| Prize
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Year
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Country
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Project
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Description
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Picture
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| Golden Nica
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2004
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USA
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Wikipedia
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Golden Nica for Digital Communities: The top award handed out by the Prix Ars Electronica cyberarts festival; this was the inaugural year for this category, and saw 2 of the 7 Golden Nicas handed out. Includes: public appearances at ceremonies in New York and Linz, Austria; 10,000 Euros; and perhaps an opportunity to lecture about the project in Linz. See Golden Nica Awards 2004 for an account of the awards ceremony.
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| Japan Advertisers Association's Web Creation Award
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2004
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Japan
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Wikipedia
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Web Creation Award for Japanese Wikipedia: The special prize awarded by Web Advertising Bureau in Japan Advertisers Association which is the Association of biggest marketing offices and mass media in Japan
The Award is principally given for individuals who has achived great contribution on the World Wide Web in Japanese although, Wikipedia's activities impressed the judging committee of the Award, and made them honor Wikipedia with a exceptionally given special prize. The ceremony was held on September 9 in Tokyo and two wikipedians attended who have contributed since the early days of Japanese Wikipedia and were also interviewed by judges in advance.
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| Webby Award
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2004
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International
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Wikipedia
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Webby Award 2004 for "Best Community". One of 30 topical awards handed out by the Webby Awards each year. Prize includes press coverage and a five-word acceptance speech.
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| Web User Magazine Award
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2004
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UK
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Wikipedia
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Web User Awards 2004. "Best Factual Website". Joint winner with BBCi News. From Web User, a UK Internet magazine.
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| Grimme Online Award
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2005
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Germany
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Wikipedia
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In Germany Wikipedia won the Grimme Online Award in the category "knowledge and education" together with a special price of the audience. Grimme Online Award is the Online counterpart of "Adolf-Grimme-Award" - the most important German television award.
Two months later, Wikipedia won the Digital Lifestyle Award in the category "Internet Community" bestowed at IFA consumer electronics fair. [1] [2] (German)
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| Wintotal Download of the week 20/05
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2005
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Germany
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Wikipedia
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The German "Wikipedia DVD" has been awarded "Download of the week 20/05" by WinTotal - Das Windows-Portal (www.wintotal.de) [3]
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| Linux Jounal's Editors' Choice Award
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2005
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USA
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Wikipedia
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Editors' Choice Award 2005 from Linux Journal, Issue #136, August 2005. [4] [5]
- Wikipedia wins the Linux Journal Editors' Choice Award for the best Nontechnical or Community Website. While the article itself is dated 2005-06-30, it appeared in the August 2005 edition of Linux Journal.
- First sentence of relevant part: Robert Love calls Wikipedia, "probably the single greatest thing on Earth."
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| Premio WWW
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2005
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Italy
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Wikipedia
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14 December 2005: The Italian Wikipedia has won two awards at the "Premio WWW" (Price WWW) organized by Il sole 24 ore. First award in the category "Education and Work" (... for being the new benchmark in Italy for online knowledge.), and a Special Award for "Internet Educational", assigned in collaboration with the italian Ministry of Technology and Innovation (... because it's a free encyclopedia, born from a collective intelligence that exalts the sharing of knowledge and its free access. Wikipedia is a source of information in constant change that allows to outpace the staticity of traditional paper encyclopedias, and is subjected to a constant work of monitoring/revision made by its users.
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| AMD Award, Digital Contents of the Year
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2005
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Japan
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Wikipedia
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1 February 2006:Japanese Wikipedia has been awarded the 11th AMD Award, Digital Contents of the Year'05, Best Writer prize by Association of Media In Digital.
- Saatchi & Saatchi World Changing Ideas 2005, Finalist
The Saatchi & Saatchi World Changing Ideas innovation contest [6] takes place every two years. The winner is awarded $100,000. Wikipedia was one of 15 finalists selected during the judging process in 2005.
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| Prix Ars Electronica awards
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2005
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Austria
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Commons
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WikiCommons also got the honorary prize at the 2005 Prix Ars Electronica awards.
The 100,000th file had been uploaded to our online repository of free images, sounds, and videos, the Wikimedia Commons. The young project received additional encouragement and recognition on Monday in the form of an honorary mention at the 2005 Prix Ars Electronica awards. More details are in the press release.
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| Trophées du Libre
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2005
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France
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MediaWiki
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In France, MediaWiki won the first prize at les Trophées du Libre, an event promoting free software, in the special php prize.
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| World Technology Award in Communications Technology
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2005
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USA
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Wikimedia Foundation
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15 November 2005 : The Wikimedia Foundation is honored by a World Technology Award in Communications Technology, joining the ranks of other World Technology Network members. See http://www.wtn.net/2005/summit/
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| National Runet Prize
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2006
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Russia
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Russian Wikipedia
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National Runet Prize 2006 in the category "Science and education" for Russian Wikipedia: The prize is awarded by Runet in Russia which was founded by the Russian governmental agency FAPMC which oversees country's mass media. (see also 2006 National Runet Award (ru.))
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| Web of the year
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2006
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Japan
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Wikipedia
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Yahoo! Japan Web of the Year 2006, in the "Web of the Year" and "Information Resource on the Web" categories. Wikimedia was represented at the ceremonies by Imaizumi Makoto (known as Suisui on Wikipedia), who commented "besides hardware, Wikipedia is supported by Japanese volunteers. We are happy to see such a website awarded."
