Grants:Project/Rapid/WUL UG/Wikipedia Central Asian Month/Report
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Goals
editDid you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went?
We have fully met our goals and more: the event generated significant interest in Wikipedia and wiki projects in general among speakers of Uzbek. A notice about the contest was shared by several influential bloggers on their Telegram channels, resulting in over 10,000 views.
In addition, the number of members in the Telegram group of the Wikimedians of the Uzbek language User Group more than doubled during the course of the contest, and members of the group asked dozens of questions on taking part in the contest.
Finally, because of the large number of similar questions, contest organizers recorded a video lesson explaining how to take part in the contest and how to contribute to wiki projects. It is the first video lesson in the Uzbek language on contributing to wiki projects, and currently has a 100% rating.
Outcome
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| Target outcome | Achieved outcome | Explanation |
| Number of events: 1 | 1 | The contest went as planned without any delays or issues. |
| Number of participants: 15 | 31 | We were hoping to see at least 15 participants, but in reality 31 people took part in the contest. However, some of the participants did not abide by the rules: they tried to cheat or created meaningless articles. |
| Number of new editors: 5-7 | 20 | We recruited a total of 20 new editors (who registered either immediately before or during the contest). Remarkably, two of the ten most active contributors were new users. The total number excludes the new account that was created by one of the organizers while recording a video lesson explaining how to take part in the contest. |
| Number of of articles created or improved: at least 100 | 183 | A total 183 new articles were created or improved against a planned minimum of 100. (Another 173 articles were added to the list, but did not meet the criteria of the contest - most were existing articles that were added to the list without any improvements.) One of the new articles successfully passed through the good article nomination process and became a good article. |
Learning
editProjects 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?
The event generated much interest in Wikipedia, and we managed to recruit nearly half a dozen new editors.
- What did not work so well?
The fact that the most active organizers of the event are based in various cities and countries created several logistical challenges, and accomplishing rather simple tasks took much longer than expected. Specifically, winners received the gift cards, T-shirts and certificates over a period of two months because of the fact that only a couple of the users were able to help with logistics
- What would you do differently next time?
Next time we should try to ensure that there are at least two active Wikimedians based in one city, particularly in Tashkent, who can help with logistics. In addition, we will develop a more accurate budget.
Finances
editGrant funds spent
editPlease describe how much grant money you spent for approved expenses, and tell us what you spent it on.
| Number | Item | Planned | Actually spent (in UZS) |
Actually spent (in USD) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bank transfer fee | $0 | 104,800 | $10 | Fee withheld by the Uzbek bank |
| 2 | SWIFT fee | $0 | 32,000 | $3.05 | SWIFT fee charged by the Uzbek bank |
| 3 | Gift certificate to the first place winner | $200 | 2,096,000 | $200 | Gift certificate to buy books or gadgets on the Asaxiy online store |
| 4 | Gift certificate to the second place winner | $100 | 1,048,000 | $100 | Gift certificate to buy books or gadgets on the Asaxiy online store |
| 5 | Gift certificate to the third place winner | $50 | 524,000 | $50 | Gift certificate to buy books or gadgets on the Asaxiy online store |
| 6 | Facebook advertising | $30 | 0 | $0 | No costs incurred |
| 7 | Twitter advertising | $20 | 0 | $0 | No costs incurred |
| 8 | Certificate printing | $10 | 104,800 | $10 | 10 certificates on high-quality paper for top-ten placers |
| 9 | Custom shirts for top contributors, judges and organizers | $72 | 754,560 | $72 | 9 custom shirts (~$8/each) (3 for organizers, 3 for judges, and 3 for top contributors) |
| 10 | Graphic designer fee | $0 | 100,000 | $9.54 | For the T-shirt design |
| 11 | Poly mailers for shirts | $10 | 0 | $0 | Originally planned for poly mailers to send shirts to jury members and winners; the postage fee includes this cost |
| 12 | Postage | $115 | 287,290 | $27.41 | Originally estimated $3 per shirt + $1 per certificate; we spent significantly less than planned as many participants were in Tashkent and we decided to deliver them by taxi |
| Total: | $607 | 5,051,450 | $482 |
Remaining funds
editDo you have any remaining grant funds?
We had $125 (1,310,000 UZS) remaining. After getting approval from the WMF in writing, we spent the remaining funds on gift cards for the three winners of the 2021 Book Month.
Anything else
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