Grants:Project/Rapid/Wikipedia Pages Wanting Photos in Nigeria/Report
- Report accepted
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Goals
edit| Target Outcome | Target achieved | Explaination |
|---|---|---|
| Number of participants: 150 | 38 | Into the contest, there was a huge chaos with admins on the English Wikipedia that a thread started on the noticeboard They were reverting #wpwpng edits, blocking users for vandalism and even threatening to block the hashtag from any edit summary. While much of these errors were from other #wpwp contests, much of them were over reactions from Admins. These made us go back to the drawing board, retrained participants and reduced our push for new editors as the noticeboard highlighted new editors as most likely to vandalize, not understand the reason behind WPWP and cause havoc to the entire Wiki. Hence we chose quality over quantity. If the event was in-person, it could have been easier to curb some of the issues faced by new editors. Regardless, we scaled. |
| Number of new editors: 30 | Number of new editors: 3 | Same as above |
| Number of articles are improved with photos: 3000 | Number of articles are improved with photos: 18333 | Participating editors were ranked daily and they were encouraged by that and words to improve their ranking the next day. Also participants used recommended tools to know which articles had a matching image on Commons. |
Outcomes
editOf the 38 new and existing users that signed up for the event:
- 21 contributors were active enough to contribute at least one #WPWPNG edit. 12 were active enough to contribute more than 200.
- Up to 12000 valid edits were made by the top 4 contributors.
The Google Sheet ranking winners by edits, their invalid edits etc. can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N6qcS-ygLef6rJsQNMCjQNb7cN8e1K-kWj65eknteAc/edit#gid=0
By Wikimedia hashtag search there were:
- 18594 revisions/WPWPNG edits.
- Over 18333 pages
- By 30 users
- The contest attracted a documented number of 3 new contributors (Blessatayo, Dolphyb, and Madeofblaq). 2 of these contributors did so well that they came #1 (Dolphyb) and #7 (User:Blessatayo). Asides from these 4, there were inactive new editors from other campaigns that joined in contributed significantly. They all still contribute to Wikipedia till today.
The Wikimedia hashtag search analysis can be found here:
Other tools used:
We used Summary x Sigma and Hashtags x WMFLabs to compile participant activities, investigate quality and rank participants.
Learnings
edit- Test before contesting: Before commencing on projects like this, evaluate the understanding of people from what they learned at the post-contest training/meetups. We did not and it ended up as a wreck with the admins. We then evaluated participants with this form. Results can be found here. We retrained those that failed the test before allowing them continue with the contest. This might not be needed when the outreach is for editors with certain level of wiki-knowledge.
- Visualize and measure: We were able to go 600% the expected number of edits because we compiled the records everyday and ranked everyone via the Twitter handle. This encouraged people not to want to close the day at the base. If we left the calculation of scores to the end of the contest, some people would have forgotten that they were in the contest.
- Delegating is the best way to get things done: Just as mapped out here, we owed a lot of our success to being able to work simultaneously on different aspects of the tasks.
Finances
edit| Date | Expense | Cost | Summary | Receipt Folder |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2020 to Sep 30, 2020 | Internet subscription (For the team members, contestants, during the project and post-project for report writing) | 163,400 | We used purchased and disbursed data and sent across several network using these forms and the sheets extracted from them: Form Week 1. Disbursement Week 1. Form Week 2. Disbursement Week 2. Form Week 3. Disbursement Week 3. Form Week 4&5 Disbursement Week 4&5. Form Week 6. Disbursement Week 6. Form Week 7&8. Disbursement Week Form Week 7&8. |
Unreceipted |
| Jul 2, 2020 | Branding and Social media promotion | N20,000 | Paid for promotional graphic and shirt designer. Did not do paid promotions. | See Receipt Folder |
| Jun 25, 2020 to Sep 30, 2020 | Airtime for communication | N27,740 | For organizer and organizing team | Unreceipted |
| Aug 5, 2020 to Sep 30, 2020 | Logistics to dispatch prizes | N38,760 | Where and who got the shirts/prizes | Unreceipted. Sent via several riders and buses who don't use receipts. |
| August 3, 2020 | 1st prize: HP 255 G7 AMD Dual Core 4GB RAM 500GB HDD 15.6-Inch Windows 10 Laptop + Bag | N118,990 | See Receipt Folder | |
| August 5, 2020 | 2nd prize: Multifunction Jump Starter Power Bank 15,000mAh For Laptops | N62,000 | See Receipt Folder | |
| August 3, 2020 | 3rd prize: Western Digital 2TB External Hard Drive | N28,990 | See Photo in Receipt Folder | See Receipt Folder |
| Aug 15, 2020 - | WPWP branded shirts for top 10 new participants | N35,000 | Where and who got the shirts | See Receipt Folder |
| Jun 25, 2020 to Sep 30, 2020 | Miscellaneous (Transport to move to the car park, workspace to use power, check around for printers and bank charge) | N23320 | Unreceipted | |
| Total: | N518,200 |
Remaining funds
editDo you have any remaining grant funds?
Remaining funds are retained by the grantee with WMF's permission until after the report review has been completed and report has been accepted, at which time the WMF program officer will also provide instructions regarding the grantee's reallocation or return of the unspent grant funds.
Yes we do have N30161 left and we can move it to future projects or as the Foundation advises.