UK Wikimedian of the Year
The annual UK Wikimedian of the Year Awards began in 2012, to recognise and celebrate those whose work has helped the UK Wiki Community over the last year.
There have been various categories awarded since the Awards’ inception (see below), but for the last few years, we’ve invited nominations for the UK Wikimedian of the Year, Partnership of the Year, and Up & Coming Wikimedian.
Nominations are invited from the community each year, and these are reviewed by a committee made up of staff and invited volunteers from the Board of Trustees and the Community Development Committee. The awards are then announced at the Community Celebration in November, which is the descendent of the WikiConference UK, where the awards were first presented.
The University of Edinburgh Learning Teaching and Web Information Services Team, with their WMUK Partnership of the Year 2018 Trophy.
Winners of the UK Wikimedian of the Year 2014 awards, with Jan-Bart de Vreede - Chair of the Wikimedia Foundation third from the left.
Alice with her Positive Wikimedian of the Year 2018 award, at the Wellcome Collection where she started as a Wikimedian in Residence
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2024
| UK Wikimedian of the Year 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| UK Wikimedian of the Year | Partnership of the Year | Up & Coming Wikimedian of the Year | |
| Fran Allfrey
Honourable mentions Ruby Imrie Sae Kitamura |
GLAM-E Lab
Honorable mention: The National Trust |
Perigrinate Avellana
Honourable mentions: Jonathan Deamer Joanne Forster-Martin | |
2023
| UK Wikimedian of the Year 2023 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| UK Wikimedian of the Year | Partnership of the Year | Up & Coming Wikimedian of the Year | |
| Nick Sheppard
Honourable mention: Ian Pigott |
Royal College of Nursing's History of Nursing Forum (HONF) "Nurses in Red"
Honorable mention: Khalili Collections and Dr. Glaire Anderson of the University of Edinburgh |
Heidi Berg
Honourable mention: Sophie Whitfield | |
2022
| UK Wikimedian of the Year 2022 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| UK Wikimedian of the Year | Partnership of the Year | Up & Coming Wikimedian of the Year | |
| Lucy Moore
Honourable mention: James Boyes |
WCCwiki
Honorable mention: National Galleries of Scotland and the Fruitmarket Gallery |
Dr Kirsty Ross
Honourable mention: Karen Bowman | |
2021
| UK Wikimedian of the Year 2021 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| UK Wikimedian of the Year | Partnership of the Year | Up & Coming Wikimedian of the Year | |
| Marco Cafolla
Honourable mention: Ian Watt |
London College of Communication
Honorable mention: Scotland, Slavery and Black History project at the University of Edinburgh |
Abd Alsattar Ardati
Lucy Moore | |
2020
| UK Wikimedian of the Year 2020 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| UK Wikimedian of the Year | Partnership of the Year | Up & Coming Wikimedian of the Year | |
| Caroline Ball
Honourable mention: Ian Watt |
National Library of Scotland
Honorable mention: University of Edinburgh |
Emma Carroll
Laura Wood Rose | |
2019
| UK Wikimedian of the Year 2019 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| UK Wikimedian of the Year | Partnership of the Year | ||
| Dr. Jess Wade
Honourable mention: Andrew Gray |
Amnesty International
Honorable mention: Dumfries Stonecarving Project | ||
2018
| UK Wikimedian of the Year 2018 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| UK Wikimedians of the Year | Partnership of the Year | Positive Wikimedian of the Year | Up & Coming Wikimedian of the Year |
| Gwenno Elin Griffith & Eiri Angharad
Honorable mention: Dr Sara Thomas |
University of Edinburgh
Honorable mention: WiciMôn |
Alice White
Honorable mention: Andrew Davidson |
Delphine Dallison
Honorable mention: Nour Geres |
2017
| UK Wikimedian of the Year 2017 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| UK Wikimedia of the Year | Partnership of the Year | Honourable Mention | |
| Kelly Foster
Ewan McAndrew |
The National Library of Wales | Simon Cobb | |
2016
| UK Wikimedian of the Year 2016 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| UK Wikimedia of the Year | Partnership of the Year | Honourable Mention | |
| Dr Martin Poulter | The Open Educational Resources conference, University of Edinburgh | Navino Evans | |
2015
| UK Wikimedian of the Year 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| UK Wikimedia of the Year | Partnership of the Year | Honourable Mention | |
| Tim Riley | Cancer Research UK | Phoebe Harkins, Wellcome Trust | |
2014
| UK Wikimedian of the Year 2014 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| UK Wikimedia of the Year | GLAM of the Year | Educational Institution of the Year | Honourable Mentions |
| Ed Saperia | National Library of Scotland | University of Portsmouth | British Library |
2013
| UK Wikimedian of the Year 2013 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| UK Wikimedia of the Year | GLAM of the Year | Educational Institution of the Year | Honourable Mention |
| Andrew Gray | National Library of Wales | The Royal Society | The Wikimania London 2014 bid team |
2012
| UK Wikimedian of the Year 2012 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| UK Wikimedian of the Year | GLAM of the Year | Educational Institution of the Year | Honourable Mentions |
| John Byrne | Derby Museum and Art Gallery | Oxford Internet Institute | Geograph Britain and Ireland
Lvova Anastasiya Richard Power |