Grants:Project/Rapid/UG LEV/Wiki Loves Monuments 2017/Report

Report accepted

This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2017-18 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/UG LEV/Wiki Loves Monuments 2017.
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Goals

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

The goal for the Wiki Loves Monuments competition (add or improve content) was met. The project went well considering the little preparation that went into it.

Outcome

Please report on your original project targets.

Target outcome	Achieved outcome	Explanation
Number of participants: 20 per country	36 in Jordan and 13 in Palestine	Target met in Jordan, but not in Palestine
Number of photos uploaded to Wikimedia Commons: 100 in each country	Jordan 624, Palestine 142	Target met
Number of photos used on Wikimedia projects: 20 in each country	Jordan 15, Palestine 9	Target not met

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?

Good quality photos were added to Commons, and the judging and award giving went smoothly

• What did not work so well?

Preparation for the competition... We joined the competition at the last minute, and did not have time to advertise it well enough to increase participation, as well as better define most useful photo.

• What would you do differently next time?

Next time we would make the decision on participation well in advance, and prepare for it by arranging photo walks, and well publicizing the competition.

Finances

Grant funds spent

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

611 USD

Expense	count	cost/unit (USD)	total cost (USD)	amount spent (USD)	Notes
Palestine: First Prize	1	150	150	150
Palestine: Second Prize	1	100	100	100
Palestine: Third Prize	1	50	50	50
Palestine: Most Useful Image Prize	1	50	50	0	Award not given, as it was difficult to judge most useful image
Jordan: First Prize	1	150	150	150
Jordan: Second Prize	1	100	100	100
Jordan: Third Prize	1	50	50	50
Jordan: Most Useful Image Prize	1	50	50	0	Award not given, as it was difficult to judge most useful image
Syria: First Prize	1	150	150	150	Due to restrictions on WMF funding activities in Syria, alternate funding sources were used.
Syria: Second Prize	1	100	100	100
Syria: Third Prize	1	50	50	50
Syria: Most Useful Image Prize	1	50	50	0
Money transfer costs			100	11	150 JOD (211 USD) transfered to Jordan to cover first and third prizes (totaling 200 USD). Transfer of second prize had 0 fees.
TOTAL			1150 800	611

Remaining funds

The funds remaining from this grant in the amount of US$189 were deducted from another grant payment for Grants:Project/Rapid/UG_LEV/Spring_2018_Education_Program_in_Palestine_and_Jordan.

Do you have any remaining grant funds?

yes

We could use the remaining funds for future projects (The upcoming Education program, or WLE or WLM). Alternatively, we can return the remaining funds.

Anything else

Anything else you want to share about your project?