Wikimedia chapters/Reports/Shared Knowledge/Impact reports/Q1 2022

This is an Impact report for the first quarter (Q1, January through March) on the 2022 APG grant to Shared Knowledge, with special consideration given to the 2022 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

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1. Professors Mentorship

2. Wikiexperiments

3. Edit-a-thons

4. Editing Competitions

5. Editing Days

6. Editing Weekends

7. 1Lib1Ref

8. Photohunts

9. WikiSketch Lessons

10. WikiVillage

11. Botanic Garden Skopje

12. MakSport

Achievements

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Num. Name of project Achieved outcome Explanation
1 Professors Mentorship
  • 1 mentorship session held
  • 2 total participants
    • 1 professor included
  • 1 article created on the Macedonian Wikipedia
  • 1 image uploaded on Wikimedia Commons
Giving Wikipedia editing lessons on professors.
2 Wikiexperiments
  • 1 total participant
  • 3 articles improved on the Macedonian Wikipedia
Inserting experiments videos on the respective improved articles.
3 Edit-a-thons
  • 1 edit-a-thon held
  • 4 total participants
    • 2 new participants
  • 8 articles created on the Macedonian Wikipedia
  • 2 articles improved on the Macedonian Wikipedia
In collaboration with the Macedonian Geographical Society.
4 Editing competitions
  • 1 competition held
  • 8 total participants
    • 5 competitors
    • 2 new participants
  • 150 articles created on the Macedonian Wikipedia
Editing competitions topics was: "Oceanography".
5 Editing days
  • 26 editing days held
  • 70 participations in total; 15 different users
  • 270 created articles and 11 improved ones
  • 5 created templates and 1 improved one
Editing days' topics were: "Works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky", "Archaeological sites in Prilep Region", "Paintings by Rembrandt", "Astronomical Instruments", "World Heritage Sites of Africa", "Works by Honoré de Balzac", "Peoples of Russia", "Forestry Tools", "Roman Provinces", "Amulets and Talismans", "Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart", "Archaeological Sites in Kavadarci Region", "Plays by Edward Albee", "Paintings by Alfred Sisley", "Crowns", "Volcanoes in Central America", "Roman Roads", "Operas by Giuseppe Verdi", "Women", "Circulating Currencies", "Paintings by Leonardo da Vinci", "Archaeological Sites in Veles Region", "Works by Nikolai Gogol", "Gemstones", "Provinces of Indonesia", "Historical Currencies".
6 Editing weekends
  • 13 editing weekends held
  • 52 participations in total; 12 different users
  • 211 new articles created and 24 improved ones
  • 2 templates created and 1 template improved
Editing weekend's topics were: "Writers", "Ski-centers/resorts", "Chocolate", "Castles", "Lakes", "China", "Winter Olympic Games", "Medalists of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games", "Composers", "Superheroes", "Towers", "Musical Instruments", "Norway".
7 1Lib1Ref
  • 1 editition held
  • 5 total participants
    • 4 competitors
  • 1182 references added in articles
  • 1026 articles improved
20 day editing competition of inserting references on articles that lack or have very few references.
8 Photohunts
  • 1 photohunt held
  • 3 total participants
    • 2 new participants
  • 102 uploaded images
    • 100% image use
  • 23 created articles
  • 15 improved articles
The photohunt was in the town of Kruševo where its notable sites and locations were photographed.
9 Wiki Sketch Lessons
  • 2 total participants
  • 26 created articles
Individual lessons of editing on Wikipedia.
10 WikiVillage
  • 4 total participants
    • 2 new participants
  • 12 articles created and 9 improved on the Macedonian Wikipedia
  • 25 images uploaded on Wikimedia Commons
Preparation and content coverage for the QR-pedian project in the suburb of Novo Selo, Štip.
11 Botanic Garden Skopje
  • 1 photoshoot held
  • 5 total participants
    • 3 new participants
  • 1 article created and 1 improved
  • 192 images uploaded on Wikimedia Commons
Photoshoot of the plant species at the Botanic Garden of the Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics.
12 MakSport
  • 1 image take-over made
  • 2 total participants
    • 1 new participant
  • 51 uploaded images on Wikimedia Commons
Gathering images of Macedonian athletes.

Description of activities and learning

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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

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1. Professors Mentorship

Goals met by this activity

According to our metrics this program for the entire year should have at least 15 total participants. Two participants got involved in this quarter of which one was an University professor who previously was part in the WikiExperiments Projects and also once he was a member of the WikiScience Competition 2021 regional level jury. Thus, 13.33% of the total participants annual quota is achieved. There were no new participants among these two men. According to our total pages quota, in 2022 at least 40 pages in total should be covered. So far, 4 content pages were covered and that is 10% progress.

