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Revision as of 10:09, 24 November 2017
| Order of the Day | |
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| Awarded by Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales | |
| Type | Wikipedia award |
| Established | 15 January 2001 |
| Motto | We make the Internet not suck |
| 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) | Wikipedian of the Year |
| Part of a Wikipedia help series on |
| Wikipedia Awards |
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| Awarded by co-founder Jimmy Wales |
| Awards by WikiProject |
| Barnstars and other personal awards |
| Awards by number of edits |
| See also |
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The Order of the Day is a Wikipedia award order bestowed honoris causa by Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales, founder of Wikipedia, typically to a Wikimedia developer for exceptional service to the community. Its motto is "We make the Internet not suck", derived from an interview with the founder. Since its founding in 2001, the total amount of inductees include 5 persons.
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 Wikipedia", which he proclaims in his usual authoritarian and bossy manner that he is not, in a tradition of general amusement.
List of inductees; ergo Wikipedia holidays
- Wikipedia holidays are a part of the Wikipedia:Awards honour system.
- January 15 since 2001: Wikipedia Day (not actually proclaimed by Jimbo, just universally acknowledged)
- 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: Brion Vibber Day, for "his 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"
See also