Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikimedia Awareness Campaign and Editathon at Mai Idris Alooma Polytechnic (ID: 22156501)/Final Report
Report Status: Accepted
Due date: 2023-09-12T00:00:00Z
Funding program: Rapid Fund
Report type: Final
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- Title of Proposal: Wikimedia Awareness Campaign and Editathon at Mai Idris Alooma Polytechnic
- Username of Applicant: Ibrahim442
- Name of Organization: N/A
- Amount awarded: 1042.8
- Amount spent: 1042.8 USD, 793000 NGN
Part 1 Understanding your work edit
1. Briefly describe how your proposed activities and strategies were implemented
We hosted 1 offline campaign and 2 editathons and had new editors. The members of the polytechnic community received the programme with a warm welcome being the first of its kind to hold within the region. One of the most interesting aspect is the enquiries placed by the both the lecturers and students on Wikipedia objectives in general. Hence, our team of facilitators swung into action and were very helpful in providing them with answers to their questions, guiding, and monitoring them through the editing process in the sessions. For the new editors it took longer than we expected for them to learn the basic skills for creating new articles, and uploading of images on Commons, we also helped them in improving existing Wikidata Items which they perform excellently well.
2. Were there any strategies or approaches that you felt were effective in achieving your goals? Please describe these strategies and approaches.
The awareness campaign already started before the scheduled event dates through google form and whatapps group which resulted to an impressive turn up of participants for the training. Equally we also sent emails and text messages to keep everyone informed. We ensured that most of the participants created their accounts and reached the venue on time before the commencement of the training programme.
3. Please use this space to upload media and other files that help tell your story and impact.
Field to type in URLs.
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4. To what extent do you agree with the following statements regarding the work carried out with the support of this Fund? You can choose “not applicable” if your work does not relate to these goals.
| A. Bring in participants from underrepresented groups | Strongly agree |
| B. Create a more inclusive and connected culture in our community | Agree |
| C. Develop content about underrepresented topics/groups | Strongly agree |
| D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives | Strongly agree |
| E. Encourage the retention of editors | Strongly agree |
| F. Encourage the retention of organizers | Strongly agree |
5. Is there anything else you would like to share about how your efforts helped to bring in participants and/or build out content, particularly for underrepresented groups?
The awareness campaign already started before the scheduled event dates through google form and whatapps group which resulted to an impressive turn up of participants for the training. Equally we also sent emails and text messages to keep everyone informed.
Part 2: Your main learning edit
6. In your application, you outlined your learning priorities. What did you learn about these areas during this period?
We are really excited that the set learning objectives were achieved, targets meet and the project was a success.
7. Did anything unexpected or surprising happen when implementing your activities?This can include both positive and negative situations. What did you learn from those experiences?
The ICT Laboratory had a limited power supply from the solar power system due to heavy down pour which affected our training schedule. For this reason, we did an overview presentation for new editors which took us too much time discussing and guiding the participants for them to be able to make their first edits due to the fact that Wikipedia programme was new to them.
8. How do you hope to use this learning? For instance, do you have any new priorities, ideas for activities, or goals for the future?
Although, presently there is hike in Petroleum prices due removal of petroleum subsidy by president Bola Tinubu led-Federal Government which affected the whole economic activities in the country, we would consider using an ICT Laboratory with an alternative sources of constant power supply, avoid spending too much time answering questions by providing the participants with pre-events questions and comments options on google registration form etc.
9. Documentation of resources: Use this space to upload any documents that would be useful to share with others (e.g. communications material, training material, presentations).
Here is an additional field to type in URLs.
