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{{short description|Annual award established by Jimmy Wales}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2020}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox award
| name = Wikimedian of the Year
| former name = Wikipedian of the Year
| image = WikiArabia '19 517 (cropped).jpg
| alt = Photo of Alaa Najjar in a striped shirt
| image_upright = 1
| caption = 2021 recipient [[Alaa Najjar]]
| location = Traditionally presented at [[Wikimania]]
| presenter = [[Jimmy Wales]]
| awarded_for = Major achievements within the [[Wikimedia movement]]
| reward =
| year = {{start date and age|2011|08}}
}}
The '''Wikimedian of the Year''' is an annual award that honors [[Wikipedia community|Wikipedia editors]] and other contributors to [[Wikimedia]] projects to highlight major achievements within the [[Wikimedia movement]], established in August 2011 by [[Wikipedia]]'s co-founder [[Jimmy Wales]]. Wales selects the recipients and honors them at [[Wikimania]], an annual conference of the [[Wikimedia Foundation]]—except in 2020, when the recipient was announced at an [[online meeting]] as a consequence of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name=":4" /> From 2011 to 2017, the award was named '''Wikipedian of the Year'''.<ref name="dd" />

In 2011, the first title was given to [[Rauan Kenzhekhanuly]] for his work on the [[Kazakh Wikipedia]]. The following year, it was awarded to an editor identified as "Demmy" for creating a bot to translate 15,000 short English articles into [[Yoruba language|Yoruba]], a language [[Languages of Nigeria|spoken in Nigeria]]. In 2013, [[Rémi Mathis]] of [[Wikimédia France]] and the [[French Wikipedia]] was named for his role in an article controversy. In 2014, the award was [[Posthumous award|given posthumously]] to Ukrainian journalist [[Ihor Kostenko]], who actively promoted the [[Ukrainian Wikipedia]] on social networking sites and was killed during a protest. Wales named an undisclosed recipient in 2015, and hopes someday to tell their story. In 2016 the first joint award was presented to [[Emily Temple-Wood]] and [[Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight]] for their efforts to combat harassment on Wikipedia and increase its coverage of women. Other recipients include [[Felix Nartey]], [[Farhad Fatkullin]], and [[Emna Mizouni]].

In addition to the main award, [[Susanna Mkrtchyan]] and Satdeep Gill were the first to receive honorable mentions in 2015. Since then, seven honorable mentions have been conferred.

