User:MCruz (WMF)/Sandbox/Program Reports/On-wiki Writing Contests/Inputs

On-wiki Writing Contests

Highlights

Data turnout

Inputs

Outputs

Outcomes

Key takeaways

Appendix

To learn more about the inputs that went into planning a writing contest, we asked program leaders to report on:

• The budget that went into planning and implementing the writing contest
• The hours that went into planning and implementing the writing contest
• Any donations that they might have received for the contest, such as a access to a venue, equipment, food, drink, and giveaways.

Budget Budgets were available for four out of eight onwiki writing contests. The average contest costs US$450 to implement. We were able to collect budget information for half of the eight reported onwiki writing contests. One of those four budgets reported was zero dollars. The other budgets reported ranged from $400 to $2,000. On average, contests cost $450 to implement. References Hours Volunteer and staff hours were available for four of the contests. Program leaders and their organizing teams put an average of 70 hours into implementing contests. Staff hours were reported for two of eight contests (25%). One report was of zero hours (no staff hours went into implementing the contest) and the other was 10 hours. Volunteer hours were reported for three out of eight contests (38%) and ranged from 50.0 to 77.5 hours, with an average of 60.0. Combining staff and volunteer hours, total input hours ranged from 50.0 to 77.5 with an average of 70.0. References Donated resources Donated resources are important for contests. Prizes/giveaways are the most popular donated resource, followed by materials or equipment. We collected data about donated resources for four out of the eight contests. 75% reported having received donations of prizes/giveaways, followed by half reporting having received donated materials/equipment. None of the four implementations reported food or meeting space – as food and space aren't a necessity for on-wiki editing events, since they generally take place primarily online, instead of in person (see Graph 1). File:Donated Resources.png Graph 1: Use of donated resources: The percentage of contests that used donated resources. This information was available for four of the contests. Contests often received donated prizes and giveaways (75% of reporting contests) and materials or equipment (50% of reporting contests), but are not likely to need donated space or food due to the onwiki nature of these events. References