Grants:PEG/Wikimedia Nigeria User Group/Wikipedia at 15 Celebration in Nigeria/Report

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Project status

Did you comply with the requirements specified by WMF in the grant agreement?: YES

Is your project completed?: YES

Activities and lessons learned

Activities

Wikipedia User Group Nigeria (WUGN) celebrated the 15th anniversary of wikipedia in Nigeria . At first, the group intended to celebrate it at Goethe Institut. However, there was a change in program of Goethe Institut which led the group to organize the event at Fountain University Osogbo following a discussion with the management of the university. Our team arrived at the University on Thursday 14th January 2016, a day before the celebration. On the 15th of January 2016, which marked the birth of Wikipedia . Students and Acadmics staff gathered at Eti-Osa Hall . The event began with an opening prayer by the Vice chancellor of the university , professor Bashiru Ademola Raji who was present at the occasion. This was followed by a brief overview of the Wikipedia as online encyclopedia in the last fifteen years, its accomplishment, impact in education and its future in the next fifteen years. The other highlight of the day include cake cutting, socializing and entertainment. The event attracted huge number of attendees including students and academics staff.

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Workshop

Main article: w:en:Wikipedia:Wikipedia Workshop for Students of Fountain University

On the 16th of January 2016 marked the first workshop for students of fountain University .The aim of the workshop is to provide hands-on training for students of the institution, to acquaint the students with the basic knowledge of Wikipedia and how to be a contributor to the project. Over twenty students participated in the workshop.

Lessons learned

What worked well?

Good working relationship with the school management including the academic staff
Availability of training facilities except for the internet connectivity
Willingness of the students to participate in wikimedia project

What didn't work?

Internet Connectivity -- Poor internet connectivity is one of the challenges we faced during the workshop. We spent over 3 hrs resolving this problem until we switch to another network hub.
Rannge Block-- During the training session, we experienced a ranged block which affected the participants IP address. This was due to the fact that the participants were connected to the school main internet hub. The few ones that were able to edit made used of their mobile phone connections. The same issue persisted after the workshop. We contacted a checkuser to help in resolving this problem However, some were to edit while others gave up editing in the process.
Academic Calender-- The workshop clashed with the exams of the students which impeded the level of participation in the mentorship program organized hereafter.
Late disbursement of fund from WMF for the event.

What would you do differently if you planned a similar project?

We will endeavor to identify the Internet Service Provider (ISP) with the strongest internet network connection in the target location before the event.
We will ensure to be conversant with the calendar of proposed host institution or organization before organizing any event.

Contest

Main article: w:en:Wikipedia:Wiki Loves Nigeria/Writing Contest

The contest organized as part of the event added 121 Nigerian related articles to Wikipedia and one featured image of a Nigerian woman. 30 editors participated in the contest. This is the first contest organized by Wikimedia User group Nigeria.

Learning patterns

Outcomes and impact

Outcomes

Provide the original project goal here.

To mark the 15th birthday of Wikipedia in Nigeria
To recruit long-term valuable editors
To create a long-term relationship with academic insttutions
Nigerian students and academics are not aware of the model of Wikipedia. They are not aware of the fact that articles on Wikipedia are written and edited by people like them. We aim to create awareness about the model of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.

Did you achieve your project goal? How do you know your goal was achieved? Please answer in 1 - 2 short paragraphs.

As proposed we were able to achieve our goals thus:

The event was marked as indicated in our original project goal.
Some of the long-term valuable editors recruited include:

The above mentioned editors are still active till date.

The success recorded from the event, we have been able to create a long-term relationship with the institution
The hosting of the event has been able to correct the impression that wikipedia are written by only experts. Also, we have been able to use the event to introduce the basic knowledge of Wikipedia to students and academics

Progress towards targets and goals

Project metrics

Project metrics	Target outcome	Achieved outcome	Explanation
Wikipedia 15 Celebration: To establish a long term relationship with academic institution in Nigeria and to create awareness about Wikimedia projects and how contents get to Wikipedia.	We were to establish a long term relationship with Fountain University, Osogbo,Osun State, where the event took place and we also organise workhop and edit-a-thorn with the students of the school.	The institution agreed to support future Wikimedia projects/events in Nigeria.
To boost support for Wikimedia projects and the affiliate of the WMF, the Wikimedia User Group Nigeria	With the success of this event, additional four tertiary Institutions had indicated their interest to partner with for Wikimedia projects in Nigeria.Namely, Yaba College of Technology, Lagos State University, Adekunle Ajasin University, and Moshood Abiola Polytechnic
To at least 40 new articles to encyclopedia	121 articles were and one featured image were added to Wikipedia	We are happy to surpass the proposed number of new articles
To increase number of contributors to Wikipedia	Three (3) active editors from Nigeria were added to Wikipedia	We earlier proposed that at least 10 new editors will continue to edit at the end of the event, however with the challenges mentioned above only three are still editing till date.
To increase number of community members in Nigeria	The Wikimedia User Grouped Nigeria has increase from five membership to over 30 members across the country.
To increase Reach	Over hundred people attended wikipedia15 celebration at Fountain Univeristy see

Global Metrics

We are trying to understand the overall outcomes of the work being funded across our grantees. In addition to the measures of success for your specific program (in above section), please use the table below to let us know how your project contributed to the Global Metrics. We know that not all projects will have results for each type of metric, so feel free to put "0" where necessary.

Next to each required metric, list the actual outcome achieved through this project.
Where necessary, explain the context behind your outcome. For example, if you were funded for an edit-a-thon which resulted in 0 new images, your explanation might be "This project focused solely on participation and articles written/improved, the goal was not to collect images."

