This editor registered on April 6, 2012. At the time of this award IsadoraofIbiza had 515 edits. An active contributer of complex svg renderings and illustrations with high quality, encyclopedic use! Her contributions can be seen on Endoplasmic reticulum, Centrosome cycle and Nucleotide. Next nominations Edit this section
This editor registered on December 26, 2011 and began contributing full-time since March 2012. Till January 2013, he has racked up over 4000 article edits on the Wikipedia. An active contributer of articles on BaseballUmpires, he also helps around fighting vandalism on the Wikipedia and correcting spellings everywhere. Next nominations Edit this section
This editor registered on March 28, 2012 and till the date of the award, he had 6200 edits, out of which over 3750 were to create new articles. Throughout his stay on Wikipedia, Coal town guy has been a silent contributor. His articles on towns and ghost towns have allowed Wikipedia to serve its purpose as a Gazetteer, and have allowed other editors to expand on them.
Diiscool has been editing Timeline of the Presidency of Barack Obama (2009) since 2010 and has been active in monitoring and editing all 4 subsequent Timeline articles. With his guidance and demeanor, the Timeline articles have remained stress and trouble free...not an easy task for any editor working/involved in political articles.
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A part of the Wikipedia community since August 2011, Benzband does all-round work in all the spheres of the Wiki. He has been a WikiGnome as well as a userbox creator. His actions and activity at the Project Punk has been fundamental in the project's subsequent Renaissance and improvement.
Recognized for
Revival and subsequent improvement of Project Punk
One of the 400 most active editors, Wetman has almost a decade of high quality contributions, with varied interests and pursuits. His diplomatic ability has been honed on the talk pages of hundreds of articles, and in pursuit of creating 2270 articles.
Always Learning is a polyglot who can communicate fluently in English, Portuguese, Spanish, and French, allowing him access to a greater variety of sources. He is also able to help other editors not fluent in English, enabling them to contribute more fully to the community. In his 4.5 years on Wikipedia, he has edited 6,800 articles, with a total of 60,000 article edits, many revolving around expanding and improving articles related to football. AL is a great example of the collaborative and friendly editors needed by Wikipedia.
Another Believer is a key contributor to WikiProject Oregon, as the organizer of several meetups with other project members and the writer of many related articles. He has created over 1,200 articles, averaging over 8,000 edits per year over five years, including a featured article, 38 featured lists, and 44 good articles. Another Believer is also a music aficionado, with many edits to music-related pages. He is also an active Wikipedian and has started 4 WikiProjects.
Starting his Wikipedia career in February 2007, Bleaney's 48 thousand edits put him in the top 1000 Wikipedians of all time by number of edits. He is one of Wikipedia's fine under-the-radar contributers, with over 75% of the edits being in the article space. His contributions have been in a large variety of areas: Doing cleanup maintenance on school-related articles, creating and expanding articles on Bedfordshire and on historic buildings around the world, and starting articles on British prisons. Bleaney has been an invaluable asset to Wikipedia through his excellent work.
Recognized for
Contributions on articles in all spheres, including schools, historic buildings and British prisons
Sagaciousphil is a key part of WikiProject Dogs, bringing knowledge and expertise that has been invaluable to Wikipedia. Always taking advice and being helpful to others, she has rapidly become a welcome and congenial member of the editing community, able to mediate disputes between other editors. Editors like Sagaciousphil make Wikipedia a better place.
In just two years, BlueMoonset has become one of the key members of Wikipedia's Did you know project, ensuring that the items are queued up and updated smoothly. He has worked on 24 "Did you know" articles and 30 Good Articles, and has a plethora of barnstars related to "Did you know", Good Articles, and the task force for Glee. His dedication, diligence and quality work is highly commended and has been described by fellow editors as "phenomenal".
One of the many silent workers on Wikipedia, Surtsicna has been an example for all of Wikipedia through his ceaseless editing without a single page about himself. His 30000+ article edits and 140+ articles created speak volumes about his dedication to the project. His articles are based primarily on Medieval nobility and royal families and have been the focus of over 40 DYKs. His simple talk page showcases the humility of the type of underappreciated editor who forms the backbone of this encyclopedia.
Any visitor to Anna Frodesiak's userpage is greeted with a warm welcome to Cafe Anna, with the walls covered with bugs, people and everything imaginable. Anna has been an ultra-friendly editor "helping folks out" since November 2008, creating dozens of drawings in the process. Yet that does not stop her from racking 30,000 article edits, 40 DYKs or making 1526 articles. Her primary interests are insects and Hainan related articles. Anna is a rare editor who even talks to vandals and asks them to behave, making her a true role model for all of Wikipedia.
Here since December 2012, Anne Delong has been one of Teahouse's most prolific guests, and has impressed everyone with her dedication to learn and maturity. With time, she has grown into the fine editor that she is today, and still frequents there with refreshing questions. Being a bluegrass musician herself, it remains her topic of choice, and she has been constantly involved in creating articles. She has also been involved in various projects and active mentoring all the while. Good Wikipedia editing is truly like harmonized singing. Anne Delong's "voice" melds with everyone she works with! In her own words, What goes around comes around!
In just 3 years of editing, Tomobe03 has got a prolific set of articles under his belt that every editor would be envious of. His high-quality articles have improved the all Croatia related articles immensely, and his 11 thousand article-space edits have given way to 47 DYKs, 36 GA class articles, among others. Most of his edits have been on major and well-known articles, like Adriatic Sea, Croatia, Croatian War of Independence or President of Croatia. Editors like him are the reason why Wikipedia continues to be widely read by millions of readers.
With us since 2008, FeydHuxtable is an editor who prefers to stay under the radar and away from the drama. He believes that Nothing lasting is founded on force and never forgets that there are real people behind the usernames who edit Wikipedia. He calls himself a WikiOtter, and is willing to help other editors by being friendly. He has been with the Article Rescue Squadron since 2009 and has been responsible for rescuing many articles from AfD. He is a true example of a friendly and hardworking editor all of us should emulate.
In his 2 years at Wikipedia, Delaywaves has created almost 800 photos and pictures, many of them related to New York and Baseball. The scope of his edits focusses on adding photos to articles, or starting stubs about obscure politicians and baseball players. With very little experience in the "nitty gritty" aspects of Wikipedia, he would rather remain obscure.
A decade of block-free content, article creation, auto-patrolling, file moving and reviewing. He does yeoman work at the Reference Desk. This hard working veteran editor deserves a rousing and hearty thank you. As an Eagle Scout he is making a difference at Wikipedia and in the Real World.
Has a gift for realistic explanations that end confusion and clears things up for all editors. Listening to voices on either side of disputes is a rare and precious gift.
A diligent and hard-working editor that holds the reader in high esteem, Editor Petrarchan47's main focus has been the articles BP and Deepwater Horizon oil spill and her efforts to maintain equilibrium for all editors at these and at similar articles is commendable.
Cerebellum creates wonderful open and supportive relationships with new editors as they venture into Wiki Article Creation. Without question, Cerebellum has nurtured newbies to their and the Encyclopedia's benefit.
A veteran editor that deserves the community's acknowledgement and appreciation, Philipmj24 writes about athletic topics, especially swimming. He has served in the United States Marine Corps, and currently studies at Missouri State University. A prolific article creator, he has started over 610 new articles for the encyclopedia. He participates in the Good Article process, helps out with vandalism maintenance, and has an astounding 93% article-space edit
Recognized for
creating over 600 articles and fighting vandalism wherever he finds it.
After a long absence from Wikipedia editing, Ignatzmice has made a welcome return. Working diligently on recent changes, new page patrol, articles for deletion, grammar/punctuation repair, and more, editor Igantzmice fixes the imperfections. He has been a positive influence on often-troublesome breaking news articles, such as the Boston Marathon bombings. He has also been active in improving software extensions such as the new Notifications system. We are glad to have you back, Ignatzmice!
Recognized for
Reducing backlogs and other important (but hidden) gnomish deeds.
Editor is defined as "a person who prepares material for publication". Editor John of Reading refines the Encyclopedia. A Latin speaker with a background in mathematics, John is one of the English Wikipedia's most prolific contributors. Providing help to new users and efficiently correcting the many spelling errors in the encyclopedia are two of John's specialties.
Recognized for
Focusing on and fixing tiny imperfections on a monumental scale.
Notable work(s)
Active participant at Typo Team, Help Desk and WP:Portal
A prolific article creator on topics such as films, film festivals, actors, Academy Awards, the Olympics, athletes and more, Lugnuts fills in those redlinks. Editor Lugnuts has recently reached 300,000 edits on the English Wikipedia. The editor also works in the category space, organizing articles about film directors, record labels and causes of death.
Ammodramus has significantly and substantially improved Wikipedia's coverage of the U.S. state of Nebraska. Contributing not only Good Article-level text, but also their own high-quality images, Ammodramus brings our readers articles that are both visually and textually informative. With over 14,300 edits to en-wiki (65% in article-space), and an amazing 11,000 image uploads to Commons, this editor gives both quantity and quality to their subject area of choice.
Obiwankenobi is a tireless worker in the Categorization of Wikipedia articles, a complicated and sometimes fraught area. This editor is always civil, has amassed 15 thousand edits, and does not shy away from making difficult editorial decisions. Aside from categorization, Obiwan writes on a variety of topics, with a focus on health and gender issues.
Recognized for
Categorization, getting Kristin Beck on the DYK front page with over 11,000 page views.
Titodutta is one our hardest working editors on topics related to the Indian subcontinent. He is active on the Articles for Creation project, a talented template editor, and contributes regularly to the "Did You Know" column of the main page. He also fights vandalism and welcomes new editors. An editor who enjoys collaborating with others, Titodutta has amassed 55,000 edits (nearly 40,000 to article space) in just over two years of editing.
Editing articles (in the areas that this 7 year veteran works on) can often be contentious and tedious. A collaborator and a diplomat. Great with providing authorative references.
A good heart and a meticulous and concerned nature. From medical related content to socially relevant content to content on women's issues, Gandydancer gets involved to make articles informative and encyclopedic.
Recognized for improving the prose of every article he touches, and for the hard work in bringing the multinational Sunbeam Tiger to both FA status, and the front page of Wikipedia.
His tireless work ethic, his continuous good will, and his constant striving to help other individuals. Jackson Peebles showed his commitment and enthusiasm for the project with every edit. His admirable dedication will not soon be forgotten.
Notable work(s)
counter-vandalism, adoption course design, online ambassadorship with the education program, "Reimagining Mentorship on Wikipedia" (an I.E.G. grant proposal), Teahouse hosting
An editor with a life long interest and passion for popular music in all its many guises. His diligence makes positive things happen to improve articles. 95% of his edit are to article space.
Recognized for
creating, enhancing, expanding and referencing many music related articles
23 Did You Knows, 12 Good Articles, and 7 Featured Lists. Work @ Old-time Base Ball task force. Created an article for each of Major League Baseball's player-managers. Friendly, diligent, and helpful. A major asset to the project.
A key member of Wikipedia's In The News project, ensuring that "the candidates" are queued up and updated smoothly. Over 100,000 edits and almost a thousand articles in the fields of baseball, politics, US history and comedy. Nearly 50 GAs. See WikiProject Baseball, where his efforts in article maintenance are all the more impressive when coupled with his prolific content creation.
Impressive content contributions -- 2 FAs and 10 GAs--this user's most impressive work has been in GA reviews (reviewed over 500 nominations on topics ranging from Dick Turpin to "Amazing Grace" to the International System of Units). A refreshing example of an editor who's always willing to pitch in to critique, improve, and promote the work of others.
Fosters neutrality. Skillfully drafts text acceptable to both sides of contentious issues. Remains neutral and civil, working to keep the focus of discussions on encyclopedic content. A steward of many articles, has created over 30 articles.
Over 35K edits in 7 projects. His work on Wikipedia from a wider viewpoint is most impressive. A frequent contributer to Commons with over 20k edits, plus constructive edits to the Portugal and French Wikipedia pages.
Recognized for
geographical and translational work from Portugese to English, specifically related to the articles about the Azores.
A highly decent chap who travels miles and miles to take photograph panoramas of rural Papua New Guinea and turn stubs into viable articles. Incredibly productive work finding good content and providing photos in quick fashion.
A 10 year veteran of Wikipedia;49 articles and 34 images. A member of the Typo Team,WikiGnome and a Wiki Janitor. Diligently works to clean up the mess that others leave.
Multiple FLs, GAs, DYKs and ITNs. Always adheres to the Golden Rule when interacting with fellow users. The majority of his four years of content contributions are focused towards baseball related work, cathedrals and churches, tennis and other global topics – as reflected in his DYKs.
A free Image finder. The photographic resources he finds enhance the appeal of WP articles. An advocate for change and talk discussion that is "the least rude and disruptive".
Known for his high quality contributions to articles and discussions, his diplomatic ability and going beyond the ordinary steps to improve the project.
Recognized for
his ease of collaboration, willingness to "find some free time" to assist editors, even off Wikipedia, with field work at local libraries and fulfilling image requests to improve articles. GA contributor as a reviewer and nominator. Collaboration on Hawaii and California related articles.
Committed to improving Wikipedia's content and prose quality. A WikiGnome interested in articles ranging from Architecture to Buddhism to Japanese history with over 90% of his efforts to article namespace.
He is here solely to build an encyclopedia. He has uploaded a tremendous amount of his own images to Commons and Wikipedia. His work adds value to Wikipedia every day. Avoiding the limelight, he protects, cleans and preserves the work of others while adding his own prose.
