Microgrants/British Newspaper Archive/Report

Completion

Is your project completed?

Yes

Have you submitted all receipts for any expenses paid?

Yes

Activities and lessons learned

This section describes what the grantee did, and what the grantee learned from implementing the project. This section should be useful to others implementing similar projects and is an opportunity for the grantee to reflect on the project's performance.

Activities

Provide a brief list of activities performed to complete this project, and descriptions of these activities. This section should also include links to pictures, blog posts, or videos from the project or event if appropriate.

Lessons learned

What lessons were learned that may help others succeed in similar projects? Consider the following questions and respond with 1 - 2 sentences.

What went well?

The grant allowed access to a wealth of information - which was the primary basis for the New Brighton Tower article, allowing this edit for example, the product of a lot of hard work by myself and Staceydolxx. That article went was soon assessed as "good".

What did not go well?

Unfortunately, due to other time commitments, I was not able to use the sources as extensively as I hoped.

What would you do differently if you plan a similar project in the future?

A more structured plan of which articles I intend to improve by which dates.

Expected outcomes

This section should reference the expected outcomes and measures of success described in the approved grant submission.

Provide the expected outcomes here.

A number of good articles, but my main target was New Brighton Tower.

Did you achieve the expected outcomes? How do you know the outcome was achieved?

The article in question was improved to "good" status.

Impact

This section ties this project to Wikimedia UK's broader goals, and shows what the project accomplished.

What impact did this project have on WMUK's mission and the strategic goals?

Improvement of Wikipedia content.

Reporting and documentation of expenditures

Did you send documentation of all expenses paid with grant funds to the office? Answer "Yes" or "No".

Yes, it was paid for directly by the office as a gift membership

Final comments

Include any final comments you may have.

I notice that the British Newspaper Archives are now part of the Wikipedia Library project - I'm not sure if this was related, but am glad to see it happen. The changes we've made have paved the way for future usage of this source.