* From Pine *

I would like to express gratitude to people who, instead of running away from the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic [1], are "running toward the fire", especially people who voluntarily accept personal risks. This includes many health care workers and people who have other public service roles including civil protection volunteers, journalists, firefighters, security personnel, and people who provide other essential services such as in food banks, homeless shelters, nursery schools, public utilities, and transportation. I am thankful for their courage and sacrifices. Also, I am thankful for the many people who are sharing and publishing information for public benefit, including on Wikimedia projects, the Internet Archive [2], and OpenStreetMap [3].

Special thanks to User:Bdgzczy [4], who started the article on English Wikipedia regarding the pandemic [5]; to User:Universehk [6], who started the article on Chinese Wikipedia [7]; and to Chinese doctors Ai Fen (艾芬) [8] and Li Wenliang (李文亮) [9], who gave other doctors early warnings about the virus.

* Gallery of people helping people in the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic * (Some of the descriptions are whole or partial copies or translations of text or filenames on the description pages on Commons; please see the Commons pages for the original descriptions and filenames.)

* A nurse measuring the body temperature of an outpatient in Hubei TCM Hospital, Wuhan, China [10] * A doctor wearing special protective suit for the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak treats a patient in Hubei TCM Hospital, Wuhan, China [11] * A Civil Protection volunteer measures the temperatures of people before they enter Guglielmo Marconi Airport in Italy [12] * New York National Guard Soldiers hand groceries to members of the community at a food distribution point at Hope Community Services in New Rochelle, United States [13] * A worker disinfects an ambulance in Daegu, South Korea [14] * A supply fence for the needy in Kiel during the COVID-19 pandemic in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany [15] * A sign that says "Keep Calm and Edit" with the Wikipedia logo [16]

* From Clovermoss *

Once again, I would like to express my sympathies. There are so many people going through so much right now. It's difficult to write words that can even begin to describe it all.

COVID-19 has impacted so many aspects of everyday life. Many people are relying on Wikipedia for reliable and accurate information, and the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic article receives more than a million pageviews daily. As of the time of writing this, there are 597 articles within the scope of WikiProject COVID-19 [17]. There is an article about the outbreak in 110 languages, which collectively have received more than 34.9 million pageviews. [18] Editors from across the world are collaborating together to make Wikipedia a better place, and that is something I am incredibly thankful for.

I'm also thankful for all the people who are supporting others. The everyday heroes of our world: healthcare workers, parents, caregivers, volunteers, and countless others. Thank you for making the world a better place.

* Concluding comments *

What’s making you happy this week? You are welcome to write in any language. You are also welcome to start a WMYHTW thread next week.

Additional translations of the subject line of this email would be appreciated on Meta [19]. Thanks to User:94rain [20] for the Chinese translation.

Clovermoss (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Clovermoss) and Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )

* Links *

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pandemic [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Archive [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenStreetMap [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Bdgzczy [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2019%E2%80%9320_coronavirus_pande... [6] https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Universehk [7] https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2019%E5%86%A0%E7%8A%B6%E7%97%85%E... [8] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ai_Fen [9] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li_Wenliang [10] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_nurse_measuring_the_body_temperatu... [11] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_doctor_wearing_special_protective_... [12] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emergenza_coronavirus_(49496308758).... [13] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_York_National_Guard_(49675777971... [14] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%EA%B5%AC%EA%B8%89%EC%B0%A8_%EC%86%8... [15] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Covid-19-Versorgungszaun(Kiel)-msu-1... [16] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Keep_Calm_and_Edit... [17] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:COVID-19 [18] https://tools.wmflabs.org/langviews/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=a... [19] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine/WMYHTW_translations [20] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:94rain