==List of recipients==

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width: 100%;"
|+List of Wikimedian of the Year winners
!scope=col| Year
!scope=col class=unsortable|Image
!scope=col| Recipient
!scope=col| Principal project
!scope=col class=unsortable| Rationale
!scope=col class=unsortable| {{Abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
|2011
|[[File:Rauan Kenzhekhanuly-3 (cropped).jpg|90px|alt=A man with a dotted shirt and small hair and smiling.]]
!scope=row|[[Rauan Kenzhekhanuly]]
|[[Kazakh Wikipedia]]
|Kenzhekhanuly recruited 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. Wales was criticized by fellow Wikipedians because of Kenzhekhanuly's ties to the [[government of Kazakhstan]]. Wales stated on [[Reddit]] in 2015 that he'd been unaware of Kenzhekhanuly's prior positions in the Kazakh government and said that if he had known Kenzhekhanuly was going to go on to become deputy governor of a Kazakh region, he would have "refused to give that award".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eurasianet.org/wikipedia-founder-distances-himself-from-kazakhstan-pr-machine|title=Wikipedia Founder Distances Himself from Kazakhstan PR Machine|last=Michel|first=Casey G.|date=April 2, 2015|website = EURASIANET.org|access-date=September 6, 2020}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="dd">{{cite web |title=Winners of Wikipedia's biggest award still haven't received prize money |url=http://www.dailydot.com/news/wikipedian-of-the-year-jimmy-wales-prize-money/ |author=Morris, Kevin |date=April 26, 2013 |work=The Daily Dot|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518181851/https://www.dailydot.com/news/wikipedian-of-the-year-jimmy-wales-prize-money/|archive-date=May 18, 2020 |access-date=June 24, 2016}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |title=What's Jimmy Wales going to do with $500k from the UAE? |url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/22/the_withinthelaw_jimmy_wales_on_the_run_with_500000/ |author=Orlowski, Andrew |date=December 22, 2014 |work=The Register|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603054055/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/22/the_withinthelaw_jimmy_wales_on_the_run_with_500000/|archive-date=June 3, 2016 |access-date=June 24, 2016}}</ref>
|-
|2012
!scope=row|<center>—</center>
!scope=row|"Demmy"
|[[Yoruba Wikipedia]]
|"Demmy" created a bot to translate 15,000 short English articles into [[Yoruba language|Yoruba]], a language spoken in [[Nigeria]].
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="dd" />
|-
|2013
|[[File:Rémi Mathis - AG WMFR 2012-05-26 (cropped).jpg|90px|alt=A man with short hair in a black coat wearing glasses.]]
!scope=row| [[Rémi Mathis]]
|[[French Wikipedia]]
|Mathis, a chairman of [[Wikimédia France]] and the French Wikipedia administrator, who received the honor for his role in the [[Pierre-sur-Haute military radio station#Controversy over Wikipedia article|controversy surrounding the French article "Pierre-sur-Haute military radio station"]].
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 19, 2016|title=Rémi Mathis|url=http://www.chartes.psl.eu/fr/conferencier/remi-mathis|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629123124/http://www.chartes.psl.eu/fr/conferencier/remi-mathis|archive-date=June 29, 2020|access-date=June 29, 2020|website=École nationale des chartes|language=fr}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|title=Wikipedia editor allegedly forced by French intelligence to delete "classified" entry|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/04/wikipedia-editor-allegedly-forced-by-french-intelligence-to-delete-classified-entry/|last=Geuss|first=Megan|date=April 6, 2013|website=Ars Technica|access-date=May 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130408210234/http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/04/wikipedia-editor-allegedly-forced-by-french-intelligence-to-delete-classified-entry/|archive-date=April 8, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2014
