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Final Learning Report

Report Status: Draft

Due date: 2024-07-30T00:00:00Z

Funding program: Wikimedia Community Fund

Report type: Final

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General information

This form is for organizations, groups, or individuals receiving Wikimedia Community Funds or Wikimedia Alliances Funds to report on their final results.

  • Name of Organization: Yoruba Wikimedians User Group
  • Title of Proposal: Yoruba Wikimedians User Group - Annual Activities 2023-2024
  • Amount awarded: 60500 USD, 24999997.55 NGN
  • Amount spent:

Part 1 Understanding your work

1. Briefly describe how your proposed activities and strategies were implemented.

Description of how our activities and strategies were implemented

  
 
Group photo at the International conference on Yoruba language orthography
 
Cross-section of participants at the International Mother Language Day
 
Launching of the Yoruba oral tradition project

Our activities and strategies were subdivided into six broad categories and implemented through some critical actions, which included effective management of projects by competent and experienced members of our community, communication flow, collaboration with academic institutions, mission-aligned organization and other Wikimedia affiliates.

GLAM initiatives

We sustained our work on the Yoruba Oral Tradition Project, and this year, we worked on the "Audiovisuals of Yoruba Deities" to document the Yoruba deities. This is part of our continued efforts to promote and document the oral knowledge of the Yoruba culture and preserve it for both historical and educational purposes.

Contents generation

Our content generation activities were broadly divided into campaigns, contests, edit-a-thons, and drives. We organised a series of contests and campaigns to create content.

Capacity building

We organised various capacity-building trainings and sessions to help both new and existing members of our community build capacity. These were both online and offline events.

Outreach and advocacy

We sustained our outreach programs and advocacy work and collaborated with several academics to improve the quality of contributions to Wikimedia projects. The donation of our audiovisual works to academic institutions helped us bridge the gap between the Wikimedia community and academia.

Partnership

We partnered with numerous mission-aligned organization and donated our works to academic institutions. But our partnership with the International Centre for the Yoruba Arts and Culture stood out as it has now resulted in the review of the current Yoruba language orthography for improvement.

Conferences and other events

We organised the Celtic Knot Conference 2022, Wikimanian local event, and participated in the Wikimedia Summit in Berlin and the Wiki Indaba Conference in Rwanda.

For detail information, see https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_Wikimedians_User_Group_2023-2024_annual_activities

2. Were there any strategies or approaches that you felt were effective in achieving your goals?

Strategies or approaches that were effective in achieving our goals

  
 
Capacity-building at the Lagos State University
Ṣíṣe ìtọ́kasí Wikipedia èdè Yorùbá (referencing)

Yes, we would like to highlight several strategies and approaches that have proven effective in achieving our goals. These include the following:

  1. We'd like to emphasize that the general support grant from the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) has continued to work well for our group. Members of our group did not apply for a rapid grant because we already had an approved general support grant, and they were happy to collaborate with the user group rather than applying for a rapid grant for individual projects
  2. Collaborations with other established user groups locally (Wikimedia Nigeria, Igbo Wikimedians User Group) and internationally (Deoband Wikimedia Community)
  3. Partnership with the International Center for Yoruba Arts and Culture worked well for our group and this partnership has resulted in the review of the current Yoruba orthography for improvement. It has further helped us to bridge the gap between academics and the Yoruba Wikimedia Community.
  4. The donation of our Yoruba Indigenous Vocation (Oral Knowledge) audiovisual recordings to academic institutions helped us to connect with academic institutions and helped to increase the number of contributors to the Yoruba Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects
  5. Teamwork, effective participation of members of our community, and communication flows were all effective in achieving our goals.
  6. The design of training materials for our members is a strategy that has helped them learn how to better contribute to the Yoruba Wikipedia.

For detailed, please see : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_Wikimedians_User_Group_2022-2023_annual_activities

3. Would you say that your project had any innovations? Are there things that you did very differently than you have seen them done by others?

