The BBC reports that at least 22 people have died today in Kiev, Ukraine, as result of the violent clashes between the opposition and the government forces.
I have briefly visited Maidan Nezalezhnosti in March 2012 on my way to a Wiki Loves Monuments workshop; the city of Kiev and the square itself were beautiful, and it is absolutely terrible to witness the events that are happening there now.
My thoughts are with Wikimedia Ukraine, which I know has at least a few members living in the city of Kiev, and with other Wikimedia contributors living in that city, as well as in the rest of Ukraine.
Please let us know if everyone is safe, and if there is any way we can help you.
Stay safe! Залишайтеся в безпеці!
Tomasz
Some WMUA members stay on barricades. Other help in hospitals. IDK if right now but they do regularly. --Base
20.02.2014 15:25, Tomasz W. Kozlowski написав(ла):
The BBC reports that at least 22 people have died today in Kiev, Ukraine, as result of the violent clashes between the opposition and the government forces.
I have briefly visited Maidan Nezalezhnosti in March 2012 on my way to a Wiki Loves Monuments workshop; the city of Kiev and the square itself were beautiful, and it is absolutely terrible to witness the events that are happening there now.
My thoughts are with Wikimedia Ukraine, which I know has at least a few members living in the city of Kiev, and with other Wikimedia contributors living in that city, as well as in the rest of Ukraine.
Please let us know if everyone is safe, and if there is any way we can help you.
Stay safe! Залишайтеся в безпеці!
Tomasz
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On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Bohdan Melnychuk base-w@yandex.ru wrote:
Some WMUA members stay on barricades. Other help in hospitals. IDK if right now but they do regularly. --Base
I've blogged about this issue at http://wikinewsreporter.wordpress.com/2014/02/19/ukrainian-civil-unrest-and-.... The people I've dealt with in the chapter have been awesome all things considered in trying to support the movement by providing free information while at the same time trying to deal with everything that is going on around them.
Sincerely, Laura Hale
In Venezuela we are going through the same situation! We students are being brutally repressed by government forces just for peacefully protesting, they've killed several students in cold blod, and they infiltrate our parades to generate destruction and chaos just to try and justify their actions. Every mayor city in Venezuela is protesting against the so called "son of Chavez", Cuban-controlled dictator Nicolás Maduro and his destructive economical and political policies. CNN en espanol (along with other international mass media) is making wide coverage of the situation because no national mass media is allowed to do so, they even took of air NTN24 (a Colombian news channel) for giving coverage of the situation. The only channel allowed to give coverage of the situation is the government controlled channel VTV, they only report what the government can use to their favor and very often twist stories to fit their purposes. Venezuela wants liberty and democracy, we are fighting for it, please help us by staying well informed, look for several sources not only one, and by giving us moral support!
Dennis Pierri
On 20/02/2014, at 09:03, Laura Hale laura@fanhistory.com wrote:
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Bohdan Melnychuk base-w@yandex.ru wrote:
Some WMUA members stay on barricades. Other help in hospitals. IDK if right now but they do regularly. --Base
I've blogged about this issue at http://wikinewsreporter.wordpress.com/2014/02/19/ukrainian-civil-unrest-and-.... The people I've dealt with in the chapter have been awesome all things considered in trying to support the movement by providing free information while at the same time trying to deal with everything that is going on around them.
Sincerely, Laura Hale
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Stay safe everyone!
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 9:22 PM, Dennis Pierri dennis6492@gmail.com wrote:
In Venezuela we are going through the same situation! We students are being brutally repressed by government forces just for peacefully protesting, they've killed several students in cold blod, and they infiltrate our parades to generate destruction and chaos just to try and justify their actions. Every mayor city in Venezuela is protesting against the so called "son of Chavez", Cuban-controlled dictator Nicolás Maduro and his destructive economical and political policies. CNN en espanol (along with other international mass media) is making wide coverage of the situation because no national mass media is allowed to do so, they even took of air NTN24 (a Colombian news channel) for giving coverage of the situation. The only channel allowed to give coverage of the situation is the government controlled channel VTV, they only report what the government can use to their favor and very often twist stories to fit their purposes. Venezuela wants liberty and democracy, we are fighting for it, please help us by staying well informed, look for several sources not only one, and by giving us moral support!
