Grants talk:Project/Rapid/WIkimedia UG Nigeria/Wikimedia Fan Club/Report

Comments from I JethroBT (WMF)

• @Olaniyan Olushola: Hi Shola, and thanks for this report on the Wikimedia Fan Club. Here are my comments and questions:
• Please respond to the Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went? question at the top of the report. We ask this because we want to get a sense from grantees about how they felt about managing and running their project in addition to whether they met the goals they proposed initially.

I have atteded to the question .

• I'm glad to hear you were able to secure important kinds of support in this project through a staff advisor at the University of Ibadan to help communicate needs and logistics for the event.
• Outside of article creation and improvement, I don't really have a good idea of what happened during club events from this report. Can you describe for me what sorts of activities would happen at a typical club meeting? I want to understand more about what the experience of attending a club event is like.

Thank you for your question and observation , the following are the schedule programs for Wiki Fan Club

Regular activities organized by the club

Edit-a-thons - Select an article of common interest to all the Club Members. Choose a preferred date and time (at least 2 - 3 hours) when all Club Members edit the same article. You may decide to organize an edit-a-thon in a common room (where computers and internet facility would be required for editing) or Club Members can edit the same article at the same time but sit remotely in the comfort of their respective living rooms. For more information on how to run an edit-a-thon click here.

Photo-thons - Have fun walking around the city together to click pictures of famous landmarks, buildings, amusement parks etc; or visit a science, art, or history museum to click pictures of various artifacts; or visit cultural exhibitions or fests to click pictures of local food items, various dance forms etc. Add all these pictures on Wikimedia Commons and use these pictures in various Wikipedia articles. For more information on how to run a photo-thon click here.

Wikipedia trivia and games night - Who thought you could play fun games on Wikipedia?

Organise informal and fun trivia nights where teams battle to see who has the greatest knowledge about Wikipedia. General Wikipedia knowledge and trivial interest questions are asked by a trivia host and the winners are the team which, at the end of the night, have correctly answered the most number of questions. Trivia night's organizers might provide some kind of refreshments (a grant application can be submitted to get financial help) or club members can bring munchies of their own too.

Club members can also choose to play some interesting Wikipedia games. For example, ask participants to open the article on Manmohan Sigh. Then ask them to reach the article on Belly Dancing by way of clicking on internal links from one article to another. One who reaches Belly Dancing in minimum number of hits will be announced as the winner and can be awarded by giving away a t-shirt/badge/sticker.

Wikipedia Club meetups - Organize regular meetups just to hang out together to have some fun and get to know each other better. It's great if the group wears their Wikipedia t-shirts/badges/sweatshirts and carry other swags to the meetings.

Interact and work closely with other Wikipedia Clubs across the nation and across different countries. Work collaboratively with Wikipedia Clubs in Mumbai and Delhi or London and New York. Great way of global collaboration.

Outreach sessions to recruit new editors and club members.

• In terms of scheduling issues, I'm glad you will be careful to review the institutional calendar to minimize conflicts between Wikimedia events and other programs. This is a really important aspect of communication with all kinds of institutions when you are collaborating with them.

Yes, we have taking care of this aspect.

• Congratulations on both the immediate content outcomes of the fan club. It's also great to see that this club has inspired the organization of other fan clubs. Can you describe what was done to help inspire these groups?

Please respond to my questions above as soon as you are able. I have also followed up with over e-mail you regarding some questions regarding your budget and an underspend on the grant. When these questions have been addressed, I will approve the report. Thanks, I JethroBT (WMF) (talk) 16:59, 21 December 2018 (UTC)

Thank you for your observations, i have sent in reply via email on the grant budget . Olaniyan Olushola (talk) 19:20, 23 December 2018 (UTC)