wikipedia Holidays
Wiki holidays, or the Order of the Day, consist of Wikipedia's founding day of January 15 and four Wikipedia awards bestowed honoris causa by Jimmy Jimbo Wales, the site's 2001 co-founder.
| Order of the Day | |
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| Awarded by Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales | |
| Type | Wiki award order |
| Established | 15 January 2001 |
| Motto | We make the Internet not suck |
| Criteria | Honoris causa |
| Founder | Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales |
| Classes | 1: Wikipedia holiday designation |
| Statistics | |
| First induction | 15 January 2001 |
| Last induction | 20 April 2012 |
| Total inductees | 5 |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | None |
| Next (lower) | Wikin of the Year |
| Part of a Wiki help series on |
| Wiki Awards |
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| Awarded by co-founder Jimmy Wales |
| Awards by WikiProject |
| Barnstars and other personal awards |
| Awards by number of edits |
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With the motto "We make the Internet not suck" derived from a 2005 interview with Wales, four of the five holidays celebrate specific developers and editors and their exceptional service to the community.
History
For the first four years of Wikipedia's existence, at random times known only to him, Jimbo decreed an official Wikipedia holiday. These are to be celebrated annually in the manner described in the proclamation. After a long break, the tradition was briefly resumed in 2012. Please note that each proclamation begins with Jimbo proclaiming "in his usual authoritarian and bossy manner"—meant to poke fun at the general impression that he is somehow the "GodKing of Wiki wikipedia Holidays", which he proclaims in his usual authoritarian and bossy manner that he is not, in a tradition of general amusement.
Wiki holidays
- January 15 since 2001: Wiki Day, the day Wikipedia went public (not actually proclaimed by Jimbo, just universally acknowledged by the Wiki community)
- January 25 since 2002: Magnus Manske Day, "when Wikipedia switched to the Phase II software, the precursor to MediaWiki"
- October 31 since 2003: Tim Starling Day, for "the new parsing algorithm"
- June 1 since 2004: Brooke Vibber Day, for their "incredible dedication and hard work, without which the project should have collapsed a long time ago"
- April 20 since 2012: Justin Knapp Day, to "the first person to ever make 1,000,000 edits"
Gallery
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Wiki Day cupcakes, Washington, D.C. event, 2011.
See also
| Awarded by co-founder Jimmy Wales |
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| Awards by WikiProject | |
| Barnstars and other personal awards | |
| Awards by number of edits | |
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