The appearance of this drawing in Wikipedia started in January , 2006 , when it was nominated to be a Wikipedia mascot . The idea and her name came from the anonymous IP address 192.192.170.2 who suggested that Wikipedia should have a mascot like the OS-tans on the Wikipedia mascot vote on January 5 , 2006 . Japanese Wikipedia user Kasuga then drew and posted her in the Futaba Channel on January 8 , 2006 ; she later showed up on the Wikipedia mascot vote .