Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos contest in Benin 2022 (ID: 21874459)/Final Report
Report Status: Accepted
Due date: 2022-09-30T00:00:00Z
Funding program: Rapid Fund, Wikimedia Community Fund
Report type: Final
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- Title of Proposal: Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos contest in Benin 2022
- Username of Applicant: Azogbonon
- Name of Organization: N/A
- Amount awarded: 2310.35
- Amount spent: 2310.35 USD, 1435000 XOF
Part 1 Understanding your work edit
1. Briefly describe how your proposed activities and strategies were implemented
The Wikimedians user group of Benin organized, as at the international level, the third edition of the Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos contest. Thanks to our local community, we achieved our goals. The contributions helped to improve the quality of the Wikipedia content on Benin on the French Wikipedia portal and the Wikipedia Fon language incubator. Contributions have increased the use of photos uploaded during previous wiki loves photo contests (land, monuments, Africa, Folklore...). New articles have been created and new contributors have joined our community. This year we organized physical activities for the first time for this campaign since the COVID-19 restriction was lifted. Overall, we are very satisfied with the way the project went.
2. Were there any strategies or approaches that you felt were effective in achieving your goals? Please describe these strategies and approaches.
This year's face-to-face organization allowed us to reach out to other target groups who are beginning to take an interest in Wikipedia and its sister projects, as well as to reconnect with last year's volunteers who served as mentors for the younger ones. With this third edition of the WPWP, the Beninese wikimedia community strengthens the passion of its members who like to contribute directly through the face-to-face sessions thus creating an easy inter-action. The constant support and the listening of the contributors involved have allowed us to reach our objectives in the whole.
3. Please use this space to upload media and other files that help tell your story and impact.
Field to type in URLs.
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 | 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 |
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?
The efforts helped to attract participants because it allowed us to travel and train people in their geographic area and better explain the project to them directly without necessarily having to worry about connections in the exchanges. This allowed the participants to better express themselves in the content and especially in the creation of articles on places or agglomerations as well as on personalities. This diversity shows the interest of the one and the others through their center of interests and the thematic that they want to approach or that they like to approach.
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?
During this period, which remains a first, because the activities were done in person, I had the chance to know people in a physical way. This allowed me to better understand the desire of people to contribute what often prevents them and their desires and willingness to have regular contributions through regular training even after the project.
But the best thing that happened to me is the change of mentality of the participants from one geographical area to another or you see the interest of contributions on a given theme changes from one area to another. As in Cotonou, the desire remains the contribution on several themes in a varied way and in Ouidah the desire of the contributors has more to write on the culture and tradition of their while bringing the images to enrich them if they receive more training in the sense.
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?
Even though in general everything went well, nevertheless, we faced a slight discouragement from the participants who experienced IP address blockages throughout the process. But instead of giving up, we strongly encouraged them to continue uploading media even after the project was over. Those who were not able to put the media online followed the process of others without being able to contribute via their user account. Even if it creates a feeling of helplessness, i explain the need for blocking because it helps to avoid vendalisms.
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?
- Yes of course. In fact, everything we do makes you want to go even further, so before the launch of WPWP 2023 I plan to tour cities and towns that are not lucky enough to have the opportunity to follow the training to inform them of the Foundation's projects and show them how to contribute. For this, for over a year, I had been preparing a series of trips to schools in the north of my country, which is not very accessible and at times lacks the infrastructure found in the schools of the capital. This trip will allow the use of Foundation projects in 3 schools in the north of my country and in this case to students and teachers in order to make free knowledge fair and also to show them that thanks to a smartphone we can also brought a plus to this knowledge while respecting the rules and principles of the community. So it will still reach layers of people who are not represented or who do not necessarily know much about the projects.
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.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Pages_Wanting_Photos_2022_au_B%C3%A9nin
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of participants | People that are going to participate to to contest 2022 of WPWP | 20 | 24 | Goal reached As we announced | the project on our medias, people were very interrested in participating |
| Images to be used on Wikipedia | Images to be inserted in existing articles and to be created (500 images and 10 articles to be created) | 500 | 183 | Goal not reached | Here, our Goal is not reached due to IP blocks as we explained previously |
| Project to be improved | Wikipedia in French and 1 Wikipedia incubator in Fongbé are going to be improved during the campaign | 2 | 2 | 2 Our goal is reached | Here we reached our goals by adding medias on Fr Wikipedia and Wikipedia incubator in Fongbé |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | 156 | We reach our goals | Here, we do more than we can expect |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | 35 | 35 items created out of 10 originally planned. Goal reached | Here, we created 25 more articles. |
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 | 20 | 20 | 24 | Goal reached | Here, we reached our goals |
| Number of editors | 20 | 23 | Goal reached | Here we reached our goals | |
| Number of organizers | Azogbonon Experienced in Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.
Fawaz.tairou Experienced in Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. Mah3110 Experienced in Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons |
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| Wikimedia Project | Description | Target | Results | Comments | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | 500 photos to be add on Wikipedia project and Wikipedia in Fongbé . 10 new articles to be created | 500 | 183 | Goal not reached | Due to several IP block as explained previously |
| Wikidata | At least, 10 new articles Wikidata is going to be added | 10 | 35 | Goal reached | 35 articles created instead of 10 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | 35 | Goal reached | Here we have done more as expected so 35 Wikidata generated |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
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.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Pages_Wanting_Photos_2022_au_B%C3%A9nin
https://twitter.com/wikimediensbj
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.
Before and after we shared with the Beninese wikimedian community the ins and outs of the project which strongly aroused the interest of the participants which exceeded our expectations. Indeed we had more participation than expected thanks to this communication that we conducted.
Part 4: Financial reporting and compliance edit
15. & 14a. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency.
1435000 XOF
16. Please state the total amount spent in USD.
2310.35 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.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1R2yLlJ2Z40Nsku9sP6HlGYu2jEpD5xSj/edit#gid=551266545
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.
We have not made any changes, the budget we have presented is the one we have executed.
18. Do you have any unspent funds from the Fund?
No
18a. Please list the amount and currency you did not use and explain why.
N/A
18b. What are you planning to do with the underspent funds?
N/A
18c. Please provide details of hope to spend these funds.
N/A
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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