Recognized for
producing over 20,000 edits, a dozen DYKs and splendid photography.
A solid content veteran that avoids the drama pages and has 85% of his 48000+ edit to articles. Editors thank him today for articles he wrote over ten years ago.
Insightful, supportive, and helpful comments to new editors that redirect discussions toward a more positive and constructive place. Over 5000 edits w/ 45% in article space.
This editor registered in April of 2011 and since then 88% of his efforts have been to article namespace. The technical end of sports articles is his ballywick and he is excellent at filtering out any editorialism, typos or mistakes. A highly deserving recipient that enjoys the collaboration process.
Strong and reliable content contributions, pushed Gemini (2002 Tamil film) to Featured Article, a teacher of Indian-English conventions and vocabulary.
Works at DYK and In the News reviewing articles and getting in touch with the project. Since her start in April 2014, she has created 3 of her own new articles and has done great work on artworks articles. Always uses the edit summary but, most importantly, has a marvelous sense of humor.
A coordinator at the Guild of Copy Editors working to reduce the number of articles on the GOCE requests list, encouraging new copyeditors, mediating disputes and removing cruft from the project's many subpages.
Improves articles on chemistry, geometry and classical music. Uses humorous edit summaries when reverting vandals. A great editor and a great person to work with.
Concentrates on content creation, referencing and expanding mediocre articles, the "Articles for deletion" process, and welcoming and mentoring new editors.
A dedicated editor with a matter-of-fact writing style. She adds reliable sources, fills in bare URL's, works on and nominates article for improved status Gloria Steinem, and creates new peer review pages WikiProject Women's History/Peer review.
Does a lot of work on the development of closely related articles on a given topic. He consistently gets on with the great work he does and just keeps plodding on.
Recognized for
Being One of the Unsung Heroes of the Encyclopedia
With more than 85% of her edits to article space and very few to the drama space, J3Mrs is one of those unsung heroes who form the backbone of Wikipedia. She is a calm and sensible influence who has a refreshingly straightforward attitude towards article development, a real pleasure to work with.
Recognized for
Her work on the Greater Manchester project and on Britain's industrial past.
To BoringHistoryGuy, Wikipedia is an avocation. He will "research the hell out of a subject" and create or contribute to an article, many with a tie to Philadelphia. Just last week he was acknowledged as a pending changes reviewer and a trusted user and creator of referenced articles (autopatrolled).
Continuous attention as the primary maintainer of one of our more central Christian articles, Athanasius of Alexandria, one of our listed vital articles and maintaining equilibrium on its talk page.
A self-described "freelance editor" doing a variety of tasks depending on what he feels like doing. Usually it will consist of cleanup-related behind-the-scenes dredge duty. A diligent and probing AfC reviewer.
OZ does the hidden behind-the-scenes types of low-profile edits that are the lifeblood of the encyclopedia, adding content with patience and perseverance. His work is in the background but his effort is "top drawer",
A great collaborator and Wikipedia Veteran that does all of his work in the article mainspace, where it should be done. 10 years ago he edited Corrado Parducci. He still watches over it with care.
While working on religious articles, Mmeijeri Identifies and accommodates the concerns of fellow editors. He has a willingness to engage in legitimate debate
Mandruss's self-described interests include history, various sciences, aviation, humor, furry mammals, designing unreadable CAPTCHAs, and musing about the future of civilization.
Recognized for
making helpful suggestions and tips about editing to all that visit his talkpage.
Known for his high quality DYK contributions, he is a major contributor to hundreds of articles about film, actors, etc. At FLC he actively helps new editors rather than just point to where help is. His efforts to create lists for the movie world keep Wikipedia in touch with today's movie aficionado.
A hard-working editor that holds the reader and her fellow editors in high esteem. Her dedication, diligence and quality work is commendable and praiseworthy.
A focused content contributor with almost 75% of his edits to article main space. With over 20 articles on Historic subjects, he is an active member of the LGBT Wikipedia community.
Recognized for
being a role model for congenial and fair-minded participation in talk page discussions
Active since July 2013, always uses edit summary to gently inform newbies of the bad news, an extremely valuable and important role model, 35% of her 10K edits are to article space,
an incredibly hardworking community member. Lots of effort to "get it right". High-quality reverts, AGF, and vandalism patrol and still a pleasure to work with.
Recognized for
Reviews AFCs and civilly participating in heated discussions.
Ritchie333 saves articles. He finds articles and improves them until they are perfectly acceptable and up to Wikipedia standards. He works at GA, both in promoting articles to GA status (38) and in reviewing the GA nominations of others.
Recognized for
creating more than 60 new articles and more than 40 GAs. He has the best interests of the project at heart and always demonstrates courtesy and common sense.
He has solid body of positive participation at Utica, New York in spite of a hostile work environment, and has singlehandedly taken the article to file for a GA review. He is also working on Fort Wayne, Indiana to achieve a similar goal.
Recognized for
creating quality articles and then overseeing their quality.
Helps develope the encyclopedia by having impossible to find sources made available to aid in verification. Difficult to find or cost-prohibitive sources can prove insurmountable to some editors. He, along with all the regular contributors at the Resource Exchange, know where to look for hard-to-locate sources. The kind of completely unnoticed work he does is one of WP's most important tasks.
Does behind-the-scenes work with templates and categories and helps clean up vandalism. Has a fondness for WP and shares his photographic work at Commons
being a calming voice of reason and his work at improving the encyclopedia are phenomenal
Notable work(s)
A 1/4 million edits and another 3/4 million edits through BattyBot. Fixes WP articles with AWB, HotCat, WPCleaner and many others. One of the chief architects of the "Typo rules" that AWB uses. Disambiguator Hall of Fame member, Wikipedia:WikiProject The Beatles member, Wikipedia:Typo Team member and Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting member.
An important member and leader of WP:Baseball and a die-hard LA Dodger fan. This 10 year veteran gives good advice and a helpful hand. Over 3000 articles; 70% of his 83,000 edits have been in mainspace with another 24% in templating and categorizing. A "doer" not a talker.
Recognized for
updating vital areas of sports article for the benefit of WP readers and statistics researchers
Strong contributor who strives to educate them self about WP editing and co-operates with others without regard for accolades. Recognizes a need and fills it. Diligently researches sources and references.
Improves hundreds of articles and categories for lists of cities, towns and villages in the Netherlands and neighboring Belgium by adding worthwhile information.
Provides guidance and formatting help with a congenial and collaborative tone. Assists fellow editors in need whenever possible
Recognized for
being active in monitoring and editing all over the Encyclopedia. With his guidance and demeanor, the articles have remained stress and trouble free. He promotes an aura of fairness and friendship.
10 year veteran with over 100,000 edits. Reverts vandals, rehabilitates articles, fixes protection templates and , in general, cleans up the messes some editors make.
Since June of 2008 has 62% of edits to mainspace with 66 articles and 22 DYK's. Long-standing, tireless and consistent. A true example of a consistently efficient content editor.
Develops Good Articles as both a reviewer and author, active participant in the 2013 GAN backlog drive, and works on Advanced Placement Statistics and the featured List of Benet Academy alumni. Recently returned to active editing with a desire to engage the WP community and help ensure the quality of our articles.
Contributes to many Latin music lists and articles including over 100 DYK's, 30 FL's, and 10 GA's for a genre that is often overlooked. A a pleasure to work with, he has devoted his time and effort to Wikipedia since 2007.
Recognized for
numerous quality Latin music related lists, DYK's, good articles and being a quality collaborator.
Vandal fighting editors perform the behind-the-scenes work not seen by the general community while safe-guarding our mutual commitment to verifiable knowledge. CLCStudent has been actively chasing vandals for only a short time and is is concerned about the care and well-being of WP by understanding the threat that vandals are to the work we all do.
Just six months of contributing for this passionate, vivacious, and friendly new editor. He creates plenty of new content and reaches out to members and nonmembers of the projects he likes. Brings a welcome spirit of camaraderie to his efforts.
This "great editor with a great ethic" loves airplanes and does great work on a number of airline articles. Constantly improving the overall quality of Wikipedia content.
Hard worker, talks sense. Former IRC help channel participant. "One of the most thoughtful, considerate editors I know" was said of him by a veteran editor.
Helps editors--new and old at OTRS and the Teahouse. Over 109k edits. Active editors with over 100k edits that focusses on helping fellow collaborators
An 8 year vet with a large body of article work (over 100 articles) in a variety of interests such as transportation, firearms, rivers, water and many more. Friendly and helpful, his 70% article namespace total shows an editor that is here to work
Recognized for
High standards of, and dedication to, article work
Excellent work on science related articles and willing to help out in topics such as medicine and science. Added bonus of having a knowledge level that produces quality articles. A no-nonsense kind of editor.
Always friendly and constructively active at and around WT:PHARM and Template talk:Infobox drug. Seppi was patient and persistent and succeeded in gaining the first pharmacology FA star in over three years.
Creates new articles and participates in WP:AfD. The driving force for creating the redlists of WikiProject Women in Red. Monthly updates metrics lists and works on adding women's articles to surname lists. Welcomes and mentors new editors.
Michael has made substantive content edits since 2011 with impressive Commons image contributions. "One of the politest and most hardworking editors here"
Tireless and persistent copy editing of articles submitted to the Guild of Copy Editors (GOCE). Meticulous attention to detail and unique ability to turn a phrase. Does not pick the low-hanging fruit that is easy to copy-edit. .
High quality contributions to articles related to the geography of several countries, especially India. Always polite and humble in many good collaborations with other editors.
10 year veteran with 888 articles. A stalwart at music articles, adding good material and avoiding drama. Thousands of contributions to geographical articles with good eye for detail
Recognized for
A patient editor willing to suggest help rather than fight
Multi-lingual, Ian speaks English, Danish, French, German, Spanish, as well as a working knowledge of Dutch and other Scandinavian. He is an amazing resource in helping with translations and sourcing. He has been extremely active in creating articles focused on Scandinavia, Luxembourg, music, art, architecture, literature and women. Over 20 entries to GA and over 200 articles to DYK. Reliable, authentic, bright, and articulate.
Recognized for
His tireless efforts to improve Wikipedia
Notable work(s)
Extremely active in creating articles focused on Scandinavia, Luxembourg, music, art, architecture, literature and women. A Renaissance man and champion of the Women in Red project
Creates and edits articles about old radio programs and those who performed on them and helps fellow researchers via resources to research old time radio.
Extensive contributions of over 14,000 of his own photos to the Commons, categorizes images on the Commons, identifies photos needing deletion. Combats vandalism in his spare time
Recognized for
Provided a massive image database for the US state of Georgia
Outstanding at bringing civilized diplomacy into articles where conflict is endemic. Trusted and respected by all parties and takes time to mentor promising young editors.
Well-known among the many editors who work on articles related to Indian military. Strike eagle has over 16,000 edits and played a significant role in improving 6 articles to GA level and 16 DYK's and 5 made it into 'In the news..'
Editing Wikipedia over five years and has logged 14K+ edits. Helped promote six article about women football players to the Good article status, three were eligible for the Quarter Million Award as well. 220+ articles about women's football or related topics. Women's football is an area that is rarely edited on Wikipedia and Hmlarson has done a fantastic job improving it. Their dedicated work for the topic through all these years is amazing and inspirational.
Recognized for
Maintaining, writing, and improving articles about Women's football
Selena-related articles, especially the article about Selena herself. Taking No Me Queda Más to FA status was the first time that an article about a Spanish-language song has ever achieved such an accolade. In addition, a very pleasant guy to work with.
Great work and effort into several types of articles (over 8,000 in only 6 months) and actively participates in discussions related to block users and WP:ANI. He a great help in the AfC process and has done loads of vandalism reverting with Twinkle and Huggle
Created over 120 articles (which are mostly of B-class or higher), 8 A-class articles, more than 30 good articles and 4 articles featured on DYK. While reviewing many GA nominations, he takes the extra step of cleaning up the article himself
Recognized for
being a nominee for the 2013 "Military Historian of the Year" award
Takes great care and time maintaining the Chicago Cubs and the 2016 and 2017 Chicago Cubs season articles which require daily diligence to keep them updated, current and vandal-free. He also spends quality time editing the many Michigan State Spartan sports articles as well as a slew of many other far-ranging articles related to sports teams and conferences. He monitors many varied College conference templates.
Recognized for
A conscientious editor (95% of his 7000 edits are to mainspace articles) that deserves notice and support
Active participant in the daily editing of the various Timelines of the presidency of Barack Obama. Made sure the timelines were pertinent and important in a historic sense and that they remained free from political bluster. Brevity and clarity were the guiding precepts.
Recognized for
maintaining a neutral point of view on Obama-related timelines
Creates relevant articles and takes time to fix the edits of others, even doing the tedious work of completing the citation information. A great positive attitude in discussions with other editors and persistent efforts in the creation and editing of articles (244).
Recognized for
dedication to the behind-the-scenes work of Wikipedia
Editor of the Week for destubbing a number of ship articles during Africa Destubbathon during Oct and Nov 2016 and continuing to take a number of them to GA status.
A Wikipedian for almost nine years, Cambalachero has created a whopping 117 Did You Knows. This fine encyclopedic contributor has significantly contributed to two featured articles and helped promote 18 articles to good status, primarily within the scope of Argentinian history. Despite winning the award, Cambalachero humbly notes that although his fluency in English is not optimal, he puts his mind towards contributing as "best he can" and "[working] harder."
