Grants:Project/Rapid/Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos/Report

Report accepted

This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2019-20 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/Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos.
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Goals

Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went?

The campaign was a huge success as we met all our set goals.

Outcome

Please report on your original project targets. Please be sure to review and provide metrics required for Rapid Grants.

Target outcome	Achieved outcome	Explanation

300 people participate	597 people participated	The campaign was supported by 36 Wikimedia affiliate communities and events were organized in at least 19 countries. The ratio of existing users to new users is six to one (6:1) and about 20% of the total participants are females.
1500 images are used on Wikipedia articles	A total of 90,890 images, 1,267 audios, and 508 videos were used on Wikipedia articles	WPWP Campaign implementations resulted in the use of over 92,000 media files on Wikipedia articles
1000 articles are improved with photos	More than 90,000 articles in 272 languages Wikipedia were improved with photos	WPWP Campaign implementations resulted in the improvement of over 90,000 articles with photos. See the campaign stats here
20 languages Wikipedia are improved	A total of 272 Wikipedia language projects were improved.	About 62.4% of the articles' improvement was made to the English language Wikipedia and 12.5% to the Swahili language Wikipedia. The English and Swahili Wikipedia were the most improved language Wikipedias.

Learning

WPWP Campaign logo

WPWP Campaign promotion mug

WPWP Campaign logo

Wikipedia languages improved stats

File:WPWP Campaign performance evaluation report.pdf

WPWP Campaign performance evaluation report

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?

Many things worked well. Below are a few things that worked really well.

The campaign goals and idea
The communication and the promotion of the campaign on social media
The incentive worked well. Although some communities, notably the English and French Wikipedia suggested that the prizes should be reduced
The participating instruction. Although, some users suggested that it was not clear enough
The name Wikipedia pages wanting photos worked well as it summarized the project scope
Having several coordinators handling the affairs of various teams. This helped in goal/target-setting, and it certainly helped in driving efficiency.
The WD4WP Tool developed by Magnus Maske for the campaign worked well.
The Central Notice Banner worked
The lockdown mode as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in most countries promote participation
The partnership with local GLAM institutions. For example, the National Library and Archives of Quebec organized a WPWP Campaign event to train participants on how to add photos to Wikipedia articles.
The organizer's guide and other resources designed for the campaign
Dedication of the organizers and timely responses to query and inquiries by the coordinators
Training of participants organized by the local coordinators

What did not work so well?

Tracking tool. The tracking tool, the Wikimedia hashtag tool did not work optimally. Many thanks to Sam Walton who on many occasions helped with restarting the tool.
The responses of some members of the large Wikipedia communities to new editors were very harsh and unhelpful to new editors.
Searching for articles that lack photos and the right photos on Commons were not easy for some people, especially those participants that are not very familiar with Wikimedia Commons.
Coordination in different languages Wikipedia
Virtual/online or off-line meeting and training did not work well in some countries, especially in Africa
Managing new editors participation was quite challenging
Adding the hashtag (#WPWP) to edit summary did not work very well as many users often forget to add the hashtag and their contributions were not tracked
The hashtag is filterable and Susceptible to blocking in most language Wikipedias

What would you do differently next time?

We will ensure that local organizers of the campaign have instruction pages on local language Wikipedia.
We will improve the instruction pages and provde adequate information on how to use images on Wikipedia articles
We wll explore an alternative way of tracking contributions and or work closely with the WMF to improve any existing tracking tools.
We will improve on our communication with local Wikipedia communities.

Finances

Grant funds spent

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

Expenses documentation

Exchange in local currency is based on the Oanda.com

Date	Time	City	Vendor/receiver	Items	Amount	Local Currency	Currency in Dollars (USD)	Purchase	Purpose of purchase	Receipt status
11th Oct. 2020	12:24 PM WAT	Lagos, Nigeria	Shoprite Ikeja, Lagos Nigeria	Gift Card Voucher	339,875	NGN	886.327	Three (3) Gift Card Voucher	Prizes for the 1st runner up, 2nd Runner Up and Top new user	Receipts were provided by this vendor
16th Oct. 2020	6:03 PM	Spanish Amazon, Spain	Online es.Amazon	Amazon gift card	330	EUR	397.535 (358 USD + 11.62 Exchange rate guarantee fee)	One Amazon gift card	Prizes for the "Top audio user" and "Top video user"	Receipts were provided by the vendor
12th Oct. 2020	11:00 AM WAT	Ilupeju, Lagos Nigeria	United Parcel Service Nig. Ltd	Courier service for delivery of prizes	20,500	NGN	53.46	Courier service for delivery of prizes	Delivery of prizes for the 1st runner up, 2nd Runner Up and Top new user in Nigeria	Receipts were provided by this vendor
9th Oct. 2020	3:00 PM WAT	Ikeja Lagos Nigeria	Mr. Blessing Ojo	Digital banner, promotional, and logo design	75,898.4	NGN	200	Digital banner, promotional, and logo design	Design of Digital banner, promotion material, and logo design	Not receipted
10th May 2020 - 12th Oct. 2020	3:24 PM WAT	Lagos Nigeria	ISP (MTN & Airtel Network)	Internet and airtime for phone calls	50,000	NGN	130.39	Internet and airtime for phone calls	Internet for coordination for 5 months and phone calls	Not receipted
10th Oct. 2020	1:00 PM WAT	Lagos Nigeria	Project Manager (Isaac Olatunde)	Transportation for prize(s) processing (Taxi to Bank, Shoprite and United Parcel Service Nig. Ltd and back home)	30,000	NGN	78.23	Transportation for prize(s) processing (Taxi to Shoprite and United Parcel Service Nig. Ltd and back home)	Transportation for prize(s) processing (Taxi to Shoprite and United Parcel Service Nig. Ltd and back home)	Not receipted
1st Oct. 2020	11:00AM	Lagos State	Ad-Monseg Enterprises	Gift for Jury: WPWP T-shirt & WPWP Mug Purchase and branding	77,000	NGN	200.66	Gift for Jury: WPWP T-shirt & WPWP Mug	Gift for Jury: WPWP T-shirt & WPWP Mug. The cost of shipping is very high. We plan to use one of the international conference or meetings of Wikimedians to deliver the gift to some of the jury members	Receipted
5th Oct. 2020	12:00 Noon	Lagos State	Sherfex Oil & Gas Int'l	Car fueling	12,500	NGN	32.57	Car fueling	Gift card pre-purchase inquiry visit to Shopping malls including Shopprite,Ikeja	Receipted

Remaining funds

Do you have any remaining grant 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.

Yes. 21.488 USD

Anything else

Anything else you want to share about your project?

Please see the WPWP Campaign Evaluation Report draft.

Below are the winners of the international prizes for the WPWP Campaign 2020 as presented by the Jury and announced by the WPWP Campaign International Team.

SN	User	Category	Points	Ranking	Remarks
Category A
1.	User:Tarih	Top image user	9866	1st	verify
2.	User:Dolphyb	Top image user	7401	2nd	verify
3.	User:Lordgentual	Top image user	7104	3rd	verify
Category B
1.	User:Elisardojm	Top audio user	617	Winner	verify
Category C
1.	User:Elisardojm	Top video user	185	Winner	verify
Category D
1.	User:Osenibabalola0	Top new contributors	5995	Winner	verify