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Nominator(s): ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 12:24, 25 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Wikimedian of the Year is awarded by Wikipedia's co-founder Jimmy Wales. The award honors major achievements within the Wikimedia movement. There have been 10 recipients. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 12:24, 25 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Support, Wikimedia movement and ideology needs to be promoted in all possible ways to attract more editors, this is one of the ways. --ssr (talk) 13:39, 25 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Thank you ssr! ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 13:45, 25 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from ChrisTheDude (talk) 16:49, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

;Comments "Date August 2011; 8 years ago [....]First awarded 2011" - any reason why these are both needed when they seem to both say the same thing? "an Kazakh entrepreneur" => "a Kazakh entrepreneur" it was awarded to Wikipedia editor named "Demmy"" => "it was awarded to a Wikipedia editor identified as "Demmy"" (we don't know that the editor is actually named Demmy) "Ihor Kostenko, he actively promoted" => "Ihor Kostenko, who actively promoted" "and he was killed during a protest." => "and was killed during a protest." "After two years, the first joint recipients was awarded to" => "Two years later, the first joint award was presented to" 2014 row - refs are not in correct numerical order Also, there shouldn't be row breaks between refs in the same cell "Farhad is a community-organizer" - no reason for that hyphen. Also, he should be referred to by his surname, not his forename "Emna joined with several others" - she should be referred to by her surname "and co-chairing Wikimania 2018's program committee" => "and co-chaired Wikimania 2018's program committee" "For off-wiki activities including an editing campaign and youth camp." - not a complete sentence so should not have a full stop "Created the Persian-language arm of the "Wikipedia Library". " - also not a complete sentence "Established the "#100wikidays" contest, which challenges editors to create one Wikipedia article per day for one hundred days." - also not a complete sentence "Nahid is instrumental" - should be referred to by his surname "Started a year-long effort to put underrepresented scientists and engineers on Wikipedia." - also not a complete sentence Think that's it from me. Quite a few (admittedly minor) issues, so I'm mildly surprised by the unconditional support !vote above...... -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 14:58, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply] Hi ChrisTheDude, I have addressed all of the comments. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 15:52, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Support -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 16:49, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Thank you ChrisTheDude! ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 16:59, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support - My concerns were addressed so I'm happy to support this list. Aza24 (talk) 20:52, 27 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Thank you Aza24! ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 21:00, 27 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thoughts

• The fact that the main article is titled "Winners of Wikipedia’s biggest award still haven’t received prize money" but it isn't mentioned it weird. This shouldn't be a puff piece and it feels like we are pulling our punches
• WMF press releases aren't high quality sources
• The Harvard Government School source is a press release
• The youtube video should be a better source
• A bunch of sources are missing bylines

I'm slightly unsure if this should redirect to Wikimania if we can't cite everything with secondary sources --Guerillero | Parlez Moi 13:31, 28 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Hi Guerillero, I have made the changes you suggested. Some of the sources can be used as a primary source and I have added new sources. According to this Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wikimedian of the Year (2nd nomination), the list is notable. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 16:58, 28 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Strong Oppose on sourcing and NPOV grounds. This needs to be sourced to something better than PR blogs from the WMF, Russkiy Mir, and Creative Commons. Further there are still inconsistencies in the citations and tweets being used as citations. On the NPOV front, the lead is devoid of any criticism while relying on a piece titled titled "Winners of Wikipedia’s biggest award still haven’t received prize money." --Guerillero | Parlez Moi 18:44, 3 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Guerillero, I have cut down the use of WMF sources. Also, I have fixed the issues raised above. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 12:18, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I only noted one thing:

• "She started to creating articles to "better represent women and people of colour"." —-> That should be "started to create" or "started in order to create".