Dennis Pierri
On 20/02/2014, at 09:03, Laura Hale laura@fanhistory.com wrote:
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Bohdan Melnychuk base-w@yandex.ru
wrote:
Some WMUA members stay on barricades. Other help in hospitals. IDK if right now but they do regularly. --Base
I've blogged about this issue at
http://wikinewsreporter.wordpress.com/2014/02/19/ukrainian-civil-unrest-and-... .
The people I've dealt with in the chapter have been awesome all things considered in trying to support the movement by providing free
information
while at the same time trying to deal with everything that is going on around them.
Sincerely, Laura Hale
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My heart goes out to everyone involved in these situations. Please stay safe.
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < srik.ramk@wikimedia.in> wrote:
Stay safe everyone!
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 9:22 PM, Dennis Pierri dennis6492@gmail.com wrote:
In Venezuela we are going through the same situation! We students are being brutally repressed by government forces just for peacefully protesting, they've killed several students in cold blod, and they infiltrate our parades to generate destruction and chaos just to try and justify their actions. Every mayor city in Venezuela is protesting
against
the so called "son of Chavez", Cuban-controlled dictator Nicolás Maduro
and
his destructive economical and political policies. CNN en espanol (along with other international mass media) is making wide coverage of the situation because no national mass media is allowed to do so, they even took of air NTN24 (a Colombian news channel) for giving coverage of the situation. The only channel allowed to give coverage of the situation is the government controlled channel VTV, they only report what the
government
can use to their favor and very often twist stories to fit their
purposes.
Venezuela wants liberty and democracy, we are fighting for it, please
help
us by staying well informed, look for several sources not only one, and
by
giving us moral support!
Dennis Pierri
On 20/02/2014, at 09:03, Laura Hale laura@fanhistory.com wrote:
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Bohdan Melnychuk base-w@yandex.ru
wrote:
Some WMUA members stay on barricades. Other help in hospitals. IDK if right now but they do regularly. --Base
I've blogged about this issue at
http://wikinewsreporter.wordpress.com/2014/02/19/ukrainian-civil-unrest-and-...
.
The people I've dealt with in the chapter have been awesome all things considered in trying to support the movement by providing free
information
while at the same time trying to deal with everything that is going on around them.
Sincerely, Laura Hale
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Please refrain from using this list for political claims. The purpose of this thread was to know if our WMUA fellows are safe.
Thanks,
Galileo Vidoni Presidente A. C. Wikimedia Argentina El 20/02/2014 12:53, "Dennis Pierri" dennis6492@gmail.com escribió:
In Venezuela we are going through the same situation! We students are being brutally repressed by government forces just for peacefully protesting, they've killed several students in cold blod, and they infiltrate our parades to generate destruction and chaos just to try and justify their actions. Every mayor city in Venezuela is protesting against the so called "son of Chavez", Cuban-controlled dictator Nicolás Maduro and his destructive economical and political policies. CNN en espanol (along with other international mass media) is making wide coverage of the situation because no national mass media is allowed to do so, they even took of air NTN24 (a Colombian news channel) for giving coverage of the situation. The only channel allowed to give coverage of the situation is the government controlled channel VTV, they only report what the government can use to their favor and very often twist stories to fit their purposes. Venezuela wants liberty and democracy, we are fighting for it, please help us by staying well informed, look for several sources not only one, and by giving us moral support!
