Grants talk:Project/Rapid/User Group Belarus/Wiki Loves Earth Belarus 2020/Report

Report accepted

Hello W, thank you for submitting this final report and for all your efforts put into organizing this contest in Belarus. We are excited to learn about the successful outcome of this contest! I reviewed this report and have a few questions and comments:

• Congratulations on exceeding the initial target and having 516 photos from the contest! Could you please link the winning photos to the report page?
• I am sorry to learn that article creation and use of uploaded photos did not go well. Do you have any understanding why this happened?
• Could you provide an approximate number of Belarusian natural monuments and protected areas that were photographed through this contest?
• I changed the status of the remaining funds. They will be reallocated to cover either the income tax or an award for creating articles about protected areas of Belarus during the Wiki Loves Earth 2021. Please note that you are required to send the additional expense document after you make the corresponding expense.

Once again, thank you for your contribution to the Wikimedia projects and movement. I am wishing you all the best for your future initiatives! I accepted the report and expense documents for this project which means that this grant is now complete! Best regards, DSaroyan (WMF) (talk) 12:08, 16 December 2020 (UTC)

Hello, DSaroyan (WMF)! How are you? Thanks a lot for the review & the congratulations, as well as questions & comments. I provided a link in the report for all 10 winning photos for the international round of "WLE 2020" to the official "Winners" subpage on Wikimedia Commons, as well as linked those 3 that had been awarded prizes in the local round. The article creation did not go well as the emphasis on articles was lacking in promoting & there were no prizes for articles. That is why the status change of the remaining funds is highly appreciated, as it will cover an award for creating articles during "WLE 2021", if those funds won't be taxed. I will send the additional expense document after making the corresponding expense. As I understand, the use of uploaded photos will also improve with more articles available. At least 58 Belarusian natural monuments and protected areas were photographed through this contest. Best wishes,--W (talk) 15:12, 18 December 2020 (UTC)