Wikimedia chapters/Reports/Shared Knowledge/Impact reports/Q4 2020

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This is an Impact report for the fourth quarter (Q4, October through December) on the 2020 APG grant to Shared Knowledge, with special consideration given to the 2020 Annual plan.

For monthly reports about our activities during this quarter, see October Activity report, November Activity report and December Activity report.

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

Projects[edit]

Wikiexpeditions

Veloexpeditions

Wikitours

Editing competitions

Edit-a-thons

Editing weekends

Editing days

Wiki Sketches

Photohunts

Wiki Experiments

Wiki for United Nations

Gender Gap 2020

Achievements[edit]

Name of project Achieved outcome Explanation

Wikiexpedition

  • 3 wikiexpeditions (Osogovo region, Bregalnica region, Region of Ovče Pole)

Veloexpeditions

  • veloexpeditions

Wikitours

  • 3 wikitours (Kratovo, Kavadarci, Gevgelija)
  • 22 participations
  • 11 participants
  • 48 new articles
  • 4 improved articles
  • 78 uploaded images
  • image usage: 66,66%

Editing competition

  • 1 editing competition held
  • 10 participants
  • 169 articles created + 17 articles improved
  • 1 template created + 1 template improved
Editing competition was "Wikimedian Asian Month 2020".

Edit-a-thons

  • 3 edit-a-thons held
  • 27 participants
  • 87 articles created
The edit-a-thons were named "Community service", "Digitalization and Youth", "Computer science, mathematics, medicine and culture".

Editing weekends

  • 13 editing weekends held
  • 43 participations; 10 different users
  • 169 articles created, 12 articles improved
Editing weekends were "Female models", "Military equipment of World War II", "Lakes", "Comics", "Sculpturing", "Czech Republic", "Macedonian folk songs", "Persian Culture", "Junior Eurovision Song Contest", "Mountains", "Airports", "Shinto Religion", "Alpine skiing".

Editing days

  • 25 editing days held
  • participations; different users
  • articles created, article improved
Editing days were "Fashion designers", "Archaelogical sites in Kočani region", "Fashion Labels", "Moons of Neptune", "Paintings of Paul Cézanne", "Archaelogical sites in Sveti Nikole region", "Paintings of Vincent van Gogh", "Archaelogical sites in Kriva Palanka region", "Moons of Jupiter", "Paintings of Sandro Botticelli", "UTC time offsets", "Archaeological sites in Skopje region", "Paintings of Francisco de Goya", "Subdivisions of Crimea"", "Archaeological sites in Kavadarci region", "Political Ideologies", "Paintings of Johannes Vermeer", "Trade routes", "Archaeological sites in Demir Kapija region", "Paintings of Eduard Manet", "Buildings of Oscar Nimayer", "Archaeological Sites in the Delčevo Region", "Paintings of Caravaggio", "Volcanic Eruptions", "New Year by Calendars".

Wiki Skеtches

  • 1 participation
  • 1 created article
The article was created via Wiki Translate, of which the article Witcher 2: Assasins of Kings was used as a model.

Photohunts

  • 2 photohunts held in Municipalities of Debar and Kavadarci
  • 4 participants
  • 137 images uploaded
  • 4 articles created
  • 20 articles improved
  • 85.54% of images used in articles

Wiki Experiments

  • 22 videos of experiments
In collaboration with Institute of Physics at the Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics trough the grant of Goethe Institute in Skopje.

Wiki For United Nations

  • 5 participants
  • 126 articles created
  • 1 article improved
Week lasting competition. Macedonian installment of Wiki For United Nations.

Gender Gap 2020

  • 8 participants
  • 476 articles created
  • 37 article improved
Annual editing event that lasted entire week. Collaboration with the Swedish Embassy in Skopje.

Description of activities and learning[edit]

Most of the programmes have their objectives (listed on grant page). This section will describe how the activities during the 4th Quarter lead contributed towards their fulfillment.

Educational Programme[edit]

Wikiexperiments

Goals met by this activity

The shooting of Wikiexperiments again started in October and later in December. Over 20 videos portraying physics experiments got recorded in collaboration with the Prof. Zajkov at the Institute of Physics of Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics Skopje.

Some considerations

The funding was covered by the Goethe Institute in Skopje in order to promote German physics achievements.

Community[edit]

Wikiexpeditions

Goals met by this activity

Our expeditions maganed to go to Osogovo region, Bregalnica valley region, and the Region of Ovče Pole.

Some considerations

Stacked in October and November, these expeditions were made during the relative good weather and in order to fulfill this goal listed on the grant.

Veloexpeditions

Goals met by this activity
Some considerations


Wikitours

Goals met by this activity

Three visits to the towns of Kratovo, Kavadarci, Gevgelija. The tours covered the sites listed as cultural heritage of Macedonia in the previously mentioned towns, other landmarks, and the ancient observatory of Cocev Kamen near Kratovo.

Some considerations

All these three tours were funded by the grant of the Macedonian Government.

Editing competition

Goals met by this activity

1 editing competition was organized this quarter. The final results were four contesters who created 169 and improved 17 articles.

Some considerations

The competition was "Wikimedian Asian Month" and it server as Macedonian installment of the eponymous international Wiki initiative.

Edit-a-thons

Goals met by this activity

Three edit-a-thons got held and by that the number of events got fulfilled, mentioned in the grant.

Some considerations

All three events were in collaboration with "MLADIHUB" - a national youth organization, that has provided us with the space to make the first and second event. Also they helped to gather people on the mentioned topics. Due to COVID-19 situation, the events were semi online or totally online.

Editing weekends

Goals met by this activity

Just like the previous quarter, 13 editing weekends were again held and the results are: 61 participations in total that achieved 174 new articles created and 1 improved template.

Some considerations

Every weekend was designated for a editing weekend.

Editing days

Goals met by this activity

Wiki Sketches

Goals met by this activity
Some considerations

Photohunts

Goals met by this activity

Two photohunts in the Municipalities of Debar and Kavadarci, attended by one participant + 1 person for help. The places visited in the Municipality of Debar were villages of Banjište, Konjari, Krivci, Selokukji, Hame, and the town of Debar. The places visited in the Municipality of Kavadarci were villages of Dobrotino, Dradnja, Šeškovo, Pravednik, and the town of Kavadarci itself.

Some considerations

The plan was to visit and photograph the non-covered villages and sites by the wiki community and the sites listed as cultural heritage of Macedonia in Debar aswell in Kavadarci.