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Part 3: Metrics edit
10a. Open Metrics reporting
In your application, you defined some open metrics and targets (goals). You will see a table like the one below with your metric in the title and the target you set in your proposal automatically filled in. Use the tables to report the result. Use the comments column to describe any aspects of this result that you find relevant. If the results were different from the initial target (goals) then you can explain why and what you learned from this. You can also provide any qualitative analysis regarding these results. In the last column please describe the tools and methodology used to collect this data and any difficulties you might have had.
| Open Metrics | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of events | Two offline awareness campaign and 1 Edit-a-thon | 3 | 3 | 2 offline awareness campaign and 1 Editathon were conducted successfully. | Event Dashboard |
| Number of new participants | Target number of participants | 50 | 54 | 54 persons participated | Event Dashboard and whatsapp group |
| Page views | Increase in Wikipedia page views | 1000 | 1076 | 1.76k views were achieved | Event Dashboard |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
10b. Core Metrics reporting
In your application, you defined targets for some core metrics and targets (goals). You will see a table like the one below with each core metric in the title and the target you set in your proposal automatically filled in. Use the tables to report the result. Use the comments column to describe any aspects of this result that you find relevant. If the results were different from the initial target (goals) then you can explain why and what you learned from this. You can also provide any qualitative analysis regarding these results. In the last column please describe the tools and methodology used to collect this data and any difficulties you might have had. Note: a table will appear for each Wikimedia project content contribution you defined in your proposal.
| Core metrics | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | The participants for this project would be drawn from the college staff and students of different ages and gender. | 50 | 54 | 54 persons participated | Event Dashboard and Whatsapp group |
| Number of editors | The expected targeted newly recruited editors for this project events | 35 | 38 | 38 persons recruited as editors | Event Dashboard and Whatsapp group |
| Number of organizers | There would be 1 lead organizer and 4 facilitators | 5 | 7 | 1 lead organizer, 4 facilitators and 2 technical staff participated. | Event Dashboard and whatsapp group |
| Wikimedia Project | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | These are new/improved articles to be added. | 200 | 887 | 144 articles created, 743 articles improved/edited. | Event Dashboard and whatsapp group |
| Wikidata | Number of items/lexemes created. | 400 | 793 | 793 items were improved/added | Event Dashboard |
| Wikimedia Commons | Number of new/non-existent photographs added to Wikipedia pages | 150 | 275 | 275 photos were added/uploaded. | Event Dasboard |
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12. Did you have any difficulties collecting data to measure your results? This could include things like a lack of time or resources, or the expertise in your team to collect this data. It could also include difficulties with particular data collection tools.
No
12a. State what difficulties you had.
N/A
12b. How do you hope to overcome these challenges in the future? Do you have any recommendations for the Foundation to support you in addressing these challenges?
N/A
13. Use this space to upload any documents and provide links to any tools you have used that would be useful to understand your data collection (e.g., surveys you have carried out, communications material, training material, program and event dashboard link, project page on Meta).
Here is an additional field to type in URLs.
https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Wikimedia Awareness Campaign and Editathon at Mai Idriss Alooma Polytechnic/home
14. Have you shared these results with other Wikimedian communities (either affiliates, user groups, volunteers, etc., different to yours)? This can include things such as data and direct outcomes, lessons you have learned, or information on how to run or recreate your programs.
Yes
14a. If yes or partially, please describe how you have already shared them and if you would like to do more sharing, and if so how.
Yes, all communications/information was shared via our whatsapp group.
Part 4: Financial reporting and compliance edit
15. & 14a. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency.
793000 NGN
16. Please state the total amount spent in USD.
1042.8 USD
17. Please report the funds received and spending in the currency of your fund.
17a. Upload a financial report file.
17b. Please provide a link to your financial reporting document.
N/A
As required in the fund agreement, please report any deviations from your fund proposal here. Note that, among other things, any changes must be consistent with our WMF mission, must be for charitable purposes as defined in the grant agreement, and must otherwise comply with the grant agreement.
17c. If you have not already done so in your budget report, please provide information on changes in the budget in relation to your original proposal.
N/A
18. Do you have any unspent funds from the Fund?
No
18a. Please list the amount and currency you did not use and explain why.
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18b. What are you planning to do with the underspent funds?
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18c. Please provide details of hope to spend these funds.
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19. Are you in compliance with the terms outlined in the fund agreement?
Yes
20. Are you in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations as outlined in the grant agreement?
Yes
21. Are you in compliance with provisions of the United States Internal Revenue Code (“Code”), and with relevant tax laws and regulations restricting the use of the Funds as outlined in the grant agreement? In summary, this is to confirm that the funds were used in alignment with the WMF mission and for charitable/nonprofit/educational purposes.
Yes
22. If you have additional recommendations or reflections that don’t fit into the above sections, please write them here.
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