Grants:Project/Rapid/Gwanki/Wikidata Workshop in Kano/Report

Report accepted
This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2017-18 has been reviewed and accepted by the Wikimedia Foundation.
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Goals edit

Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went? Yes I have meet all my goals, I also very happy about how the project went.

Outcome edit

Please report on your original project targets. Please be sure to review and provide metrics required for Rapid Grants.


Target outcome Achieved outcome Explanation
Number of total participants 25 27 actually numbers are 36 including who's they're not create account. They only participate.
Number of articles created or improved (if applicable) 100 150 I have tracked via this Dashboard.


Learning edit

Projects do not always go according to plan. Sharing what you learned can help you and others plan similar projects in the future. Help the movement learn from your experience by answering the following questions:

  • What worked well?

In the second and last day of edit-a-thon, we have start on time, we didn't get any problems either from generator or projector. Our existence editor who are already aware about Wikidata they have edited well. We have recruited new editors. We've teach participants many things about Wikidata including lexicography.

  • What did not work so well?

I have hired a hall but only one day before the event, I got a phone call from the hall management. They told me that I can't use the hall on that day because of some reasons. But I've already announced to the participants that the event will take place at that hall and that date. I changed the hall on that day and announced some participants about it. This caused some participants not to attend the event on time. And that left us with generator and projector problems on the first day. That is why we did not start the event on time in the first day.

  • What would you do differently next time?

I found that many of our participants they have a lot of interest about Lexicography, next time I will plan to organise a project about Lexicography on Wikidata.

Finances edit

Grant funds spent edit

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

  1. Event's Space 225,000 - event's space for three days, we have hired a hall but one day before the event we've changed.
  2. Data Subscriptions 40,000 - This for Data Subscriptions for all events, We've used MTN WiFi and provided to all participants.
  3. Food and Refreshments 150,000 - For Food and Refreshments for all the event's
  4. Transportation, 150,000 - This is for Local Transportation of Participants, I've invited Experience User Em-mustapha from Kaduna State who facilitate in the events, and I've invited two users from Katsina State.
  5. Wikidata Banner 30,000 - I have Designed Wikidata Banner for event's decorations
  6. Souvenir 30,000 - I've distribute T-Shirts, Norse mask and Women bags as Souvenir.
  7. Tags, 30,000 - I have printed tags
  8. Contingency, 30,000 - this for bank charges and recharge cards.
    • TotalNGN = ₦685,000

Remaining funds edit

Do you have any remaining grant funds? No

Anything else edit

Anything else you want to share about your project? I have uploaded some photos of the event.