Grants:Project/Rapid/FLOSSK/WLE Kosovo 2016/Report

Report accepted

This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2015-16 has been reviewed and accepted by the Wikimedia Foundation.

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WLE Kosovo 2016 competition ran from 1-30 June. Preperations began in the last weeks of May with the grant being submitted on 26 May and was approved on 9 June.

The domain name http://wikilovesearth.al was secured for three years which will help by establishing a strong brand as well as by being an easy entry point for non-technical visitors. Hosting has been donated by User:Liridon. Overall, the following people contributed on the project: User:Arianit, User:Liridon, User:Margott (by sharing some of the resources with Albania), Violeta (finances), User:Olsi and User:Albinfo.

A jury of five was engaged: User:AT44 and User:Olsi (administrators at sq.Wikipedia), User:Albinfo (de.Wikipedia and Albania Commonist), Besnik Hamiti (photographer, TV producer and Wikipedian) and Shkrumbin Brestovi (FLOSSK member of the board and Wikipedian).

Despite our attempt to work with the Institute for the Protection of Nature Monuments to get coordinates of the monuments, our request was not answered. The list includes two national parks, some protections areas and many more monuments of varying relevance.

Several promotion channels were used. We sent press releases to media getting published in some of them such as Telegrafi.com, Koha.net and Koha Ditore daily and TV21 portal (also 1, 2, 3). We have also made a showing in TV RTK1 morning show and Radio Kosova 2. Furthermore, we promoted in Facebook (sq.wikipedia.org and Twitter (sqwikipedia). We also sent emails to some 100 people who had shown interest in photography events before. We however skipped on the in location presentations which we had hoped for.

Post-competition, the following media published the results Koha, Ekonomia Online, The Albanian and KultPlus

Awards provided to 10 winners included camera and computer storage which was appreciated very much by the photographers. We also printed their winning photos in 70 x 50 cm and 25 x 17 cm on forex material and handed to them.

Goals

Our goals were 500 photographs uploaded and kept after review, from at least 30 photographers, and with 20 newly created articles and 70 others illustrated and expanded further. The results are below.

Outcome

Target outcome	Achieved outcome	Explanation
At least 500 photographs uploaded and kept after review	357	underachieved - This was the first year of Wiki Loves Earth in Kosovo, and some of the contestants didn't know the rules of Commons and WLE, while continuing to upload photos with watermarks, copyrighted or with low quality, which during and after the competition were deleted by admins.
At least 30 participants upload one photograph or more	58	exceeded
20 newly created articles	20	achieved
At least 70 already existing articles illustrated with the collected photo	121	exceeded

Learning

This was the first time WLE was conducted in Kosovo. Overall WLE proved more challenging than WLM due to the remoteness of the monuments. Quality-wise we are happy, as well as with the extensive use of the photos on various Wikipedia projects, most certainly because this was the first time. Photo expeditions would help next time to identify monuments still to be covered.

Finances

Budgeted and realized budget

Item	Budgeted (EUR)	Spent (EUR)
Web domain registration for 3 years	36	35.97
Prizes for 10 best photographers	400	395
Web advertising	200	195.18
Certificates for the awarded photographers	20	10.62
Traveling expenses for promotion	100	0
Prizes ceremony	150	110.51
Printing 10 best pictures and framing	150	140
Miscellaneous	150	35
Total	1206	922.28
	Remainder	283.72

Invoices

Date	Vendor	Fiscal # of Vendor	Invoice #	Goods/Services	Amount
15/08/2016	3A Studio Grafike	600596798	61	Printing services	€10.62
30/08/2016	EkfoTech	600002844	143	Awards	€395.00
31/08/2016	'Viva Fresh Sh.p.k	600249107	250	Food/drinks	€70.82
31/08/2016	"Trosha" Sh.p.k	601032246	97	Food/drinks	€12.00
31/08/2016	N.t.p "Lumi"	600071948	138	Food/drinks	€11.44
31/08/2016	Sh.p.t "Talens"	600038667	150	Working tools	€4.75
31/08/2016	Urban Taxi	600535928	1555	Transport	€3.50
31/08/2016	Urban Taxi	600535928	1210	Transport	€3.00
31/08/2016	Urban Taxi	600535928	504	Transport	€3.00
31/08/2016	Urban Taxi	600535928	410	Transport	€2.00
06/09/2016	"Creative Touch" sh.p.k	601084388	002/05	Printing services	€175.00
30/06/2016	Facebook		193-100145197	Advertising	€58.26
30/06/2016	Facebook		193-100145196	Advertising	€136.92
30/05/2016	webhost.al		#3E5552	3 yr. domain registration wikilovesarth.al	€35.97
				Total	€922.28

Remaining 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.

As can be seen from above, there is a remaining fund of 283.72 EUR. We propose to give you an answer on what to do with it in November when we will know how WLM realization has turned out. Will then likely suggest their use towards a new smaller project.

Anything else

Thank you for supporting this project.