2025:Program/Meet the new Wikimedian of the Year!

Session title: Meet the new Wikimedian of the Year!

Session type: Panel

Track: Village Pump (remote only)

Language: en

Meet the new Wikimedian of the Year Robert Sim and Runner-up awardee Nitesh Gill!

Description

Meet the new Wikimedian of the Year Robert Sim and Runner-up awardee Nitesh Gill!

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Speakers

• Butch Bustria

Butch Bustria is an Overseas Filipino Worker / Wikimedian (OFW) based in Singapore, He use his spare time in doing Wikimedia projects. His first edit was in December 2005 with a series of edits about the Philippines’ hosting of the Southeast Asian Games. In 2010, he along with 4 others co-founded Wikimedia Philippines, the second Wikimedia chapter in Southeast Asia. Since 2017, Butch had been involved in organizing the ESEAP conferences and summits in Bali, Indonesia, in Bangkok, Thailand, in Sydney, Australia, in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia and in Manila, Philippines. He is part of the Regional Funds Committee for ESEAP since 2021. He is remembered as well as the Event lead for Wikimania 2023 in Singapore. Since 2020, he is part of the Wikimania Steering Committee and as of this writing, its vice chairperson.

• Robertsky

Robertsky (Robert Sim) hails from Singapore and was part of the COT for Wikimania 2023 in Singapore. Since 2023, he has been part of the ESEAP Hub Preparatory Council, working on operationalising the hub's annual plan and governance structure.

In 2024, he became an administrator on English Wikipedia, and also started up the Wikimedia Singapore User Group.

• gillteshu

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