2. Wikiexperiments

Goals met by this activity

Within this project, we had 1 participant who improved articles on the Macedonian Wikipedia. This activity was done in order to insert some biology experiments that were not used at that point in time. Six content pages were covered out of the annually planned 200 (3%). With this 1 participant, there is a 10% progress according to the annual total participants quota.


Community Program

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3. Edit-a-thons

Goals met by this activity

According to our total participants quota, we should have 56 participants. We had 4 people participating which means the quota was covered with 7.14% in this project. There were 2 new people of the planned new 48 participants. This is a 4.16% progress. In this quarter there were 20 content pages covered in total, out of the 288 total planned content pages for the year (6.94%).

4. Editing Competitions

Goals met by this activity

Traditionally one competition was held in this quarter, specifically in late January and the entire February. We had 8 total participants of which 5 competitors and 3 jury members. With this being said, this is 26.6 % out of the 30 annually planned participants, and shows a good progress rate. 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 300 compared to the annual 840 content pages which is 35% progress.

5. Editing Days

Goals met by this activity

In this 26 editions we had participation of 15 different Wikipedians. The annual total participants quota is 18 which means a progress of 83,3%. We have three new participants out of the 3 as projected minimal required quota (100%). The total covered content pages is 554 out of 2000 total annual content pages which is 27.7% meaning we are on a good track.

6. Editing Weekends

Goals met by this activity

We had 13 editions of various topics. We had 12 people participating out of the planned 11. That is overachievement of 109 %. There were no new participants in this quarter. There were 476 content pages covered out of the total 1500 total annual planned pages which is 31.73% progress.

7. 1Lib1Ref

Goals met by this activity

1Lib1Ref is part of the international initiative for inserting references in various articles that have small amount of references or lack any of them. This 2022 edition project came as a spin off because according to the annual plan there was no projected competition to be organized. Because of that, there was no projected metrics and goals for this competition. Nevertheless, the competition had statistical success of 1182 inserted references in 1026 existing articles.

8. Photohunts

Goals met by this activity

There was 1 photohunt with 3 total participants in this quarter of which the two direct participants were new ones. The total amount throughout the year is 9 and already we have 3 which means 33.3% has been achieved. When it comes to new participants numbers, the total planned new participants is 3 whilst we have 3 which means a coverage of 67%. The total planned annual content pages is 480, we have covered 178 content pages which means a progress of 37%. Also, according to the planned 294 upload images throughout the year, the total 102 uploaded images were used, which makes 34,69%.

9. WikiSketch Lessons

Goals met by this activity

2 people were part of this project which is 3.7% out of the projected 54 participants. There were no new participants. Regarding the content pages, 52 content pages were covered out of 204 total annual planned content pages which means 25.49% was achieved.

Partnerships Program

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10. WikiVillage

Goals met by this activity

This project was initiated in March when the destination of Novo Selo, a suburb in Stip Municipality we visited in March. Firstly, we made a visit and a meeting with the director of the Stip Museum to give as administrative and technical support and directions and assigned one of his employees to direct two of our activists to locate and observe the cultural heritage sites itself and the positions of the QR coded plates. During the visit at this location, many sites were photographed and ended up with 25 uploaded images which 24 oh them are used. Subsequently articles were created and approved on the Macedonian Wikipedia. When it comes to metrics, there were 4 total participants and that makes 80% out of the 5 projected participants. Those 2 new participants make 67% out of the planned 3 new ones. The projected total metrics is 240 total content pages and we manage to cover 68 total content pages which is 28.3% progress.

11. Botanic Garden Skopje

Goals met by this activity

This project in this quarter was initiated with making of a photo session in February with our collaborators from the Botanic Garden Division of the Institute of Biology. The participants number was 5 out of which 3 are new. The planned total participants is 10 which means 50% progress and regarding the new participants, the total planned is 8 which means 37.5%. 378 content pages were realised and that makes up 151.2% (250 content pages were planned annually).

12. MakSport

Goals met by this activity

This project is oriented about gathering and making photosessions of Macedonian athletes and others sports persons. With that being said, in the first quarter, there were 2 participants out of the total planned annual participants which is 30. This means 6.66% were covered. About the content pages, 102 content pages were covered out of the total annual planned content pages which were 350 which is 29.14%. There was 1 new participant out of the total 28 planned new participants for the year and these metrics show 3% progress.