Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Filling Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa State Content Gap in Wikipedia (ID: 22282695)/Final Report
Report Status: Under review
Due date: 2024-02-21T00:00:00Z
Funding program: Rapid Fund
Report type: Final
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- Applicant username: Ugwulebo
- Organization name: N/A
- Amount awarded: 1790.86
- Amount spent: 1915.86 USD, 1510000
Part 1: Project and impact edit
1. Describe the implemented activities and results achieved. Additionally, share which approaches were most effective in supporting you to achieve the results. (required)
The project aimed at addressing the systemic bias in Wikipedia, with specific reference to content gaps in the global encyclopedia. To ensure the overall goal of the project is met, the project team recruited participants for the project, trained participants to contribute to Wikipedia as well as organized series of edit-a-thon and write-a-thon to help fill the content gap in Wikipedia, especially as it concerns content related to Akwa-Ibom and Bayelsa States in Nigeria. In the end, the project was highly successful with over 300 articles created and over 90 editors participating in the campaign (https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/campaigns/akwa_ibom_and_bayelsa_content_drive_in_wikipedia/programs). Overall, the capacity buiding and edit-a-thon/write-a-thon activities were very effective and contributed to the overall goal of the project.
2. Documentation of your impact. Please use space below to share links that help tell your story, impact, and evaluation. (required)
Share links to:
- Project page on Meta-Wiki or any other Wikimedia project
- Dashboards and tools that you used to track contributions
- Some photos or videos from your event. Remember to share access.
You can also share links to:
- Important social media posts
- Surveys and their results
- Infographics and sound files
- Examples of content edited on Wikimedia projects
The project was very successful on all areas. See the overall campaign dashboard below: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/campaigns/akwa_ibom_and_bayelsa_content_drive_in_wikipedia/programs
Bayelsa dashboard: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Omorodion/Filling_Bayelsa_State_Content_Gap_in_Wikipedia
Akwa Ibom dashboard: https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Omorodion/Akwa_Ibom_State_Content_Drive
Project Page on Meta-Wiki: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Akwa_Ibom_and_Bayelsa_State_Content_Drive_in_Wikipedia
Photos from the event: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Akwa_Ibom_and_Bayelsa_History_Write-a-thon
Social Media Post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7156645504376815616-M2Fy/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios
Social Media Post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7150189394157633536-lxg7/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios
Additionally, share the materials and resources that you used in the implementation of your project. (required)
For example:
- Training materials and guides
- Presentations and slides
- Work processes and plans
- Any other materials your team has created or adapted and can be shared with others
We used a combination of PowerPoint slides and direct training on Wikipedia.
3. To what extent do you agree with the following statements regarding the work carried out with this Rapid Fund? You can choose “not applicable” if your work does not relate to these goals. Required. Select one option per question. (required)
| A. Bring in participants from underrepresented groups | Strongly agree |
| B. Create a more inclusive and connected culture in our community | Strongly 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 |
| G. Increased participants' feelings of belonging and connection to the movement | Agree |
| F. Other (optional) |
Part 2: Learning edit
4. In your application, you outlined some learning questions. What did you learn from these learning questions when you implemented your project? How do you hope to use this learnings in the future? You can recall these learning questions below. (required)
You can recall these learning questions below: It will be interesting to learn about the participants Wikimedia project editing needs, perception towards Wikimedia projects and willingness to continue to contribute to Wikimedia projects after this campaign.
The revelation from the project shows that while participants have good perception about Wikimedia projects, they are handicapped to contribute much due to infrastructural needs such as poor internet network and high cost of internet data. The recurring IP Block issue is another challenge to retention of Wikimedia editors.
5. 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? (required)
Everything went as planned.
6. What is your plan to share your project learnings and results with other community members? If you have already done it, describe how. (required)
We are currently developing a Diff Post to share our learnings about the project with the wider Wikimedia community. We have also had interactions with our community members about some of the revelations from the project.
Part 3: Metrics edit
7. Wikimedia Metrics results. (required)
In your application, you set some Wikimedia targets in numbers (Wikimedia metrics). In this section, you will describe the achieved results and provide links to the tools used.
| Target | Results | Comments and tools used | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | 82 | 94 | Outreachdashboard. We exceeded the target for this project. |
| Number of editors | 82 | 94 | Outreachdashboard. We exceeded the target for this project. |
| Number of organizers | 2 | 2 |
| Wikimedia project | Target | Result - Number of created pages | Result - Number of improved pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 400 | 398 | 3079 |
| Wikimedia Commons | 100 | 511 | 511 |
| Wikidata | |||
| Wiktionary | |||
| Wikisource | |||
| Wikimedia Incubator | |||
| Translatewiki | |||
| MediaWiki | |||
| Wikiquote | |||
| Wikivoyage | |||
| Wikibooks | |||
| Wikiversity | |||
| Wikinews | |||
| Wikispecies | |||
| Wikifunctions or Abstract Wikipedia |
8. Other Metrics results.
In your proposal, you could also set Other Metrics targets. Please describe the achieved results and provide links to the tools used if you set Other Metrics in your application.
| Other Metrics name | Metrics Description | Target | Result | Tools and comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
9. Did you have any difficulties collecting data to measure your results? (required)
No
9.1. Please state what difficulties you had. 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? (required)
Part 4: Financial reporting edit
10. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency. (required)
1510000
11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)
1915.86
12. Report the funds spent in the currency of your fund. (required)
Provide the link to the financial report https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17vfwdw__PZfAM4qnUsMokEC8Z3dr5CP762R7FXhgEpI/edit#gid=928458698
12.2. If you have not already done so in your financial spending report, please provide information on changes in the budget in relation to your original proposal. (optional)
No variation/changes was made
13. Do you have any unspent funds from the Fund?
No
13.1. Please list the amount and currency you did not use and explain why.
N/A
13.2. What are you planning to do with the underspent funds?
N/A
13.3. Please provide details of hope to spend these funds.
N/A
14.1. Are you in compliance with the terms outlined in the fund agreement?
Yes Your response to the review feedback. 14.2. Are you in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations as outlined in the grant agreement?
Yes
14.3. 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
15. If you have additional recommendations or reflections that don’t fit into the above sections, please write them here. (optional)
Review notes edit
Review notes from Program Officer:
N/A
Applicant's response to the review feedback.
N/A