Grants:Project/Rapid/Modjou/Wiktionary edit-a-thons/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

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

Proposed Goals	Achieved Goals
Increase skills for existing editors	Until recently, most of our community's contributors used to only edit Wikipedia, with few of them editing Meta-wiki. Through the Wiktionary project, members of our community could learn how to contribute to another WMF project.
Create more content in our local languages.	More than 100 Articles were improved or created on Wiktionary project in Baoulé, a local languages from my country^[1].
Initiate a pilot project and draw lessons for the future.	The pilot project was initiated and many lessons were learned for further replication.

Outcome

Please report on your original project targets.

target outcome	achieved outcome
Number of events : 3	3
Number of participants : 15	15^[1]
Number of articles created or improved : 100	more of 150^[1]
Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events) : 10	Number of repeat participants : 11

Learning

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What worked well?

Participants selection

A form was created and made accessible. Every individual interested in participating in this project could register for free. After the registration were closed, I selected some candidates based on the answers they provided and their motivation. This tactic helped me select participants who would attend edit-a-thons regularly.
Most of the participants already knew how to edit articles on Wikipedia. Their being familiar with the encyclopedia made it easier for them to learn Wikitionary editing.
Among all participants, six (6) are fluent in Baoulé. This advantage made it possible to work in pairs. Therefore, all participants, Baoulé speakers or not, felt comfortable during sessions.

Schedule and prize-awarding

Edit-a-thons happened during working days, starting at 6:30 PM. This schedule was chosen to suit participants schedules (work, studies, etc). I named these sessions Wiktionary evenings .
On the first evening, forty articles were created/improved on Wiktionary and during the second one, around sixty. By working in pairs, the work moved on and was completed faster^[2].
Since all participants worked well, I thought it would be suitable to reward them all instead of giving prizes only to the top contributors, as originally planned. This decision pleased all participants^[3].

Closing Brainstorming

On the third Wiktionary evenings, a brainstorming was organized, focusing on the future of Wiktionary project in Côte d'Ivoire. For participants, the purpose of this workshop was to reflect upon possible upcoming actions and activities. During the workshop, I could gather many valuable ideas for carrying this project on^[4].

What did not work so well?

The weather :

The Wiktionary project was run during a short rainy season. I did not anticipate that. Due to the rain, some participants could not attend some of the Wiktionary evenings.

What would you do differently next time?

I will be more mindful of the weather
I will plan prizes for all participants, not only for some of them.

Finances

Grant funds spent

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

Resources


Expense type	Total (XOF)	Total ( USD)	Actual Expenditure (USD)	Notes
Communication - Marketing
Tee-shirts staff and lot de participation	75 000	140.46	252.83	I rewarded all participants, not only the top contributors, as originally planned. However, this costed more.
Printed documents set	45 000	84.26	112.37	The original printer could not make himself available. I chose another one, but he has more expensive prices.
Foods
Foods	240 000	449.45	449.45
Travel / Equipment / Human ressources coordination
Telephone credit for coordination	20 000	37.46	37.46
Transport allowance	195 000	365.18	252.83	Fewer than the original amount since some participants could not attend due to the rain.
Transport allowance for trainers	60 000	112.37	112.37
Transport allowance for coordination	45 000	84.26	84.26
Transport allowance for photographer	30 000	56.19	56.19
Internet connexion	280 000	524.36	524.36
Multi-socket	75 000	140.46	140.46
TOTAL		1 994,43	2 022.58	I compensated this difference

Remaining funds

Do you have any remaining grant funds?

As per the actual spending outlined above we exceeded our original budget by $ 28.15 which was caused by printed documents set and gifts of participation. This amount has been absorbed by me.

Anything else

Anything else you want to share about your project?

The project was truly successful in our opinion.

References

[:0-1] ttps://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/27385

[2] ttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wiktionnaire_CI/Phase_Pilote_2018

[3] ttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lots_de_participations_soir%C3%A9es_wiktionnaire_04.jpg

[4] ttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edit-a-Thons_Wiktionnaire_121.jpg

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