Innovations and things we did very differently

  
 
A participant at the Yoruba Storytelling event
 
Yoruba Storytelling event set
Yoruba Storytelling event in Ibadan

We organize a storytelling event in Nigeria as a strategic approach to collecting rich oral knowledge and to recruit expert historians for the Wikimedia movement. This is an innovative approach to diversify content on Wikipedia. Notable storytellers in attendance included Ààrẹ Òpìtàn Ìbàdàn (Chief historian of Ìbàdàn), Laji Abbas, and Bukola Adeleke R. Adégbolá, renowned for her work “Àlàáfin Ajaka.” Among the distinguished storytellers were Tolu Fagbure, veteran actor and comedian Pa. Ayo Ogunsina (fondly known as Papalolo), Faniyi Ifadare Eleripin, Baba Tunde Odunlade (renowned historian, print and textile artist), veteran radio presenter and historian Omisope Olaniyi, Akintola Omobolaji Florence, Bakare Saheed Olawale (jagunmolu èdè), and Adeyemo Ibrahim Ọjọ́, among others. This is the first storytelling event in Nigeria, and we hope to improve on it next year using our learning from this maiden edition as well as the feedback collected from the participants.

The storytelling event received significant attention in the media and has been widely covered by national dailies. Some of which are listed below.

4. Please describe how different communities participated and/or were informed about your work.

how different communities participated and were informed about our work

  
 
Yoruba Wikimedians User Group annual report 2022-2023
Different communities participated and were informed about our work. See below for your references

The Deoband Yoruba Collaborative Project (also known as DYCP) is a collaborative project between the Deoband Community Wikimedia and the Yoruba Wikimedians User Group. The project aims to include content related to global Deobandi scholarship on the Yoruba language Wikipedia and "Yoruba-related" content on the Urdu Wikipedia.

5. Documentation of your impact. Please use the two spaces below to share files and links that help tell your story and impact. This can be documentation that shows your results through testimonies, videos, sound files, images (photos and infographics, etc.) social media posts, dashboards, etc.

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https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_Community_Insights_2023_Report

6. 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.

Our efforts during the Fund period have helped to...
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 Agree
D. Develop content from underrepresented perspectives Agree
E. Encourage the retention of editors Agree
F. Encourage the retention of organizers
G. Increased participants' feelings of belonging and connection to the movement. Strongly agree

7. 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?

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Part 2: Your main learning

8. In your application, you outlined your learning priorities. What did you learn about these areas during this period?

Our key learnings

  

We conducted a survey, and our survey results show these key learnings

Contributions objectives
  • 86.7% of participants believe that the programs and initiatives of the Yoruba Wikimedians User Group meets their contributions objectives
  • Only 4% of participants believe that the programs and initiatives of the Yoruba Wikimedians User Group did not meets their contributions ;Trust of community members
  • 96% of participants are confident in Yoruba Wikimedians User Group capacity to support the Yoruba Wikimedia community
  • 1% of participants does not have confident in Yoruba Wikimedians User Group capacity to support the Yoruba Wikimedia community
  • 3% of participants did not offer specific opinion about this.
Capacity building
  • 89.3% of participants reported that need a audiovisual training materials to guide new editors
  • 1.3% of participants reported that audiovisual materls are not needed to guide new editors
  • 1.3% of participants reported that the trainings organized for new editors are sufficients and audiovisual materials are not needed
  • 8% of participants did not offer any opinion
Safety and inclusion
  • 97.3% of participants reported that they feel safe in the Yoruba Wikimedians community and contributing to the Yoruba Wikipedia
  • No participants reported that they did not feel safe in the Yoruba Wikimedians community and contributing to the Yoruba Wikipedia
  • 2.7% of participants did not offer specific opinion about this.

9. Did anything unexpected or surprising happen when implementing your activities?

unexpected or surprising things that happened

  
 
Yoruba Wikipedia 2023 readership
Review of Yoruba language orthography

We were pleasantly surprised by the enthusiastic response from academia and other stakeholders in collaborating with us to review and improve the current Yoruba language orthography. We were further honored by the attendance of Emeritus Professor Ayo Bangbose, the only surviving member of the previous orthography review committee, at the inauguration of the new committee. We had not anticipated such widespread acceptance of our efforts to review the current orthography. We are proud to lead this initiative in partnership with the International Centre for Yoruba Arts and Culture.

Yoruba Wikipedia 25 million readership milestone

On February 17, 2024, we reported a significant milestone achieved by the Yoruba Wikimedians User Group. The Yoruba Wikipedia reached 25 million views, making it the most-read Nigerian language Wikipedia. This accomplishment was documented and published in the national newspaper, The Nation, and featured in the Wikimedia movement's online newspaper, The Signpost. Our efforts have significantly contributed to the increased traffic and readership of Yoruba Wikipedia.

