Vira Motorko
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Vira Motorko | |
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 Motorko at Wikimania 2025 in Nairobi | |
| Born | 1991 (age 34–35) |
| Occupations | |
| Awards | Wikimedian of the Year (2024) |
Vira Motorko (born 1991) is a Ukrainian Internet activist and 2024 recipient of Wikimedian Functionary of the Year.
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]