Dennis Pierri
On 20/02/2014, at 09:03, Laura Hale laura@fanhistory.com wrote:
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Bohdan Melnychuk base-w@yandex.ru
wrote:
Some WMUA members stay on barricades. Other help in hospitals. IDK if right now but they do regularly. --Base
I've blogged about this issue at
http://wikinewsreporter.wordpress.com/2014/02/19/ukrainian-civil-unrest-and-... .
The people I've dealt with in the chapter have been awesome all things considered in trying to support the movement by providing free
information
while at the same time trying to deal with everything that is going on around them.
Sincerely, Laura Hale
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On 20 February 2014 17:32, Galileo Vidoni galio2k@gmail.com wrote:
Please refrain from using this list for political claims. The purpose of this thread was to know if our WMUA fellows are safe.
That is already a political question. Most of Ukraine or even Kiev is no more dangerous than usual. Being safe means not challenging the government or being part of the police force.
Unfortunately you are wrong. There is a risk to be attacked by so called titushky just somewhere near own house. My friend saw buses with gunned titusky in sleeping district of Kyiv on the other from the center side of the Dnipro river. Titusky are criminals and they would not ask you if you were challenging the government if they'd like to attack you… --Base
20.02.2014 20:00, geni написав(ла):
On 20 February 2014 17:32, Galileo Vidoni galio2k@gmail.com wrote:
Please refrain from using this list for political claims. The purpose of this thread was to know if our WMUA fellows are safe.
That is already a political question. Most of Ukraine or even Kiev is no more dangerous than usual. Being safe means not challenging the government or being part of the police force.
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Galileo Vidoni galio2k@gmail.com wrote:
Please refrain from using this list for political claims. The purpose of this thread was to know if our WMUA fellows are safe.
Thanks,
Galileo Vidoni Presidente A. C. Wikimedia Argentina
Galileo, that is not the policy of this list.
Wishing a safe and healthy life to all Ukrainians during their time of turmoil.
~Nathan
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Nathan nawrich@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Galileo Vidoni galio2k@gmail.com wrote:
Please refrain from using this list for political claims. The purpose of this thread was to know if our WMUA fellows are safe.
Thanks,
Galileo Vidoni Presidente A. C. Wikimedia Argentina
Galileo, that is not the policy of this list.
Wishing a safe and healthy life to all Ukrainians during their time of turmoil.
~Nathan
Just in case it was not clear what was I replying to: claims about "Cuban-controlled" dictators, and partisan politics in general. I'm sure this list was not created to discuss partisan claims about local politicians, just like we're not discussing Obamacare --not politics in the broad sense, of course: Latin languages don't even make a distinction, as English does, between politics and policies. Aiming to know the situation of fellow Wikimedians, whether they are in Ukraine, in Venezuela, or in whatever other place undergoing difficult circumstances, is a completely different thing.
I hope it's clear now.
Best,
Galileo Vidoni Presidente A. C. Wikimedia Argentina
Well just to answer that particular mail by Galio (below) that bothered me:
As far as I see Dennis mail was only a call for help since in Venezuela there is also a Chapter and also wikipedians in danger right now. He didn't do in the most calm way but I can completely understand his aggravation because the situation he is in. There is no request to discuss politics or policies or anything. Actually the only thing the Venezuelans ask is to #PrayForVenezuela https://twitter.com/search?q=%23PrayForVenezuela. Your mail in the other hand sounded to me like Venezuela and their wikipedians where of no importance.
But anyway, let's go back to track.
_____ *Béria Lima*
*Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a construir esse sonho. http://wikimedia.pt/Donativos*
On 20 February 2014 13:02, Galileo Vidoni galio2k@gmail.com wrote:
Please refrain from using this list for political claims. The purpose of this thread was to know if our WMUA fellows are safe.
