Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wiki For Human Rights New Mexico 2023 (ID: 22119931)/Final Report
Report Status: Accepted
Due date: 2023-08-30T00:00:00Z
Funding program: Rapid Fund
Report type: Final
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- Title of Proposal: Wiki For Human Rights New Mexico 2023
- Username of Applicant: pambelle12
- Name of Organization: N/A
- Amount awarded: 2360
- Amount spent: 2310 USD, 2310 USD
Part 1 Understanding your work edit
1. Briefly describe how your proposed activities and strategies were implemented
Students numbering 21, participated in a 2-day Wikipedia session as part of the Wiki For Human Rights Campaign, where they contributed content (articles and images) about the environment to Wikipedia.
2. Were there any strategies or approaches that you felt were effective in achieving your goals? Please describe these strategies and approaches.
We were exceptionally impressed about the outcomes of this campaign and level of contribution in general which surpassed last year's campaign. Two sessions were held. The first to introduce Wikipedia and related projects to the students. Next was upload sessions. Images uploaded had the environment as theme and depicted the environment of New Mexico. We initiated three main goals during the grant application and all were successful. The goals are as following:
To introduce students to the Wiki for Human Rights campaign and get them thinking about how they can contribute content on human rights and the environment on Wikipedia and other sister projects.
To communicate the level of New Mexico Climate challenges that affect water resources and brainstorm on how to reverse the trend through Wikipedia.
To use the Wiki for Human Rights Campaign as a tool to help establish a Wikimedia presence in the community.
In sum, this project is important because it will position college students as part of the solution to the state’s environmental issues by documenting and contributing fact-based content on Wikipedia.
3. Please use this space to upload media and other files that help tell your story and impact.
Field to type in URLs.
Please find here a blog about the event: https://www.classicghana.com/university-of-new-mexico-students-participate-in-the-wikiforhumanrights-campaign-2023-for-the-second-time/
Same blog is under review by the Wikimedia diff team.
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 | Agree |
| B. Create a more inclusive and connected culture in our community | Agree |
| C. Develop content about underrepresented topics/groups | Agree |
| D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives | Agree |
| E. Encourage the retention of editors | Agree |
| F. Encourage the retention of organizers | Neither agree nor disagree |
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?
N/A
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?
Both sessions were successful as students were willing participants and showed a sense of commitment.
Students participated fully. For most of them, it was their first time to learn about adding content on Wikipedia and uploading images to Wikimedia Commons.
Myths about Wikipedia that students had heard were a potential threat to contribution. However, after explaining how Wikipedia works and debunking false information, they understood how useful the project was.
Although this project was centered on photos (579 pictures uploaded), 14 new articles were created, 148 articles edited. and 13M article views. (All these figures were at the time of report)
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?
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?
N/A
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.
N/A
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A | 21 | 21 students joined (20 expected) | We targeted 20 participants, However, we had 22 students participating in the campaign |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | 579 | 579 images uploaded (100 images expected) | We exceeded over 4 times the target for photos for the project |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 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 | 1. At least 20 students with no editing experience will be introduced to Wikipedia.
We would use a survey platform such as Google forms to measure participant’s perception about Wikipedia and related project and why they decided to participate in the campaign. This will be distributed at the end of the campaign, |
24 | |||
| Number of editors | This project would have 3 experienced editors who are also going to be facilitators of the campaign. The participants who are students would mostly be newbies without experience and would be provided the needed support throughout the campaign. | 24 | 21 | ||
| Number of organizers | There are three organizers to help implement this project and they are as follows:
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| Wikimedia Project | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A | 162 | 14 new articles were created, 148 articles edited (English Wikipedia) | N/A |
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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.
N/A
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.
Part 4: Financial reporting and compliance edit
15. & 14a. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency.
2310 USD
16. Please state the total amount spent in USD.
2310 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.
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?
Yes
18a. Please list the amount and currency you did not use and explain why.
T-shirt printing was cut down from 30 to 28 units there by leaving us a with a remaining fund of $50
18b. What are you planning to do with the underspent funds?
B. Propose to use them to partially or fully fund a new/future grant request with PO approval
18c. Please provide details of hope to spend these funds.
Discussed over e-mail with program officer.
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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