A Wikipedian since March 2012, Tyler has dedicated over 90% of his 25,000 contributions primarily to refining medical articles. A physician and member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine, Tyler continually improves health content through his true knack of careful copyediting, simultaneously improving article readability and accuracy. He uses a fine comb while searching for nuanced inaccuracies, such as this run.
Recognized for
Refining medical content, improving the integrity of this critical, frequently read part of Wikipedia.
A vigorous article creator since November 2015, White Arabian Filly has created a plethora of high-quality articles, ranging from the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration to the featured article Bud Dunn, which was "Today's Featured Article" on October 26, 2016. She has demonstrated active involvement in the WikiProject Equine. When leading or participating in discussions regarding content disputes, White Arabian Filly demonstrates honesty, a fun-loving and collaborative spirit, and careful consideration of Wikipedia's policies.
Constantly sharing constructive and incisive comments, answers, advice and direction. A mainstay at the Reference Desk, the Help Desk and the Teahouse.
Recognized for
His personal manner balances out some of the difficulties that new editors can experience
Hard at work creating the encyclopedia. Editor since 2006 but active the last couple. 4000+ with a remarkable 97% in mainspace and always a concise edit summary. A trouble-free editor and a good example to all
Displays a true workmanlike demeanor. Worthy and deserving, with 70K in edits with 2/3rds to article mainspace and 100% usage of the edit summary and almost 80 DYK contributions. Congenial and helpful to all that have visited his talk page over the years. A WikiGnome and key author on dozens of articles about bands, musicians, albums, songs, literary authors and their works, etc.
Recognized for
being a regular and consistent contributor since the very beginning of WP
Provides hard-to-grasp information with clarity. Anticipates the level of his audience. Active since 2014, and spends 85% of his edits to writing and improving math articles
10 year veteran of WP but active since 2013. 92% of his 8000 edits are to article space and he always leaves an edit summary. Created over 150 articles and has contributed 16 to Did You Know. He has contributed extensively to the article about Rosalind Franklin, a noted English chemist.
Active editor for past 5 years with 80,000 edits. Toils in the shadows, doing necessary work to keep Wikipedia uncluttered and readable: finding articles that were created by mistake and nominating them for deletion, doing necessary maintenance at XFD discussions, carrying out move requests, or creating disambiguation pages.
Over 100K edits accomplishmed, 99% of which are to main articles space. This editor nds his time, hard at work, improving the encyclopedia. Compliments speak to his ability to improve articles without creating mayhem, strife or discord; "You greatly improved the article", "It's so much better now", "...the attention it needed", "You improved it a lot", and many more.
One of Wikipedia's most valuable contributors when it comes to Belgian history. Editing for over five years now, making 30,000+ edits so far and authoring 25 good articles. Brigade Piron is prolific at countering systemic bias. Greatly improved many African history articles, a much needed initiative, and continues to do so.
A veteran ten-year editor with over 252,000 edits. She has put up with a lot. She watches articles such as Pedophilia etc. and deals with difficult editors that contentious subjects draw. She engages these editors on equal terms and controls content at these articles. Knowledge, persistence, and patience is shown over and over, and she is many time alone. The majority of her edits (63%) are in article space and she is an avid user of the edit summary (97%).
Editor for 11 years, created almost 800 articles, and nearly 500 have become WP:DYKs. See here. He has made over 40,000 live edits, and uploaded almost 4000 files to Commons. See here. 64% of his edits are to article space. Tremendous Research and presents meticulously researched articles that explain his constrained total edit count.
Recognized for
a massive amount of articles created and DYKs. The soul of cooperative editing.
Veteran 10 years editor with more than 90,000 edits. Created 80 articles, but his best contributions are quiet ones: tweaks to improve articles, repetitive cleanup jobs, etc. Specializes in the kind of almost-invisible work that keeps Wikipedia readable.
A hard-at-work 10+ year veteran with over 50,000 edits. 82 article created. Her excellent diplomatic skills are a true example of the type of editor that is the backbone of this encyclopedia.
Recognized for
Outstanding negotiating and mediation skills
Notable work(s)
Creating and maintaining articles over a wide range of topics.
Cpaaoi is a brand new editor, learning his way around WikiWorld. He is learning by watching any corrections made to his contributions so he can understand the lay of the land. He sees corrections as collaboration. He foregoes confrontations.
In a short time, Icebob99 has taken strides to learn Wikipedia guidelines carefully, while demonstrating an open mind when responding to criticism. This editor demonstrates a willingness to go to lengths to discuss issues with other editors.
Solid contributor since 2013. Works on improving various United States election and campaign articles and articles about many U.S. presidents. Editing political articles can be treacherous and prone to pitfalls and conflict. But Orser67 is congenial and diplomatic in conversation and takes time to compliment which helps create dialogue rather than drama.
An editor since 2006 with over 70,000 edits and created more than 170 articles on a very broad range of subjects. Works quietly and maintains a low profile while making enormous contributions to the encyclopedia.
Editor since 2005 with 50,000+ edits and a previous EotW two years ago. Helpfulness at the Dispute Resolution page, the Help Desk, the Teahouse and elsewhere.
He performs the small fixes that make a big difference,; fixing DAB links, template errors, broken formatting, cleaning up after himself. Has made substantial and incredibly useful edits with care and attention. Maintains large lists.
Well known for her work on equine articles and the fauna and numerous varied subjects of the "Big Sky" region of the US. Worthy, competent, deserving of acclaim, special, level-headed, pleasant. Her value to WP is immense.
A supporter of those who do significant content development and realizes that getting along with other editors can be the hardest part of Wikipedia. He strives toward that end.
Recognized for
his continuous collaboration and great contributions
Works at improving the quality of television-related articles and is attuned with the established standard and structure of Wikipedia's episodic TV articles, templates and images. Using clear, precise descriptions and responses he tailors his message to his audience.
A good and accurate encyclopedia is his intent. Makes improvements and contributions having made diligent search efforts. A Userpage quote says it all: "I feel as if I have been waiting for Wikipedia all my life; ever since I was a boy I have been collecting snippets of information, as well as books, pamphlets, documents and letters, photographs and postcards of people and historic events, etc."
Humorous, civil, teacher, open to discussion, deletes spam, works at the Military History Wikiproject. 40000 edits, 8 DYKs, 6 GAs, and many articles created and expanded.
Recognized for
Improving the encyclopedia with innumerable and varied contributions.
A defender and resource of all "pages India". Keeps the place clean from all sorts of corruption, etc. A vigilant, active and patient monitor and adviser.
A great example of a calm, levelheaded and valuable editor who has focused on vandal fighting since 2007 and brings questionable usernames and edit warring to the attention of administrators. Always uses the edit summary to explain her actions.
An active WP:wikignome and veteran editor since August 2004. Contributions to Wikipedia are diverse, consistent and productive. Rail transport is a topic that interests him. Over 19,000 pages edited with 95% summary use. 77% of his 60K plus edits are in article space. Works toward resolution in any discussion.
Active since 2014, over 12000 edits, 72% in mainspace and created 67 articles. Always uses edit summary. Has far-ranging and varied interests. Also edits the Spanish WP.
10 year veteran w/ just under 200K edits, 65% in mainspace. A work-o-holic in science-related articles displaying an adroitness in getting articles past quackery and pseudoscience pushers. Many substantive, exceptionally high-quality contributions to articles and is involved with bot noticeboards WP:BAG and WP:BRFA. Creator of WP:Article Alerts.
Veteran editor since 2006 with over 32000 edits, 49% in mainspace and edit summary usage of 98%. His continuous efforts are wonderful examples of collaborative editing. Has added dozens of personal collection images of maps and coins and stamps. Takes an active part in dialogues at Wikipedia talk:Noticeboard for India-related topics.
Languages and linguistics, Mesoamerican culture, and Native American history are his expertise. A veteran editor that has promoted an abundance of Featured Article content. Broadens under-represented area of Wikipedia.
A hard working team-player. Focuses on Mesoamerican (Guatemala and Mexico). Creates maps and uploads free images. Reviews DYK articles, copyediting and fixing along the way.
Editor since 2008 with 25,000+ edits, 5 GA articles and over 340 DYKs! A hard-working researcher. Presidential M&M's was promoted at DYK and reached over 21,000 views in two days! Dedicated contributor.
5-year Veteran Wikipedian with over 5 Featured Articles, 77 Good Articles, 80+ Good Article Reviews, and close to 40 DYKs! The go-to expert for motor racing articles, and excels in this under-represented area of Wikipedia. Active with GA backlog.
Recognized for
helping to create a trustworthy and reliable encyclopedia
Consistently civil and helpful to all WP editors - new and old. Solid non-judgmental adviser to new users, making them feel welcome and valued ...giving encouragement to continue and improve rather than giving up.
A contributor of quality text and superb images since 2007 with over 58000 edits. Functions in various languages and has brought many articles to FA/GA status. Always polite and helpful with all editors. An active member of the Green Vehicle Task Force and WP:Transport.
A fixer of categories, lists, images, templates, grammatical and formatting errors. A member of WikiProject Video games. A committed veteran editor, edit summary 90% of the time with 41000 edits.
Since 2015, Ira's New York focus works at disseminating knowledge and information in all the spheres of the Wiki. Over 43000 edits with 97% to mainspace: uses edit summary 99% of the time. Constantly adding facts, links, references and correcting errors.
Recently celebrating her 1 year anniversary, a member of WP:Actor and WP:Film, and a member of a group of editors that displayed excellent teamwork at the recent article about the March For Our Lives. The team came together, working on the maps and the article, and created a timely history of the event.
Oceanflynn worked on the recent article March For Our Lives and along with others displayed commendable teamwork. See Talk:March For Our Lives#Maps for the positive interactions that created a timely addition to the encyclopedia.
A Ten year veteran with over 250000 edits with 55% in Mainspace. He has created over 4500 new pages and always uses the edit summary. The first repeat Editor of the Week having received one exactly 5 years ago. Always displays the positive interactions that result in a better encyclopedia. It would be a difficult task to find a more deserving Editor of the Week.
MrX displayed excellent teamwork as part of the team of editors that worked on the recent March For Our Lives. Positive interactions resulting in a timely and quality addition to the encyclopedia.
Majora works diligently at maintaining images and cleaning up of our file namespace. A WP:Help desk volunteer that embodies the spirit of the Editor of the Week.
Has created 475 articles and close to 20K edits (almost all in mainspace). Positive comments from other editors abound on his talk page. "Great work on all the article creations", "Nice work jumping right in and creating articles..."
Recognized for
focusing on expanding the number of articles about various College Football teams, various sports facilities and airports.
Joining Wikipedia in September 2015, Lonehexagon has shown their dedication to improving articles, including condensing repetitive writing, inserting wikilinks, re-organizing content, adding sources, and fixing grammar. They include detailed edit summaries to make it easier for other editors to understand what contributions they have made to a particular article. Moreover, Lonehexagon is dedicated to work on articles that truly need work, has created a number of articles, and has given thoughtful comments at articles for deletion pages. The thankful user page certainly speaks to their attitude towards other editors.
Finding and adding images and expanding articles related to the Arthurian legend. After initial wayward steps and then self-reflection, he made a comeback and is an example that one more chance truly can bring positive results. He produces quality work in a labor of love. He has become a wonderful asset to the community. He is here to help build the encyclopedia and he’s doing an excellent job of it.
Thousands of improvements resulting in several GA (good articles) in the field of ancient mythology. Knowledgeable in subjects like religion, mythology, and ancient history, he adds scholarly depth to articles about Greek mythology. A member of a number of humanities-themed WikiProjects, including WikiProject Classical Greece and Rome and WikiProject Religion.
Active improver of sourcing at music articles, particularly those pertaining to electronic music. Enjoys referencing and discography updating. Has dedicated time to those articles not already assessed at a high quality (some of the more challenging articles to rework and source). Assumes good-faith when dealing with other editors.
An active participant in improving the encyclopedia with a keen interest in finance related articles and creating quality content about businesses. The WP community benefits by identifying and documenting commercial organizations that are notable. Keeps the Stock Market indices up to date.
All-purpose editor. A ten year veteran that does it all. Aside from his quality editing, he helps new users on Wikipedia's live IRC support chat, assists @ vandalism reversion work, answers OTRS tickets, manages accounts for The Wikipedia Library, and writes articles about the Olympics. Vast and varied, thoughtful and caring.
An academic focused on north-west European medieval history, literature and language, and on modern Icelandic culture. A serious contributor since 2005 improving the quality of articles pertaining to his genre. He has created over 350 new pages.
This two-year veteran is an integral part toward maintaining this project. A prolific vandalism patroller with over 12600 vandalism reverts, reports, and warnings and an excellent reviewer at AfC.
Nearly all of 6000 edits to mainspace. Adds to categories and articles and provides images. Quality improvements: validating sourcing and protecting articles from vandals.
12 year veteran. Creator of nearly 500 substantial stubs and many full articles. Improved the representation of the biographies of women from around the world as well as coverage of rural northern England. Tireless sorter of stubs, tidyer of disambiguation pages, and creator of helpful redirects.
Recognized for
playing a part in the successful Women in Red project.
