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Most of the Wikipedians are unknown people.
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99% of them are anonymous.
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In the process of writing, I learned.
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We're not necessarily looking to be altruists.
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It's like you can't stop us.
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Wikipedia turns 20 this year.
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Wikipedia is documenting
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what's happening right now, what happened in the past,
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and predicting the future.
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Every Wikimedian is a superhero.
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We would destroy the hydra of ignorance.
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Anyone can jump onto that same article
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that you wrote make an improvement
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and even make it better than what you intended.
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The moment you land on a Wikipedia page
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Like, I'm home.
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more than randomly.
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You've done something relevant and exceptional
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in the last year or so.
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And two, you have the potential to be inspirational.
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To be Wikipedian of the Year
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Is to be part of a community
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and to try to bring out
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the best of ourselves to make it progress.
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It's awesome!
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It's an honor, and it's awesome.
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Then I suddenly saw everyone was looking at me.
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So I asked my friend - What's going on?
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Why is everyone looking at me?
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They said I think he said your name.
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I didn't know what to say on the stage.
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It's inspirational.
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Because when I received the award
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it wasn't a 'Felix' award
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It was an African award.
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It was a Ghanaian award.
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Everybody felt a part of that award.
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For our small nation (Armenia),
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it is important to be Well-known
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and to preserve our language.
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I was feeling the importance and responsibility of it.
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Being Wikimedian of the Year is a pride.
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It's inspiring.
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It's encouraging.
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It's an honor.
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It's a joy.
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It's a commitment.
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It was everything.
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When you go into meetings, and
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you have to introduce yourself,
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and you say you are Wikimedian of the Year,
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and your colleagues are cheering you on,
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yeah, that's also exciting.
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Being a Wikimedian of the Year is not just a title
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and you are forgotten.
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will be announced during
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Wikimania on August 15.
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Wikimania 2021 will be online
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and everyone's welcome.
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See you there.
