Grants:Project/Rapid/UG MAI/Maithili Wikipedia Mission 10/Report

Report accepted

This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2016-17 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 MAI/Maithili Wikipedia Mission 10.
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Goals

Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went?
Yes We meet our goals as we mentioned in our Grant proposal. We have reached the target of 10k articles on Maithili Wikipedia before the end of the 2016. We have engaged the existing and new users (contributors) during the project timeline. We have use the social media platform very well to engage the users from Nepal and India.

Yes, We are very happy doing this project. Through the beginning, we work hard to achieve the goals. The project gives us more energy to complete the mission with in the given date. We managed to visit 1 colleges and 1 computer institute during the event to spread the knowledge about the project and it's goals.

Activities

Online activities

Group editing and discussion

Maithili Wikimedians organize a group editing events to boost the Mission 10 competition. Maithili wikipedians from Rajbiraj were meet and participate in group editing events as well as discuss about the progress of Mission 10 competition. They created articles about Geography of Nepal, Sportsperson and Female biographies.

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Group editing and discussion

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  Participants of Group Editing.
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  Participants of Group Editing.
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  Participants of Group Editing.
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  Participants of Group Editing.
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  Participants of Group Editing.

Group Editing

A group of new wikipedians were invited at Rajbiraj Municipal library hall to support the Maithili Wikipedia Mission 10 events. With the help of group editing 15 new articles were created by 6 new wikipedians. The program was coordinated by Kiran Kumar.

Offline activities

Wikipedia Education Program at Kshitiz Educational Foundation

Maithili Wikimedians conducted Wikipedia Education program in Kshitiz Educational Foundation, Rajbiraj. The education program is held for 2 days to create awareness about Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects as well as to boost the Maithili Wikipedia Mission 10 event. The students of Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) and Intermediate level (10+2) students are part of the education program. The first day program was conducted on 28th December 2016 and second day program was conducted on 29th December 2016.

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Wikipedia Education Program

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  Introducing Wikipedia.
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  Group Photos of the students and trainers.
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  Group Photos of the students and trainers.
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  Group Photos of the students and trainers.
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  Pankaj Deo inspiring students to use Wikipedia.
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  Closing note by Zeetendra.

Wikipedia Workshop at Infoland Computer Academy

Maithili Wikimedians conducted Wikipedia Workshop at Infoland Computer Academy, Rajbiraj. The first day program was focused on to introduce Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects among the participants students and the next day the students were participate on workshop program. The students of BCA were participate on the workshop. The program was successfully arranged and most of the teacher and students were attracted to Wikipedia.

The first day program was conducted on 1^st March 2017 and second day program was conducted on 2^nd March 2017.

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Wikipedia Workshop

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  Mentors at Wikipedia Workshop.
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  Orientation class 1^st day.
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  Participants at ICA.
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  Participants of Workshop at ICA.
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  Participants of Workshop at ICA.
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  Presentation session.

Felicitation Program at Hotel iGarden, Rajbiraj

Maithili Wikimedians felicitate the winners, participants and volunteers of Maithili Wikipedia Mission 10. The felicitation program was held on Hotel iGarden, Rajbiraj on April 16^th 2017. The participants discuss about the future of Maithili Wikipedia.

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Mission 10 Felicitation Program

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  Participants receiving their prize.
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  Participants receiving their prize.
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  Participants at felicitation event.
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  Venue of felicitation event.
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  Mission 10 Felicitation Banner.

Outcome

Please report on your original project targets.

With the help of this competition, Maithili Wikipedia has reached the 10k articles mark. During the competition Maithili Wikipedia has also reached the 100k total edits.

S.N.	Target outcome	Achieved outcome	Explanation
1	Number of active editors involved	11	All the users who had at least 5 or more edits during the Edit-a-thon.
2	Number of new editors	22	These were editors who created usernames during the Edit-a-thon.
3	Number of individuals involved	36	All new and active editors who attended, plus volunteers who organized the event.
4	Number of articles added or improved on Wikimedia projects	4430	4430 new article
5	Absolute value of bytes added to or deleted from Wikimedia projects	Computing..	Computing..

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?

• Regular Meetups.
• Local events.
• Social Media promotion.

What did not work so well?

• Article submission to fountain tool.
• stubs and redirect article.

What would you do differently next time?

• More group editing event.

Finances

Grant funds spent

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

Number	Category	Item description	Actual total	Currency	Notes
1	Projector	BENQ MS527	53,675	NPR
2	Back Drop		1,500	NPR
3	Gift Hamper	Winners of the contest	16,800	NPR
4	T-shirt	Top 10 participants and MWUG Volunteers	21,700	NPR
5	Internet and Recharge cards		6,785	NPR
6	Certificates	Participants and MWUG Volunteers	4,500	NPR
7	Stationery Items		5,195	NPR
8	Courier charges		3,000	NPR
9	Hall Rent	Felicitation Program	10,000	NPR
10	Snacks, Tea and Food	Felicitation Program	18,500	NPR
11	Snacks, Tea and Food	Workshop	18,840	NPR
12	Transportation		2,000	NPR
		Total	1,62,495	NPR

Remaining funds

Do you have any remaining grant funds?

Yes, we have 2,280 NPR remaining in our bank accounts.

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.

Anything else

Anything else you want to share about your project?
It was a great success event for Maithili Wikipedia. Achieving 10k articles mark is always a gr8 remarks for a smaller community.