Oh, I will miss him!! I've had many conversations with Kipala over the years. He was a bridge for people and ideas, making the possible real. Always uplifting, and patient with me in the early days of sw:wp. An excellent thought Asaf, to honor his memory. 💔❤️🔥, SJ
On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 5:51 PM Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org wrote:
What a tremendous loss. Ingo was a great Wikipedian, a great human being, and a friend.
It is comforting to know that his great work in Swahili Wikipedia will remain, providing free knowledge to millions of people, forever. His personal example, too, will resonate forever with all who knew him: Ingo's dedication and patient perseverance in the face of frustrations and setbacks was a personal inspiration to me, and I am grateful to have had his example, and for the small part I had been able to play in helping some of his efforts in Africa.
I encourage everyone to consider contributing something on Wikipedia, in whatever language you're comfortable in, perhaps about an east African topic. Ingo would have liked that.
Asaf
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On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 12:42 AM Antoni Mtavangu < antonicmtavangu@gmail.com> wrote:
“Your dedication, leadership, and commitment to helping our Wikimedia communities within the Movement will always be remembered.”
Hello dear Wikimedians,
Wikimedia Tanzania https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Tanzania and Jenga Wikipedia ya Kiswahili https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Jenga_Wikipedia_ya_Kiswahili User groups are in particular, deeply saddened following the passing of our beloved fellow Wikimedian *Ingo Koll (user: Kipala)*, who according to the information shared by his wife with us, he has passed away on the 10th July 2023 at his house in his home country, Germany.
Ingo Koll was a German who happened to live in Tanzania and Kenya for many years. Being a pastor and a lecturer, he learned Swahili and became one of the super-active Swahili Wikipedia contributors and administrators. He was a reliable cornerstone in the development of Swahili Wikipedia. He was a knowledgeable person who collaborated closely with the Astronomy and Space Science Association of Tanzania (ASSAT) to contribute much on Astronomy topics in Swahili language on Swahili Wikipedia, was one of the great mentors who helped the formation of Wikimedia Tanzania and also was a co-founder of Jenga Wikipedia ya Kiswahili (Build Swahili Wikipedia).
Tanzanian and East African Wikimedians benefited much from his unwavering support, leadership, mentorship, and coaching when it came to training them on Wikimedia projects, especially about Wikipedia.
Wikimedia Tanzania, Jenga Wikipedia ya Kiswahili User Groups, and all other Wikimedians who interacted with him within the Wikimedia Movement will always remember his valuable contributions to the Movement.
May his soul rest in peace. Amen!
#RIP #INGOKOLL
*On behalf of Wikimedia Tanzania and Jenga Wikipedia ya Kiswahili,*
Antoni Mtavangu (He/Him)
Cofounder-Wikimedia Tanzania https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Tanzania _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/... To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
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