Coolest Tool Award/Form questions and translations

The nomination form is written in English and the answers are reviewed by the Coolest Tool Academy which is composed by a group of individuals that speak several languages, but not all.

In this page you can see the form questions in different languages, so that you are able to understand the nomination form in your own language, and some advice for translating your comments to English so that the Coolest Tool Academy members are sure to understand them.

Translating answers from your language to English

There are many online translation services, with different supported languages and privacy policies. You can pick one and translate your comments to English and put them on the form after the comments on your local language. Here is a list of services:

• Google translate
• Deepl
• Bing
• If you know of other useful services, please add them here...

Form questions

Here you can see the form contents in your language. Please help translate them to your local language if you can.

Thank you for participating in the Coolest Tool Award nominations!

Please see and accept the privacy statement to proceed with the survey.

Your input makes this award possible. You may make as many nominations as you like, just submit a new form for each one. All nominations are due by 23 MARCH 2026. You can find translations of the form questions and some instructions for translating your answers to English on this page.

There are lots of great tools out here. What is a tool? It’s software that:

• Makes work easier, more efficient, more fun
• Facilitates the work of volunteers, brings in new contributors, or improves wiki projects
• Some examples: gadgets, MediaWiki extensions, websites and web services, APIs, mobile applications, desktop applications, bots, notebooks, user scripts, games. But what makes a tool the coolest? The goal of the award is to:
• Celebrate good work and appreciate developers
• Share useful tools with wider audiences
• Encourage contributors from across our developer communities

Consider tools that are:

• Doing something new and exciting
• Really helping with your work or your communities’ work
• Evolving with changing needs or building on essential workflows

There are 8 questions in this survey.

1. (Required) Your wiki username
2. (Required) What tool do you want to nominate? Please include a brief description
3. (Required) Provide a link to the tool
4. Wiki username(s) of tool developer(s)
5. (Required) Why is it the coolest? Tell us how it helps you and makes a positive impact on the communities
6. Provide a testimonial about the tool. Give an example of how you use it, how it has improved workflows, etc
7. Can we publicly share your answers and comments about the tool? Your comments about the tool (anonymized) are very helpful and could be used for the award ceremony presentation and other documentation like the wiki page about the awards.
   • Choose one of the following answers
   • Yes, you can share my comments anonymously
   • No, keep my comments private
8. Did you attend the Coolest Tool Award presentation at Wikimania 2025 or watch the video?

• Submit
• Thank you for your nomination. We hope to see you at the award presentation!