Grants:Project/Rapid/TRahman/Technical and administrative resources for Bangladeshi Wikimedia community/Report
- Report accepted
- To read the approved grant submission describing the plan for this project, please visit Grants:Project/Rapid/TRahman/Technical and administrative resources for Bangladeshi Wikimedia community.
- You may still comment on this report on its discussion page, or visit the discussion page to read the discussion about this report.
- You are welcome to Email rapidgrants at wikimedia dot org at any time if you have questions or concerns about this report.
Goals
editDid you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went?
- Yes. The main goal of this grant was the sustainability of the Wikimedia community in Bangladesh and to provide high-quality supporting content and administrative support to the community.
Outcome
edit- The grant is not for organizing events or contest as we normally do rather it was an administrative and technical grant thus providing numbers to the outcome will be hard in the general sense. The major work was done to upgrade the website of Wikimedia Bangladesh which is a used as an important platform for Wikimedia Volunteers in Bangladesh.
Target outcome | Achieved outcome | Explanation |
Technical/online resources |
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We have hired a freelance professional to upgrade the website’s aged technology and update the design.
We have also updated the design of our community magazine site within the same budget. We have been publishing and circulating various Privacy & Safety related content, and FAQs through our social media. We have already observed a positive impact on alleviating misconceptions and better awareness about Wikimedia Projects. Sensitive ccTLD like wikipedia.org.bd and language-specific TLD like উইকিপিডিয়া.বাংলা was been registered in Bangladesh and redirected to the main wikipedia.org domain to safeguarding against possible scamming attempts and increase community resilience. |
Increase in the total number of online events | The number of online events increased significantly | Due to the pandemic, many people were staying at home and were more interested in participating in the online events. Frequent edit-a-thons, online workshops, topic-based discussion sessions, and online meet-ups happened. These activities were possible to well co-ordinate with the technical resources we got through this grant. |
growth of the community |
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Through the increased amount of online activities, we were able to engage more with existing members and newcomers. |
Learning
editProjects 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?
- We had technical experts in our team. That helped us to coordinate things well. We feel that with the new user-friendly design, the contents are more accessible to the people and more engaging. We were also able to maintain the press engagements through better brand visibilities and a more professional approach to our communications.
- What did not work so well?
- When we work in a small volunteer group and some of the leading volunteers are unable to spare adequate voluntary time the overall work slows down significantly.
- What would you do differently next time?
- We will try to establish a better hierarchy of leadership and try to have some better time management.
Finances
editGrant funds spent
editPlease describe how much grant money you spent for approved expenses, and tell us what you spent it on.
Sl.No | Item | Quantity | Rate (BDT) | Total (BDT) | Total (USD) | Notes |
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Transfer Charges | ||||||
1 | Bank charge and conversion loss | 32.81 | ||||
Domains | ||||||
2 | Domain renewal: wikimedia.org.bd (5 years) | 1 | 920 | 4600 | 55.2 | Main domain of Wikimedia Bangladesh |
3 | Domain renewal: wikipedia.org.bd (5 years) | 1 | 920 | 4600 | 55.2 | Parked domain |
4 | Domain renewal: উইকিপিডিয়া.বাংলা (5 years) | 1 | 2300 | 27.6 | Parked domain | |
5 | Domain renewal: উইকি.বাংলা (5 years) | 1 | 2300 | 27.6 | Parked domain | |
6 | Domain renewal: wikiloves.org (3 years) | 1 | 2577 | 30.92 | Parked domain | |
Hosting | ||||||
7 | Site Hosting 1 year | 1 | 27200 | 27200 | 326.4 | |
8 | Premium DNS Hosting 1 year | 1 | 7480 | 7480 | 89.76 | |
9 | Anti Spam service renewal | 1 | 2550 | 2550 | 30.6 | |
Website Overhaul | ||||||
10 | Service Charge for 2 websites overhaul | 75000 | 900 | |||
11 | New Theme | 1 | 5015 | 5015 | 60.18 | |
12 | Page Builder Plugin | 1 | 4165 | 4165 | 49.98 | |
Official Pad and Envelop | ||||||
13 | A4 size envelope | 1000 | 6 | 6000 | 72 | |
14 | Offical Pad + stationary | 2500 | 30 | |||
FAQ Booklets | ||||||
15 | 8 page FAQ Booklet 500 | 8000 | 96 | A FAQ booklet containing information about Bangla Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects. | ||
Logistics | ||||||
16 | Taxi fare | 1000 | 12 | |||
17 | Snacks and others | 650 | 7.8 | |||
TOTAL | 155937 | 1904.05 |
Remaining funds
editDo you have any remaining grant funds?
- After all expenses, USD 25.95 remains. We would like to retain the remaining fund and use it for refreshments for our next in-person Wiki-meetup.
Anything else
editAnything else you want to share about your project?