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Celebrating the people who go above and beyond to build free knowledge: Meet our 2020 Wikimedian of the Year
When I first created Wikipedia back in 2001, the internet was a very different place. Only seven percent of people worldwide had a broadband connection, and more people spent time building personal websites than getting their news online. I knew what I wanted to create: a free encyclopedia, written by volunteers, for everyone in the….