Editor of the Week
Editor of the Week is a recognition award to thank editors for excellent work, such as the following:
- Writing or significantly expanding and improving articles on a regular basis
- Cleaning up articles by, for example, adding sources, expanding citations with the necessary information, aligning prose with the manual of style, or improving the quality of the prose through copy-editing (such as making the text more concise and removing redundant wording).
- Serving as a notable voice of reason in discussions with other editors.
- Performing behind-the-scenes work, not normally seen by the general community.
The Editor of the Week recognition is intended to demonstrate appreciation of an editor's positive behaviours and collaborative spirit. Recipients aren't expected to be positively perfect in every way; if you encounter editors with sustained patterns of excellence, please feel free to nominate them!
Although editors of all levels of experience can be recognized, please consider nominating an unsung hero: someone less celebrated yet deserving of greater renown. Encourage typically unnoticed editors by giving them their day in the sun!
Process
To nominate an editor for Editor of the Week, add your nomination to the
Nominations page. It should be around 100–200 words, describing why the editor should be recognized, including specific tasks and behaviours that are beneficial to the encyclopedia and the community. After working its way up the queue, your nomination will be posted to the recipient's talk page, so make it a good one. Recipients appreciate knowing the precise actions that are being recognized.
Absent any extenuating circumstances, the clerks for the Editor of the Week program will accept the nomination and modify it if necessary. On Saturday or Sunday, a clerk will present the Editor of the Week award to the editor at the top of the queue. During the following week an "Eddybox" (the current Eddybox for the current week can be seen on the right) is also added to the recipient's page.
Additional guidelines
To spread the wealth, an editor can be recognized as Editor of the Week no more than once in a 12-month period.
If a nomination is discussed, please focus on the editor's praiseworthy characteristics and word any concerns as positively and constructively as possible. It isn't necessary for a nominee to be a perfect editor—the Editor of the Week initiative is designed to spotlight the specific beneficial behaviours and actions described in the nomination.
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