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{{About|festivals and holidays observed by the Wikipedia community|Wikipedians' off-duty from Wikiwork|Wikipedia:Wikibreak}}

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| name = Order of the Day
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| image = [[File:Jimbo_medal3.png|100px]]
| caption = "Jimbo medal" insignia<br>with [[Jimmy Wales|Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales]] in [[relief]].
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| awarded_by = [[Jimmy Wales|Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales]]
| type = [[Wikipedia:Awards|Wikipedia award]] [[order (distinction)|order]]
| established = 15 January 2001
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| motto = [[Wikiquote:Jimmy_Wales#C-SPAN_interview_.282005.29|We make the Internet not suck]]
| eligibility =
| criteria = ''Honoris causa''
| status =
| founder = [[Jimmy Wales|Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales]]
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| classes = 1: Wikipedia holiday designation
| post-nominals =
| former_grades =
| first_induction = 15 January 2001
| last_induction = 20 April 2012
| total = 5
| higher = None
| same =
| lower = [[Wikipedian of the Year]]
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{{Wikipedia Awards}}

'''Wikipedia holidays''', or the '''Order of the Day''', consist of [[Wikipedia]]'s founding day of January 15 and four [[Wikipedia:Awards|Wikipedia awards]] bestowed ''honoris causa'' by [[Jimmy Wales|Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales]], the site's 2001 co-founder. With the motto "We make the Internet not suck" derived from [[Wikiquote:Jimmy_Wales#C-SPAN_interview_.282005.29|a 2005 interview]] with Wales, four of the five holidays celebrate specific developers and editors and their exceptional service to the community.

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==History==
For the first four years of Wikipedia's existence, at random times known only to him, [[Jimmy Wales|Jimbo]] decreed an official Wikipedia holiday. These are to be celebrated annually in the manner described in the proclamation. After a long break, the tradition was briefly resumed in 2012. Please note that each proclamation begins with Jimbo proclaiming "in his usual authoritarian and bossy manner"—meant to poke fun at the general impression that he is somehow the "[[m:GodKing|GodKing]] of Wikipedia", which he proclaims in his usual authoritarian and bossy manner that he is not, in a tradition of general amusement.

==List of inductees; ergo Wikipedia holidays==
* [[January 15]] since [[2001]]: [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Day|Wikipedia Day]], the day Wikipedia went public (not actually proclaimed by Jimbo, just [[Special:Permalink/578119112|universally acknowledged]] by the [[Wikipedia community]])
* [[January 25]] since [[2002]]: [[Wikipedia:Magnus Manske Day|Magnus Manske Day]], "when Wikipedia switched to the [[Wikipedia:Phase II software|Phase II software]], the precursor to [[MediaWiki]]"
* [[October 31]] since [[2003]]: [[Wikipedia:Tim Starling Day|Tim Starling Day]], for "the new parsing algorithm"
* [[June 1]] since [[2004]]: [[Wikipedia:Brion Vibber Day|Brion Vibber Day]], for "his incredible dedication and hard work, without which the project should have collapsed a long time ago"
* [[April 20]] since [[2012]]: [[Wikipedia:Justin Knapp Day|Justin Knapp Day]], to "the first person to ever make 1,000,000 edits"

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:WikiXDC Cupcakes c - Stierch.jpg|Wikipedia Day cupcakes, Washington, D.C. event, 2011.
</gallery>

== See also==
* [[Wikipedia:Awards]]

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{{Orders, decorations, and medals of Wikipedia}}
{{Wikipedia community}}

[[Category:Wikipedia awards| ]]

Wikipedia:Wikipedia holidays - Revision history

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