Grants:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Workshops and Edit-a-thons for the Iranian diaspora (ID: 22453159)/Final Report

Workshops and Edit-a-thons for the Iranian diaspora

Rapid Fund Final Report

Report Status: Accepted

Due date: 31 January 2025

Funding program: Rapid Fund

Report type: Final

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General information

Applicant username: Darafsh
Organization name: N/A
Amount awarded: 2191.43
Amount spent: 2191.43 USD, 2000

Part 1: Project and impact

1. Describe the implemented activities and results achieved. Additionally, share which approaches were most effective in supporting you to achieve the results. (required)

The 21st anniversary of Persian Wikipedia featured in-person and online participation with specialized presentations. Around 50 people joined in Tehran, 40 in Shiraz, 12 in Hamburg, and 20 online. Key outcomes included strengthening the Wikimedia community within Iran while encouraging broader international collaboration.

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

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/21st_birthday_of_Persian_Wikipedia/Report

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

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Persian_Wikipedia_21st_birthday_presentations

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)

Our efforts during the Fund period have helped to...
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	Not applicable
D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives	Not applicable
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

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: In this project, our primary goal is to understand the impact of involving Iranians abroad and potentially including Afghans in participation within Wikimedia. We're eager to explore how engaging these communities influences the level of involvement and contribution to Wikimedia projects. This understanding will provide valuable insights into the dynamics of community engagement and participation within the Wikimedia movement. We also want to know how encouraging Persian-speaking communities, like Iranians and Afghans, can make content in different languages on Wikimedia. By working with local people in each city, we want to understand how it makes events successful and gets more people involved.

Hybrid events require careful coordination to ensure smooth communication and participation, especially with technical challenges like sound and image quality. We also found that pre-registration helps create a focused environment but limits broader engagement. Additionally, we learned that accurate resource forecasting is essential to avoid surplus materials.

For future events, we plan to improve outreach for broader participation, test technology earlier to avoid issues, and refine participant registration to better manage resources. These adjustments will help enhance future Wikimedia events' overall experience and effectiveness.

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)

Unexpectedly, some registered participants did not attend the event, despite prior confirmation. This led to an overestimate of the catering and materials needed. Additionally, technical issues with the sound and video quality, due to insufficient equipment, caused delays and reduced the experience for some participants.

We learned that managing resources and technical preparations in advance is crucial to avoid waste and ensure smooth operations. Moving forward, we will improve participant confirmation processes and conduct technical tests ahead of time to prevent such issues from impacting the event.

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)

I have shared the project's results through a report on Meta, a post on the village pump of Persian Wikipedia, and an article on Diff. I also plan to write about it in the CEE newsletter. These actions ensure the learnings and outcomes are communicated to the wider Wikimedia community.

Part 3: Metrics

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
Number of participants	300	12
Number of editors	10	12
Number of organizers	8	4

Wikimedia project	Result - Number of created pages	Result - Number of improved pages
Wikipedia	12	12
Wikimedia Commons
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

10. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency. (required)

2000

11. Please state the total amount spent in US dollars. (required)

2191.43

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/1nwL6MJOgNx17l5qv9-Jk8cpDj2hvAAsXz1WtpJLuoq8/edit?gid=0#gid=0

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)

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

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

Review notes from Program Officer:

N/A

Applicant's response to the review feedback.

N/A