Complex sentence: This ended in a somewhat controversial failure ("Signpost"), largely due to a lack of community engagement by the consultants running the pilot, and it resulted in significant damage to the reputation of the education program within the Wikipedia community.
Split into simpler sentences: This ended in somewhat controversial failure ("Signpost"), largely due to a lack of community engagement by the consultants running the pilot. The result was significant damage to the reputation of the education program in the Wikipedia community.