Actually, we already published a blog post https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/12/remembering-aaron-swartz-1986-2013/ at the time, which did very well when it was reposted on social media last year (Michael did that, IIRC, and may have numbers still). So for that purpose, a new post doesn't really seem necessary.
How about writing a new up-to-date post instead that maps how Wikimedians have hold up and continued to be influenced by Aaron's memory, enabling us to incorporate information from after mid-January 2013? I could offer some photos from Wikimania 2014 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=4&user=HaeB&ilshowall=1&dir=prev&offset=20141101000000 for illustrations.
On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 12:21 PM, Ed Erhart eerhart@wikimedia.org wrote:
This Sunday would have been Aaron Swartz's 29th birthday—a Wikipedian and social activist who died in 2013. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz.
I'd like to publish a blog post about Aaron that day—specifically, updating and republishing the article I wrote for the Signpost two years ago after his death. However, I'm looking for opinions on whether this is a good or poor idea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-01-14/Specia...
Please feel free to send me your thoughts directly if you would rather not express them on a public list.
Thanks, everyone.
-- Ed Erhart Editorial Associate Wikimedia Foundation
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