Thanks,
Galileo Vidoni Presidente A. C. Wikimedia Argentina El 20/02/2014 12:53, "Dennis Pierri" dennis6492@gmail.com escribió:
In Venezuela we are going through the same situation! We students are being brutally repressed by government forces just for peacefully protesting, they've killed several students in cold blod, and they infiltrate our parades to generate destruction and chaos just to try and justify their actions. Every mayor city in Venezuela is protesting
against
the so called "son of Chavez", Cuban-controlled dictator Nicolás Maduro
and
his destructive economical and political policies. CNN en espanol (along with other international mass media) is making wide coverage of the situation because no national mass media is allowed to do so, they even took of air NTN24 (a Colombian news channel) for giving coverage of the situation. The only channel allowed to give coverage of the situation is the government controlled channel VTV, they only report what the
government
can use to their favor and very often twist stories to fit their
purposes.
Venezuela wants liberty and democracy, we are fighting for it, please
help
us by staying well informed, look for several sources not only one, and
by
giving us moral support!
Dennis Pierri
On 20/02/2014, at 09:03, Laura Hale laura@fanhistory.com wrote:
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Bohdan Melnychuk base-w@yandex.ru
wrote:
Some WMUA members stay on barricades. Other help in hospitals. IDK if right now but they do regularly. --Base
I've blogged about this issue at
http://wikinewsreporter.wordpress.com/2014/02/19/ukrainian-civil-unrest-and-...
.
The people I've dealt with in the chapter have been awesome all things considered in trying to support the movement by providing free
information
while at the same time trying to deal with everything that is going on around them.
Sincerely, Laura Hale
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Terrible to see indeed. Please know that many are thinking of you. I wish you a swift resolution and control of your own streets.
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 8:30 AM, Bohdan Melnychuk base-w@yandex.ru wrote:
Some WMUA members stay on barricades. Other help in hospitals. IDK if right now but they do regularly. --Base
20.02.2014 15:25, Tomasz W. Kozlowski написав(ла):
The BBC reports that at least 22 people have died today in Kiev, Ukraine, as result of the violent clashes between the opposition and the government forces.
I have briefly visited Maidan Nezalezhnosti in March 2012 on my way to a Wiki Loves Monuments workshop; the city of Kiev and the square itself were beautiful, and it is absolutely terrible to witness the events that are happening there now.
My thoughts are with Wikimedia Ukraine, which I know has at least a few members living in the city of Kiev, and with other Wikimedia contributors living in that city, as well as in the rest of Ukraine.
Please let us know if everyone is safe, and if there is any way we can help you.
Stay safe! Залишайтеся в безпеці!
Tomasz
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I visited Ukraine twice. The first time was when I was five years old, mostly in the country side and in some magical historic towns like Chernihiv, Nizhyn and Kozelets. I also spent one day in Kyiv, which left me very strong and fond memories of open blue skies, tasty ice cream, and lovely city squares. The most importantly thing happened during that visit, however, was that I saw and heard the Ukrainian language, and I immensely enjoyed spotting the differences between it and my native Russian. I was then that decided that when I grow up, I want to work with languages in some way. After many years that little dream came true, so Ukraine has a very, very, very special place in my heart.
I am saddened and shocked to see fire, chaos, destruction, violence and death on the beautiful streets and squares that I visited less than two years ago.
My dear friends in Ukraine, you are cool people and excellent Wikimedians. Know that I care about you and wish you peace and freedom. Please be safe; I trust you to do the right thing.
-- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
2014-02-20 17:25 GMT+04:00 Tomasz W. Kozlowski tomasz@twkozlowski.net:
The BBC reports that at least 22 people have died today in Kiev, Ukraine, as result of the violent clashes between the opposition and the government forces.
I have briefly visited Maidan Nezalezhnosti in March 2012 on my way to a Wiki Loves Monuments workshop; the city of Kiev and the square itself were beautiful, and it is absolutely terrible to witness the events that are happening there now.
My thoughts are with Wikimedia Ukraine, which I know has at least a few members living in the city of Kiev, and with other Wikimedia contributors living in that city, as well as in the rest of Ukraine.
