Wikimedia CEE Hub/Microgrants/report/Celebrating Wikidata during the Open Access Week
Our established goal was to increase quality on Wikidata and Wikipedia by improving existing pages and/or translating new pages and also to attract a number of new editors interested in open access articles. By implementation of this microgrant we reached a bigger number of people, especially because it allowed us to organize a press meeting and promote our concepts and plans concerning Wikipedia and future collaborations with students and NGO's. Our headlines were:
- increasing access to knowledge for the general public
- promoting credible and accessible sources
- improving editorial and academic skills
- supporting collaboration and knowledge sharing
- long-term social and academic impact
Editing on Wikipedia became thus a significant opportunity to contribute to the democratization of information and the creation of an open environment, accessible and collaborative for learning and research.
- Event 1
Edit-a-thon for the Open Access Week targeted primarily at public policy activists in collaboration with Asociația pentru Tehnologie și internet (apti.ro). Mainly targeted at Wikidata, but open to Wikipedia/Commons contributions.
Editing on Wikipedia during Open Access Week was planned as an activity to feed both society's need for knowledge and editors' personal development. Through qualitative contributions, participants supported a global mission: that of making knowledge accessible to all, without financial or technical barriers. This initiative reiterated the community's commitment to an equitable and sustainable educational future.
The interaction between experts, students and enthusiasts of various fields led to improving articles by sharing ideas and multiple perspectives and creating a space for dialogue between communities about the benefits of open access.
- Event 2
OpenRefine/Wikidata training seminar at the geo-spatial.org conference in Bucharest
| Additional part of the report (Lessons learned) |
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Wikipedia is one of the most accessed educational platforms in the world. Contributions during Open Access Week were meant to ensure:
For the Wikidata event:
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- Financial report
| Type of expense | Description | Amount (EUR) |
|---|---|---|
| event no. 1 - services provider Active Watch | location, food and drinks, cake | 291.56 |
| event no. 2 | food and beverage | 74.68 |
| event no. 2 | cake for celebrating Wikidata | 72.39 |
| swag | promotional materials | 60.92 |
| TOTAL | 499.55 |
- Achieved metrics
- Proposed metrics for Event 1: up to 15 Wikipedia articles improved or translated
- Achieved metrics for Event 1: 23 new articles and 13 improved articles
- Proposed metrics for Event 2: ~1000-1100 wikidata edits (based on the dataset we plan on importing in Event 2 + manual edits in Event1)
- Achieved metrics for Event 2: 3259 wikidata edits; 100 during the event itself, the rest after due to issues with OpenRefine
The online campaign that ran in parallel (21 - 27 Oct. 2024) was financed through our annual grant and was dedicated to translating articles, writing new articles and improving articles about open access and this year's theme, Community over Commercialization.
- Additional information
This is the page of our online campaign: Wikipedia:Săptămâna accesului deschis 2024
This year there were 13 participants and they created 23 new pages. These results were possible thanks to our first event when we attracted new editors interested in improving pages and also in creating new ones.