10. How do you hope to use this learning? For instance, do you have any new priorities, ideas for activities, or goals for the future?

How we hope to use our learnings

  
Yoruba Content Translation Tool
Ṣíṣe ìtọ́kasí Wikipedia èdè Yorùbá (referencing)
  1. Communication : Although, 82.7% of participants believe that the Yoruba Wikimedians User Group communicate well about their programs but we beleive that we need to improve on our communication. Annually, we we design a communication plan on how to effecytively communicatie our projects and activities.
  2. Contributions objectives : 86.7% of participants believe that the programs and initiatives of the Yoruba Wikimedians User Group meets their contributions objectives but we will continue to ensure that our programs and initiatives meets community expectations via various community-driven programs.
  3. Trust of community members: 96% of participants are confident in Yoruba Wikimedians User Group capacity to support the Yoruba Wikimedia community but we beleive that the capacity of the core team needs to be strengten to effectively support the community it served,
  4. Training materials: 89.3% of participants reported that need a audiovisual training materials to guide new editors. We have used this learning to create an audiovisual training materials to support their learning experince.
  5. Safety: 97.3% reported that they feel safe in the Yoruba Wikimedians community. We will continue to prioritize their safety

11. If you were sitting with a friend to tell them one thing about your work during this fund, what would it be (think of inspiring or fascinating moments, tough challenges, interesting anecdotes, or anything that feels important to you)?

One thing we will be happy and proud to tell friend about our work during this fund is our work on the review of the current Yoruba language orthography. The last officially recognised Yoruba orthography was approved in June 1974, and this brought out the standard of writing in the language, which is still in use to this day. Whereas, as early as 1977, major users of the language, especially members of Ẹgbẹ́ Akọ́mọlédè, had started to complain about the errors noticed in the efforts of the compilers and the government.

That started the confusion that today continues to hamper the uniformity in the writing of Yorùbá, as there are some words in the language that have up to three or more forms of spelling. We are happy that we are leading the review after 47 years.

12. Please share resources that would be useful to share with other Wikimedia organizations so that they can learn from, adapt or build upon your work. For instance, guides, training material, presentations, work processes, or any other material the team has created to document and transfer knowledge about your work and can be useful for others. Please share any specific resources that you are creating, adapting/contextualizing in ways that are unique to your context (i.e. training material).

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Part 3: Metrics

13a. Open and additional metrics data

Open Metrics
Open Metrics Description Target Results Comments Methodology
Total number of participants Total number of people who participates in our programs 1500 2850 A total of 2850 native speakers of Yoruba language participated including scholars, teachers, students and academic staff. We collaborated with at least 8 mission aligned organizations. https://eventmetrics.wmcloud.org/programs/925/events/3576

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_Wikimedians_User_Group_2023-2024_annual_activities

