Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Pre-hackathon satellite event in Catania, Italy (ID: 22458509)/Final Report
Report Status: Under review
Due date: 2024-06-30T00:00:00Z
Funding program: Rapid Fund
Report type: Final
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- Applicant username: Auregann
- Organization name: N/A
- Amount awarded: 2739.29
- Amount spent: 4377 USD, 4064
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 event, that was the first gathering focusing entirely on the Italian-speaking technical community, gathered 16 participants coming from from Italy and Switzerland.
The primary goal of the event was to create a space to exchange knowledge and skills among the technical community. Each participant brought their own area of expertise to the table and shared it with the others: knowledge of programming languages like Javascript and Python, experience with creating and running bots on Italian Wikipedia, interest in Wikidata and Wikifunctions, etc. During a series of 6 spontaneous workshops, the participants took the opportunity to discover new tools and projects, and broadened their scope of contribution to the Wikimedia movement.
Following the structure of the Wikimedia Hackathon, in a smaller scale, we offered the participants to present the projects they would like to work on during the opening session, to ask for help or specific skills if needed, and to create the workshops program together. While most of the weekend revolved around attending workshops, several participants worked together on fixing some issues on Italian Wikipedia and improving technical features. Here are a few examples:
- Technical evaluation of the state of Codex and it integrability into wikicode
- Fix the Italian Wikipedia template Template:Titolo errato on mobile
- Improve the bots “zona sismica” and “gradi giorno” to make them use Wikidata’s data
- Fix an issue related to the anchor links on the gadget pages on Italian Wikipedia
We also wanted to use the event as an occasion to create connections with the local free software community. The Linux User Group of Catania was involved and several of their members joined the introduction to Wikidata organized at the Informatics department of the University of Catania, which was the occasion for them to learn more about the Wikimedia projects and how they could contribute. Thanks to the Italian Linux Society, who supported and publicized the event among their members, the hackathon in Catania has been a place to bring together the two communities with similar values and goals.
Hosting an event in Sicily, a region of Italy that is currently lacking of a structured group of Wikimedians and connections with the local institutions, was also an opportunity to draw the attention of the editors from the island: we ran a communication campaign to identify Wikipedia editors from Sicily and to invite them to join the event. In fact, for several of the hackathon participants, it was their very first Wikimedia meetup. One participant from Sicily wrote to us after the event: “Thank you! Getting to know you all made me feel part of a community for real”.
Full documentation on https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Raduni/Raduni_in_Sicilia_2024#Hackathon_a_Catania_-_19-21_aprile
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
Event page with documentation: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Raduni/Raduni_in_Sicilia_2024#Hackathon_a_Catania_-_19-21_aprile Commons category: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_Hackathon_satellite_event_in_Catania_in_2024 Italian WP Phabricator board: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/view/5295/ Blog post on Diff: https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/04/25/the-italian-speaking-technical-community-gathers-for-the-first-time-in-catania-in-april-2024/ Creation of a Telegram channel dedicated to the Italian-speaking tech community https://t.me/itwikitech
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
None.
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 | Neither agree nor disagree |
| B. Create a more inclusive and connected culture in our community | Strongly agree |
| C. Develop content about underrepresented topics/groups | Neither agree nor disagree |
| D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives | Neither agree nor disagree |
| E. Encourage the retention of editors | Agree |
| F. Encourage the retention of organizers | Strongly agree |
| G. Increased participants' feelings of belonging and connection to the movement | Strongly agree |
| F. Other (optional) | Create a sense of belonging among the Italian technical contributors, create a space for them to exchange knowledge and skills. |
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:
- What are the main topics of interest of the Italian technical community?
- What are the main pain points of the Italian-speaking (and dialects of Italy) Wikimedia projects and how can we address them?
- How to create a fruitful partnership between Wikimedia and the University of Catania?
During the opening and project pitch session, we learned about the main topics of interest of the Italian community and some bugs they encounter on Wikipedia, some of them got solved during the event: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Raduni/Raduni_in_Sicilia_2024#Progetti_realizzati_o_in_corso
We made a first contact with the University through the Wikidata presentation we gave at the department of Informatics, had a really good personal contact with the teacher, and we're already working on a second workshop with her, which will lead to strenghten our connections and hopefully build a partnership.
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)
Not really
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)
Through a blog post available on Diff and Wikimedia Italia's blog. English version: https://diff.wikimedia.org/2024/04/25/the-italian-speaking-technical-community-gathers-for-the-first-time-in-catania-in-april-2024/ Two participants also joined the main hackathon in Tallinn and were tasked to represent the Italian community, continue working on the projects we started in Catania, and share their experience there.
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 | 20 | 16 | |
| Number of editors | 20 | 16 | |
| Number of organizers | 4 | 4 |
| Wikimedia project | Target | Result - Number of created pages | Result - Number of improved pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | |||
| Wikimedia Commons | 90 | 0 | |
| 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)
4064
11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)
4377
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/1nHmMp0I7Ue_gjeBCVzvAuVdeyJQqemJ2Kq0L5Ae7CUU/edit?usp=sharing
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)
The expenses being only partially funded by WMF, we asked other organizations to contribute to the event (WMIT and WMCH). As the initial partnership to get a free space didn't work out, we used a conference and coworking space that provided an excellent service (meeting rooms, high tech equipment, stable internet) and rented us the space for a reasonable price. Because less people than expected were interested / available for the event, we were able to save money on scholarships and travel.
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