For more information and a sample, see Global Metrics.

Metric	Achieved outcome	Explanation
1. # of active editors involved	3	The active editors involved include User:Olaniyan Olushola User:Wikicology User:Jamie Tubers User:OluwaCurtis
2. # of new editors	3	The new editors added include User:en:Amunique User:en:jaybakky user:moyosteady13
3. # of individuals involved	Over 30 individual involved , this numbers exclude the number of participants at the event.
4a. # of new images/media added to Wikimedia articles/pages	1 feature Image
4b. # of new images/media uploaded to Wikimedia Commons (Optional)	51 Images
5. # of articles added or improved on Wikimedia projects	121
6. Absolute value of bytes added to or deleted from Wikimedia projects

Learning question: Did your work increase the motivation of contributors, and how do you know?

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Impact

What impact did this project have on WMF's mission and the strategic priorities?

Option A: How did you increase participation in one or more Wikimedia projects? We launched a writing contest tagged "Wiki Loves Nigeria" with over 30 participants creating 121 Nigeria related articles on English Wikipdia

Option B: How did you improve quality on one or more Wikimedia projects?

Option C: How did you increase the reach (readership) of one or more Wikimedia projects?

Reporting and documentation of expenditures

This section describes the grant's use of funds

Documentation

Did you send documentation of all expenses paid with grant funds to grants at wikimedia dot org, according to the guidelines here? Answer "Yes" or "No".: Yes

Expenses

Please list all project expenses in a table here, with descriptions and dates. Review the instructions here.

Number	Category	Item description	Unit	Number of units	Actual cost per unit	Actual total	Budgeted total	Currency	Notes
1	Food	Amala	Per person	5.00	2000	10000	10000	NGN
2	Certificate	Certificate of Participation	Per person	20.00	500	10000	10000	NGN
3	Transportation	Local transport for Volunteers for Pre-event visit( Workshop day1)	Per person	5	1000	5000	5000	NGN
4	Food	Food ( Workshop day1)	Per person	40	10000	40000	40000	NGN
5	Food & Beverages	Tea /Coffee ( Workshop day1)	Per person	40	100.00	4000	4000	NGN
6	Internet facilities	Internet data ( Workshop day1)				5000	5000	NGN
7	Food	Fried rice and chicken (pre-event)	per person	3	2000	6000	6000	NGN
8	Hotel accommodation	Hotel accommodation for Wikimedians	for 3 Wikimedians	2	10000	20000	20000	NGN
9	Transportation	Local transport for Volunteers for Pre-event visit (Workshop Day2)	per person	5	1000	5000	5000	NGN
10	Food	Food (workshop day 2)	Per person	40	1000	40000	40000	NGN
11	Beverages	Tea/Coffee (Workshop day 2)	Per person	40	100	4000	4000	NGN
12	Internet facilities	Internet data (workshop day 2)				5000	5000	NGN
13	Merchandise	T-Shirt for Wikipedia15	Per person	10	2000	20000	200000	NGN
14	Merchandise	Biro	Per person	100	30	3000	3000	NGN
15	Merchandise	USB flash drive	Per person	100	100	10000	10000	NGN
16	Merchandise	Wrist band	Per person	100	100	10000	10000	NGN
17	Merchandise	Customizing T-Shirt	Per person	10	500	5000	5000	NGN
18	Merchandise	Customizing T-Shirt	Per person	100	20	2000	2000	NGN
19	Merchandise	Customizing Wrist band	per person	100	30	3000	3000	NGN
20	Merchandise	Customizing Flash drive	per person	100	30	3000	3000	NGN
21	Travel scholarship	Travel Scholarship for experience Wikimedia outside Lagos	per person	3	10000	30000	30000	NGN
22	Hotel accommodation	Hotel Accommodation -5 persons for 2 night (Shared accommmodation)	per person	2	15000	30000	30000	NGN
23	Food	Event food	per person	40	1000	40000	400000	NGN
24	Food	Wiki 15 cake	1	1	1	15,000	15,000	NGN
25	Beverages	coffee/tea	per person	40	100	4000	4000	NGN
26	Internet facilities	Internet data	1	1	1	5000	5000	NGN
27	Awards	Airtime for 1st Winner (Air time Voucher)	Per person	1	1	14,000	14,000	NGN
28	Awards	Airtime for 1st Winner (Air time Voucher)	Per person	1	1	10,000	10,000	NGN
29	Awards	Airtime for 1st Winner (Air time Voucher)	Per person	1	1	6,000	6,000	NGN

PLACEHOLDER TEXT. SEE INSTRUCTIONS AT Grants:Index/Create financial report.

Total project budget (from your approved grant submission): 368,913.37 NGN 1,851.51 USD

Total amount requested from WMF (from your approved grant submission, this total will be the same as the total project budget if PEG is your only funding source): 368,913.37 NGN 1,851.51 USD

Total amount spent on this project: 365,000.00 NGN 1,834.17 USD

Total amount of Project and Event grant funds spent on this project: 365,000.00 NGN 1,834.17 USD

Are there additional sources that funded any part of this project? List them here.: NO

Remaining funds

The funds remaining from this grant may be allocated to another grant submission if it is approved: Grants:Project/Rapid/Wikimedia User Group Nigeria/Wiki Loves Monuments 2016 in Nigeria.

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NGN 3913.37 USD 19.67

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Number	Category	Item description	Unit	Number of units	Actual cost per unit	Actual total	Budgeted total	Currency	Notes