Talk:Wikimedian of the Year/Archive 1

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Archive 1

Featured list

Been a while since I promoted a list to Featured list status, but I wonder if this one is close to meeting criteria? ---Another Believer _(Talk) 18:33, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

@CAPTAIN MEDUSA: Thanks for nominating! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 15:20, 7 June 2020 (UTC)

One mention

Perhaps we can mention Satdeep's name 1. --Tito Dutta (talk) 20:32, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

Conflict of interest? We all have a conflict of interest here. :) I'd invite you to make improvements to the article directly. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 20:33, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

I went ahead and removed the edit request. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 21:10, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

Alright. --Tito Dutta (talk) 21:12, 24 June 2016 (UTC)

2020?

I suppose there's still time for one or more people to be named Wikimedians of the Year in 2020, but if not, do we need to place some sort of disclaimer in the article about the lack of award and/or postponement of Wikimania? ---Another Believer _(Talk) 14:18, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

Another Believer, It will be announced in 10 days ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 10:24, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

CAPTAIN MEDUSA, Great, thanks for sharing! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 13:16, 5 October 2020 (UTC)

Another Believer, congrats ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 16:22, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

CAPTAIN MEDUSA, Thanks for the update. I watched the announcement earlier today. If sourcing allows, we may update Wikipedia's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, too. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 18:42, 15 October 2020 (UTC)

Template:Orders, decorations, and medals of Wikipedia

Should we display Template:Orders, decorations, and medals of Wikipedia at the bottom of the page, which mostly directs readers to project pages, not content pages? ---Another Believer _(Talk) 18:15, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

@CAPTAIN MEDUSA: You've been updating the page quite a bit. Any thoughts here? ---Another Believer _(Talk) 19:08, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

Another Believer, Yeah. Seems quite reasonable. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 20:22, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

CAPTAIN MEDUSA, I've removed. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 21:10, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

Video for WOTY 2021

Who will be the Wikimedian of the Year 2021? - video

Victor Grigas (talk) 15:25, 21 July 2021 (UTC)

2022 changes

https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/07/18/who-will-be-the-2022-wikimedian-of-the-year/

---Another Believer _(Talk) 15:32, 18 July 2022 (UTC)

Merge articles

Due to this deletion discussion, the article with this name was previously moved to the Wikipedia: namespace. Now that there is a new article here, I guess we have three options:

Have the two pages separately
Merge into the mainspace version (is this now sufficiently notable?)
Merge into the Wikipedia: namespace version

Any thoughts? Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 14:55, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

I don't have an opinion about the Wikipedia page, but I'd vote to keep the Wikipedia article. ---Another Believer _(Talk) 17:00, 25 June 2016 (UTC)

This page seems sufficient, and the topic is as notable as Wikipedia is notable. Having its own page seems the same as other awards given by notable organizations having their own pages. So merge seems fine, especially since the last discussion is from 2013 and awards have been given every year since which has increased its odds of sticking around and further increased its notability. Randy Kryn 17:08, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
- OK, shall we go ahead with the merger from Wikipedia:Wikipedian of the Year to this article, then? Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 07:22, 26 June 2016 (UTC)
  - Please do - be bold! Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 09:24, 26 June 2016 (UTC)

OK, merge complete. I haven't moved this section over, as I'm not sure it's appropriate for a Wikipedia article:

Nomination process: The winner of the prize has always been decided by Jimmy Wales. At Wikimania 2014, Wales announced that from the following year there would be a community-wide process for nominating and deciding on the winner, at User:Jimbo Wales/Wikipedian of the Year 2015. At Wikimania 2015, and again at Wikimania 2016, Wales acknowledged that process has not come about yet, but reiterated the intent to create it.

Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 09:33, 26 June 2016 (UTC)