Grants:Simple/Applications/Wikimedia Indonesia/2017/March-June 2018/Final reports/WikiLatih

WikiLatih

Metrics and objectives

Subproject

Goal

Status

Remarks

WikiLatih 2018

Twenty-five training sessions

77.1% complete

Including 17 trainings in 12 cities and 10 meet-ups in 4 cities

Inviting 335 participants

100% complete

There were 363 participants in total, joined the training sessions and meet-ups

Inviting 85 trainers in training sessions

100% complete

There were 95 trainers participating in the training sessions

Improving 377 content pages

100% complete

There were 523 pages improved (and 403 pages were created)

Narrative report

During our grant period (March 12–June 30, 2018), Wikimedia Indonesia has successfully organized 17 WikiLatih sessions and 10 meet-ups. In the training sessions and meet-ups, there were 327 participants joined, 523 Wikipedia pages were improved, and 403 pages were created. Those sessions were conducted in more than 12 cities, including Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Padang, Bandung, and many more. Below is the summary:

In Jakarta, Wikimedia Indonesia organized four training sessions: three of them were Wikipedia training sessions, and the rest was Wikisource sessions.
In Yogyakarta, there were two Wikipedia training sessions and five meet-ups, which were focused on improving Javanese articles.
In Padang and Padang Panjang City (West Sumatra Province), there were two Wikipedia training sessions and three meet-ups. One of the training sessions was partnered with the Tourism Office of Padang Panjang City, attended by 12 employees.
In Bandung, Wikimedia Indonesia was partnered with Sunan Gunung Djati Islamic State University, which was held in two days: one day was for lecturers and one day was for the students.
In Surakarta (Central Java Province), there were one-day training session at Sebelas Maret University, attended by 19 students, and a meet-up.
In Magelang (Central Java Province), Wikimedia Indonesia taught how to edit on Wikipedia to senior high schoolers at Senior High School #1 Magelang.
In Cirebon (West Java Province), there was a one-day Wikipedia training session at State Islamic Institute Syekh Nurjati, which was attended by nine participants and created articles in Javanese Wikipedia.
In Kuningan (West Java Province), Wikipedia training session was conducted at School of Teacher Education, Kuningan, which was attended by 17 participants and created articles in Sundanese Wikipedia.
In Makassar (South Sulawesi Province), Wikimedia Indonesia was partnered with Lontar Foundation to hold a WikiLatih session during Makassar International Writers Festival (MIWF) event. This session was attended by 11 participants and created articles in Indonesian Wikipedia.
In Tasikmalaya, Wikimedia Indonesia organized a WikiLatih in Siliwangi University and was attended by 13 participants and created articles in Sundanese Wikipedia.
In Banda Aceh (Aceh Province), there was a meet-up organized to gather Achinese Wikipedians.

Partners

Until the end of June 2018, Wikimedia Indonesia has collaborated with several organizations to successfully organize WikiLatih training sessions. Some of the organizations provided in-kind donations, as follows:

Kunci Cultural Studies & Indonesia Visual Art Archive, provided free training venue, internet access, and article resources
Digital Innovation Lounge Padang, provided free training venue and fast internet access
Dinas Pariwisata Kota Padang Panjang/Pusat Dokumentasi dan Informasi Kebudayaan Minangkabau, provided free training venue and internet access
IAIN Syekh Nurjati Cirebon, provided training venue and internet access
SMA Negeri 1 Magelang, provided training venue and internet access
Program Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra Daerah/Sunda STKIP Muhammadiyah Kuningan, provided training venue and internet access
Jurusan Pendidikan Bahasa Jawa Universitas Sebelas Maret, provided training venue and internet access
Indorelawan & Conclave Simatupang, provided free access to training venue and auditorium room, internet access, and snacks or refreshments during the event
Sunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University, provided training venue and internet access
Rekomendasi Wisata Magelang (Magelang Destination Rekomendation)
Sebelas Maret University, provided training venue and internet access
Amnesty International Indonesia, provided training venue, foods and snacks, and internet access
Siliwangi University, provided internet access and training venue

Events documentation

WikiLatih at Sunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University, Day 1
Group photo of WikiLatih participants at Sunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University, Day 1
WikiLatih at Sunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University, Day 2
Group photo of WikiLatih participants at Sunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University, Day 2
Group photo of WikiLatih participants at Sebelas Maret University
Wikisource meet-up in Jakarta
WikiLatih in Padang City
WikiLatih in Padang City
WikiLatih Indonesiana 2.0, with Indorelawan.org

Lesson learned

We encountered several obstacles during conducting WikiLatih, especially in the past four months. First, there were many holiday dates in May and June 2018, which resulted in a few events that can be done. In addition, Ramadan month, which came in mid-May until mid-June, may also affect the timeline. To overcome this matter, we decreased the number of training sessions, but we increased the number of participants in a session. This way allows us to maintain the initial goal to invite 335 participants in WikiLatih sessions.

Several training sessions may come with technical dilemmas. Internet speed sometimes could not serve all participants at that time, or there was a limitation in Wikimedia system, which an IP address could not be used to register more than six new accounts. Wikimedia Indonesia has anticipated this matters by supplying a backup internet connection to overwhelm the internet connection problems, and assigned temporary access to mentors' account an "account creator" right. This will allow them to create new accounts for participants' who are unable to register by themselves at the training session.

To ensure all mentors have an equal understanding of how Wikipedia works and its technical matters, Wikimedia Indonesia surveyed all volunteers who once involved in training sessions, asked them what they lacked and what they would like to improve. The results would be training modules, consisting of how to organize WikiLatih and Wikipedia technical information.