Grants:Project/Rapid/SPARQL: Getting Data from Wikidata/Report

Report accepted

This report for a Rapid Grant approved in FY 2020-21 has been reviewed and accepted by the Wikimedia Foundation.

• To read the approved grant submission describing the plan for this project, please visit Grants:Project/Rapid/SPARQL: Getting Data from Wikidata.
• You may still comment on this report on its discussion page, or visit the discussion page to read the discussion about this report.
• You are welcome to Email rapidgrants at wikimedia dot org at any time if you have questions or concerns about this report.

Goals

Did you meet your goals? Are you happy with how the project went?

• Yes, project goals were met and I am happy with how the project went.

Outcome

Please report on your original project targets. Please be sure to review and provide metrics required for Rapid Grants.

Target outcome	Achieved outcome	Explanation
Number of events: 2	2 event was held	2 physical event was held with 6 participants connecting on zoom.
Number of participants: 30	65 people participated	A total of 65 people participated of which 41 were new editors and 6 people joined on zoom.
Number of new editors: 25	41 new editors participated.	41 new editors were added and we are happy with this number
Number of articles created or improved: 50	More than 100 article created or improved	More than 100 articles were created or improved after the event.
Number of repeat participants (for projects that include a series of events): 20	46	The number of repeat participants was above the expected number.

Event Dasboard

Learning

Projects do not always go according to plan. Sharing what you learned can help you and others plan similar projects in the future. Help the movement learn from your experience by answering the following questions:

• What worked well?

1. Sending out RSVP forms to know number of participants expected helped to prepare properly as we realized a significant increase in expected participants compared to what was proposed.
2. Collaborating with DSC LASU core team members made awareness and preparation top notch.
3. Providing data and refreshments was a big plus as most of the participants were university students.
4. The choice of venue (ICT centre with PC) made editing and querying very easy since participants without a laptop could use the PC to write queries and use their smartphone to edit wikidata.

• What did not work so well?

Waiting till event day before creating account for new users made editing difficult as the IP address was blocked for most of these new users and this affected participant engagement even after the event.

• What would you do differently next time?

I would request for account creator right or create account for new users ahead of event based on the filled fields in the RSVP forms.

Finances

Grant funds spent

Please describe how much grant money you spent for approved expenses, and tell us what you spent it on.

BUDGET FUNDS RECEIVED IN NGN			745,000
Item	Unit Cost (NGN)	Quantity	Amount (NGN)
Venue for the events			150,000
Food and Drinks	5,000	60	300,000
Router			25,000
Data Bundles			20,000
Communications and Graphics			50,000
Branded Nose Mask	1,000	60	60,000
Branded Shirts for 2 facilitators and 2 best participant	5,000	4	20,000
Certificate of Participation	1,000	60	60,000
Transportation for Facilitators	10,000	2	20,000
Stationery			10,000
Zoom			6,150
Camera Rental	20,000	1	20,000
TOTAL EXPENDITURE			741,150
BALANCE			3,850

Remaining funds

Do you have any remaining grant funds?

Remaining funds have been used or will be used for other approved mission-aligned activities. This use has been requested in writing and approved by WMF.

• Yes. NGN 3,850 (USD 10.09).

• I would like to use the remaining funds on a new project.

Anything else

Anything else you want to share about your project?

• Slides used at the event and shared with participants:

1. Wikidata SPARQL Guide by User:Samatics
2. Contribute to Wikidata by User:DonKevin

• Some of the photos taken at the event:

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  Kevin Ohiro training the participant on how to contribute to Wikidata
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  Samuel Okepefi training participants on SPARQL
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  Olaniyan Olushola of Wikimedia UG Nigeria addressing participants
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  Olatunde Isaac of Wikimedia UG Nigeria introducing participants to Wikimedia projects
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  Cross section of all physical participants
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  Cross section of some physical participants and online participants
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  Participants listening and having live practice
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  Participants taking notes
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  A participant asking question
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  Training in progress
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  Cross section of the coordinator and facilitators
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  Cross section of participants
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  Cross section of participants
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  Cross section of participants
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  Fawas of DSC LASU
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  Participants
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  Assisting participants
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  Kevin Ohiro