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维基媒体运动的存在是因为来自世界各地的无数志愿者和其他维基媒体人的贡献，来自不同背景和生活经历的人们为知识的总和做出了贡献。这种全球合作的规模令我们运动之外的大多数人感到困惑。许多编辑长期以来的贡献没有得到太多认可，但他们喜欢保持这样。对于其他人来说，来自同龄人的爱和认可可以极大地鼓励和提升他们。 “我们在这里是为了庆祝维基媒体的杰出人士，他们是我们运动的支柱，是我们不断扩大宇宙知识的拼图”。
Celebrating Wikimedians
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.
This month we celebrate...
Mārtiņš
Mārtiņš Bruņenieks (user:Papuass) made his first contribution in 2005, just two years after his home project, Latvian Wikipedia was created. It was a simple maintenance edit - adding a missing closing tag in an image gallery. But the satisfaction of successfully fixing something in an online encyclopedia sparked his desire to edit more. A couple of months later, his first articles were created, primarily focused on student organizations and a popular sport in Latvia—ice hockey. Over the years, the number and thematic scope of his articles grew: he is now the author of more than 3,000 articles in Latvian Wikipedia across various topics. Readers can learn from him about a Croatian folk dance, a lake in Azerbaijani, a British throne succession, or Latvian female BMX racer, and many, many other topics.
From a single contribution made nearly 20 years ago to becoming one of the most respected Wikimedians in the CEE region, Mārtiņš has taken on many roles: administrator, article author, regional connector, campaign organizer, and translator. During this CEE Meeting, the regional community honored his contributions to the Wikimedia Movement through WikiCelebrate.