|[[File:Ihor Kostenko 1 face.jpg|90px|alt=A man wearing an orange with blue stripes jersey.]]
!scope=row| [[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 February 20, 2014, and [[Posthumously awarded|received the award posthumously]].
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=":1">{{cite web|date=September 14, 2014|title=Ukraine Today: Ihor Kostenko given posthumous annual award (VIDEO)|url=http://www.kyivpost.com/multimedia/video-2/ukraine-today-ihor-kostenko-given-posthumous-annual-award-video-364591.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518181932/https://www.kyivpost.com/multimedia/video/ukraine-today-ihor-kostenko-given-posthumous-annual-award-video-364591|archive-date=May 18, 2020|access-date=June 24, 2016|work=Kyiv Post}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |title=Ukrainian from the Heavenly Hundred becomes Wikipedian of the Year |url=http://www.kyivpost.com/article/guide/people/lifestyle-blog-ukrainian-from-the-heavenly-hundred-became-a-wikipedian-of-the-year-360551.html |last1=Savchuk |first1=Iryna |date=August 15, 2014 |work=Kyiv Post|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518182037/https://www.kyivpost.com/article/guide/people/lifestyle-blog-ukrainian-from-the-heavenly-hundred-became-a-wikipedian-of-the-year-360551.html|archive-date=May 18, 2020 |access-date=May 20, 2017}}</ref>
|-
|2015
!scope=row|<center>—</center>
!scope=row|''undisclosed''
|[[Wikimedia Commons]]
|Wales named an anonymous Venezuelan editor ''[[in pectore]]'', and hopes someday to tell the reasons why without endangering the recipient.
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name="2015award">{{cite web|last1=Sutherland|first1=Joe|date=July 31, 2015|title=2015 Wikipedians of the Year unveiled in Mexico|url=https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/07/31/wikipedians-of-the-year-2015/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623221434/http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/07/31/wikipedians-of-the-year-2015/|archive-date=June 23, 2016|access-date=June 24, 2016|website=Diff|publisher=Wikimedia Foundation}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|2016
|[[File:Keilana portrait (cropped).jpeg|90px|alt=A woman wearing aquamarine top and smiling.]]
!scope=row|[[Emily Temple-Wood]]
|[[English Wikipedia]]
|rowspan=2|The first joint recipients for their efforts to combat harassment on Wikipedia and increase its coverage of women. Temple-Wood had created nearly 400 articles and improved hundreds more, many of which are about [[Women in science|women scientists]] and [[Healthcare and the LGBT community|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.
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Emily Temple-Wood macht Wikipedia weiblicher|url=https://www.geo.de/wissen/22423-rtkl-sexismus-wie-emily-temple-wood-wikipedia-weiblicher-macht|website=Geo|language=de|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528150226/https://www.geo.de/wissen/22423-rtkl-sexismus-wie-emily-temple-wood-wikipedia-weiblicher-macht|archive-date=May 28, 2020|access-date=May 28, 2020}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wikipedia editing marathons add women's voices to online resource|url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/life/article/Adding-women-s-voices-to-Wikipedia-12344424.php|last=Gordon|first=Maggie|date=November 9, 2017|website=Houston Chronicle|access-date=May 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816194559/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/life/article/Adding-women-s-voices-to-Wikipedia-12344424.php|archive-date=August 16, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