Active since 2005 creating articles and curating material about Old Norse mythology, related topics and folklore. Hard work on templates, categories, naming, and redirecting. Keeps irrelevant, unsourced and subtrivial material out of our articles. Bloodofox has worked hard to make sure that Wikipedia's coverage of Cryptozoology and related pages distinguish clearly between scientific zoology and folklore/conspiracy theory. Bloodofox spends time undoing things to sustain the quality of Wikipedia while not discouraging good faith contributions. Wikipedia:WikiProject Folklore member, Wikipedia:WikiProject Ancient Germanic studies member, Wikipedia:WikiProject Norse history and culture member
Began editing in 2010 dedicated to improving articles. Helps and mentors others members with a constant collaborative tone of friendship. Created hundreds of new articles, many about Swedish subjects, music and people that were in short supply. Others articles are discographies and historical biographies. Improved articles with rescuing of sources, moving pages and creating/fixing tables. An active participant in voting and improving articles put up for deletion.
Recognized for
Mentoring new members, creating articles, improving and expanding articles, behind-the-scenes administrative work, participation in articles for deletion
A tireless behind-the-scenes editor doing fantastic WIKIGNOME work at WikiProject Schools An active member of that project he is always participating in discussions where his comments are insightful, helpful and highly clueful for an editor of his experience level. A registered editor since late 2016, he only became highly active this year with over 3,000 edits. Indiciative of his par excellance distribution of his efforts; these edits are to over 1,900 different articles.
This editor was nominated in recognition of his kindness toward a fellow editor and his assistance in bringing a profile of her musician and civil rights advocate father to the front page of Wikipedia. His display of sympathy and empathy were a fine example to all Wikipedia editors.
Recognized for
Depth of character, generosity, and selfless devotion
Outstanding contributions to WP's Soviet Union articles. The founder of the WikiProject Soviet Aviation Task Force and its leading editor in this topic having created wonderful articles about WWII personalities (biographies) and aviation collisions.
Makes outstanding contributions to football articles, particularly about Cardiff City and its players, managers, and history. Over 63 DYKs, 23 GAs and 6 FA Lists. Displays fundamental attention to detail.
Impressive resume: over 50 DYKs, 43 Good Articles, 8 Good Article Topics, 1 Featured Article, and 2 Featured Article Lists.
Brought one of the most viewed articles on Wikipedia, World War II , to GA status. Among the few and privileged Million Award recipients. Dedicated and detailed research is a norm. Wikipedia needs more editors like White Shadows
Recognized for
membership in WikiProject Military history and WikiProject Ships
Does outstanding work with Hawaii related articles. Has over 55000 edits and over 150 DYK's, 3 dozen good articles, half-a-dozen A-class articles and 4 featured articles.
A real Champ! Gazal world has created 150 articles and improved many more, primarily related to Gujarati writers. Additionally, he is a prolific vandalism/pending changes patroller and spends time helping other editors at the resource exchange noticeboard, where he helps find and deliver sources for editors to create and improve other articles. Article improvement is what he loves to do. 80% of his 5500+ edits are in the mainspace.
A prolific editor with over 69000 mostly gnomish edits. Set up Wikipedia:Typo Team/moss, a project that automatically finds typos on Wikipedia through a database search leading to 1000's of typo corrections and entries. Invaluable technical skills and general editing ability.
His superlative contributions to military history have made a most significant impact on the project's content. He works continuously removing neo-Nazi apologia from multiple articles. He is the editor most largely responsible for tackling the Clean Wehrmacht myth to the extent that it has impacted articles. Note this essay in which he cogently outlined the problem and how to deal with it
Enterprisey is one of our most valuable technical editors. His user scripts such as the AfC helper script, the delsort script, the reply-link and many more are immensely useful and powerful pillars of editing. His labs tools are part of many workflows and include such things as xfd-stats and vote-history. He is also diligently at work writing articles. He doesn't seek fame or recognition and has stayed unfailingly polite and superhumanly patient.
NorthA does numerous maintenance tasks, fixes and expands articles, and ensures that WikiProjects stay in check. He reduces bare urls and cleanup tags on articles. On WP:CLEAN, NorthA assists with the cleanup and archiving of nominated articles. NorthA also takes care of AFD, AFC, and Vandalism using a fair jurisdiction. NorthA is one of the funniest, nicest, most motivated users.
Recognized for
His work on Food and Drink articles and consistently good and prolific quality content creation
10 year veteran creator of 10000 outstanding contributions to Wikipedia and an impressive amount of high-quality articles. Has also contributed by cleaning up those created by others and frequently serves as a voice of reason in heated discussions. A model editor.
Recognized for
Modesty, an eagerness to accept others' input and an awareness that there is always room to improve.
Notable work
He has added more to the Byzantine Empire than any other editor in the history of Wikipedia
A tireless contributor to articles regarding New York, New York and related topics and creating redirects (for which he has earned a barnstar) among many thousands of other edits.
Recognized for
Being a prestigious member of the Category Wikipedians who spend way too much time editing Wikipedia
A "roadgeek and railfan", Cards works within Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads and Wikipedia:WikiProject Trains to improve Wikipedia's status as the Worlds major information site. He has made hundreds of edits to improve the many transportation templates.
Recognized for
improving article on the hy-ways and bi-ways of America
Lead coordinator at the Guild of Copy Editors (GOCE). Steady copy editing pace often beginning with incomprehensible material on a obscure or technical subject. Up-to-date knowledge of the Wikipedia:Manual of Style. Skilled attention helps many a FA, AC and GA achieve that status. Does admin work for other projects and still finds time to nurture newcomers.
Recognized for
His insightful, detailed and prompt advice and friendly demeanour
160000 edits since 2004. From 2005 to 2008 created over 600 new articles mainly about Australia. A vandal fighter (and mentor of vandal fighters) 'par-excellence'. Investigates specific vandals activity, looking at behavior and history. Gives good advice and guidance to other vandal fighters. Takes the time to Welcome new editors.
This hard-working editor works on "tough to review" AfC drafts. Familiarizing oneself with the subject and responding to article creators creates feedback, guidance and support, improving an article rather than deleting it. Result? Productive Wikipedians. He is consistent and strives for personal self-reflection and review.
He has added over 500 images to Wikipedia articles to our readers benefit. A long-time veteran editor with over 137000 edits (58% in mainspace) who always uses the edit summary. Participates in WP:Manual of Style discussions. A trusted, productive and helpful editor.
A charter member of Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Film/Indian cinema task force; involved with India related topics especially in the Film Industry and awards related to it; a part of the Wikipedia community since 2010. A fundamental contributor to Wikipedia improvement and increasing interest to our readers. Over 80% of his 35500 edits are in mainspace.
A steady contributor with over 7500 edits, 93% in mainspace. His chosen niche is state articles that are missing geo-coordinate data and sometimes maplinks. A member of WikiProject Michigan and WikiProject Ohio
Creates content in the area of children's literature. 7 GA's and 6 DYKs and is striving toward on a featured list candidate. Writes new articles for award-winning authors and their works and improves countless others. A prolific and supportive new page patroller and teacher. Over 10,000 edits and active editing have proven him as a strong asset to the Wikipedia community.
Recognized for
Organizing info in articles related to young-adult literature
Proud member of WikiProjectFeminism and WikiProject Women writers, Rescues articles at risk of deletion at AfD. A kind and welcoming attitude that always improves the discussion for all involved.
"Witty" creates and edits articles, makes redirects on many orders of insects and moths, diligently counters vandalism, contributes to the Articles for Deletion, helps and guides WP collaborators. Over 72,000 edits with 90% to main space!
Prolific editor and contributor with 42% of 338000 edits in main space. Created 57,699 articles and 19 categories, most of which are on insect and moth species and an overwhelming number of 91 Did You Knows for the main page. Additionally, Wilhelmina Will has reviewed a significant number of 122 Good Articles and numerous other articles at Articles for Creation.
A veteran editor that has improved numerous animal-related articles through 63,100 edits w/ 77% in mainspace. Created 1600 articles, uploaded 16,000 images and 55 templates
Recognized for
having a fully amiable and cordial disposition to old and new editors alike
Outstanding contributor in underrepresented areas of Wikipedia with great attention to detail: WikiProject Catholicism, National Register of Historic Places WikiProject, and WikiProject U.S. Supreme Court cases. He has promoted 5 articles to GA, 2 to FA, and has received 2 Four Awards. Over 25 contributions at DYK. Took William Matthews to achieve; Did You Know, On This Day, Good Article, and Featured status. Fellow editors learn a lot from him.
Over 52,000 edits with 80% in mainspace. 38 Good articles, 13 Featured articles, 3 Featured lists, and 130 Good Article Reviews. Has uploaded 54 images and created 66 DYK's. Contributor to all facets of content creation. Received a Million Award, 1 Three-Quarter Million Award and 3 Quarter Million Awards. Other prestigious awards include: 50 DYK Expansion Medal, the Standard Triple Crown, the Imperial Napoleonic Triple Crown, the WikiProject Video games Triple Crown, the Alexander the Great Edition Triple Laurel Crown, the WikiProject Australia triple crown, and the Awesome Wikipedian Award.
Continuously improves the encyclopedia. Works on underrepresented groups. Created over 300, authored 5 DYKS, and is active patroller on many more. Exemplar of the Wikipedia spirit as a wonderful collaborator
Does "the small things on Wikipedia to make them a little bit better". like checking the capitalization of species common names and fixing them to match WP's editing. Displays vigilance and determination doing copy editing and other things.
Does important work protecting articles from "Conflict of Interest" editors while responding politely and with patience. Many editors can be actively hostile to COI editors and so they don't appreciate the time and effort that is required to communicate solutions.
Jerome comes up with graceful solutions to problems, gives positive feedback in a delightful way, considerate and helpful, receives everyone with kindness and provides "valuable assistance" upon request, open-minded and non-confrontational, a teacher that "provides expertise" and interesting discussions.
Recognized for
Convincing Rather Than Insisting and 13 Quality Years of Exemplary Editing as a Valuable Asset to WP
A 13 year veteran editor with over 15,000 edits. Works with passenger flights with no fatalities but a detailed investigation. Finds difficult sources and researches with a degree of awesomeness. A pleasure to work with.
Produces a level of excellence all editors should shoot for since 2006. Laid the foundation of Mexican crime articles. Extensive work in Mexican aviation articles (specifically for the Air Force). Contributes to astrobiology, astronomy, and planetary science (specifically Mars) articles.
Recognized for
Being a trusted advisor with over 50,000 edits and 200 new articles
Created 148 articles and 7 templates. A prolific and helpful article reviewer. Lead coordinator of the Military History Project. Offers sage and calm advice.
Recognized for
participating in two United Nations-led peacekeeping missions
13 year veteran editor. Promotes the values of genuine collaboration and knowledge sharing. Steadfast in abiding by the Principles of Wikipedia. Engages with sensitive Eastern European subjects. Shows an evenness of temper and commitment to scholarly, collaborative outcomes. First Class editing work.
Recognized for
extraordinary consistency and engaging productively with editors in conflict.
A creator of numerous finely crafted, detailed and grammatically superior articles. A prolific reviewer of all manner of FA nominees. His insight, sympathy and dry wit lift the tone and quality for all of Wikipedia.
Recognized for
being a Wikipedian sans peur et sans reproche
Notable work(s)
abound in the areas of culture and upmarket entertainment
96,000 edits since 2012. Active new page reviewer and Wikipedia Teahouse host. A long serving member at Wikipedia:WikiProject Schools and Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention. Has more experience on US school articles than probably any other WP editor). One of WP's most active editors (#617). Diplomatically pursues a healthy workplace for fellow editors.
Recognized for
many years of high quality contributions, with varied interests and pursuits.
Diligently works to curtail spam and other unwanted content. Instrumental in safeguarding Wikipedia against external link spamming. Maintains two anti-spam bots that monitor edits that may be affected by conflicts of interest. On the content side, Beetstra has contributed to the Chemicals, Chemistry, and Pharmacology. Wikipedia's reliability has benefitted from him ensuring the trustworthiness of our resource.
Tireless effort on behalf of South African political articles. Writes and sources above average. A pleasure to interact with. Alwys thankful for assistance. Excellent contributions. Loves politics but remains nonpartisan when editing and contributing.
10 year veteran editor. Incredibly welcoming to new editors, willing to share knowledge and experience. Adopter in the Adopt-A-User program with expertise and interests in several areas.Organised WP events and promoted and supported Wikipedia in the real world
Recognized for
being the top editor for the WP:Teahouse and organizing Glam events
Copyeditor and Translator. Inserts punctuation, corrects verb tenses, improves substance, fixes typos and edits and writes for "geeky topics" such as internet protocols. Does RfCs and answers questions and does third-party edits on very contentious articles,
Makes outstanding and sustained contributions with over 24,500 global edits to Wikipedia projects. Pays attention to detail when referencing. Involved in training new users in Ireland and is an active member of the working group for Wikimedia Community Ireland. Actively and positively thanks other editors in the WP community.
Recognized for
demonstrating the collaborative spirit of Wikipedia
A true unsung hero working behind the scenes giving sage advice to all. Nicknamed "Eagle Eyes" for their proficiency at editing. Coordinator at MilHist. Assessing and reviewing articles that are nominated for promotion, Totally committed to the WP project.
Veteran editor of a staggering number of quality articles, including 187 DYKs, 40 GAs and recently their first FA. A pre-eminently qualified teacher of the Art of Creating WP articles. A modest and unassuming Wikipedian and a tireless and skilled researcher. Knowledgeable, extremely productive and supportive, and keen to pass on praise and knowledge. Effusive in their appreciation of suggestions, assistance or assessments.
Recognized for
increasing the representation of women on Wikipedia.