Diversity of contributors Total number of females and transgender's impacted 500 1200 Of the 2850 that bparticipated in our programs, about 1200 are females. Our participants are people from different states of Nigeria and gender. sign-in-sheets
Total number of partnership secured This is the total number of partners secured 8 8 At least 3 strategic partnership that will contribute to longer-term growth, diversity, and sustainability were secured https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_Wikimedians_User_Group_2023-2024_annual_activities
Number of participants impacted by our internet support programs Number of participants impacted by our internet support programs. I.e. the total number of community members that receive internet support 40 15 Only 15 people were impacted by the internet support programs. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Yoruba_Wikimedians_User_Group/Internet_support_program/Proposals
Number of new contents added This is the total number of new contents added to Yoruba Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects 3000 14973 ;Proposed outcomes
  1. at least 500 new articles will be created on Yoruba Wikipedia
  2. At least 1000 new items will be created on Wikidata
  3. At least 3,000 media files will be added to Wikimedia Commons
  4. At least 20 audiovisual recordings of Yoruba vocational works will be created
Achieved outcome
  1. At least 2,144 new articles was created on Yoruba Wikipedia
  2. At least 3,100 new items was created on Wikidata
  3. At least 9,729 media files were added to Wikimedia Commons
  4. At least 20 audiovisual recordings of Yoruba deitie works were created
  5. At least 10 audiovisual recording of storytelling were created
  6. At least 2,700 articles were improved
 https://eventmetrics.wmcloud.org/programs/925/events/3576
Additional Metrics
Additional Metrics Description Target Results Comments Methodology
Number of editors that continue to participate/retained after activities The total number of editors that continue to contribute to Wikimedia projects 300 621 At least 621 new editors are retained and continue to be engaged after our activities. https://eventmetrics.wmcloud.org/programs/925/events/3576
Number of organizers that continue to participate/retained after activities This is the total number of organizers that continue to participate/retained after activities or programs 50 120 At least 120 people are involved in organizing various programs and activities implemented https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_Wikimedians_User_Group_2023-2024_annual_activities
Number of strategic partnerships that contribute to longer term growth, diversity and sustainability This is the total number of strategic partnership secured that would contribute to long-term growth, diversity and sustainability of our community 8 8 At least 8 strategic partnership that will contribute to longer-term growth, diversity, and sustainability were secured https://eventmetrics.wmcloud.org/programs/925/events/3576
Feedback from participants on effective strategies for attracting and retaining contributors This the total number of feedback from participants of our programs 500 200 At least 1 survey was conducted to evaluates our strategies https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_Community_Insights_2023_Report
Diversity of participants brought in by grantees Total number of females and transgender's impacted 600 1200 Of the 2850 participants that participated in our activities, about 1200 are female https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_Wikimedians_User_Group_2023-2024_annual_activities
Number of people reached through social media publications Total number of people reached through our awareness programs 1000000 2000000 at least 20 million people were reached and the Yoruba Wikipedia was read 25 million times. https://thenationonlineng.net/yoruba-wikipedia-hits-25-million-views-in-2023/#:~:text=In%202023%2C%20the%20Yoruba%20Wikipedia,most%20visited%20website%20in%20Yoruba.
Number of activities developed This is the total number of activities that would be implemented (e.g. training, edit-a-thon) 30 26 At least 26 activities were developed https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_Wikimedians_User_Group_2023-2024_annual_activities
Number of volunteer hours This is the total volunteers hour invested on our programs and activities 1100 1200 More than 1200 volunteer hours were invested note-taking

13b. Additional core metrics data.

Core Metrics Summary
Core metrics Description Target Results Comments Methodology
Number of participants Total number of people who participates in our programs 1500 2850 More than 2850 participated in our programs sign-in-sheet and head count
Number of editors This is the total number of people that created accounts 600 1001 A total of 621 new users created accounts and 380 existing editors participated in our edit-a-thons and various campaigns. https://eventmetrics.wmcloud.org/programs/925/events/3576
Number of organizers This is the total number of members of the organizing team that continue to participate after our program implantation 40 120 At least 120 people were involved in organizing the various activities https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Yoruba_Wikimedians_User_Group_2023-2024_annual_activities
Number of new content contributions per Wikimedia project
Wikimedia Project Description Target Results Comments Methodology
Wikipedia Number of articles created or improved 1500 4875 at least 2,144 new articles were created and and 2,731 existing articles were improved https://eventmetrics.wmcloud.org/programs/925/events/3576
Wikimedia Commons Total number of contents added to Wikimedia Commons 2000 9729 A total of 9729 images were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons and 20 audiovisuals Yoruba deities were created and at least 10 audiovisuals of stories in Yoruba were uploaded to Wikimedia Commons https://eventmetrics.wmcloud.org/programs/925/events/3576
Wikidata To0tal number of new Wikidata added 500 3100 3,100 new items were created https://eventmetrics.wmcloud.org/programs/925/events/3576
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14. Were there any metrics in your proposal that you could not collect or that you had to change?

No

15. If you have any difficulties collecting data to measure your results, please describe and add any recommendations on how to address them in the future.

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16. Use this space to link or upload any additional documents that would be useful to understand your data collection (e.g., dashboards, surveys you have carried out, communications material, training material, etc).