Please let us know if everyone is safe, and if there is any way we can help you.
Stay safe! Залишайтеся в безпеці!
Tomasz
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On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 11:56 AM, Amir E. Aharoni < amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote:
My dear friends in Ukraine, you are cool people and excellent Wikimedians. Know that I care about you and wish you peace and freedom. Please be safe; I trust you to do the right thing.
This.
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Keegan Peterzell keegan.wiki@gmail.comwrote:
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 11:56 AM, Amir E. Aharoni < amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote:
My dear friends in Ukraine, you are cool people and excellent
Wikimedians.
Know that I care about you and wish you peace and freedom. Please be
safe;
I trust you to do the right thing.
This.
Yes. Friends in Ukraine and Venezuela and all difficult situations right now, I hope you are well and safe. My thoughts are with you.
-- phoebe
A lot of cordial thanks to everybody for your concerns and worryings in our safety as well as your wishes, we appreciate that very much. As for today all WMUA members are safe (according to information available), but there is more troubles so dangers (risks) ahead, mainly in Kharkiv and other cities and parts of Ukraine.
We comprehend the situation in Venezuela and wish that all wikipedians from there will stay safe as well.
Thanks once again.
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 3:25 PM, Tomasz W. Kozlowski <tomasz@twkozlowski.net
wrote:
The BBC reports that at least 22 people have died today in Kiev, Ukraine, as result of the violent clashes between the opposition and the government forces.
I have briefly visited Maidan Nezalezhnosti in March 2012 on my way to a Wiki Loves Monuments workshop; the city of Kiev and the square itself were beautiful, and it is absolutely terrible to witness the events that are happening there now.
My thoughts are with Wikimedia Ukraine, which I know has at least a few members living in the city of Kiev, and with other Wikimedia contributors living in that city, as well as in the rest of Ukraine.
Please let us know if everyone is safe, and if there is any way we can help you.
Stay safe! Залишайтеся в безпеці!
Tomasz
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Big sigh.
According to Wikimedia Ukraine blog, one Wikimedian was killed: Ihor Kostenko, a student of Geography born in 1991.
http://wikimediaukraine.wordpress.com/2014/02/23/in-memoriam-of-ihor-kostenk...
You can express condolences here: https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Ig2000/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%27%D1%8F%D...
-- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
2014-02-20 17:25 GMT+04:00 Tomasz W. Kozlowski tomasz@twkozlowski.net:
The BBC reports that at least 22 people have died today in Kiev, Ukraine, as result of the violent clashes between the opposition and the government forces.
I have briefly visited Maidan Nezalezhnosti in March 2012 on my way to a Wiki Loves Monuments workshop; the city of Kiev and the square itself were beautiful, and it is absolutely terrible to witness the events that are happening there now.
My thoughts are with Wikimedia Ukraine, which I know has at least a few members living in the city of Kiev, and with other Wikimedia contributors living in that city, as well as in the rest of Ukraine.
Please let us know if everyone is safe, and if there is any way we can help you.
Stay safe! Залишайтеся в безпеці!
Tomasz
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Yes, with deep sorrow today I got to know that I was wrong - *we lost one wikipedian*.
I dare to hope that it will be one and only such 'mistake' meaning no more dead bodies will be discovered and all heavily wounded people will survive.
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 11:16 PM, Amir E. Aharoni < amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote:
Big sigh.
According to Wikimedia Ukraine blog, one Wikimedian was killed: Ihor Kostenko, a student of Geography born in 1991.
http://wikimediaukraine.wordpress.com/2014/02/23/in-memoriam-of-ihor-kostenk...
You can express condolences here: https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Ig2000/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%27%D1%8F%D...
-- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
2014-02-20 17:25 GMT+04:00 Tomasz W. Kozlowski tomasz@twkozlowski.net:
The BBC reports that at least 22 people have died today in Kiev, Ukraine, as result of the violent clashes between the opposition and the
government
forces.