<ref>{{Cite web|title=Women in culture and tech: Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight, academic, Wikipedian and champion of 'impractical' girls|url=https://pro.europeana.eu/post/women-in-culture-and-tech-rosie-stephenson-goodknight|last=D’Alterio|first=Emily|date=March 12, 2019|website=Europeana Pro|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528150516/https://pro.europeana.eu/post/women-in-culture-and-tech-rosie-stephenson-goodknight|archive-date=May 28, 2020|access-date=May 28, 2020}}</ref>

<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Some Colleges Cautiously Embrace Wikipedia|url=https://www.chronicle.com/article/Some-Colleges-Cautiously/243968|last=Zahneis|first=Megan|date=July 19, 2018|website=Chronicle|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528150556/https://www.chronicle.com/article/Some-Colleges-Cautiously/243968|archive-date=May 28, 2020|access-date=May 28, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight (cropped).jpg|90px|alt=A woman wearing a black top and earring and smiling.]]
!scope=row|[[Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight]]
|[[English Wikipedia]]
|-
|2017
|[[File:Felix Nartey Wiki Indaba 2017 (cropped).jpg|90px|alt=A black man with short hair smiling.]]
!scope=row|[[Felix Nartey]]
|[[English Wikipedia]]
|Nartey received the award for his addition of content about his home country, [[Ghana]], and leading several initiatives to promote the importance of editing Wikipedia. In his dedication, Wales mentioned that Nartey played a leading role in the organization of the 2nd [[Wiki Indaba]] conference 2017 in [[Accra]], and has been critical in building up the local communities in Africa.
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Felix Nartey named Wikimedian of the Year 2017!|url=http://www.classicghana.com/ghanaian-crowned-wikimedian-year-2017/|last=Ofori-Boateng|first=Pamela|date=August 29, 2017|website=Classic Ghana|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220105530/http://www.classicghana.com/ghanaian-crowned-wikimedian-year-2017/|archive-date=December 20, 2017|access-date=May 28, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2018
|[[File:Farkhad Fatkullin (cropped).jpg|90px|alt=A man wearing a blue shirt and smiling.]]
!scope=row|[[Farhad Fatkullin]]
|[[Tatar Wikipedia]]
|In 2009, Fatkullin joined the [[Wikimedia movement]]. He describes himself as being "in love with Tatar Wikipedia". From 2015, Fatkullin has been contributing to Wikipedia on [[Russian dialects|dialects of Russia]], including the [[Tatar language]].
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Татарстанец Фархад Фаткуллин стал первым россиянином, признанным Википедистом 2018|url=https://www.tatar-inform.ru/news/society/23-07-2018/tatarstanets-farhad-fatkullin-stal-pervym-rossiyaninom-priznannym-vikipedistom-2018-5556347|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629123149/https://www.tatar-inform.ru/news/society/23-07-2018/tatarstanets-farhad-fatkullin-stal-pervym-rossiyaninom-priznannym-vikipedistom-2018-5556347|archive-date=June 29, 2020|access-date=June 7, 2020|website=Tatar-inform|language=ru}}</ref>
|-
|2019
|[[File:Emna Mizouni-4 (cropped).jpg|90px|alt= A woman with black and little orange medium hair in a dark blue and white top and smiling in front of a camera.]]
!scope=row| [[Emna Mizouni]]
|[[Arabic Wikipedia]]
|In 2013, Mizouni with other people founded Carthagina. She began contributing to Wikimedia projects in 2013 with that year's [[Wiki Loves Monuments]]. She has helped to organize several major Wikimedia conferences, including the inaugural WikiArabia conference, and co-chaired [[Wikimania]] 2018's program committee. In 2016, she joined the Affiliations Committee and in 2018, she became vice-chairperson of it.
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Emna Mizouni, première femme arabe à obtenir le prix "Wikimédienne de l'année"|url=https://thd.tn/emna-mizouni-premiere-femme-arabe-a-obtenir-le-prix-wikimedienne-de-lannee/|last=Nadiya|first=Jennene|date=October 17, 2019|website=Tunisie Haut Debit|language=fr-FR|url-status=live|access-date=May 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528152023/https://thd.tn/emna-mizouni-premiere-femme-arabe-a-obtenir-le-prix-wikimedienne-de-lannee/|archive-date=May 28, 2020}}</ref>
|-
|2020
| [[File:Wikimedia Summit 2019 - Portrait Sandister Tei (1).jpg|90px]]
!scope=row| [[Sandister Tei]]
|[[English Wikipedia]]
|Tei contributed actively to Wikipedia articles about the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana|COVID-19 pandemic's impact in Ghana]].
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Quist|first=Ebenezer|date=October 16, 2020|title=Ghanaian lady awarded by Wikipedia as its worldwide best worker for 2020|url=https://yen.com.gh/173249-ghanaian-lady-awarded-by-wikipedia-worldwide-worker-year-2020.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109170341/https://yen.com.gh/173249-ghanaian-lady-awarded-by-wikipedia-worldwide-worker-year-2020.html|archive-date=November 9, 2020|access-date=November 9, 2020|publisher=[[Yen.com.gh]]|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2021
| [[File:WikiArabia '19 517 (cropped).jpg|90px]]
!scope=row| [[Alaa Najjar]]
|[[Arabic Wikipedia]]
|Najjar was honored at the Wikimania 2021 conference, which was held virtually, for his work on Arabic Wikipedia and on medical projects, especially the COVID-19 project.
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bedirian|first=Razmig|date=2021-08-16|title=Arab medical professional Alaa Najjar honoured by Wikipedia for Covid-19 coverage|url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/2021/08/16/arab-medical-professional-alaa-najjar-honoured-by-wikipedia-for-covid-19-coverage/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816054252/https://www.thenationalnews.com/arts-culture/2021/08/16/arab-medical-professional-alaa-najjar-honoured-by-wikipedia-for-covid-19-coverage/|archive-date=2021-08-16|access-date=2021-11-15|website=The National}}</ref>

