Wikimedia Commons training and documentation grant: final report ready

[Sandra]

The training and documentation part of OpenRefine's 2023-24 Wikimedia Commons grant has concluded. A final report of training and documentation activities is available on Wikimedia Commons. There's also a page with updated metrics and a blog post on Wikimedia's Diff blog.

Summarizing some of the project results:

• 11 people are now certified OpenRefine-Wikimedia trainers after following an intensive 6-month train-the-trainer program.
• There's a self-paced online course on OpenRefine and Wikimedia Commons, free for anyone with a Wikimedia account. The course is also available in French, Spanish and Italian. Other translations are underway. A similar course on OpenRefine and Wikidata is underway as well.
• New and updated documentation, how-tos, and short videos on OpenRefine for Wikimedia Commons.

I want to warmly thank and applaud everyone who worked hard to make this project a success, including the new OpenRefine trainers, the course beta testers, the translators - and a very special shout out to @G_Fontenelle, whose tireless support was a lifesaver!

In the upcoming months, Wikimedia Sverige will continue doing software development as part of this grant. That work will be reported later this year.

[Martin]

Thank you @Sandra. While the training part is completed, the collaboration with Wikimedia Sweden will continue until the end of the year, and the grant was extended accordingly. We will provide an updated report by the end of the year regarding the improvement of the Commons extension.