Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Igbo Wikimedians User Group Simple Annual Grant 2022/Midpoint Report
Report Status: Accepted
Due date: 2022-07-15T00:00:00Z
Funding program: Wikimedia Community Fund
Report type: Midterm
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General information edit
This form is for organizations receiving Wikimedia Community Funds (General Support) or Wikimedia Alliances Funds to report on their mid-term learning and results. See the Wikimedia Community Fund application if you want to review the initial proposal.
- Name of Organization: Igbo Wikimedia Organization
- Title of Proposal: Igbo Wikimedians User Group Simple Annual Grant 2022
- Amount awarded: 67560 USD, 27738109.87 NGN
- Amount spent: 43541 USD
Part 1 Understanding your work edit
1. Briefly describe how your strategies and activities proposed were implemented and if any changes to what was proposed are worth highlighting?
- Out strategies were implemented through community efforts. We realized what it truly meant to work together as a community and brought all hands on deck to achieve the proposed activities while also supporting members and giving them opportunities where it's required.
2. Were there any strategies or approaches that you feel are being effective in achieving your goals?
- Yes! For example:
- 1. Working together
- 2. Supporting the community.
- 3. Making our goals and objectives clear
- 4. Learning and skills building opportunities
- 5. Internal micro grants
3. What challenges or obstacles have you encountered so far?
- So far, we've only encountered challenges in the area of getting mentors for our Wiki Mentor Africa program.
4. Please describe how different communities are participating and being informed about your work.
- We've informed communities about our works through our annual User Group report and also our activities page on Meta as well as the Education Wiki's Newsletter.
Links:
- 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News/June_2022/Black_Lunch_Table:_Black_History_Month_with_Igbo_Wikimedians_User_Group
- 2. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Igbo_Wikimedians_User_Group_2021_Report
- 3. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Igbo_Wikimedians_User_Group%27s_2022_Activities
5. Please share reflections on how your efforts are helping to engage participants and/or build content, particularly for underrepresented groups.
- People in and around our community have become more aware of the value of Wikimedia especially in preserving our language and culture and they've become more active in training and campaigns.
We achieved this by bringing the movement closer to them in the form of Fan Clubs at Universities and Hubs in different States in the South Eastern part of Nigeria. This is regarded as their catchment areas where they're able to come together and get involved.
6. In your application, you outlined your learning priorities. What have you learned so far about these areas during this period?
- We have learnt that working together as a community is important but developing the skills and abilities of our community members while also empowering, listening, giving opportunities and supporting them helps achieve more
7. What are the next steps and opportunities you’ll be focusing on for the second half of your work?
- We would focus more on community development. This past half of the year has taught us that when we improve the skillsets of our community members, we achieve more together as the give their best.
Part 2: Metrics edit
8a. Open and additional metrics data.
| Open Metrics | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A | 251 | This was as a result of our hubs and program expansion. | Meta page, WhatsApp and Telegram groups. |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | 5599 | The various hub and Fan Club activities, internal grants and community collaborations made great impacts in increasing our contents on the Igbo Wikipedia. | Igbo Wikpedia interface page and dashboard. |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | 6506 | We dedicated a hub to Wikidata and community members who are more enthusiastic about Wikidata. We supported them and allowed them to contribute to their favorite project; hence the outcome. | Outreach dashboard |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | 650 | This happened from various edit a thons and contests organized to keep wiktionary active. | Wiktionary interface and dashboard. |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | 2354 | This happened from various edit a thons and contests organized to keep the Wikiquote active. | Wikiquote main page and dashboard. |
| Additional Metrics | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of editors that continue to participate/retained after activities | 1000 people reached through social media publications | 1000 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Number of organizers that continue to participate/retained after activities | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Number of strategic partnerships that contribute to longer term growth, diversity and sustainability | 2 partnerships | 2 | 2 | We realized the need for community and engagements to further our works hence the collaborations with Black Lunch Table and Wikimedia Deutschland | N/A |
| Feedback from participants on effective strategies for attracting and retaining contributors | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Diversity of participants brought in by grantees | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Number of people reached through social media publications | N/A | N/A | 18176 | This was as a result of the impressions from our tweets, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn updates. | Social Media Analytics for Tweeter, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. |
| Number of activities developed | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Number of volunteer hours | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
8b. Additional core metrics data.
| Core metrics | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | New participants - 70
Returning participants - 30 |
100 | |||
| Number of editors | |||||
| Number of organizers |
| Wikimedia Project | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 200 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Wikidata | Add 500 Wikidata items and lexemes | 600 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Wiktionary | Definitions added and improved | 400 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Wikiquote | Increase the number of new quotes on Igbo Wikiquotes in the incubator by 100. | 100 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
9. Are you having any difficulties collecting data to measure your results?
- Not at the moment.
10. Are you collaborating and sharing learning with Wikimedia affiliates or community members?
- Yes
10a. Please describe how you have already shared them and if you would like to do more sharing, and if so how?
- Yes, we shared through he Education Wiki platform here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News/June_2022/Black_Lunch_Table:_Black_History_Month_with_Igbo_Wikimedians_User_Group
11. Documentation of your work process, story, and impact.
- Below there is a section to upload files, videos, sound files, images (photos and infographics, e.g. communications materials, blog posts, compelling quotes, social media posts, etc.). This can be anything that would be useful to understand and show your learning and results to date (e.g., training material, dashboards, presentations, communications material, training material, etc).
- Below is an additional field to type in link URLs.
Part 3: Financial reporting and compliance edit
12. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency.
- 43541
13. Local currency type
- USD
14. Please report the funds received and spending in the currency of your fund.
- Upload Documents, Templates, and Files.
- Provide links to your financial reporting documents.
- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19xImRqf2Sno99A1aVm90I-hYSb6RIn_5ec7wHdPZHok/edit?usp=sharing
15. Based on your implementation and learning to date, do you have any plans to make changes to the budget spending?
- No
15a. Please provide an explanation on how you hope to adjust this.
- N/A
16. We’d love to hear any thoughts you have on how the experience of being a grantee has been so far.
- The year 2022 started out on a very good note for the Igbo Wikimedians User Group. The first half the year went well with a lot of accomplishments. This was as a result of the Igbo Wikimedians User Group Simple Annual Grant 2022 which we appreciate the Foundation for. We've been able to explore and go all out without setbacks. This year, we were able to develop two unforeseen collaborations with: Black Lunch Table to host the Black History month. This led to the production of over 5000 articles which can be seen on the dashboard here. Another wonderful [Software Collaboration for Wikidata is with the Wikimedia Deutschland for our Wiki Mentor Africa program which involves a two year funding collaboration to develop the skills of young African developers. In the first to third edition, we've seen interests from an average of 55 developers from Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda etc. We have also been able to improve the User Interface of the Igbo Wikipedia and brought the Igbo Wikipedia to 8,299 articles. Our baby projects in the incubator namely: Igbo Wikiquote has gone from 30 quotes to 2,384 and Igbo Wiktionary from 1,500 to 2,180 with approval to leave the incubator. We have also been to improve the skillsets of our community members through learning webinars etc.