|}

==Honorable mentions==

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width: 100%;"
|+List of Wikimedian of the Year honorable mentions
!scope=col| Year
!scope=col class=unsortable|Image
! scope=col| Recipient
!scope=col| Principal project
!scope=col class=unsortable| Rationale
!scope=col class=unsortable| {{Abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
|rowspan=2|2015
|[[File:Moment of 1st day of wiki-program at IT BILER FORUM 2019 05 (cropped).jpg|90px|alt=A woman with short hair wearing a black top with white drawings.]]
!scope=row|[[Susanna Mkrtchyan]]
|[[Armenian Wikipedia]]
|Mkrtchyan, a member of [[Board of directors|the board of directors]] from Wikimedia [[Armenia]]. She was awarded for her off-wiki activities including "One Armenian – One Article", an editing campaign and youth camp project to aid new editors of Armenia.
| style="text-align:center;" |<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=July 29, 2015|title=Վիքիպեդիայի հիմնադրի անակնկալը Սուսաննա Մկրտչյանին|trans-title=The founder of Wikipedia's surprise to Susanna Mkrtchyan|url=https://mediamax.am/am/news/education/14970/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528152327/https://mediamax.am/am/news/education/14970|archive-date=May 28, 2020|access-date=May 28, 2020|website=MediaMax|language=hy}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Satdeep Gill at Wikimania 2016 (cropped) 1.jpg|90px|alt=A Asian man with blue shirt with a small beard smiling]]
!scope=row|Satdeep Gill
|[[Punjabi Wikipedia (Eastern)]]
|Gill is an Indian contributor on the [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] Wikipedia. He was awarded for encouraging people at his university to edit the Punjabi Wikipedia, making it the fastest-growing [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indic-language]] Wikipedia that year.
|style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="2015award" />
|-
|rowspan=2|2016
|[[File:2017-11-04 Stockholm, Diversity Conference, Mardetanha (freddy2001) (cropped).jpg|90px|alt=A man with a sweater looking in front of camera.]]
!scope=row|Mardetanha
|[[Persian Wikipedia]]
|Mardetanha created the [[Persian language|Persian]]-language version of the "Wikipedia Library", which helps editors to find sources for articles. Three publishers have donated the research access to their works to editors.
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |<ref name="erhart">{{cite web|last=Erhart|first=Ed|date=June 24, 2016|title=Jimmy Wales names Emily Temple-Wood and Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight as Wikipedians of the Year|url=https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/06/24/wikipedians-of-the-year/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703105810/http://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/06/24/wikipedians-of-the-year/|archive-date=July 3, 2016|access-date=June 24, 2016|website=Diff|publisher=[[Wikimedia Foundation]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Vassia Atanassova (cropped) 1.jpg|90px|alt=A woman wearing necklace with glasses and smiling.]]
!scope=row|Vassia Atanassova
|[[Bulgarian Wikipedia]]
|Atanassova established the "#100wikidays" contest, which challenges editors to create one Wikipedia article per day for one hundred days. Over 120 contributors joined the contest and third of the editors have completed it.
|-
|2017
|<center>—</center>
!scope=row|Diego Gómez
|<center>—</center>
|Colombian student who was prosecuted for copyright violation after having shared an academic paper online. He was later acquitted.
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Harmon|first=Elliot|date=December 21, 2017|title=Diego Gómez Is Safe, but Threats to Curiosity Still Abound|url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/12/diego-gomez-safe-threats-curiosity-still-abound|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629123219/https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/12/diego-gomez-safe-threats-curiosity-still-abound|archive-date=June 29, 2020|access-date=June 7, 2020|publisher=Electronic Frontier Foundation}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHQqUjESjSA|title=Wikimania 2017 Closing Ceremony|date=August 17, 2017|language=en|publisher=Wikimedia Foundation|time=17:30|access-date=June 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629123251/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHQqUjESjSA|archive-date=June 29, 2020|url-status=live|via=YouTube}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|2018
|[[File:Nahid Sultan at Wikimania 2018 (03) (cropped).jpg|90px|alt=A Asian man wearing glasses looking in front of camera.]]
!scope=row|Nahid Sultan
|[[Bangla Wikipedia]]
|Sultan is an active member of [[Wikimedia Bangladesh]].
