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Grants:Project/Rapid/Temilolub.52021/Edit-a-thon at LARIS, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria/Report

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


Goals edit

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

Yes, I was able to achieve my goal. I am glad I did.

Outcome edit

Please report on your original project targets. Please be sure to review and provide metrics required for Rapid Grants. Together with the support of other Wikimedians in the event and training, I was able to train above 60 participants and recruit 18 new editors, teach them on how to edit Wikipedia, add local contents and upload images on the Wiki Commons at LARIS, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.

S/N Target Outcome Achieved Outcome Explanation Photography Videography Available on linkedIn via Certificate of Participation Certificate of Presentation Sample certificate There were more than 68 persons that participated in the hybrid event of the edit-a-thon at the opening ceremony 18 newly recruited editors were successfully enrolled for the training on the outreach dashboard About 58-60 articles were successfully improved upon and edited on Wikipedia. 4 articles were also created on the English Wikipedia. 12 participants repeatedly engaged in all the training session.
Target outcome Achieved outcome Explanation
5 events

60 participants

5

68

5 days hybrid and online events and trainings was held from 6th-10 December, 2021.

Above 68 persons participated in the online and physical event at the opening ceremony on the 6th December, 2021.


Learning edit

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?

The Wikipedia for Community Outreach Programme worked perfectly well with enormous publicity and sensitization through the social media channels- like the WhatsApp, Facebook, LinkedIn and Telegram. The members of the academia (this includes students, staff and faculty members) became fully aware and well informed of the Wikipedia movement and the Edit-A-Thon event at LARIS, UI.

  • What did not work so well?

The internet fluctuations and connectivity issues due to poor networks. Winning interest from the participants and recruiting new Wikipedia editors. Only a few participants were willing to edit Wikipedia and make their contributions and get enrolled on the outreach dashboard. Some participants gave their reasons for not actively participating to be; going for holiday shortly after their semester exams. Others, mentioned that the festive periods -Christmas and New year were around the corner and would not be available. Therefore, the participation of some undergraduates in the training was truncated. Also, the recording of some of the scheduled online meetings on zoom was affected by technical hitches and network difficulties.

  • What would you do differently next time?

I would rather organize another Wikipedia sensitisation and awareness programme and Edit-A-Thon in my community at a more suitable time, location and venue. The proposed venue to be used would be such provided with a strong bandwidth and good internet protocol to cater for the connectivity issues.

Finances edit

Grant funds spent edit

Please describe how much grant money you spent for approved expenses, and tell us what you spent it on. The grant fund of $1,997.57 equivalent of N821, 540 was received and was used to fund the edit-a-thon at LARIS project. S/N Items Quantity Budget Cost Expenditure Variances

  • 1. Infrastructural facility (Cost of Venue or Event Centre throughout the training period) 1 $NA
  • 2. Technology (zoom subscription, data, wifi, tools rentals photography, videography, media services and others) $ 250 $607.873 $357.873
  • 3. Resources (printing of materials, banner, poster, e-flyers, manuals etc.) 60 100 $ 200 $255.306 $55.306
  • Duration 5 $NA
  • 4 Personnel (Logistics, Bus tickets, accommodation etc) 10 $1050 $468.062 $581.938
  • 5. Refreshment (food and drinks) for the opening ceremony. 150 $400 $607.873 $207.873
  • 6. Prizes (Data)13 $50 $23.147 $26.853
  • 7. Certificates 68 $20 $8.510 $11.49
  • 8. Stakeholders (internal and External)3 $20 $19.451 $0.549
  • 10. Miscellaneous expenditure $10 $4.3313 $5.6687

Unspent fund $3.0117

Grand Total $ 1997.57= #821,540.00 $ 1,994.5533 $3.0167

Remaining funds edit

Do you have any remaining grant funds?

Remaining funds have been used or will be used for other approved mission-aligned activities. This use has been requested in writing and approved by WMF.

Yes, there is a remaining unspent grant fund of $3.0117 but, it will be used as follow up to the Wikipedia edit-a-thon at LARIS, UI. / Yes, I would also like to organise another edit-a-thon training and Wikipedia for Community Outreach programme in my locality but, there is the need for more funding to build on the existing project or a new project. Therefore, another grant funds is hereby requested.

Anything else edit

Anything else you want to share about your project? Yes! The Wikipedia for Community Outreach Programme/Edit A Thon At LARIS, UI was a huge success judging by the efforts that was put into it. The statistics as at today, 11th Jan, 2022 reads:

  • 4
  • Articles Created
  • 58
  • Articles Edited
  • 536
  • Total Edits
  • 18
  • Editors
  • 2.77K
  • Words Added
  • 34
  • References Added
  • 107K
  • Article Views
  • 140
  • Commons Uploads

The Edit-A-Thon At LARIS, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria/ Wikipedia for Community Outreach Programme was organized by Grace Temilolu Ikenna, CLN, Ph.D Researcher, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria ( Username:Temilolub.52021); and sponsored by the Wikimedia Foundation(WMF). Date: 6th-31st December, 2021. A special thanks to the Wikimedia Foundation for the approval of project and grant support.

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