Wikimedian of the Year
| Wikimedian of the Year | |
|---|---|
 Jimmy Wales speaking at the Wikimania 2013 keynote conference | |
| Date | August 2011 |
| Location | Traditionally presented at Wikimania |
| Presented by | Jimmy Wales |
| Act(s) | "[M]ajor achievements for Wikipedia" |
| Reward(s) | 7 |
Wikipedian of the Year is an annual award established in 2011 by Wikipedia's founder Jimmy Wales,[1] traditionally presented at Wikimania to highlight major achievements for Wikipedia by an individual Wikipedian.
Recipients have included Rauan Kenzhekhanuly, "Demmy", Rémi Mathis, Ihor Kostenko, Emily Temple-Wood, Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight, Felix Nartey, as well as an anonymous editor in pectore.
In addition to the main award, five "Honorable mentions" has been conferred.
Recipients
| Year | Recipient | Principal project | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 
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Rauan Kenzhekhanuly | Kazakh Wikipedia | Kenzhekhanuly was honored for recruiting a stable community to improve the Kazakh Wikipedia, which in a year increased from 4 to over 200 active editors, and 7,000 to 130,000 articles.[2][1] Wales was criticized by fellow Wikipedians because of Kenzhekhanuly's ties to the government of Kazakhstan.[1][3] |
| 2012 | "Demmy" | Yoruba Wikipedia | Demmy created a bot to translate 15,000 short English articles into Yoruba, a language spoken in Nigeria.[1] | |
| 2013 | 
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Rémi Mathis | French Wikipedia | Received for his role in the controversy surrounding the French article "Pierre-sur-Haute military radio station"[4].
He left Wikimedia in 2017 to protest against the lack of reaction of the Wikimedia Foundation, following the accusations of harassment made by a female employee against Wikimedia France (and then the Wikimedia Foundation) chair |
| 2014 | 
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Ihor Kostenko | Ukrainian Wikipedia | Kostenko, a Euromaidan activist, was an editor on the Ukrainian Wikipedia and actively promoted it on social networking sites. He was killed during a protest on 20 February 2014 and received the award posthumously.[4][5][6][7] |
| 2015 | undisclosed | Wikimedia Commons | Wales named an anonymous editor from Venezuela in pectore who had been exiled for posting photographs of anti-government protests.[8] | |
| 2016 | 
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Emily Temple-Wood | English Wikipedia | The first joint recipients for their efforts to combat harassment on Wikipedia and increase its coverage of notable women. Temple-Wood had created nearly 400 articles and improved hundreds more, many of which are about women scientists and LGBT and women's health. Stephenson-Goodknight had improved more than 3,000 articles, co-created a space to welcome new contributors to the site, and co-founded women's outreach projects, including the "WikiWomen's User Group", "WikiProject Women", and the "Women in Red" campaign.[4] |
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Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight | English Wikipedia | ||
| 2017 | 
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Felix Nartey | English Wikipedia | Nartey adds content about his home country, Ghana, and leads several initiatives to promote the importance of editing Wikipedia.[9][10] In his dedication, Wales mentioned that Nartey played a leading role in the organisation of the 2nd Wiki Indaba conference 2017 in Accra, Ghana and has been critical in building up the local communities in Africa.[11] |
Honorable mentions
| Year | Recipient | Principal project | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 
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Susanna Mkrtchyan | Armenian Wikipedia | For off-wiki activities including an editing campaign and youth camp.[8] |
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Satdeep Gill | Punjabi Wikipedia | Gill's efforts to encourage people at his university to edit the Punjabi Wikipedia made it the fastest-growing Indic-language Wikipedia that year.[8] | |
| 2016 | .JPG)
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Mardetanha | Persian Wikipedia | Created the Persian-language arm of the "Wikipedia Library".[4] |
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Vassia Atanassova | Bulgarian Wikipedia | Established the "#100wikidays" contest, which challenges editors to create one Wikipedia article per day for one hundred days.[4] | |
| 2017 | Diego Gómez | Colombian student who has been prosecuted for copyright violation after having shared an academic paper online. He was later acquitted.[11] | ||
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Morris, Kevin (26 April 2013). "Winners of Wikipedia's biggest award still haven't received prize money". The Daily Dot. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- ^ Davis, LiAnna (22 August 2012). "First Ever "Wikipedian of the Year" Motivated by HKS Course". Harvard Kennedy School. John F. Kennedy School of Government. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
- ^ Orlowski, Andrew (22 December 2014). "What's Jimmy Wales going to do with $500k from the UAE?". The Register. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- ^ a b c d e Erhart, Ed (24 June 2016). "Jimmy Wales names Emily Temple-Wood and Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight as Wikipedians of the Year". Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- ^ Ukraine Today (14 September 2014). "Ukraine Today: Ihor Kostenko given posthumous annual award (VIDEO)". Kyiv Post. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- ^ Savchuk, Iryna (15 August 2014). "Ukrainian from the Heavenly Hundred becomes Wikipedian of the Year". KyivPost. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ Kozlenko, Mykola (23 February 2014). "На Майдані загинув вікіпедист Ігор Костенко" (in Ukrainian). Wikimedia Ukraine. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c Sutherland, Joe (31 July 2015). "2015 Wikipedians of the Year unveiled in Mexico". Wikimedia Blog. Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
- ^ Mizrahi, Ruby (11 January 2017). "Writing Ghana into Wikipedia: Felix Nartey". Wikimedia Blog. Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ^ Elsharbaty, Samir (16 January 2017). "Felix Nartey named Wikimedian of the Year for 2017". Wikimedia Blog. Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ a b Wikimania 2017 Closing Ceremony. 13 August 2017.
External links
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