Wikimedia chapters/Reports/Shared Knowledge/Impact reports/Q4 2021
This is an Impact report for the fourth quarter (Q4, October through December) on the 2021 APG grant to Shared Knowledge, with special consideration given to the 2021 Annual plan.
For monthly reports about our activities during this quarter, see October Activity report, November Activity report and December Activity report.
You can also see our Financial report for the same period.
Projects
edit1. Mentorship for professors and students
2. Wikiexperiments
3. Wiki Science Competition 2021
4. Editing Competitions
5. Editing Weekends
6. Editing Days
7. WikiSketch Lessons
8. WikiGap Skopje 2021
9. Wiki Gender Gap 2021
10. Veloexpeditions
11. Geoexpeditions
12. Exhibits
13. Skopje Zoo
14. WikiVillage
Achievements
edit| Num. | Name of project | Achieved outcome | Explanation |
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| 1 | Mentorship for professors and students |
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| 2 | WikiExperiments |
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In collaboration with professors at the Institutes of Chemistry and Physics, Faculty of Natural Science and Mathematics. |
| 3 | Wiki Science Competition 2021 |
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A photographic competition. |
| 4 | Editing competitions |
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Editing competitions topics was: "Solar System". |
| 5 | Editing weekends |
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Editing weekend's topics were: "Technology", "Linguistics", "Elections", "Operas", "Arabic Cuisine", "Buddhism", "Islands", "Ancient Rome", "Bridges", "Libraries", "Mayors in Macedonia (2021-2025)", "Australia", "Festivals". |
| 6 | Editing days |
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Editing days' topics were: "Archaeological sites in Radoviš Region", "Provinces of Thailand", "World Heritage Sites in East Asia", "Holy Roman Emperors", "Macedonian Folk Songs (K)", "Kings of Israel and Judea", "Paintings by Gustav Klimt", "Governorates of Egypt", "Emotions", "Works of Leo Tolstoy", "World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia", "Metro Systems", "Archaeological Sites in Skopje Region", "Macedonian Folk Songs (l & Lj)", "Castles in Slovenia", "Paintings by Francisco de Zurbarán", "Anthems of Countries of Asia", "Archaeological Sites in Kratovo Region", "Dramas by Bertolt Brecht", "World Heritage Sites in Southern Asia", "Paintings by El Greko", "Archaeological Sites in Kriva Palanka Region", "Nobel Peace Prize laureates", "Provinces of Spain", "Paintings by Raphael", "World Heritage Sites in Western Asia". |
| 7 | Wiki Sketch Lessons |
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Individual lessons of editing on Wikipedia. |
| 8 | WikiGap Skopje 2021 |
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A stand alone edit-a-thon. |
| 9 | Wiki Gender Gap 2021 |
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A stand alone week-a-thon. Continuation of Wiki Gender Gap 2021. |
| 10 | Veloexpeditions |
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Bicycle trip to Municipality of Jegunovce |
| 11 | Geoexpeditions |
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Visiting a canyon located in the Municipality of Štip |
| 12 | Exhibits |
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Opening an exhibit titled "Japan Through Photographs" and organizing a editing event a day later themed at Japan. |
| 13 | Skopje Zoo |
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Creating article about species at the Skopje Zoo, in the Albanian Wikipedia. Handing over the 89 QR-coded plaques to the Zoo staff. |
| 14 | WikiVillage |
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Creating articles in the English Wikipedia about the houses that are cultural heritage of Macedonia, located in the village of Galičnik. |
Description of activities and learning
editMany of the programs have their objectives (listed on grant page). This section will describe how the activities during the First quarter lead contributed towards their fulfillment.
Educational Program
edit1. Mentorship for professors
- Goals met by this activity
On December 6, two professors were part of this activity. The first one is a high school history professor who teaches at the Mathematical-Computer Science Gymnasium in Skopje, which is the newest high school institution in Macedonia. He got introduction to basic knowledge in editing at Wikipedia. The second one is university professor at the Department of Piano at the private owned International University "Europa Prima", based in Skopje. The latter, beside getting mentorship, he was able to create one article and additionally two images were uploaded as result of this activity.
- Some considerations
The history professor did not register as a user i.e. he just got training. Mentorship/editing event, of this type, for students was not in our annual plan, so their contributions fall in this objective.
2. Wikiexperiments
- Goals met by this activity
There was video capturing of experiments in October and November. In October, in one day, nine videos were made, five of chemistry (Prof. with Marina Stojanovska) and another four of physics (with Prof. Oliver Zajkov). Then on November 9, with the expertise of then already retired Prof. Dr. Petruševski and Stojanovska, we managed to film five more videos. At the end of December, many of the recorded experiments in 2020 and 2021 were inserted in their respective and related articles in the Macedonian Wikipedia.
