Grants:Project/Rapid/LUCG Wikimedia Community/LUCG First Edit-a-thon/Report

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


Goals

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

The goals set for this project were met and exceeded in terms of the number of participants, new editors, and article/item improved/created.

Participants were trained on the following

  • Creating articles on Wikipedia
  • Improving Articles on Wikipedia
  • Creating new items on Wikidata
  • Improving Items on Wikidata

Outcome

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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 participants: 25 53 37 participants were present at the event and 16 others came through reports from other participants and individual mentorship
Number of new editors: 20 48 It was a really hyped event on the LUCG campus
Number of articles created/improved: 40 53 33 articles was created/improved on Wikipedia while 20 items were improved o Wikidata
Wikimedia Commons upload:0 27 No target was set for this project


Learning

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LUCG WIKIPEDIA EDIT-A-THON 8

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?
  1. We adopted a one on one communication strategy to invite participants to the workshop and it worked out well
  2. The school administration helped by providing the participants with desktop computers
  3. Participants received T-shirts, Mugs, and Stickers
  4. We set up a three-man mentorship group that really assisted those who were referred to us by the participants
  5. We made arrangements for a light breakfast so the participants didn't have to worry about that and showed up early to the workshop.
  6. We created a curation page on Google docs with few references so that participants will find it easy to create articles
  7. We were able to know the interest of a few participants as the curation enveloped around different topics/individuals
  8. We adopted a one on one mentorship approach which helped us assist most mentees with their complaints
  9. Even though the date of the event had changed due to the fund's delay, the turnout was still commendable
  • What did not work so well?
  1. On getting to the event, we noticed that the internet connection was poor and we only had one router available. We then decided to rent two more but still wasn't good enough. It really affected the contribution of the participants and also reduced the morale of editing.
  2. The internet connection was really poor and that affected participants' contributions
  • What would you do differently next time?
  1. We will definitely find a better means to resolve the internet issue with the school and network providers
  2. We will focus more on articles that are of interest to the participants
  3. We will also focus on already existing articles for new editors to ease their understanding

Finances

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Grant funds spent

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

Item What was budgeted (Ghc) What was spent (Ghc) Explanation
Venue space 600 600 N/A
Projector 400 400 We rented a projector to ease our productivity at the event
Internet routers 500 500 We rented three routers. One was paid for, and two others were rented out by colleagues
Internet Data 240 320 There wasn't data on the two extra routers, so we subscribed on them
Power extension socket 350 350 We bought 5 power extension sockets
Refreshment (Light Breakfast + Lunch) 1500 1830 We had more participants than expected
Water 75 145
Mugs 200 200
T-Shirts 600 600
Stickers 150 150
Printing 60 60
Transportation for items 180 300
Banner 100 100
Transportation for event facilitators 300 300
Transportation for event participants 700 700
Miscellaneous 600 600 All additional expenses on refreshment, water and Transportation were taken from it
Total 6555 6555

Remaining funds

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Do you have any remaining grant funds?

No

Anything else

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Anything else you want to share about your project?

  1. Outreach Dashboard
  2. Wikimedia Commons uploads
  3. University's post on the event