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| OnlineStar
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2006
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Germany
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Wikipedia
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Public Choice in the Category Knowlege, News & Information
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| Giving Geography Its Place
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2006
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UK
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Wikipedia (english)
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"Giving Geography Its Place" Excellence Award, won by the English Wikipedia geography portal for the positive promotion of Geography as an academic subject. GGiP Campaign website
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File:Geography award.jpg
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| National Runet Prize
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2007
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Russia
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Russian Wikipedia
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National Runet Prize 2007 in the category "Science and education" for Russian Wikipedia: The prize is awarded by Runet in Russia which was founded by the Russian governmental agency FAPMC which oversees country's mass media. (see also 2007 National Runet Award (ru.))
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| Golden Site Award
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2007
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Russia
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Russian Wikipedia
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Golden Site Award in the category "Classic" for Russian Wikipedia. Golden Site Award is All-Russian open Internet contest, which was founded in 1998 by Russian departments of IT corporations: IBS, APC, Intel and Microsoft.
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| Web of the year
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2007
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Japan
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Wikipedia
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Yahoo! Japan Web of the Year 2007, in the "Web of the Year" and "Information Resource on the Web" categories. Wikimedia was represented at the ceremonies by Imaizumi Makoto (known as Suisui on Wikipedia), who commented "besides hardware, Wikipedia is supported by Japanese volunteers. We are happy to see such a website awarded."
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| Best media in Aragonese language
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2007
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Aragon, Spain
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Aragonese Wikipedia (Biquipedia)
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Biquipedia and Charrando.com best media in Aragonese language. Trobada de Fabloggers 2007.
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| Quadriga
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2008
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Germany
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Wikipedia
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Wikipedia was one of this year’s recipients of the Quadriga, a German award handed out every year to recognize four people or organizations that “try to create a better world through courage, dedication, and responsible action.” The award comes with a 25,000 euro cash prize for each recipient. The award ceremony took place in Berlin on October 3, the German national holiday celebrating the country’s reunification in 1990. The award for Wikipedia was presented by David Weinberger and accepted by Jimmy Wales.
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| OnlineStar
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2008
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Germany
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Wikipedia
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Public Choice in the Category Knowlege, News & Information
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| Economist Innovation Awards
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2008
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UK
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Wikipedia
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The Economist . Business Process category. Awarded to Jimmy Wales for Wikipedia's advancing public collaboration as a form of product and content development.
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| National Runet Prize
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2009
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Russia
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Russian Wikipedia
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National Runet Prize 2009 in the category "Science and education" for Russian Wikipedia: The prize is awarded by Runet in Russia which was founded by the Russian governmental agency FAPMC which oversees country's mass media. (see also 2009 National Runet Award (ru.))
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| OnlineStar
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2009
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Germany
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Wikipedia
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Public Choice in the Category Knowlege, News & Information
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| Web Fest
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2009
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Serbia
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Wikipedia (Serbian)
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Jury Choice in the Category Educational
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| National Runet Prize
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2010
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Russia
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Russian Wikipedia
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National Runet Prize 2010 in the category "Science and education" for Russian Wikipedia: The prize is awarded by Runet in Russia which was founded by the Russian governmental agency FAPMC which oversees country's mass media. (see also 2010 National Runet Award (ru.))
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| "Star of Internet"
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2011
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Russia
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Russian Wikipedia
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Award "Star of Internet" ("Звезда Интернета") in the category "Who Knows All the Answers").
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| National Runet Prize
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2012
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Russia
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Russian Wikipedia
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National Runet Prize 2012 in the category "Science and education" for Russian Wikipedia: The prize is awarded by Runet in Russia which was founded by the Russian governmental agency FAPMC which oversees country's mass media.
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| Asteroid (274301) Wikipedia
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January 2013
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International Astronomical Union
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Wikipedia
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Asteroid named in honor of Wikipedia.
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| National Runet Prize
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2014
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Russia
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Russian Wikipedia
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National Runet Prize 2014 in the category "Science and education" for Russian Wikipedia: The prize is awarded by Runet in Russia which was founded by the Russian governmental agency FAPMC which oversees country's mass media.
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| National Runet Prize
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2015
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Russia
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Russian Wikipedia
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National Runet Prize 2015 in the category "Science and education" for Russian Wikipedia: The prize is awarded by Runet in Russia which was founded by the Russian governmental agency FAPMC which oversees country's mass media.
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| National Runet Prize
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2017
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Russia
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Russian Wikipedia
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National Runet Prize 2017 in the category "Science and education" for Russian Wikipedia: The prize is awarded by Runet in Russia which was founded by the Russian governmental agency FAPMC which oversees country's mass media.
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| Viola wikipedia
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2019
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-
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Wikipedia
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Plant species named in honor of Wikipedia.
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| National Runet Prize
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2019
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Russia
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Russian Wikipedia
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National Runet Prize 2019 in the category "Education and human resources" for Russian Wikipedia: The prize is awarded by Runet in Russia which was founded by the Russian governmental agency FAPMC which oversees country's mass media.
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