Grants:Project/Rapid/Hausa Wikimedians/Translatewiki.net/Report

Report accepted

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

To read the approved grant submission describing the plan for this project, please visit Grants:Project/Rapid/Hausa Wikimedians/Translatewiki.net.
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Goals

Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went?

Yes, I'm excited with how the project went and have met our target by translating over 2000+ messages from the lists of the most used categories on the MediaWiki core from English language to Hausa language.

Outcome

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Target outcome	Achieved outcome	Explanation
Number of Events 2	2 events were carried	Yes, we have been able to carry out all the 2 inperson events successfully
Number of participants 20 (10 each)	30 participants participated with 14-16 during each event	We have 14-16 participants in both events all are the same users including the invited language expert
Number of phrases to be translated 500	Over 2000+ phrases from the most used Mediawiki core were translated	Yes, We have been able to translate over 2000+ phrases of the mediawiki core from english to Hausa language. Before the project Hausa has below 1% translations of all the 41,000 MediaWiki messages but now has above 5% translations.

Learning

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What worked well?

Being able to carry out the project successfully is a job well done, and getting translators to translate MediaWiki for the first time in their lives and the zeal and eagerness they've shown during the Hackathon was also a very nice experience. Most especially, we have been praised by many fellow Wikimedians including the foundation staff via Wikimedia Telegram channels about the project and how it went that sees an influx of translators translating the Media Wiki project into hausa language.

What did not work so well?

From the beginning, we started translating large complex MediaWiki projects, e.g the WikiEducation dashboard etc, but thanks to User:Amire80 who guided me and sent a lists of the most used categories of the MediaWiki core and other lists used by the Wikimedia Foundation projects.

What would you do differently next time?

Extend the project timeline to provide more support for the translators.

Finances

Grant funds spent

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

Budget Expenses

GRANTEE	FUNDS RECEIVED USD	FUNDS RECEIVED NGN	PROJECT TERM
Hausa Wikimedians User Group	1,876USD	770,269NGN	1 October to 31 October, 2021

S/N	Item description	Quantity	Unit cost (NGN)	Total cost (NGN)	Total cost (USD)	Note
1	Refreshments for both events	20	4100	82, 000 x 2	400	We provided refreshments for the both events
2	Event Hall	2 days	82,000	164, 400	400	Space for the program
3	Flyers, and tags	1	25,000 + 20,000	45,000	110	These were used for the project promotion
4	Internet data bundle	2 days	51,250 + 20, 550	102,500	300	Data for internet access during the two days events and follow up days, where participants keeps translating until the project ends by the 30th of October, 2021
5	Laptop and projector rent	20 x 2	1,000 x 2	40, 000 + 25,000	159	Rental of laptops used by participants and projector to demonstrate the training visually during the events
6	Transport and communication	both	80,000 + 20,000	82,000	200	Provide transport for the invited guests and facilitators + communication
7	Branded Wikipedia shirts	10	5,010	50,000	122	10 branded shirts, 5 were gift to selected invited guests and 5 to facilitators
8	Internet Routers hire	Two		16,500	40	For fast and reliable internet access, Internet wifi service were hired
9	Covid-19 protocol materials	2 days		41,000	100	liquid soap, hand sanitizers/disinfectants and face masks used for both events
10	Certificate of participation	20	1000 x 20	20,000	48	Certificate of participation to participants
10	TOTAL			770,269	1,876

Remaining funds

Do you have any remaining grant funds?

No!

Anything else

Anything else you want to share about your project?