Grants:Project/Rapid/Psalmbusy/Nigeria Wikipedia content creator contest/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/Psalmbusy/Nigeria Wikipedia content creator contest.
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Goals

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

Yes as the project was super successful and open up a great learning phase

Outcome

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: 50	we had a total of 61 participants	Lot of people showed great desires and participated though not all was able to follow through to the next round
Number of videos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons: 40	41 videos uploaded to commons	The participants were all eager to share their videos as part of the requirement for stage 2 of the contest.
Number of views: 50,000 views	We had over 200,000 views altogether	With about 40 videos posted, we had over 200,000 views combined

Learning

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?

At the beginning of the contest even till the end people were really eager to be part of it; in their response messages they never had that opportunity to be part of content research on Wikipedia, even as Content Creators. That was the expected outcome and it seemed to work perfectly. Also there was curiosity as so many contestants really wanted to know about Wikipedia and contributions and almost all of the participants showed readiness to be part of subsequent Wikipedia editing training

What did not work so well?

Most contestants were not able to carry out the step 1 of the contest which is the entry level of the contest and the the most important step. This reduced the number of contestants drastically. Their reason were;

They have not done any research using Wikipedia before.
They don't know how to reference a source like Wikipedia.
They don't know a resource Library like Wikipedia exist.

Also, Some contestants wanted to use Facebook because they don't have Instagram accounts and because there was no provision for that, they could not participate.

What would you do differently next time?

I will create a detailed step by step how to use video or graphics so that contestants who do not have the slightest idea of of how this works can have equal Opportunities.
I will give opportunity for Wikipedia training on how to contribute especially since Wikipedia is designed to serve as a place where credible information is gotten, the users need to know how they can contribute.
I will give opportunity to Facebook users who don't have Instagram account to participate on Facebook, choosing their platform of choice will be optional in order to get more people involved in the contest.

Finances

Grant funds spent

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

Internet subscription (For the team members, during the project and post-project for report writing): $250
Social media promotion: $200
Airtime for communication: $100
Prizes: $400
Logistics: $60

Total: $1,010