I have briefly visited Maidan Nezalezhnosti in March 2012 on my way to a Wiki Loves Monuments workshop; the city of Kiev and the square itself
were
beautiful, and it is absolutely terrible to witness the events that are happening there now.
My thoughts are with Wikimedia Ukraine, which I know has at least a few members living in the city of Kiev, and with other Wikimedia contributors living in that city, as well as in the rest of Ukraine.
Please let us know if everyone is safe, and if there is any way we can help you.
Stay safe! Залишайтеся в безпеці!
Tomasz
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For those of you who don't read Ukrainian, a quick ad-hoc translation of the blog post. So sorry for the loss of a fellow Ukrainian and such a bright young member of the Wikimedia movement :(
* * *
"Wikipedian Igor Kostenko dies on the Maidan.
February 20, 2014, during the protests in Kiev, Igor Kostenko – an active contributor to the Ukrainian Wikipedia, journalist and geography student – died tragically.
Igor Kostenko was born December 31, 1991, in the village of Zubrets in the Buchach region of Ternopil. After graduating from high school, he attended Ivan Franko University in Lviv, where he was in his fifth year of study in the department of geography, majoring in Organizational Management. In addition to his studies, he worked as a journalist for the publication "Sports Analysis."
Igor was an active contributor to the Ukrainian Wikipedia, writing under the username Ig2000.[1] Igor registered an account on July 23, 2011, and in just that month began writing his first articles. In two and a half years, he wrote over 280 articles and made over 1,600 edits. He had a wide range of encyclopedic interests – he wrote articles on sports topics (soccer, Formula One), geography, economics, and the history of the Ukrainian military. His article on the Nezamozhnyk destroyer of the Ukrainian and Soviet fleet in the first half of the 20th century[2] was acknowledged for its quality by the community and achieved the status of "Good article." Additionally, he contributed many updates on sports events to Wikinews.
Igor was also active in promoting Ukrainian Wikipedia on social media, through which he sought to gain more contributors. He was an administrator of the Ukrainian Wikipedians Facebook page,[3] where he regularly posted interesting facts from Wikipedia. In August 2013 he proposed hosting a Wiki Flashmob – inviting a large group of Ukrainians to participate in a day of article-writing on Wikipedia. The Wiki Flashmob was planned for January 20, 2014, the 10-year anniversary of Ukrainian Wikipedia, but due to the tragic events in the country, the event was cancelled. Igor believed that the flashmob would help fill Wikipedia with thousands of new articles in the course of a day and proposed a strategy to realize his dream, but unfortunately, he did not live to see it become a reality.
On February 18, 2014, along with other students from Lviv, Igor came to Kiev to the Euromaidan, because he wanted Ukraine to be led by people with a patriotic spirit. On February 20th, during a protest on Instytutskaya Street, Igor died tragically: he bravely went ahead with a shield, but he was shot by two bullets, one of which struck him in the head...
Today, February 23, Igor was buried in his home town of Buchach. Thousands of people accompanied him on his final journey – both students from Lviv and residents of Ternopil.
In honor of Igor and the tens of others who died on the Euromaidan,[4] on February 21, the community decided to modify the logo of the Ukrainian Wikipedia with a black ribbon as a symbol of mourning.
The editors of Ukrainian Wikipedia and Wikimedia Ukraine offer their condolences to the friends and family of Igor Kostenko. A page has been created on Wikipedia where you can leave your condolences.[5]
Memory eternal..."
1. https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%83%D0%... 2. https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%...) 3. https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukwiki/ 4. https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D0%B7%D0... 5. https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%...
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Amir E. Aharoni < amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote:
Big sigh.
According to Wikimedia Ukraine blog, one Wikimedian was killed: Ihor Kostenko, a student of Geography born in 1991.
http://wikimediaukraine.wordpress.com/2014/02/23/in-memoriam-of-ihor-kostenk...