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Part 4: Organizational capacities & partnerships

17. Organizational Capacity

Organizational capacity dimension
A. Financial capacity and management This capacity has grown but it should be further developed
B. Conflict management or transformation This capacity has grown but it should be further developed
C. Leadership (i.e growing in potential leaders, leadership that fit organizational needs and values) This capacity has grown but it should be further developed
D. Partnership building This capacity has grown but it should be further developed
E. Strategic planning This capacity has grown but it should be further developed
F. Program design, implementation, and management This capacity has grown but it should be further developed
G. Scoping and testing new approaches, innovation This capacity has grown but it should be further developed
H. Recruiting new contributors (volunteer) This capacity has grown but it should be further developed
I. Support and growth path for different types of contributors (volunteers) This capacity has grown but it should be further developed
J. Governance This capacity has grown but it should be further developed
K. Communications, marketing, and social media This has grown over the last year, the capacity is high
L. Staffing - hiring, monitoring, supporting in the areas needed for program implementation and sustainability This capacity is low, and we should prioritise developing it
M. On-wiki technical skills This capacity has grown but it should be further developed
N. Accessing and using data This capacity has grown but it should be further developed
O. Evaluating and learning from our work This capacity has grown but it should be further developed
P. Communicating and sharing what we learn with our peers and other stakeholders This capacity has grown but it should be further developed
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17a. Which of the following factors most helped you to build capacities? Please pick a MAXIMUM of the three most relevant factors.

Formal training provided by a Wikimedia Movement organizing group (i.e., Affiliates, Grantees, Regional or Thematic Hub, etc.), Peer to peer learning with other community members (but that is not continuous or structured), Using capacity building/training resources online from sources WITHIN the Wikimedia Movement

17b. Which of the following factors hindered your ability to build capacities? Please pick a MAXIMUM of the three most relevant factors.

Lack of training that fits contextual needs and interests, Barriers to access training because of connectivity or equipment, Ineffective training opportunities which did not improve capacity

18. Is there anything else you would like to share about how your organizational capacity has grown, and areas where you require support?

No

19. Partnerships over the funding period.

Over the fund period...
A. We built strategic partnerships with other institutions or groups that will help us grow in the medium term (3 year time frame) Strongly agree
B. The partnerships we built with other institutions or groups helped to bring in more contributors from underrepresented groups Strongly agree
C. The partnerships we built with other institutions or groups helped to build out more content on underrepresented topics/groups Strongly agree

19a. Which of the following factors most helped you to build partnerships? Please pick a MAXIMUM of the three most relevant factors.

Staff hired through the fund, Volunteers from our communities, Partners proactive interest

19b. Which of the following factors hindered your ability to build partnerships? Please pick a MAXIMUM of the three most relevant factors.

Lack of interest from partners, Lack of staff to conduct outreach to new strategic partners, Limited funding period

20. Please share your learning about strategies to build partnerships with other institutions and groups and any other learning about working with partners?


Part 5: Sense of belonging and collaboration

21. What would it mean for your organization to feel a sense of belonging to the Wikimedia or free knowledge movement?


22. How has your (for individual grantees) or your group/organization’s (for organizational grantees) sense of belonging to the Wikimedia or free knowledge movement changed over the fund period?


23. If you would like to, please share why it has changed in this way.

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24. How has your group/organization’s sense of personal investment in the Wikimedia or free knowledge movement changed over the fund period?


25. If you would like to, please share why it has changed in this way.

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26. Are there other movements besides the Wikimedia or free knowledge movement that play a central role in your motivation to contribute to Wikimedia projects? (for example, Black Lives Matter, Feminist movement, Climate Justice, or other activism spaces) If so, please describe it below.

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Supporting Peer Learning and Collaboration

We are interested in better supporting peer learning and collaboration in the movement.

27. Have you shared these results with Wikimedia affiliates or community members?


27a. Please describe how you have already shared them. Would you like to do more sharing, and if so how?


28. How often do you currently share what you have learned with other Wikimedia Foundation grantees, and learn from them?


29. How does your organization currently share mutual learning with other grantees?

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Part 6: Financial reporting and compliance

30. Please state the total amount spent in your local currency.


31. Local currency type


32. Please report the funds received and spending in the currency of your fund.

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33. 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.

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34. Do you have any unspent funds from the Fund?


34a. Please list the amount and currency you did not use and explain why.

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34b. What are you planning to do with the underspent funds?

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34c. Please provide details of hope to spend these funds.

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35. Are you in compliance with the terms outlined in the fund agreement?


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.

36. Are you in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations as outlined in the grant agreement?


37. 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.


38. If you have additional recommendations or reflections that don’t fit into the above sections, please write them here.

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