WikiAdvocates/Impact

Wikiprojects edit

The Wiki Advocates Philippines volunteers were able to hatch three Philippine language based wikiprojects through a series of Hatch-A-Wiki Project. The very first project was the Central Bikol Wiktionary. Recently, Wikisambit and Wikikawikaan, the Wikiquote for Central Bikol and Tagalog, was approved. These wikiprojects will be out of incubator soon.



Project Name	Bikol Wiksyunaryo	Wikisambit	Wikikawikaan
Date Requested	November 2007	December 2020	April 2021
Start of Project Development	November 2019	July 2020	May 2020
Date Approved	December 2020	August 2022	August 2022
Date Launched	January 12, 2021	Awaiting	Awaiting

Education edit

EduWiki Community Philippines

As part of online promotion to emphasize the different Wikimedia-based projects as free resources for remote learning in the Philippines, this rapid grant project created the social learning group EduWiki Community Philippines. The primary purpose of this group is to provide an avenue for communicating the series of webinars that will be conducted during the entire program. The main objective of this project is to equip teachers with free online teaching and learning resources through the use of Wikimedia-based projects. To give emphasis on the use of the Philippine language Wikipedia such as Bikol Sentral, Cebuano, and Tagalog Wikipedia and provide an overview of other useful Wikimedia projects.

View:Program Report ; Evaluation Report

Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom Toolkit Distribution

Printed modules of Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom were distributed to eight schools last August 27, 2021. Present in the event are some of the officials of the Department of Education - Division of Naga City; Mr. Honesto Pesimo, Education Program Supervisor, and Mr, Joseph M. Condeno, Ph.D., Senior Program Specialist.


Name of School	No. of Teachers
Cararayan National High School	77 teachers
Camarines Sur National High School	435 teachers
Concepcion Pequeña National High School	78 teachers
Tinago National High School	46 teachers
San Isidro High School	10 teachers
Sta. Cruz High School	7 teachers
Leon Q. Mercado High School	33 teachers
Morada Ramos ES	38 teachers
Juan F. Triviño Memorial High School	65 teachers

In-Service Training

Twice in an academic year, teachers in the Philippines are undergoing in-service training for their professional development. Volunteers of the Wikimedia Advocates Philippines are always being invited by different schools in the province to share more about the open knowledge ecosystem and the community of volunteers behind Wikipedia.


Date/Venue	Topics Discussed	Impact
September 9, 2020, Remote	Creative Commons and Wikimedia-Based Projects as Open Education Resources	More than 40 Social Studies teachers of the Department of Education Camarines Sur Division were oriented about the CC Licenses and the different Wikimedia-Based Projects.
February 17, 2021, Tinago National High School	Using Wikipedia and Bridging the Gender Gap: In-Service training for Teachers in Philippines	Sixty teachers of various disciplines from Tinago National High School were oriented about Wikipedia in global education, EduWiki Community (as a support group for teachers using Wikipedia), Brief overview of Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom, Philippine-language Wikipedia.
August 31, 2021, Camarines Sur National High School	Brief information on the Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom Toolkit, Bikol Wikipedia and the Content Translator Tool	Mr. Julius Bulahan has shared about core topics of Wikipedia and how teachers can utilize the Reading Wikipedia in the Classroom Toolkit among Filipino teachers of Camarines Sur National High School, including the possibility of creating their own articles and making simple contributions. Teachers are now more enthusiastic to be volunteer translators, editors, and content creators.

Campaigns edit

Wiki Advocates Activities 2022

Art and Feminism 2022

In-person Events : 5 / 4 (125%)

10-15 participants : 41 / 15 (273.3%)

5 new editors : 6 / 5 (120%)

100 articles created, 100 articles improved : 109 / 100 (109%)

6 repeat participants : 8 / 6 (133.3%)

3-5 interviews : 22 / 5 (440%)

3-5 files uploaded to Wikimedia Commons : 22 / 5 (440%)

Wiki para sa Kaparatang Pantawo 2022

7 translate-a-thons, tutorials, community visits & photowalks : 17 / 7 (242.9%)

20 – 25 participants; 3 – 5 participants per session : 29 / 25 (116%)

10 new editors : 10 / 25 (40%)

50–100 improved and translated articles (Tagalog & Bikol) : 215 / 100 (215%)

20-30 photos and video recordings : 40 / 30 (133.3%)

