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Wikimedian of the Year
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<p>The Wikimedian of the Year is an annual award that honors <a href="/facts/Wikipedia_community/og34SNfy">Wikipedia editors</a> and other contributors to <a href="/facts/Wikimedia/Gzhhm7GE">Wikimedia</a> projects to highlight major achievements within the <a href="/facts/Wikimedia_movement/Gzhhm7GE">Wikimedia movement</a>, established in August 2011 by <a href="/facts/Wikipedia/La2xLBFt">Wikipedia</a>'s co-founder <a href="/facts/Jimmy_Wales/cW8d7ncd">Jimmy Wales</a>. Wales selects the recipients and honors them at <a href="/facts/Wikimania/tE9llI7W">Wikimania</a>, an annual conference of the <a href="/facts/Wikimedia_Foundation/W1XHdpK2">Wikimedia Foundation</a>—except in 2020, 2021, and 2022 when the recipients were announced at <a href="/facts/Online_meeting/EQb1LdIw">online meetings</a> as a consequence of the <a href="/facts/COVID-19_pandemic/0xTsh7Ut">COVID-19 pandemic</a>. From 2011 to 2016, the award was named Wikipedian of the Year. </p>