ウィキメディア財団/コミュニケーション/ウィキ祝い
ウィキメディア運動の存在は、世界中から集まる無数のボランティアその他のウィキメディアン、多様な背景や人生経験の人々が人類の知識の総体に貢献しているからこそ存在しています。この運動の外部の人々にとって何がわかりにくいかというと、世界規模の協力の規模があまりにも大きくて困惑してしまいます。多くの編集者はあまり評価されることもなく、一人きりでずっと貢献してきたはずですが、その方が良いという人たちもいます。他の人たちは仲間同士の親愛と承認から励ましを受け気分を高揚させる、役に立つと認めています。今日こそウィキメディアの傑出した人物、この運動の柱となる人を祝うため、どんどん拡張し続ける知識というパズルの一つのピースである人を讃えましょう。
ウィキメディアンをお祝いしよう
Barnstars are a beloved way of expressing gratitude for each other in the movement, but often without further public attention. We have no shortage of amazing contributors to celebrate and we are dedicating this space to them. WikiCelebrate is an easy, collaborative way to spotlight Wikimedians and their amazing work throughout the year. Each month we will celebrate a different Wikimedian and invite your help in further celebrating them! If you know them, share a great anecdote about your work with them. If there are others we should celebrate, please nominate them. In addition to your love and gratitude of course, the Celebrated Wikimedians will receive a limited edition barnstar, a small gift, and posts on Diff and social media.
Read about all the previous Celebrated Wikimedians!
We plan on presenting the Wikimedians of the Year in this space as well and will soon create an in memoriam page as we mark the passing of fellow Wikimedia friends and colleagues.
Mea Hanohano
The word 'wiki' is at the root of our nomenclature. That’s Hawaiian for quick. Honouring this quintessential term, we are calling this section hanohano for honour, distinction, and prestige, and adding mea to create mea hanohano, an honourable person. So, we are here to celebrate honourable Wikimedians of the highest distinction and prestige, Wikimedians of exceptional commitment and contribution.
今月、お祝いする人物とは……
Ellie
Like many now-contributors, Ellie discovered the Wikimedia movement through participating in an outreach activity. It was 2019 and Ellie took part in an Art and Feminism workshop held in the Centro Cultural de España en El Salvador. This event, dedicated to enriching Spanish Language Wikipedia content related to notable women from El Salvador, taught Ellie how to make first steps in the Wikimedia world, create her own user page, look for sources, discuss with other editors, and (most importantly) add content to Wikipedia. For her, a professional journalist and communicator, this newly discovered wikiworld, focused on sharing information and storytelling, was fascinating from the very first moment.
She started making her first edits and thanks to Ellie, Spanish Wikipedia gained content about female athletes, like swimmer Aurora Chamorro or long distance runner, Vanessa Veiga. She also engaged in Wikimedia Commons, where you can find her uploads of exhibits from Museo de Artes y Tradiciones Populares de El Salvador, and on Wikidata.
“Maybe I see it as very long term, but the digital gap in El Salvador is still a challenge. I would like Wikimedia projects to be a space with academic information and scientific dissemination, a tool to enhance knowledge about El Salvador and the Latin American region.”, she says when asked about what keeps her going.