Takes the time to fix referencing errors. Veteran editor with 75K edits, 70% in mainspace and only 6% in talk. Solid and consistent work, averaging 6K edits a year with almost 300 pages created. Using WP:CITESTYLE, he brings consistency to references.
15 year veteran, known by many, respected by all. Wields a steady collaborative persona. Highlights COI issues and calmly combats paid-editing on Wikipedia's top articles. A rare bright star among the sleeping throngs. Improves WP at a high level.
Recognized for
integrity and dedication
Notable work(s)
High quality contributions to multiple important topics and intersects with multiple WikiProjects.
Hard working 15 year veteran dedicated to creating and improving articles about Atlantic and Pacific hurricane seasons as well as regional Cyclone and Typhoon seasons. His other interests are Aircraft, Insects, UK and World Politics.
14 years and more than 400,000 edits mostly dedicated to music articles. Does quiet gnomish work behind the scenes. Thwarts vandalism and makes sure citations are reputable. Has created numerous redirect pages and uploaded hundreds of images of album art.
Recognized for
his primarily focus on music articles and chart information
Notable work(s)
Hundreds of music and album articles. Prince is a favorite
8 years of editing with 70,000 edits and many quality articles. Improves WP's coverage of the history and cultures of southern, eastern and central Asia. Protects articles in controversial subjects from being tainted with fringe theories.
Recognized for
keeping WP up to date in the research of the archaeological history of Eurasia
Editing for 15 years with over 75K edits, Mongo has started over 1223 articles, collaborated on 13 FAs and earned a Half Million Award for bringing Elk to Featured Article status. Active member of 9 WikiProjects.
Recognized for
writing or significantly contributing to hundreds of articles on glaciers, lakes, mountains, forests and waterfalls among other topics
Recently appointed arbcom clerk trainee prepared to do a great efficient job. Impressive amount of work relating to copyright-related matters with particularly notable contributions to WP:CCI where cases can linger for years and require someone with commendable effort to reduce this backlog. Money emoji fits the bill
Recognized for
dealing with copyright, writing the occasional rap article, and reverting vandals
Notable work
becoming an ADMINISTRATOR the day after receiving this Award
Persistent and dedicated work implementing and replacing tens of thousands of uses with Module:Sports table without much recognition. One of the top edit counts of all time with an amazing 750000 edits.
Creates wonderful and interesting articles. Over 45,000 edits, more than 90% with 736 pages in mainspace; 609 quality stubs, 85 start-class articles, and 3 DYKs. Improves BLPs and many sports-related topics. An absolute delight to work.
Recognized for
improving coverage of African-sports related topics
Confers with our most knowledgeable and experienced editors. Impressive knowledge of WP with ability to clarify for others. A Peacemaker during disagreements. Active since 2007 with 93000 edits over a broad spectrum of WP platforms. Focuses on efforts to improve articles of special importance to women and displays a keen interest and participation in Medical topics. Has been very involved with the Village Pump, dealing with policy and proposals and other important decisions. A truly diversified Editor deserving appreciation.
One of the Original Wikipedia Editors that is still active. Raises the profile of the Indian state of Goa in Wikipedia and vice-versa. Does the quality and important work of giving due representation to Indian places, people and culture. Translates from Portuguese. Promotes Wikipedia-editing to the wider India community. Active at Wikimedia Commons and Konkani Wikipedia.
13 year veteran editor with more than 185,000 edits, many about about Canada and Canadians. A self-described wikignom. Vast and noteworthy breadth of contributions. Active part of WikiProject Canada. Extensive contributions to articles about major Canadian cities and to coverage of Canadian sports.
Writes biographies of women recipients of an Akutagawa Prize, Naoki Prize, or MacArthur Fellowship. Tirelessly translates material from Japanese to English. Has had 7 articles featured on the main page at Did You Know and 1 GA. Editing Wikipedia since June 2018 and has shown high-quality work. Over 50 articles created since he started.
Wikipedia influences and informs the media and the public by way of dedicated editors who provide reliable sources for coronavirus-specific content. The 150+ members of the COVID-19 project consistently protect these articles from vandalism and bias, organize reliably sourced data into a readable format and, most importantly, instill and maintain accuracy amongst all edits with the expertise and professionalism expected by the Wikipedia community. This Award encompasses all the editors (members or not) who have shown focussed collaboration.
At work since 2006 amassing 200,000 edits and 20,000+ images. Focus is on coverage of National Register of Historic Places articles in particular those in Florida. Finds time to keep articles free from vandalism and BLP violations and to show his thanks and appreciation toward other editors.
Improved Wikipedia's coverage of the Holocaust in Poland and Czechia, and of Ireland. Brought a dozen articles to Good Article status (with one to Featured). Involved in reviewing activity at FAC and ACR.
Counter-vandalism, article creation, and the featured article nomination process are ares where this editor works. Reverts and blocks vandals and trains others at CVUA. Has created many articles, mostly about obscure Scottish buildings; some achieved GA status. Shows civility to all.
Editing since 2005. An amazing asset to Wikipedia:WikiProject Ice Hockey. Created over 290 articles but spends most of their time improving stubs. Often works alone but embraces the collaborative spirit of Wikipedia. Wikipedia has become a better encyclopedia due to Flibirigit's involvement.
A consistent voice of reason to many policy boards since NOV2018. Brought levity and humour into heavy discussions at ANI and AN and other RFC discussions. Contributed 2 high-quality GA's and 5 DYK's. Editing balance within the namespace count totals. A highly productive and insightful editor.
A behind-the-scenes hero. Created over 2K new articles on historic characters or places, working sources to maximise WP information. Reduced red links in large articles, Provided context and background. Friendly and serious editor creating pleasurable interactions. Set up 115 new categories.
Effective FAC coordinators, writers and protectors. Co-edits the MilHist Project newsletter. Participates in many necessary but unheroic backroom activities providing sane and sage advice.
A top editor with a kind manner and over 1,200 articles with many as contributions to Women's biographies and gender and/or disability. Participates in de-stub-ithons with a beeming collaborative spirit. Shares information that is consistently informative and well presented. Active in promoting and attending edit-a-thons and Wikimedia events. Active with uploads to Pinterest and social media on behalf of the Women in Red Project.
Works toward the goal of making WP one of the world's best sources for information. Joined in Jan2006, over 1.5 million edits and 3,000 articles. Reliable. selective writer, looks for human interest and encyclopaedic salience. A strong content contributor to Irish & British politics. Removes incorrect information, enhances other editors work with format improvements and contributes to the organisation of information with edits to our catalogue & disambiguity pages. Committed to integrity, she is one of our more peaceful editors; helpful and kind.
Focussed editing of articles associated with indigenous people, specifically the Sami with editing more on the Sami and Finnish wikis than on the English version. Readers learn more about indigenous people and editors learn how to write about their own culture by seeing Yupik's personal work and cultural advocacy. Has uploaded many images and helped others understand the culture of Wikipedia so that things are done right when creating and improving articles within this focus. Active with Wikidata in this regard.
A gifted and dedicated and praiseworthy contributor to Wikipedia with a talent that shines through all his extensive contributions. Unfailingly kind and polite, and an insightful contributor all along his journey. A clerk of the Arbitration Committee, he engages in much of the behind-the-scenes maintenance work that keeps the encyclopedia humming along.
A tireless worker improving the dog-related articles. Removes unreferenced material, provides expert WP:RELIABLE & WP:SECONDARY sources, and always engenders discussions in a mature, constructive, and WP:POL knowledgeable manner. Countless hours are spent by Cavalryman in the necessary research, the adding of reliable sources and copy editing, and participating in the clear collaborative effort to improve the overall quality of Wikipedia's articles.
Recognized for
a quote on his User Page:My contributions are usually to rectify information gaps I notice in Wikipedia (usually on obscure topics). I hope others will take up the baton and expand upon my meagre effort
A top promoter and reviewer of FA and GA articles in numerous topic areas; Agriculture, Animals, Biology, Camouflage, Coloration, Evolution, Species interactions, Mimicry, History and philosophy of science, Natural history, Living things in culture, Culture, Cookery, Islamic culture, Maths and art, Tolkien, and Yoga. Acquired 9 Million Awards, 22 Half Million Awards, and 7 Quarter Million Awards. This second Eddy is small thanks for years of outstanding collaboration
A wonderful example of a true Wikignome: inserts grammar corrections and MoS compliances in a helpful and almost ridiculously modest way. They assess things on many levels. They correct basic grammar flaws in your FAC in such a way as to leave it error-free. Many veteran highly-experienced editors turn to Jenny asking to check over their articles. She has spent years of putting that final sparkle on Wikipedia's best articles.
Consistent and excellent worker in the behind-the-scenes areas of Wikipedia: WP:UAA, WP:RFPP, WP:CSD, and revision deletion requests. A helpful and consistent contributor in those areas as well as recent changes patrol work, These are the thankless areas of Wikipedia that most editors don't even know about but are nevertheless very important tasks.
A diligent 6 year Veteran Editor contributing widely throughout the encyclopedia. Has created over 200 articles to increase the visibility of women on Wikipedia, usually focusing on red links in Hall of Fame articles. Over 45000 edits are mostly (68%) to mainspace. Member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Reliability, Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange and Wikipedia:WikiProject Copyright Cleanup. Contributes to the expanding advancement of Wikipedia.
Active for five years with more than 20,000 tpical edits. Significant contributions related to the politics of Europe, European ethnography and Indo-European studies: a complicated and fluctuating group of articles marred by numerous controversies. His knowledge and approach to the subject of Indo-European studies display scholarship and neutrality. He has improved coverage of tribes of ancient Gaul. A critical voice of reason and productive arbiter in heated discussions.
Works untiringly at the NPP and guides other editors on NPP policies. They work dedicatedly, every day, cleaning and editing and protecting the queue. The time spent accomplishing the needed work and their dedication to Wikipedia is impressive and is appreciated by all editors.
Adam Cuerden does amazing things with image restoration that enhance the enjoyment of Wikipedia readers.. He turns image flaws into wonderful depictions that naturally enhance article presentation. His User page explains: "Image restoration requires careful work and attention to detail, and a willingness to spend a few hours removing individual dust spots with the healing brush....". His focus and the time he invests into his unique participation at WP lifts the pride of all editors.
Recognized for
Image Restoration
Notable work
His restorations currently make up about 7.5% of all featured pictures on English Wikipedia.
Juxlos provides outstanding contributions to Indonesian articles and Covid topics. He regularly checks the news for covid information and should a notable Indonesian die, he creates a biographical article for their historic record. He promotes Indonesian articles to DYK and ITN.
A veteran and longtime valuable editor and professional historian making numerous invaluable contributions to Wikipedia by improving large numbers of important articles. He delves into complicated and controversial subjects with dedication and expertise and has played a decisive role in keeping such articles scholarly and neutral.
Recognized for
articles related to German History and the Germanic peoples.
User Hog Farm has been a Wikipedian for about a year and has been very busy. Last count was in Sept2020 with 56 GAs, 7 ACRs and 3 Featured articles. The count deserves checking daily. They have managed to review over 200 GANs and are just as busy with ACR and FAC reviews, as well as "advanced Wikignoming", such as becoming a minor expert on WP:NGEO. An administrator in the making.
Recognized for
content creation and keeping things ticking behind the scenes
One of the stalwart unselfish editors of Wikipedia. 19 GAs, 2 unusually difficult and thorough FAs, 30 DYK's and 85 GANs reviewed. A high level reviewer while performing basic Wikignoming. Writes descriptions and lists of all Featured Articles, Featured Lists and Featured Topics for The SignPost. An administrator specializing in page deletion (an oft contentious area). A Military History coordinator.
A long time veteran editor, typical of the backbone of Wikipedia. Broad interests: two Featured Articles are Hyborian War - it features Conan and Sentence spacing! Conscientious and thorough in their article creation; filling in gaps in a much neglected area. Their approachability, helpfulness and civility are models of best Wikipedia practice. Their level of Wiki-activity is commendable.
In a 3 year career they've created many quality and interesting articles improving Wikipedia's coverage of women while tirelessly working to create thousands of edits at WP:ERRORS, WP:ITN and WP:DYK. A Model editor that is polite, helpful and productive.
15 year veteran with over 500 articles created. Enormously helpful reviewing and contributing to many other articles. A regular contributor to the MilHist and FAC processes. Offers constructively critical advice that is content-focussed and founded in subject matter and wiki-savoir-faire. Approachable and enormously helpful to all editors. Produces and amends high quality maps, several of which grace FAs. Active participant in the WikiCup competition and is a newly elected coordinator at MilHist. zed -->
Recognized for
helping increase the coverage of women on Wikipedia
Since joining Wikipedia in March2018 Ermenrich has left a strong mark. He has a PhD in medieval German literature and has created several high-quality articles related to this field such as Legends about Theodoric the Great and Sigurd. Ermenrich has made substantial contributions to articles on important controversial subjects and ensures that such articles remain neutral and of high-quality. When the inevitable controversial discussions occur he plays an important role in helping reach consensus
A 2 year editor with over 200 articles in English Wikipedia. Focused efforts on WP's biographies of women from the Global South. Able to track down and assimilate reliable but hard to find information about important female figures. Active involvement in Women in Red and other projects. She opens a future for sharing the world's knowledge.
15 year Veteran Editor with broad knowledge on many topics. Has created thousands of high-quality articles and made a monumental contribution to our coverage on these topics. Also a welcome and frequent voice of reason in complex discussions.
