Vira Motorko

Vira Motorko
Motorko at Wikimania 2025 in Nairobi
Born	1991 (age 34–35)
Occupations	Internet activist Wikimedian
Awards	Wikimedian of the Year (2024)

Vira Motorko (born 1991) is a Ukrainian Internet activist and 2024 recipient of Wikimedian Functionary of the Year.

Biography and volunteer work

She worked as a geography teacher at the Rivne Humanitarian Gymnasium of the Rivne City Council. ^[1]

She first registered on Wikipedia in 2009, during her first year of university. Since 2012, she has been a member of the NGO Wikimedia Ukraine, conducted training for newcomers, helped with the competition Wiki Loves Monuments, and translated the Wikipedia interface. ^[2]

From 2014 to 2019, Motorko worked with Wikimedia Ukraine as a PR and project manager. Since 2019, she has focused on volunteer contributions to wikiprojects. In 2023, she received administrator rights on Wikipedia. ^[2] Besides developing the project, she hosts webinars and training sessions to help newcomers become skilled Wikipedia contributors. ^[3]

Awards

• Wikimedian of the Year in the category Functionary of the Year (2024, for continuous work on small tasks that often go unnoticed but are always needed: translating technical messages, documenting templates, improving interface messages or formatting). ^{[4] [5]}
• Winner in the Talents for Ukraine grant program launched by the Kyiv School of Economics Foundation (2024) ^[3]

See also

• List of Wikipedia people

References

1. "Practical classes at the teacher's workplace" (in Ukrainian). RGU. 27 May 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
2. Polina Horlach (8 August 2024). "Ukrainian Wikipedia administrator receives Wikimedian of the Year 2024 award" (in Ukrainian). Suspilne Kultura. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
3. "Presenting the new winners of Talents for Ukraine by the KSE Foundation!". KSE Charitable Foundation. 8 November 2024. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
4. Wikimedia Foundation (7 August 2024). "Meet the Wikimedians of the Year 2024". Diff. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
5. Vika Hrynenko (10 August 2024). "Administrator of the Ukrainian Wikipedia received the international award Wikimedian of the Year" (in Ukrainian). The Village Ukraine. Retrieved 21 December 2024.

External links

• "Motorko Vira — Ukrainian Wikipedia admin". KSE Foundation. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
• Opryshchenko, Anastasiia (30 August 2024). "The Sandwich List, School Vandalism, and the Text of the Aeneid. How to Understand and Fall in Love with the Ukrainian Wikipedia, says its administrator Vira Motorko". AIN (in Ukrainian).
• Anastasia Nikolayenko (6 September 2024). "Vira Motorko: "Wikipedia is a way of life"" (in Ukrainian). WOMO. Retrieved 21 December 2024.