That’s about it. ~ HAL333 15:50, 31 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Hi HAL333, I have made the amendments you suggested. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 13:58, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Support ~ HAL333 14:23, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Thank you HAL333! ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 15:07, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Support ---Another Believer _(Talk) 14:02, 7 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Thank you Another Believer! ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 20:33, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Resolved comments from MWright96 (talk) 19:49, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

;Comments from MWright96 All images are lacking alt text per MOS:ALT Done. Ukrainan Wikipedia is missing a wikilink in the lead Linked. Émna Mizouni doesn't have an acute accent to begin her name Fixed. Wikilink government of Kazakhstan Linked. "Mathis, a chairman of Wikimédia France and the French Wikipedia administrator who received the honor for his role" - a comma is missing between "adminstrator" and "who" Added. Wikilink Women in Red to its own Wikipedia article Linked. "and leading of several initiatives to promote the importance of editing Wikipedia." - the word "of" isn't needed Removed. "an editing campaign and youth camp, a project to help new editors in Armenia." - an editing campaign and youth camp project to aid new editors of Armenia. Replaced. "Mizouni joined with several others to found Carthagina, in 2013." - This is an almost word-to-word copy from the WMF reference. Please change the wording to correct this Done. "including the first WikiArabia conference," - inaugural Replaced. "She also joined the Affiliations Committee in 2016 and became its vice-chair in 2018." - This is a word-to-word copy from the WMF reference. Please alter the sentence to rectify this Done. "He was awarded for encouraging people at his university to edit the Punjabi Wikipedia made it the fastest-growing Indic-language Wikipedia that year." - to edit the Punjabi Wikipedia, making it Done. "Over 120 editors joined the contest and third of the editors have completed it." - maybe reword this sentence to avoid close repetition of the word "editors" Done. "like legislation that makes it almost impossible to get funding. He also serves the global community as a steward and OTRS, a team of volunteers who answer emails sent to Wikipedia, member and co-managed several social media accounts for the Wikimedia movement (e.g. FB Wikimedia Commons)." - Can't locate this information in the WMF source. You'll need to use or find another reliable source that backs up the information in this portion of text Done. "Wade, a physicist who started a year-long effort to put underrepresented scientists and engineers on Wikipedia." - This sentence would be better off rewritten without losing its intended meaning to pass WP:LIMITED "She started to create articles to" - how about began to write articles to to avoid close parahrasing? Replaced. Reference 22 is missing the author Added The tage for Reference 24 needs to be addressed ASAP MWright96, I am sorry but I don't understand this one. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSAtalk 14:17, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support - All my concerns have been addressed. MWright96 (talk) 19:49, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Thank you MWright96! ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 20:32, 8 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• @Guerillero: Us FLC closers could use some input on whether your objections have been addressed to your satisfaction. A couple of the sites you described as unreliable don't appear to be in the article at the moment, and the number of WMF sources has been reduced, if not eliminated (I count four). Giants2008 (Talk) 22:33, 23 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Giants2008, I believe that the WMF can be used as a primary source. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 12:14, 26 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    • I am going to take another look tonight --Guerillero | Parlez Moi 18:48, 26 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support on sources Source review
This FLC is listed at the FLC page as needing a source review so here goes:

• Ref 1 (The prize money article) states that in 2012 the award was named the "Jimbo award" so the award wasn't always called "Wikimedian of the Year".

They are referring to this. But it wasn't an official name.

• Ref 2 (kyiv post) - that URL is not completely loading for me - perhaps it is an issue on my end but the linkage needs to be investigated.

It seems to be loading for me.

• Ref 4/5: pass
• Ref 3&6: are in languages I do not speak so AGF
• Ref 7/8: pass
• Ref 9: Is listed as a Cite web but shouldn't it be a Cite video? And the video itself lasts 15 minutes - is there a way to cite the specific timestamps that back up Ref 9?

Added a new source

• Ref 10/11/12/13/14: pass
• Ref 15: AGF, in a language I do not speak
• Ref 16/17/18: pass
• Ref 19: Is a link to a video and uses the cite web template. This should probably be a cite web and have time-stamps that deal directly with the information that is being backed up.

Added

• Ref 20/21: pass
• Ref 22: This link does not mention Wikimedian of the Year. It states the award was "Positive Wikimedian of the Year."

Added a new source

• Ref 23/24: pass

Once the few issues mentioned above are dealt with or explained I will be able to Support on Source review. Shearonink (talk) 05:49, 28 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Hi @Shearonink:, I believe that I have addressed your comments. ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 12:39, 29 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support on sources. Shearonink (talk) 15:55, 29 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Thank you Shearonink! ~~ CAPTAIN MEDUSA^talk 16:07, 29 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Guerillero never came back, but it appears that their issues were addressed, so I'm going to go ahead and promote. --PresN 22:14, 30 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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