In just a few months of being an editor Invasive Spices has already accumulated over 1000 edits in areas of interest like invasive species, entomology, agriculture, and other scientific topics. Considering that these topics and articles receive sparse attention and input by editors, it is appreciated to see this much activity.
being "a high profile, experienced editor that is also a regular bloke" and for doing incalculable good for the project. Always helpful: willing to school, guide and encourage. Has helped hundreds of articles attain FA status. Winner of the The Jolly Tired After Having Done a Fantastic Job Award in 2012. Takes the heat for speaking the truth. A Hero to many and Villain to a few.
Rickfive straightens out inconsistencies and has created many readable, well referenced new articles every day. 17500 edits with an amazing 95% in mainspace. Fixes article duplicates with either deletion or merger and is the type of editor who forms the bedrock of Wikipedia.
Recognized for
his sustained and high-level of creativity.
Notable work
Editing various British Army AA artillery units of World War II
The scale and quality of Gog's contributions in many topics and interests are impeccable. Plus, he appreciates fellow editors with words (and awards) of encouragement. His lists of promoted articles and draft main page blurbs (and, especially, its archive}, are impressive. He finished in second place in the 2020 Military Historian of the Year Award. 32 Featured Articles and 81 Good Articles. Known for his tactful, honest and knowledgeable advice.
Active for four years. Administrator w/over 60% of edits in main space. Multi-talented editor who is a mergist with a bent towards deletionism and has worked on a bewildering array of articles and lists. A talented writer. reviewer, and producer of the sort of back room work that WP needs to keep running.
Tirelessly works on a wide range of maintenance activities. Produces impeccable FACs on speculative fiction. They have 12 FA's and 48 GA's. Contributes to DYK
Recognized for
impressively broad interests: Page protection, Main page editor, vandalism intervention, Guatemalan politics, South African music, specialised biology, Abu Ghraib, Indian politics, etc.
Creates content with an emphasis on spaceflight. Two FAs and eight GAs, 52% of edits in mainspace. Encourages and mentors newbies. Strong positive, civil and mature voice for civility and positive reinforcement at WP:WikiProject Spaceflight. Inspires other editors
A long-term vandalism focused administrator and vanguard for WP:VG content. Early this year ferret spent hour after hour fixing the lists (1, 2, 3, 4) which assisted and supported new editors. Awards banners to newbies which often keeps them participating.
Veteran editor, administrator and educator with a Ph.D. in linguistics. Created and substantially contributed to hundreds of complicated and controversial articles on varied subjects such as Germanic peoples, runology and the Viking Age. Berig's frequently contributes to the establishment of a consensus based on sound conclusions.
A deep thinker about the WP community and community processes. His observations come from a place of great study. A valued participant in maintaining the Editor Retention Project. Brings level headed, helpful and fair thoughts into conversations in which he participates.
A thorough and diligent assistant (with 15,787 edits to English Wikipedia) in helping editors revise articles so that they to meet the strict WP criteria. He has created eleven articles, five of these have GA status and has helped edit over twenty-four articles to achieve GA status. Many of Farang Rak Tham's good articles are on challenging and complex Buddhist theological topics. He works to improve English Wikipedia's coverage of Asian culture.
Diligent & selfless service since 2004. 72,000 English Wikipedia edits mostly about the geography of England. Wide-ranging interests like the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 and Angelus Silesius. Imports open-source or public-domain information. Nearly 4.5m Wikidata edits, particularly in relation to Women in Red. Consistently applies WP editing policies.
A fifteen-year veteran with a staggering amount of Good and Featured content under his belt, Focusses on baseball history and striking down the backlog at CCI. His tireless work is a constant inspiration to those who work with him.
Makes significant contributions to maintain the health and welfare of Wikipedia. Many years of interaction with articles and editors. Over 49000 edits w/89% in main space. Has received droves of compliments from editors he has interacted with.
Tireless removal of all kinds promotional content from Wikipedia. Skillfully handles the ensuing Drama. 12 years of laser focus and incredible patience. 175K edits with a commendable 73% in mainspace.
Recognized for
intervening against vandalism and improper usernames
High-quality work and amusingly helpful conversation. Pristine, easygoing manner, supportive and conducive to the building this Encyclopedia. Produces quality content that is a joy to read. Contribututes to WikiProject Medicine. Many GAs on a spectrum of topics that swings from oft-overlooked areas of medicine to comically serious topics. Wields semi-colons with the passion of an artist wielding a paintbrush.
Valued contributions to the coverage of Medieval European history (notably of Hungary). Three Featured articles and over 50 Good articles as well as dozens of other well referenced articles. Expands the coverage of historical events.
Works tirelessly to create new WikiPedia content while Wikignoming all over the place. He has mentored the nominator User:Neopeius for two years and is one of the backbones of Project Spaceflight.
A well deserved second award goes to Ghmyrtle who helps new editors understand Wikipedia's rules and regulations with kindness and concern. A teacher that likes Rock and roll. Since 2006, over 118K edits with 64% in mainspace. Also edits the articles Origins of rock and roll and Rock music.
Tirelessly works to keep Wikipedia free of vandalism and spam. Recently became an administrator. Dedicated to making the English Wikipedia a better place. Extraordinarily welcoming to new editors by nominating their newly-created articles for DYK so they don't have to figure out how to navigate the complex DYK process as novices. Content contributor, especially for articles about songs, albums, and artists. Promoted a featured article (Lights Up), two featured lists (Harry Styles discography and List of awards and nominations received by Harry Styles), numerous good articles, and over thirty DYKs. A hardworking, helpful Wikipedian who very much deserves recognition for all they do.
A tireless contributor to Wikipedia. 668k edits across 14 years working at behind the scenes gnomery by improving templates and fixing broken markup. The Template Editor user group was introduced in October 2013 and WOSlinker and played a major role by lowering the protection level of over 3,700 templates. Since 2018, they have been involved in the tedious task of cleaning up Lint errors. A head-down get-things-done type of editor valuable to Wikipedia.
Bbuke has edited Wikipedia since 2005 and has been a quality administrator for many, many years. He has created nearly 150 articles and has 30000 edits in that time. When he recently requested his mop be retired, he displayed the type of rare integrity and mentorship that other members of the admin corps might take a lesson from.
Creator of the very useful bot DannyS712 bot III which patrols thousands of redirects on the Wikipedia:Redirect whitelist. The Bot initiates many other approved tasks. The technical side of Wikipedia is complicated. Editors working in that area deserve a pat on the back.
User Nedrutland does amazing editing of articles about his name sake Rutland. Has added local knowledge to improve many of the articles created by other editors without conflict. Editor since 2007 with over 50K edits and a stunning 98% in main space. A superb editing history.
A multi-faceted writer with over 50 article creations which include translations and original writing. An absolutely invaluable contributor at sockpuppet investigations where they are primarily responsible for rooting out dozens of the most sophisticated UPE socks that Wikipedia has ever experienced. One of the most dedicated editors and a model Editor of the Week.
Editing since mid-2013 w/ half of edits to mainspace. 110 Good Articles and a yearly competitor in The Wiki Cup. Enjoys highway articles spanning Nevada, Missouri, Mississippi and Ohio. Has enriched articles on tropical storms, typhoons and cyclones.
Improves good articles into great articles. Two of history's most important pieces of literature are examples of 'Tigers' ability to take available information and correlate and compile them into a well-done collaborative article. He is the type of valuable editor that sculpts high-importance, high-traffic, low-quality articles into high-quality articles. A helpful, kind, and supportive editor
Outstanding contributor to Wikipedia's coverage of American politics, especially US State legislatures, which has been a two year mission. Dedication shows by way of their trawling through thousands of Newspaper.com clippings and their sharing their interest and openness about the topic through conversations on the Discord server. Several Good Articles speak to the quality of his work. Level-headed and humorous.
Does outstanding work at SPI & WPOP. Started editing last June. with 45k+ edits, Blablubbs mainly works as an SPI clerk, helping to analyze and manage sockpuppet investigations of all backgrounds and sizes; work which involves hours of in-depth analysis of diffs and patterns, and can sometimes involve receiving talk page abuse and impersonation. Consistently one of the most active SPI clerks and despite having to deal with LTAs, trolls, and disruptive users, is unfailingly civil and always approachable. An excellent content creator, having translated three articles from German into eloquent and sophisticated English: Dachau camp trial, Hannibal (network), and Das Begräbnis, and expanded another three from existing stubs: Styles Hutchins, Wolfdietrich Schnurre, and Sandwich First Baptist Church (the last one as a collaboration with User:Spicy). His article contributions merited a Precious Award from Gerda Arendt. Experienced, professional, and dedicated. A valuable asset to this project.
In one year DanCherek has quickly become a highly competent, net positive WikiEditor. He fulfills requests at the resource exchange, does copyright cleanup, counter-vandalism, and is always kind and competent. 53% of his 33K edits are to mainspace. A prolific content writer w/ 4 GAs, 1 featured list and 59 articles created with 47 of them high quality DYK articles and articles on women in red.
The work of copyright cleanup maintains Wikipedia status as a reliable source for neutral information. Sennecaster, although a newer editor, has already become a determined and excellent CCI clerk, inspecting articles, and is part of the renaissance at CCI. She also contributes at WP:3O and has been a capable spokesperson for the faction of editors engaging in cleaning up copyright violations.
CaffeinAddict has dutifully improved coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada with over 1,400 edits to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario article in particular and hundreds of informative edits across many other COVID-19 related articles. Their efforts throughout the Covid pandemic deserve community recognition.
Has received multiple million and half-million awards, plus entry in the GOCE Hall of Fame. Most notable is her copyright work spanning over a decade with endless patience, civility, and knowledge. Struggling with copyright policy? Ask Diannaa. She rules the CopyPatrol leaderboard, with over 85,000 closed cases and significant work on multiple cases at CCI. She is an editor and admin that many people respect and aspire to be like.
Does commendable "behind the scenes" work maintaining the Wikipedia:Good articles lists. Monitoring and fixing the Wikipedia:Good articles/mismatches page since early 2020. Handles the hard to notice background tasks that allow everything to keep ticking along. Helps at Featured and Good topics space and contributes splendid content.
Creating over 1000 articles among 81000 edits to help build the encyclopedia. An admin that doesn't need attention: a quiet, admirable, valuable member of our community. Participated in the Women in Red panel at Wikimania 2021.
Dedicated to rail-related articles and varied content creation. Editing since July, 2021 has created over a dozen articles and contributed to scores more. Deserved commendation is due for their service to the project, especially considering they are a newbie. Creates remarkably interesting DYKs about trains (and other things); reading his articles and promoting his hooks is always a joy.
In a short period, thru content creation and administrative work, Giraffer has become one of our very best editors. He shines on the administrative and anti-abuse front; as a CU he is one of the most dedicated, prolific, and competent sockpuppet investigators. Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Sanketio31 is an example of his skill at finding and responding to cases of ongoing abuse from sophisticated actors seeking to exploit Wikipedia's vulnerabilities. Without Giraffer's work and input, significant cases of ongoing abuse would have gone undetected.
Coolabahapple has created hundreds of articles on notable children's books, provided assessments for thousands more, and frequently chimes in with thoughtful responses in AfD discussions. Many appreciative messages on their talk page speak to their always cheerful demeanor and invaluable contributions to Wikipedia.. Also performs valuable tasks like fixing reference errors in articles and adding references to unsourced material. A great Wikipedian
More than half of the over 10,000 edits since she began in 2016 have been to mainspace. An active member of
Wikipedia:WikiProject Medicine,
she efficiently edits varied medical articles such as Leprosy, Asthma, Concussion and COPD and communicates evidence-based medical approaches. Actively recruits, connects and shepherds new editors and works toward the best interests of WikiPedia. A great example of the type of collaborative and friendly editors needed by Wikipedia
Almost 50,000 edits (over half to mainspace). Over 100 informative articles about island territories in the US which have made for a couple dozen ridiculously interesting DYKs. Has a ""chefs kiss" of information about tiny islands. Written quality articles such as Simp, 1-pentadecanol, and Extremely Online. Great software work with the Oracle for Deletion and PressPass. Taken ownership of some technical newsletters and is helping to revive them.
Almost 10,000 edits, 13 featured lists, 11 good articles, 19 DYK nominations, an A-class article, a featured picture, and 3 featured articles. Greatly interested in American politics. Their efforts to cover the history of U.S. presidents, presidential candidates, presidential elections, and other aspects of national politics have been absolutely outstanding and super engaging. Active in the field of DYK with 14 Featured while helping to build prep sets and raise flags at WT:DYK. Personable, enjoyable to work with, and remarkably sane.
Dedicated to the CS1 template and cite errors where Trappist is a leader in doing the repairs that are necessary. 330K edits to mainspace. Takes the time to understand people and get the gist of things. Does the arduous work that needs to be done like fixing hundreds of thousands of cite errors. He contributes to making the CS templates and works with Monkbot. Member of WikiProject Ships.
Outstanding technical editor with versatile mainspace and behind-the-scenes work. Part of BAG and is a template editor and bot-operator to a host of highly valuable jobs, including G13 draft notices and DRN statuses. Fixes messes caused by MediaWiki bugs. Filled the void after the loss of HasteurBot so that editors receive "return to work" reminder notices from Firefly Bot after 5 months of inactivity. Helps out at copyright cleanup, helping close cases at CCI, and is a trainee arbclerk. Still has time for writing GA articles such as Anna Sorokin and Chicken gun. An extremely well-rounded editor that helps make the project run smoothly with a friendly attitude
A new hard working editor that cleans-up and archives dead bare URLs. Helps combat article vandalism with over 99% (260K edits) to mainspace. Very collegial and cooperative.