10-15 repeat participants : 7 / 15 (46.7%)

Language Preservation through Wiktionary and Wikiboses Project and Community Capacity Building

4 In-person events : 12 / 4 (300%)

20 participants : 23 / 20 (115%)

10 new editors : 5 / 10 (50%)

2,500 entries created or improved on Central Bikol Wiktionary : 3,590 / 2,500 (143.6%)

3,000 audio recordings on Lingua Libre and Spell4Wiki : 1,898 / 3,000 (63.3%)

10 repeat participants : 7 / 10 (70%)

Wiki Advocates Activities 2021


Event Name	Project Duration	Impact
Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos in the Philippines 2021	July - September 2021	There were 924 revisions created for 866 pages. 22 users have used the hashtag WPWPCB and it was used on 8 wikiprojects. See hashtag results here. 486 edits are done on incubator wiki, 208 for BCL Wikipedia which was the original target, 110 for Waray Wikipedia, 58 for Cebuano Wikipedia, 29 for BCL Wiktionary which is also under the target Language, and 4 on English Wikipedia.
Wiki para sa Karapatan Pantawo	April - May 2021	83 articles were created, 215 articles edited, 685 total edits, 104 revisions on 58 pages based on hashtag tracker tool, 176 images and 2706 contributions of metadata on ISA tool
1lib1ref in the Philippines	May 2021	88 event registrations, +50 Zoom attendees, +100 online viewers, 13 new editors, 5 experienced Wikimedians, 109 articles edited, 52 references
Art + Feminism in the Philippines Campaign 2021	March - May 22, 2021	14 registered editors, 8 participating artists, 498 articles created, and five (5) interviews conducted.
Philippines Climate Change Translate-a-thon	January - March 2021	19 participants, 51 articles created, 53 articles edited, 220 total edits
Art and Feminism in the Philippines Edit-a-thon	February - March 21, 2020	2 offline meet-ups, 2 online meetings, 18 participants, 8 new editors invited, 66 new articles created, 86 articles improved

Affiliations of Participants during the #1Lib1Ref Campaign in the Philippines


Program	Target Project	Project Duration	Impact
Hatch-A-Wiki Project	Wikiquote (bcl), Wikiquote (tl)	June 2021 - December 2021	There are 22 users that are tracked on the hashtag tool. 14 of these users are new editors. There are 1141 revisions and 791 pages tracked by the hashtag tracker tool.
Bikol Wiktionary Edit-a-thon	Central Bikol Wiktionary	August - December 2020	1800 words, 6 new editors, 10 existing editors, 2,547 total edits from 16 users, the Central Bikol Wiktionary was out of Incubator
Bikol Wiktionary Trainer's Training and Edit-a-thons	Central Bikol Wiktionary	November 16, 2019 - December 7, 2019	979 new entries, 22 editors invited, 6 meet-ups
Lingua Libre Training	Central Bikol Wiktionary	Year-round	Added 577 recorded pronunciations to Bikol Wiksyunaryo entries
Spell4Wiki	Central Bikol Wiktionary	Year-round	Added 444 recordings

Community Outreach edit

Public Good Library Partnership

On August 14, 2021, the volunteers of Public Good Library - Naga, Wiki Advocates Philippines, and PAGSIRANG INC. joined together in building a branch of Public Good Library in Caranan, Pasacao, Camarines Sur. Twenty (20) children of various ages were invited to take part on the launching of the library. In preparation for the upcoming school year, children were given school supplies, food packs, and gifts. Donors and volunteers from the different parts of the country made this activity more meaningful and fun especially for the children in Caranan, Pasacao, Camarines Sur. The newly-established library is open to the community of Pasacao.

Let's Read Asia Partnership

On October 17, 2020, the Wiki Advocates Philippines in partnership with Let's Read Asia Foundation and PAGSIRANG INC. conducted a Let's Read Aloud Session in Pasacao, Camarines Sur. A small group of children from the Municipality of Pasacao was invited to a reading session. Materials used for this activity are the open-access storybooks of Let's Read Asia. Children were given school supplies and storybooks after the activity.

PAGSIRANG INC. Partnership

As part of its outreach activities, PAGSIRANG INC. and Wiki Advocates Philippines and Atheist Republic Philippines, school supplies were distributed to 50 children residing in Caranan, Pasacao, Camarines Sur on December 19, 2020.