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Koebler|first=Jason|date=April 27, 2016|title=Wikipedia's Piracy Police Are Ruining the Developing World's Internet Experience|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8q858k/wikipedia-zero-being-surveilled-by-piracy-police|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629123338/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8q858k/wikipedia-zero-being-surveilled-by-piracy-police|archive-date=June 29, 2020|access-date=June 7, 2020|website=Vice}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|last=Elsharbaty|first=Samir|date=July 26, 2018|title=Farhad Fatkullin named Wikimedian of the Year for 2018|url=https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/07/26/farkhad-fatkullin-wikimedian-of-the-year/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629123407/https://blog.wikimedia.org/2018/07/26/farkhad-fatkullin-wikimedian-of-the-year/|archive-date=June 29, 2020|access-date=June 7, 2020|website=Diff|publisher=Wikimedia Foundation}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Jess Wade - 2017 (cropped).jpg|alt=A woman wearing a white sweatshirt, glasses and smiling.|116x116px]]
!scope=row|[[Jess Wade]]
|[[English Wikipedia]]
|Wade is a physicist who began a year-long effort to create Wikipedia articles about scientists and engineers which "better represent women and people of colour". As of February 2020, she had written over 900 new articles.
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 12, 2018|title=Una scienziata al giorno|url=https://www.pressreader.com/italy/corriere-della-sera-la-lettura/20180812/281621011167157|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629123448/https://www.pressreader.com/italy/corriere-della-sera-la-lettura/20180812/281621011167157|archive-date=June 29, 2020|access-date=June 29, 2020|website=PressReader}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|title=Physicist writes 900 Wikipedia entries to boost diversity in science|url=https://www.itv.com/news/2020-02-11/physicist-writes-900-wikipedia-entries-to-boost-diversity-in-science/|last=Evans|first=Jocelyn|date=February 11, 2020|website=ITV News|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527160929/https://www.itv.com/news/2020-02-11/physicist-writes-900-wikipedia-entries-to-boost-diversity-in-science/|archive-date=May 27, 2020|access-date=May 27, 2020}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite news|last=Devlin|first=Hannah|date=July 24, 2018|title=Academic writes 270 Wikipedia pages in a year to get female scientists noticed|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/jul/24/academic-writes-270-wikipedia-pages-year-female-scientists-noticed|url-status=live|access-date=June 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629123538/https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/jul/24/academic-writes-270-wikipedia-pages-year-female-scientists-noticed|archive-date=June 29, 2020|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |2021
|[[File:Netha Hussain-925.jpg|120x120px]]
!scope=row|[[Netha Hussain]]
|English Wikipedia and Malayalam Wikipedia
|Netha is a medical practitioner originally from India. She has provided invaluable contributions to medical content on Wikimedia projects, focusing much of her effort during 2020–21 on the coverage of COVID-19. She also started the [[wikipedia:Vaccine safety|Vaccine Safety Project]] to address misinformation surrounding COVID-19 vaccines.
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Foundation|first=Wikimedia|date=2021-08-15|title=Meet Netha Hussain: Wikimedian of the Year 2021 Honourable Mention winner|url=https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/08/15/meet-netha-hussain-wikimedian-of-the-year-2021-honourable-mention-winner/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815145413/https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/08/15/meet-netha-hussain-wikimedian-of-the-year-2021-honourable-mention-winner/|archive-date=2021-08-15|access-date=2021-08-15|website=Diff|language=en-US}}</ref>
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|[[File:Carmen Alcázar - 2.jpg|120 px]]
!scope=row|Carmen Alcázar
|[[Spanish Wikipedia]]
| Alcázar was recognized for her work to reduce the gender gap on Spanish Wikipedia.
|style="text-align:center;"|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Foundation|first=Wikimedia|date=2021-08-15|title=Meet Carmen Alcázar: Wikimedian of the Year 2021 Honourable Mention winner|url=https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/08/15/meet-carmen-alcazar-wikimedian-of-the-year-2021-honourable-mention-winner/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815150629/https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/08/15/meet-carmen-alcazar-wikimedian-of-the-year-2021-honourable-mention-winner/|archive-date=2021-08-15|access-date=2021-08-15|website=Diff|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Riquelme|first=Rodrigo|date=2021-08-15|title=Una mexicana gana mención honorífica en los premios al Wikimedista del 2021|trans-title=A Mexican woman wins honorable mention in the 2021 Wikimedista Awards|url=https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/arteseideas/Una-mexicana-gana-mencion-honorifica-en-los-premios-al-Wikimedista-del-2021-20210815-0005.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019185441/https://www.eleconomista.com.mx/arteseideas/Una-mexicana-gana-mencion-honorifica-en-los-premios-al-Wikimedista-del-2021-20210815-0005.html|archive-date=2021-10-19|access-date=2021-08-17|website=El Economista|language=es}}</ref>
|}