User:AleatoryPonderings/Articles exemplifies the best of the attributes that this editor brings to the encyclopedia. Writes about court cases and literature. Fills in major gaps in our coverage. Does the leg work at WP:WIR, WP:ITN/WP:ITNRD, and WP:AFD. A great team approach makes it a pleasure to work with such an invaluable contributor. One of the friendliest people on the site, always happy to help people out. Stellar work (with many others) at Wikipedia:Featured article review/J. K. Rowling/archive1
A dedicated editor working on all things Canadian covering a wide range of history, politics, and social issues; always with good sources and good writing. Created a well-crafted, aesthetically pleasing gallery of templates for article topics on Canadian matters. Strives for visual and thematic consistency. A good, solid, dependable editor who does "the job of choice" with a minimum of fuss.
Recognized for
excellent contributions to the Canadian presence on Wikipedia!
Positive efforts at WikiProject Ice Hockey by writing and significantly expanding hockey articles on a regular basis. Excellent work at their good article nomination (GAN) of Connor McDavid, an article that needed a thorough overhaul and was a daunting task. Created 36 articles with 1 achieving Featured status. 10K edits with over 52% to mainspace. Participates in monthly GAN Backlog Drives and GA reviewing.
Jgstokes has overcome arduous life-challenges in order to edit Wikipedia. They have donated their time since 2007 with over 10K edits with 58% in mainspace. Their main area of focus is particularly difficult to edit: Religion. A member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Latter Day Saint movement. Their honest inciteful and stellar writing has greatly enhanced the articles they work on. One of the most cooperative editors
A dedicated user of the edit summary. Active since Nov2007 with over 144K edits with almost 70% in mainspace. Article Rescue Squadron member and frequent contributor to WP:DYK and WP:In The News. Has created 32 articles on the English language Wikipedia; notably Frank Murphy and Northern Michigan. Reports vandals and spam at Administrator Intervention Against Vandalism. Works for the benefit of Wikipedia and to improve the World through shared knowledge.
Active since May 2018. Over 9000 edits with 91% in mainspace. Especially active at improving information at COVID-19 pandemic in Australia and Louis Giustiniani. A trusted, productive and helpful editor and a member in good standing at Wikipedians in Western Australia
Joined in 2006 but has re-activated their activity in the end of year 2020. Very active at Wikipedia:WikiProject Football/Nominations for deletion and page moves and Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting on a vast variety of topics such as: sports people, women, football, India, England and many others. A veteran editor that participates in respectable content creation while also involved in behind the scenes work. Continues to be a process-savvy asset to the project.
Consistently works at reducing the image sizes of non-free works. He has received barnstars to recognize that it means we don't have to wait for DatBot to do it. Active since February 2020 and has over 6000 edits with 95% in mainspace (about 70% of the mainspace edits are in the file namespace). Reverts unconstructive edits and has created over 100 user talk pages where he informs the users that their edits were either unconstructive or vandalism. The user has also created a couple of pages and is a member of WikiProject COVID-19
An active editor that diligently improves articles about Canada and does a lot of great work all around Wikipedia. Contributed to 10 featured lists about municipalities. Created several maps about highways and communities. Been enthusiastically working on a variety of articles since 2009 with more than 108,000 edits (more than 80,000 have been dedicated to mainspace). Well deserves wide spread recognition outside of WikiProject Canada
Editing since Dec 2017 with 97% of his edits in mainspace. Focusses on American political events and related subject matter. Improves working relationships, especially with new editors. A great researcher and considerate editor with valuable and forwarding input during article construction.
Engaging, thoughtful, and fun. An arbitrator and upstanding administrator with an impressive amount of content work. The primary contributor at varied articles like Cactus wren, Vermilion flycatcher, Gallic Wars and Giant pumpkin. Creative, patient, and deeply kind.
A full decade of dedicated Editor of the Week awarding. A one-man-army, just keeping up nominations, posting, and keeping regular tabs on every aspect of this Wikiproject. A tireless contributor to all of Wikipedia with edits spanning back 14 years. Forever present, making good solid contributions wherever he goes.
RoySmith works tirelessly behind-the-scenes at SPI. Editing for 17 years with over 70,000 contributions and shows no signs of slowing down. Defends the barricades against the "socky" hoards and puts his coding skills to work developing tools that allow SPI clerks and CUs to extract information from old cases quickly and effectively. SPI is a corner of Wikipedia that is very much behind-the-scenes; working there is repetitive, often pretty grimy. RoySmith has been doing a disproportionate amount of that work for a long time.
Recognized for
preventing spammers from damaging the encyclopedia
Editing since 2006 with 130,000+ edits. An all-around amazing WikiGnome. Helps at the Help Desk and the Language reference desk. Does helpful things like adding coordinates to geography-related articles.
Consistent and patient in creating a plethora of articles on Australian flora especially for the Australian Biota project. Contributed a mass of varied plant photographs from all over Australia. Polite and patient with solid editing skills, depth of knowledge, relentless work ethic and the ability to calmly engage with others.
A class act. Contributions across several arenas and topics such as paintings and Chinese history. Quality source reviews to several featured article candidates, both thorough and constructively worded. A magnificent 112 reviews at FAR making them part of the essential backbone of FAR. A wonderful servant of Wikipedia. A special mention for reforming the WP:Vital articles project, seen here. Aza24's work ethic, civility, and underrated work on obscure topics are an example for the rest of us and make them a deserving candidate for this honour.
Recognized for
delegating at WP:FGTC and playing a major part in keeping that project alive
Enthusiasm coupled with openness, coordination and realism is rather remarkable, An active participant at Wikipedia:WikiProject Rocketry and WikiProject Spaceflight/SpaceX. Time will decide any outcome, but, even if the moon is missed, one falls among the stars.
A tireless trainer and mentor of editors wanting to become counter vandalism patrollers and new page patrollers. Tutors several students at once while they, themself, engage in heavy counter vandalism and main space editing. A true all-rounder, incredibly friendly, knowledgeable, and patient.
Recognized for
training and mentoring many at NPP school and at CVUA
Welcomes new members and gets them started with important editing information. Paves the way for newbies to become as similarly enthusiastic as he is to increase the circle of WikiPedia editors
Creates & expands multiple women's biographies on a regular basis, and coordinates behind-the-scenes work Women in Red events at Wikipedia:WikiProject Women in Red/Ideas. Has edited over 650 articles since 2017, uploaded over 1200 files to commons and regularly coordinates events for Women in Red.
Recognized for
being a definite asset to the project
Notable work(s)
designing numerous logos for editathons for both Women in Red and Women in Green
Author of 42 GA's, 7 FA's, 6 featured lists, 3 good topics and 1 featured topic mostly about modern pop music. American singer Meghan Trainor's article was littered with fancruft. Marano transformed it into a featured Article. Puts in solid shifts at FAC, reviewing other editors' nominations and making insightful and constructive comments to help them on their way to promotion. A wonderful contributor at DYK.
A nice, steady reliable 3000 edits since joining Wikipedia in 2015. Trouble-free and easy to work with. Has added hundreds of mural images to the article List of United States post office murals. The enhancement to the article that other editors created many years ago is like seeing a seed that was planted still producing new flowers under the watchful care of a new gardener.
Edits articles about the smaller streams and tributaries in the Mid-Atlantic states of the U.S. Mainspace edits number over 10000. An active participant at Wikipedia:WikiProject Rivers. Added census and population figures to various articles on U.S. towns and municipalities, improving their informative value.
Does "the work that all too often goes unappreciated" which is exactly what this award was designed to do: give a deserving editor a pat on the back for a job well done. Matt is a member of Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Railways.
Recognized for her brilliant DYK prep work, eclectic article writing and active promotion at DYK, creating many prep sets and userscripts to speed up the process. She frequents WT:DYK, making quick decisions on nominations and significant contributions to discussions. leek's featured work ranges from United States congressional delegations from Hawaii to C. J. Cregg to the ever-debated Pronunciation of GIF, and her GAs are no less varied! Her sense of humor and ease of manner does not go unnoticed.
She deserves much of the credit for her incredible work at Women in Green, making it into what it is today. Her attention to the project has kept it alive and growing. Her initiative in organizing project editathons has inspired a huge influx of high quality contributions while accommodating new and inexperienced editors.
Recognized for
creating and substantially improving dozens of articles about notable women
This veteran editor finds it "always a pleasure to help". Works on (among other things) articles about cantons and townships and voivodeships as a member of WikiProject France and WikiProject Poland. 85% of his article creating efforts are in Mainspace. Cycling is another interest.
This editor has made over 5200 edits since 2014 with a remarkable 96% of them to article Mainspace. Many of the 500 articles he has created display his interest in Ireland and the English Civil War. He recently began designating the category for the various Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland into the article for each. He is to be commended for taking the additional time and effort to create articles for the missing personages as he uncovers them.
Persistently creates and tidies up articles, constantly improving and refining the all-important citation information while repairing headings and links to other articles. 52% of his 13000 edits are to Mainspace while often making contributions to Wikipedia:In The News and Wikipedia:Vital Articles. He is a member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Indonesia and has created 16 Mainspace articles.
Grapesoda22 has been editing since 2009 and has made 72,000+ contributions.with a staggering 93% percent of those edits to mainspace. Articles and lists about Aqua Teen Hunger Force are favorites. They do many helpful things around the encyclopedia and deserve recognition for their efforts.
Sdkb has done a lot of amazing things. Created 239 articles, 68K edits with a respectable 56% to mainspace. But most memorable is their diligent effort in streamlining many of the templates used to welcome new editors. They also run the valuable SdkbBot and help out at the Teahouse.
This editor inputs Commons maps for 100's of articles on stations/operations of the Chicago "L" and converts maps to improved formats on Interstate and U.S. Route articles in Illinois. Adds Commons categories where needed. Improved the standard of coverage for these articles in incremental but impactful ways
Recognized for
inspiring other editors to take initiative in mapping-out stations and landmarks
The amazing Czar is a long time editor and administrator. The project would hit a deadlock without them. Additionally, they have over 100 GA's and is always around to help others with their own GAs and FAs, asking for no recognition of their own. They are a wonderful addition to the halls of EOTW
Amazing contributions in both Wikipedia and Commons. Focus is on North Carolinian articles. Heavy contributions to countless other articles (full list can be found here) ranging from notable political leaders, towns, cities, and counties in the state. Helped to improve multiple county pages. Spends hours working on them, especially in the "History" sections. Has uploaded 100s of images to Commons with a fair portion of that number being their own creations. Helps to improve lesser-known pages which many times lack a photo in the infobox.
Recognized for
sterling work being done as a coordinator at WikiProject MilHist.
15 years of magnificent service to Wikipedia and outstanding help around FAR and PR. Sadly, the royalty section of Wikipedia is not as active as other sectors. However, Dudley has constantly managed to push out quality article after quality article. See this PR as an example.
A scholar, a gentleman and one of the truly bright lights and inspirational editors in the WP community. He has made massive contributions for 16 years, especially as an administrator, helping to make Wikipedia a more trustworthy source by rooting out misinformation and vandalism. A trusted, productive and helpful editor who is worthy of a talk page filled with thanks and well wishes from fellow editors.
Victuallers' article creation efforts at WP:WIRED are a tour de force. He has created nearly 3,000 articles in total, personally tipping the imbalance of gender biographies towards equity. As a helpful collaborator, Victuallers provides advice to others (see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Women in Red). In 2020, Victuallers created a biographical article about one woman every day for 360 days straight. Amazing!
You will not find Whispyhistory on any of the drama boards. Content creation is her calling card. She has a staggering 433 (at last count) DYK credits to her name and over 500 article creations. Her edits number 48883 with over 82% to Mainspace.
An active editor since 2018. Edits various TV series articles such as Big Sky. Has made over 100K edits with a remarkable 90% to mainspace Has the ability to remain civil despite "heat" thrown her way. An exemplary editor.
A top WP editor with over 280000 edits, 89% to mainspace. Over 400 articles created on topics like college football, basketball and rugby, and other sports related articles pertaining to conferences and tournaments and realignment and statistics and more. A long standing member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Kentucky.
:Rhododendrites edits an exceptionally wide variety of topic areas (example:here) both in WP content (62000 edits) and at Commons (78000 edits), many attaining deserved Featured Article and Picture recognition. This editor has a history of helping at the reference desk, inputs dialogue at various noticeboards with thorough, logical, courteous and civil comments, and is dedicated to improving the neutrality & integrity of Wikipedia. Also, they have improved many "List" articles (see:List of hip hop musicians) and is a recent event coordinator at Wikimedia New York City.
A consistent and steady inputting of knowledge into Wikipedia since 2006. 192K edits with a remarkable 93% in mainspace. Focusses on many aspects of New Hampshire geography but stretches his efforts to reach many regions in the U.S. Interested in maps and mapmaking and is a member in good standing at the typo team.
This editor diligently works to create and improve biographical articles about women artists and is helpful and informative to so many editors in so many ways. They went above and beyond to finish and develop articles that were in draft status for deceased editor User:Possibly. When articles that are in need improvement are identified, Netherzone seems to, without fail, put the time in to improve them.
A very active editor that exhibits role-model behaviour, exercised care, and handles disagreement with diplomacy. At WP:AFD JoelleJay carefully analyses every candidate and provides evidence and policy-based votes. They maintain a list of women academics that have high impact creating a starting point to enable other editors to create articles about notable women academics, thereby reducing the gender imbalance on Wikipedia.
