. There were no new participants in this quarter (1 projected). There were 322 content pages covered out of the total 1500 total annual planned pages which is 21.4% progress.

6. 1Lib1Ref

Goals met by this activity

15 total participants are planned. 4 people were part of it, of which 3 were contesters and the success of the TP metric is 26.6. 5 new participants are projected but there was no newly joined users. The achieved TCP is 1430 that makes 143% overachievement (100 TCP planned).

7. WikiSketch Lessons

Goals met by this activity

15 people were part of this project which is 37.5% out of the projected 40 participants. There were 9 new participants in Q1 and that is 23.6 success out of the 38 planned new participants. Regarding the content pages, 44 content pages were covered out of 160 total annual planned content pages which means 27.5% was achieved.

8. Geoexpeditions

Goals met by this activity

According to our total participants quota, we should have 6 participants. We had 4 people participating which means the quota was covered with 67% in this project. There were no new people of the planned 2 new participants. The TCP (150 planned) results could not be provided due to current and active progress of editing and coverage.

9. Wiki Loves Folklore 2023

Goals met by this activity

According to our total participants quota, we should have 20 participants. We had 23 people participating which means the quota was covered with 114% achievement in this project. There were 11 new people of the planned new 10 participants. This is a 110% progress. In this quarter there were 5618 content pages covered in total, out of the 400 total planned content pages for the year (1404% overachievement).

10. WikiVillage

Goals met by this activity

There was 1 total participant and that makes 20% out of the 5 projected participants. There was no new participants (planned 3 new people). The projected total metrics is 100 total content pages and we manage to cover 50 total content pages which is 50% progress.

11. MakSport

Goals met by this activity

In the first quarter, there were 4 participants out of the total planned annual participants which is 20. This means 20% of the projection is made. There was 1 new participant out of the total 18 planned new participants for the year and these metrics shows 5.5% progress. About the content pages, 34 content pages were covered out of the total annual planned content pages, which is 800, is 4.2%.

12. Exhibitions

Goals met by this activity

The event was off the plan, so there was now metric projection. The participants number was 87 out of which 65 were new. The TCP summed up to 66 units.