page_title: Wikimedian of the Year
hierarchical_section_title: Wikimedian of the Year
caption_attribution_description: English: Emna Mizouni, Wikipedian
context_page_description: The Wikimedian of the Year is an annual award that honors Wikipedia editors 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. From 2011 to 2017 the award was named Wikipedian of the Year. The award includes prize money, which as of 2020 is $5,000.
  In 2011, the first Wikimedian of the Year title was given to Rauan Kenzhekhanuly, a Kazakh entrepreneur, for "his work building a robust Kazakh language Wikipedia". The next year, it was awarded to a Wikipedia editor identified as "Demmy" for creating a bot to translate 15,000 short English articles into Yoruba, a language spoken in Nigeria. In 2013 Rémi Mathis of Wikimédia France and French Wikipedia was named for
  his role in an article controversy, and in 2014 the award was 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.
context_section_description: The Wikimedian of the Year is an annual award that honors Wikipedia editors 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. From 2011 to 2017 the award was named Wikipedian of the Year. The award includes prize money, which as of 2020 is $5,000.
  In 2011, the first Wikimedian of the Year title was given to Rauan Kenzhekhanuly, a Kazakh entrepreneur, for "his work building a robust Kazakh language Wikipedia". The next year, it was awarded to a Wikipedia editor identified as "Demmy" for creating a bot to translate 15,000 short English articles into Yoruba, a language spoken in Nigeria. In 2013 Rémi Mathis of Wikimédia France and French Wikipedia was named for 
  his role in an article controversy, and in 2014 the award was 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 2015, seven honorable mentions have been conferred.
caption: The 2019 recipient: Emna Mizouni
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