Red-tailed hawk is reasonable, methodical and a pleasure to work with. RTH continues to create detailed articles about vital social issues with about a third achieving A/B/C class. RTH is exceptionally cooperative and collaborative, making positive contributions as a AFD copyright clerk. Displays diplomacy, kindness and helpful editing .
Recognized for
being easy to work with
Notable work
Started article creation activities with Uyghur genocide in 2019
Makes profound and immense improvements to Ancient Egypt related topics, often surpassing 100 references, carefully balancing the diverse opinions of Egyptologists and spanning English, French and German sources. Authored 14 featured articles and 7 good articles, which includes an FA for all nine rulers of Egypt's Fifth Dynasty. Their contributions extend to a host of other Egyptian rulers, including edits to articles for nearly every ruler of the region's ancient history. A member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Ancient Egypt
16 year veteran that makes immense contributions to the encyclopedia. Has written over 10,000 articles, many of high quality and has over 1000 DYKs placing him sixth all-time. Has hugely improved Wikipedia's coverage of American football, and may be the greatest editor in that topic area ever. Has saved countless articles from AFD.
Very active at WP:AFD. Notable for article improvement efforts & carefully presented arguments. Consistently makes detailed justifications of their !votes and notable for finding lesser known sources. A long list of bios is impressive. Avoids the rush of extreme keep or delete camps. Very active at various WP:WIRED endeavours and significantly helps reduce gender imbalance on Wikipedia.
The article 2023 Titan submersible incident required skill and foresight to assure clarity while maintaining camaraderie between editors. Significa liberdade has been one of the most active members to the contributions of this fast-moving article to assure timely and factual information for our readers. Created almost 400 articles on books, people and literacy awards
Recognized for
creating WP articles for current and rapidly fluctuating events.
A true unsung hero. Over 24,000 edits going back to 2009. Maintains articles relating to Canadian football and collegiate Canadian sports, updating player and coach articles with the most recent transactions and news. Also a prolific article creator, having written a high percentage of the articles for players in the Canadian Football League, plus many of the teams' seasons and coaches, totaling over 1,100 article creations. Additionally is active in getting photos for sportspeople, having uploaded nearly 2,000 images
84 Featured Articles on science fiction magazines, prehistoric and Anglo-Saxon history plus all the reviews he does at FAC and the fabulous work he has done revamping ChristieBot at the Good Article process. 380 reviews at GAN. Editing since 2006 with 60000 edits. 663 reviews at FAC (174 of them in 2022)
Recognized for
keeping the FAC statistics up to date and the associated tools working
Nominated for the second time to receive the Editor of the Week award. This time for consistency in expanding a high volume of articles to an outstanding level of quality, nominating these articles and getting most of them to pass GA nomination. Additionally, they nominate many items to DYK following all procedures and guidelines including completing high quality nominations and QPQ at DYK. A frequent and insightful reviewer at FAC.
Recognized for
never losing their cool while working constructively and determinedly
Expands Wikipedia's coverage of American broadcasting with over 600 DYKs since March 2019. 89 Good Articles and one Featured Article. Dedicated to creating quality content for the project. Always a pleasure to work with.
Recognized for
her prolific, high-quality work in the GA area and on radio stations
A quality content reviewer at WP:FA and WP:peer review. Excellent work in music, TV, and video game content. Always thoughtful and kind, no matter where he is posting, and he is especially good at making editors feel appreciated with positive feedback. He brightens the day and is valued by the WP community.
Rarely seen in high profile volatile noticeboards, instead making careful opinions at WP:AFD, and giving advice, something many have benefited from over the years. Active in new page patrol, article assessment, and has created 30+ articles. A deserved award for their kindness, especially to newbies. We need more of that around here
A kind soul that frequently offers sage advice about content creation and is diligent in the creation of GA and FA content. He has pushed quality article after quality article and is one of the most individually influential and important editors the site has ever had. Set a high standard for high-importance Chinese topics, yet has also brought this quality to Parthian, Macedonian and Egyptian topics. He may be the only editor to have more than one VITAL-3 FA.
After the passing of editor Possibly, this Wiki Friend organized efforts to complete all of Possibly's drafts. A regular contributor at articles for deletion, both in terms of contributing and making difficult closes. Active at Deletion Review. Always kind, humble and open minded to alternative opinions, Star works on articles about artists, especially women artists, and museums and has created over 300 articles! The project benefits from Star's kindness, work, and collaborative spirit.
Recognized for
being a sensible and dedicated editor and administrator
This editor has been working at WikiPedia since August of 2020 and has over 10000 edits. Thru the efforts of many fellow editors, Women in Red gave her the purpose of sharing (with her daughter) the stories of amazing women. At her core she is about civil collaboration. Kindness, civility, understanding and respect are her "Wikipedia symphonies" that she shares with others. Her view of Life speaks to her heritage and culture. She sees our individual lives as a Song and the path we walk as a Dance. She brings these beautiful embracing thoughts to her Wikipedia editing and deserves acknowledgement. Kind, diplomatic and encouraging of others.
Works tireless at Wikipedia:Graphics Lab/Photography workshop to create, edit and repair graphic content of articles by improving photo images. The forum is active with editors requesting photo edits. A graphics design superstar that handles requests by fellow editors to enhance their images all the while improving Wikipedia's finished product. PawełMM has nearly single-handedly curated the requests and delivered excellent results for many months now, possibly years. Quick with requests and thorough in their work. Instrumental in giving many language versions of Wikipedia a better outlook by improving images. A truly selfless editor and the definition of an unsung hero! His efforts are behind the scenes.
A consistent and reliable editor, who maintains administrative and content-creations sides of Wikipedia with ease and excellence. Over 70,000 edits over his 15 active years with over 120 good articles, 24 featured articles, and next to 100 featured lists, mainly about animals, science fiction, and the early years of video games. Active in maintaining scripts in Wikiproject video games for quick-glance stats.
Recognized for
his well-mannered cooperation and continuously friendly reputation
Does virtually everything from countervandalism, AfC, CSD, NPP, to cleaning up copyvios and more. Mainspace work, especially in weather and current events related articles, is solid too, with 4 DYKs, 3 GAs and several In The News nominations. Projected to get a mop and bucket one day.
Recognized for
being an excellent content creator and vandal fighter
A prolific NPP coordinator and a VRT Agent. Can be seen closing Requested Move discussions and responding to edit filter false positives. Works to train student editors at the CVUA. Always polite and civil towards all other editors and his maintenance work is top-notch.
Larataguera edits to improve and expand content on environmental justice issues with most of their contributions found in the intersection between human rights and the environment. Maintains a helpful page of needed articles and created a local impacts template to improve how Infoboxes on mines are able to document environmental impacts. Participates at Good Article Reviews and Featured Article reviews, pushing for greater coverage of historical issues of injustice. Has created many articles with the notable theme of resource extraction and its impacts on local populations and the environment.
Recognized for
spending time on much needed set of often neglected issues
A major contributor to some of Wikipedia's most important and vital articles that were in sub-standard condition. Phlsph7 brought them all to good article status in a matter of months with forbearance and top-tier contributions. This user makes knowledge more accessible to all.
Fakescientist8000has around 10,000 edits with a solid 57% of them to mainspace. Fake's best known for their work and suggestions at WP:ITN/C, where their input is always welcome and appreciated. They are known for their reversion of vandalism and work around Recent Changes Patrol. Always civil and willing to collaborate with everyone.
An excellent content creator having contributed to multiple featured lists for NFL players such as List of National Football League annual passing yards leaders and List of National Football League annual passing touchdowns leaders. 50% of his over 220K edits are to Wikipedia main space. Among the most active in maintenance work such as New Pages Patrol (46,000 patrols). Also, an excellent AfC reviewer doing excellent work at RfD, Articles for Creation, countervandalism and XfDs. Sports related articles attract new editors that are unfamiliar with our policies and Josh is always willing to help editors navigate the varied Wikipedia processes.
His dedicated and excellent work is known by many. As an NPP reviewer and co-ordinator, a valued content creator and writer of many useful scripts and many software patches on Twinkle and the (ever-ailing) PageTriage. Has over 14,000 edits to Wikipedia mainspace along with numerous important contributions to the encyclopedia.
A 12 year veteran with over 60,000 edits to the main space and an additional hundred thousand in other spaces. Has created over 10,000 pages and has been inspirational in getting other editors to follow his lead. Gonnyms is an editor that has been lacking the recognition he deserves. This will fix that quandary. He is a busy member of both Wikipedia:WikiProject Film and Wikipedia:WikiProject Television
Ctxz2323 has created or expanded over a dozen articles on Chinese characters, including: Chinese character orders, Chinese character components, Chinese character sounds and Chinese character meanings. His contributions are backed with emphasis on offline/non-English sources that are traditionally under-represented on the English Wikipedia. Makes use of the WP:AFC process to ensure new pages are aligned with Wikipedia's editorial policies. Furthermore, Ctxz2323 has participated constructively in editorial processes that can be challenging for newcomers, such as this AFD nomination
A prolific article creator, especially articles related to organized labor, left wing politics and biographies. Written almost 5.000 articles which are always well referenced with reliable sources and are a pleasure to read. Featured over 700 times on the "Did you know...." section of the Main Page. They are always civil when interacting with others, especially when reviewing other DYK nominations
One of the most prolific and respected sports editors of all time, contributing to baseball and football articles for almost two decades. Amassed over 200,000 edits (#251 all time), reverting an untold number of subtlety hidden vandals and making pages conform to style guidelines. Created over 5,000 articles (top 100 all time) on some of the most popular modern athletes. The vast realm of athletic articles would be drastically diminished without his hard work.
Acknowledged for tireless back end work at WP:ACC doing the thankless task of creating accounts for users who wish to make an account but cannot due to underlying IP blocks. Operates MDanielsBot, which helps clear stale AIV reports. Additionally, they work on responding to edit filter false positive reports. Their technical skills have been a continuing benefit to Wikipedia and its editors.
A great and prolific editor who works and provides fantastic contributions in the underappreciated and underrepresented area of Korean topics. A member of WikiProject Korea, Toobigtokale combats systematic bias by engaging in high quality editing such as Utoro, Uji, Budae-jjigae and Koryo Ilbo.
Recently retired Schminnte was a wonderful editor and top-notch content writer who mainly worked on articles about music, with recognized work such as Blood on the Floor (Turnage), Scaramouche (Milhaud), Monotron and A (For 100 Cars). They also worked on maintenance tasks such as New Pages Patrol, CSD, AfC and vandalism reversion in addition to content work. Well wishes are in order!
A prolific source and image reviewer at FAC while clearing up the backlog at WP:FACSR, Their myriad of extremely high quality contributions demonstrates extraordinary skill and knowledge. Serves as an administrator on the English Wikipedia displaying their dedication to the project, One of the pillars on which FAC relies producing endless high quality source reviews.
Over 170 FLs, dozens of FAs and several GAs and DYKs. A 15-year admin with a kind and humble attitude and modest demeanor. He keeps the FLC and FAC process running by tirelessly producing prodigious numbers of quality reviews and numerous well researched nominations. Appreciates the work of others. Sublime content work spans areas including sports and music. Identified as an Awesome Wikipedian.
Recognized for
being a prolific featured content contributor and reviewer
An editor since 2005 and admin since 2006. A prolific content creator and Featured Lists creator about UNESCO World Heritage Sites with over 50 successful FLCs in total, which put them in 15th place on the List of Wikipedians by featured list nominations. Aside from FL's, they are also quite active on ITN/C.
A truly fantastic editor. Editing since 2005, he is one of the most prolific Wikipedians of all time, contributing to college sports articles and amassing over 500,000 edits (#42 all time), while cleaning up an untold number of infoboxes and making pages conform to style guidelines. A prominent member of the College football WikiProject. Created over 1,000 articles.
Creates quality content at a surprising rate:38 articles with 21 GAs. Works at articles about historical figures and coins and is dedicated to producing the best editing possible. Additionally, she is fun to chat with on the Wikimedia Discord server.
A persistent quality content contributions. They have helped to promote over 70 articles to Good Article status and at least 4 articles to Featured Article status, 2 of which they created. They have been a quality contributor and coordinator at the military history WikiProject since October of 2022. Their contributions (over 20000 mainspace edits) to the site are always of the utmost quality and they are always easily approachable.
A tireless work-a-holic at Mongolian history articles. Airship has improved vital articles such as Genghis Khan, Tolui and Ai-Khanoum throughout their 8 year Wiki-career and has written FAs such as Baljuna Covenant and Siege of Bukhara. Work in promoting hooks to prep areas in DYK and regularly participates in GA and FA reassessments/reviews. Their frequent FAC reviews are notable for their incisiveness and thoroughness.
Although a relatively new user as far as active editing is concerned he has done really high-quality work on religious history topics. His general but not exclusive interest is on the topic of Celtic Christianity. Two examples can be found at Gates of Heaven Synagogue or Melangell. Religious history is sadly under-represented area on-wiki and great editors like Sawyer strive to improve it.
This editor has displayed continuous and impressive effort in improving and creating articles related to Washington state. Recent contributions include 2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, List of Seattle Mariners seasons, and MLS Cup 2019. In addition to having nearly 200 good articles, which is the 16th most of any editor, they have over 240 DYKs, 20 featured articles, and 11 featured lists, a very large portion of which are related to Washington state or entities within the state. Their quality contributions are just fantastic and the content work is impressive, needed, and valuable.
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