==Newcomer of the Year==

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width: 100%;"
|+List of Newcomer Wikimedian of the Year
!scope=col| Year
!scope=col class=unsortable|Image
! scope=col| Recipient
!scope=col| Principal project
!scope=col class=unsortable| Rationale
!scope=col class=unsortable| {{Abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
|2021
|[[File:Carma Citrawati.jpg|90x90px]]
|[[Carma Citrawati]]
|WikiPustaka
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Foundation|first=Wikimedia|date=2021-08-15|title=Meet Carma Citrawati: Wikimedian of the Year 2021 Newcomer of the Year winner|url=https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/08/15/meet-carma-citrawati-wikimedian-of-the-year-2021-newcomer-of-the-year-winner/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210815145755/https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/08/15/meet-carma-citrawati-wikimedian-of-the-year-2021-newcomer-of-the-year-winner/|archive-date=2021-08-15|access-date=2021-11-16|website=Diff|language=en-US}}</ref>
|}

==20th Year Honouree==

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width: 100%;"
|+List of 20th Year Honouree Wikimedian of the Year
!scope=col| Year
!scope=col class=unsortable|Image
! scope=col| Recipient
!scope=col| Principal project
!scope=col class=unsortable| Rationale
!scope=col class=unsortable| {{Abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
|2021
|[[File:Lodewijk WikiIndaba.jpg|90px]]
|Lodewijk Gelauff
|[https://www.wikilovesmonuments.org/ Wiki Loves Monuments]
|Lodewijk is a prolific contributor, a mentor to many Wikimedians, and a volunteer for many community groups and efforts. He is one of the initiators of Wiki Loves Monuments, the annual Wikipedia photo contest around cultural heritage, and has led this project for a decade.<ref>[https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/08/15/meet-the-2021-wikimedians-of-the-year/ Meet the 2021 Wikimedians of the year]</ref>
|<ref>[https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/08/15/meet-lodewijk-gelauff-wikimedian-of-the-year-2021-20th-year-honouree-winner/ Interview with Lodewijk Gelauff]</ref>
|}

==Tech Innovator winner==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width: 100%;"
|+List of Tech Innovator Wikimedian of the Year
!scope=col| Year
!scope=col class=unsortable|Image
! scope=col| Recipient
!scope=col| Principal project
!scope=col class=unsortable| Rationale
!scope=col class=unsortable| {{Abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
| 2021
|[[File:Jayprakash at CityHall 2.jpg|90px|alt==User:Jayprakash12345 during Wikimania 2019.]]
| Jay Prakash
| IT and software development and support
|
| <ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=Sharma|first=Unnati|date=2021-08-17|title=3 Indians win Wikimedia awards for helping provide free, accessible knowledge on the internet|url=https://theprint.in/india/3-indians-win-wikimedia-awards-for-helping-provide-free-accessible-knowledge-on-the-internet/716746/|access-date=2021-08-17|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref>
|}

==Rich Media winner==

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width: 100%;"
|+List of Rich Media Wikimedian of the Year
!scope=col| Year
!scope=col class=unsortable|Image
! scope=col| Recipient
!scope=col| Principal project
!scope=col class=unsortable| Rationale
!scope=col class=unsortable| {{Abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
|2021
|[[File:Ananya DSC 5339.jpg|90x90px]]
|Ananya Mondal
|Wikimedia Commons
|
|<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Meet Ananya Mondal: Wikimedian of the Year 2021 Rich Media winner |url=https://diff.wikimedia.org/2021/08/15/meet-ananya-mondal-wikimedian-of-the-year-2021-rich-media-winner/ |website=diff.wikimedia.org |date=August 15, 2021 |access-date=18 August 2021}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
* [[List of volunteer awards]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}

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