Grants:Project/Rapid/Bashir/Wikitionary Editathon in Katsina/Report

Report accepted

This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2021-22 has been reviewed and accepted by the Wikimedia Foundation.

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Goals

Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went? Yes, we achieve our goals as in the process of the event, skills of both existing and new users were enhanced, more than 500 well detailed words were added to the dictionary.

Outcome

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Learning

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What worked well?

planning of the event went well as well as the number of turn ups as more than 20 participants attended the event.

What did not work so well?

Major problem we are facing here is timing. As most participants attended the event venue very late (11:00am instead of 9:00am) therefore we took longer time than we planned.
Most of the new users were not familiar with how wikitionary works therefore it also took longer time to register them and to train them on how to create and make contributions.
Some of the attendees are not really interested or are not willing to learn therefore the number of pages expected to be created more especially by new users are less

What would you do differently next time?

In response to problem 1 above, we will try much as possible to find a more condusive time (afternoon or evenings for the training. We will also emphasize more on timing.
In response to problem 2, we will make sure to give a more emphasize on training and also create a guide for new users.
As for the third, i think the best way is to create an interview/questionnare that will measure the extent of how users will be willing to continue contributing to the free encyclopedia.

Finances

Grant funds spent

Please describe how much grant money you spent for approved expenses, and tell us what you spent it on.

Hall = 250 USD

Rent = 207
Maintenance & over time = 45

Refreshment = 335 USD

Soft drinks = 90 USD
Water = 62 USD
Snacks = 183 USD

Transportation = 400 USD
Data subscriptions = 350 USD
follow-up data & Projector rentals = 150 USD
Certificates = 8USD x 25(participants) = 200 USD

Grand Total = 1685 USD spent out of 1700 USD

Remaining funds

Do you have any remaining grant funds?

Remaining funds have been used or will be used for other approved mission-aligned activities. This use has been requested in writing and approved by WMF.

Yes, there's 15USD remaining and i would like to use it to subscribe for data to be used in adding audio files (actual pronounciation of words added on Hausa Wiktionary) during the event.

Anything else

Anything else you want to share about your project? There was a major shift in the prices of goods and services in Nigeria, thus this leads to adjustment in the budget.

Pictures of the event can be found here Link

Event details can be found here Link

Target outcome	Achieved outcome	Explanation
2 events online and offline	achieved	1 online meet-up and 1 online editathon were achieved.
12 participants (10 new editors)	achieved	around 23 people volunteered (16 new users)
500 articles to be created or improved	achieved	more than 505 words were created and many more were improved https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Gasar_Wikitionary_Editathon_in_Katsina#Kalmomi