3. Wiki Science Competition 2021
- Goals met by this activity
This quarter was filled with the Wiki Science Competition 2021, which completes our objective of organizing two photo competitions in 2021. The Macedonian installment was part of the international Wiki Science Competition that aimed to encourage the public to take science-themed images and upload them on Wikimedia Commons, enriching it with content of this kind and bringing people closer to the science. This competition lasted from November 1 to December 15. 21 competitors were part of this and they uploaded 126 images and one video.
- Some considerations
Unlike the previous photo competitions that lasted 30 days, this was longer with month and a half period.
Community Program
edit4. Editing Competitions
- Goals met by this activity
As usual, we made one EC that lasted from November 15 to December 14. The name of the EC was "Solar System". The competitors created and improved articles that regarded content about celestial objects and related within our Solar System. The outcome in numbers was 320 new articles and eight improved articles out of six participants.
- Some considerations
The top three participants earned and got a 'special prize'. Because we wanted the prizes to be thematic and connected with the EC, we gave the top competitors a telescope.
5. Editing Weekends
- Goals met by this activity
The Editing Weekends were on various topics such as history, geography, culture, linguistics, technology, Macedonian mayors, architecture, cuisine.
- Some considerations
Every weekend we held EW (13 editions). The average productivity is 15.2 articles per weekend.
6. Editing Days
- Goals met by this activity
The coordinator of this activity chose the subjects to be about archaeology, music, art, literature and linguistics, history, transport.
- Some considerations
Held every Tuesday and Thursday. The average productivity is 9.0 articles/templates per 24 hour period.
7. WikiSketch Lessons
- Goals met by this activity
In early October, a new person registered and became a Wikipedian. Beside getting training, he was able to create one article.
8. WikiGap Skopje 2021
- Goals met by this activity
We managed to continue the collaboration of the Swedish Embassy in Macedonia and the local organization UN Women. The WikiGap Skopje 2021 edit-a-thon was traditionally held, with goal to cover articles about women who are environmental activists. Over 26 people were part of the online edit-a-thon, of which the Swedish ambassador, and out of them 14 have edited. They all contributed in creating 41 articles and improving four articles on November 15.
- Some considerations
This was predecessor activity of Wiki Gender Gap 2021 week-a-thon competition.
9. Wiki Gender Gap 2021
- Goals met by this activity
Right after the WikiGap edit-a-thon ended, the people who attended the WikiGap (and others) edited from November 16 to 22. The competition ended with high productivity - 865 new articles and five improved articles out of eight competitors. This was a prized activity and the top three competitors got vouchers for books.
- Some considerations
This was continuation activity of WikiGap Skopje 2021 edit-a-thon.
10. Veloexpeditions
- Goals met by this activity
The last Veloexpedition was held on October 30. In that occasion the destination was the Municipality of Jegunovce which is located about 25 km west from Skopje. Municipality of Jegunovce is a rural administrative local unit and with that, many of its villages got visited. 195 photographs were made by the group made of four men.
- Some considerations
The three participants that were part of this activity, were not registered users.
11. Geoexpeditions
A Geoexpedition on October 23. Four SK activists got the chance to head to Canyon of Kamnik located in the Municipality of Štip.
Partnership Program
edit12. Exhibits
- Goals met by this activity
The chosen theme of this activity was the country of Japan. The 30 images that portray Japan and its overall culture, were put at the shared gallery of Cinematheque of Macedonia and Children's Art Center. At the opening of the exhibit on November 22, about 25 people participated at the event. A day later, according to the plan's objective, we held the "Japan" Editing Day which attracted eight people at the quarters of MladiHub - a youth national platform.
- Some considerations
Because we had representatives of the Embassy of Japan in Macedonia, for spreading Japan's culture among the Macedonian citizens, they were happy to receive the 30 photographs in order to place them at their embassy's quarters.
13. Skopje Zoo
- Goals met by this activity
The last lacking article, on the Albanian Wikipedia, was created and we completed all the 89 species that are inhabiting Skopje Zoo. In early November all 89 QR-coded plaques were given to the Zoo's staff so they can install them, as we agreed in 2020 and again in 2021.
- Some considerations
Because the staff did not accomplish their objective as of 2021, we as Shared Knowledge could not organize a promo event. This means the plaques will be installed soon in 2022.
14. WikiVillage
- Goals met by this activity
The installment of the QR-coded plaques was finished in this quarter. The installment included 31 QR-coded plaques (of houses that are cultural heritage of Macedonia) and an additional bulletin with a map of the village of Galičnik (the location where the houses are at) and its respective QR-coded article. After the installment, which was at the end of October, the English articles of the houses were created during this quarter.