Claim: The Wikimedian of the Year award was created in 2011 by Wikipedia's co-founder, Jimmy Wales, who honors major achievements in the Wikimedia movement; he hopes to someday tell the story of the undisclosed 2015 recipient, an editor in pectore without endangering him/her.
Evidence: The Wikimedian of the Year is an annual award that honors Wikipedia editors and other contributors to Wikimedia projects, to highlight major achievements within the Wikimedia movement. The award was established in August 2011 by Wikipedia's co-founder Jimmy Wales, who selects the recipients and honors them at Wikimania, an annual conference of the Wikimedia Foundation. Recipient 2015 Wales named an anonymous editor in pectore, and hopes someday to tell the reasons why without endangering the recipient.