You can express condolences here: https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Ig2000/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%27%D1%8F%D...
-- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
2014-02-20 17:25 GMT+04:00 Tomasz W. Kozlowski tomasz@twkozlowski.net:
The BBC reports that at least 22 people have died today in Kiev, Ukraine, as result of the violent clashes between the opposition and the
government
forces.
I have briefly visited Maidan Nezalezhnosti in March 2012 on my way to a Wiki Loves Monuments workshop; the city of Kiev and the square itself
were
beautiful, and it is absolutely terrible to witness the events that are happening there now.
My thoughts are with Wikimedia Ukraine, which I know has at least a few members living in the city of Kiev, and with other Wikimedia contributors living in that city, as well as in the rest of Ukraine.
Please let us know if everyone is safe, and if there is any way we can help you.
Stay safe! Залишайтеся в безпеці!
Tomasz
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:(
Not much else to say. Too many to die too many to face their end. Whatever side you're on he faced a patriot's death fighting for his beliefs. It should not be, but he should be remembered along with all those who stood their conscience.
My thoughts and prayers are with you all and his family in particular :(.
James
Whether our lives and our deaths were for peace and a new hope or for nothing we cannot say, it is you who must say this.
We leave you our deaths. Give them their meaning. We were young, they say. We have died; remember us.
--Archibald MacLeish
Sent from my iPhone
James Alexander Legal and Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation +1 415-839-6885 x6716
On Feb 23, 2014, at 17:01, Maryana Pinchuk mpinchuk@wikimedia.org wrote:
For those of you who don't read Ukrainian, a quick ad-hoc translation of the blog post. So sorry for the loss of a fellow Ukrainian and such a bright young member of the Wikimedia movement :(
"Wikipedian Igor Kostenko dies on the Maidan.
February 20, 2014, during the protests in Kiev, Igor Kostenko – an active contributor to the Ukrainian Wikipedia, journalist and geography student – died tragically.
Igor Kostenko was born December 31, 1991, in the village of Zubrets in the Buchach region of Ternopil. After graduating from high school, he attended Ivan Franko University in Lviv, where he was in his fifth year of study in the department of geography, majoring in Organizational Management. In addition to his studies, he worked as a journalist for the publication "Sports Analysis."
Igor was an active contributor to the Ukrainian Wikipedia, writing under the username Ig2000.[1] Igor registered an account on July 23, 2011, and in just that month began writing his first articles. In two and a half years, he wrote over 280 articles and made over 1,600 edits. He had a wide range of encyclopedic interests – he wrote articles on sports topics (soccer, Formula One), geography, economics, and the history of the Ukrainian military. His article on the Nezamozhnyk destroyer of the Ukrainian and Soviet fleet in the first half of the 20th century[2] was acknowledged for its quality by the community and achieved the status of "Good article." Additionally, he contributed many updates on sports events to Wikinews.
Igor was also active in promoting Ukrainian Wikipedia on social media, through which he sought to gain more contributors. He was an administrator of the Ukrainian Wikipedians Facebook page,[3] where he regularly posted interesting facts from Wikipedia. In August 2013 he proposed hosting a Wiki Flashmob – inviting a large group of Ukrainians to participate in a day of article-writing on Wikipedia. The Wiki Flashmob was planned for January 20, 2014, the 10-year anniversary of Ukrainian Wikipedia, but due to the tragic events in the country, the event was cancelled. Igor believed that the flashmob would help fill Wikipedia with thousands of new articles in the course of a day and proposed a strategy to realize his dream, but unfortunately, he did not live to see it become a reality.
On February 18, 2014, along with other students from Lviv, Igor came to Kiev to the Euromaidan, because he wanted Ukraine to be led by people with a patriotic spirit. On February 20th, during a protest on Instytutskaya Street, Igor died tragically: he bravely went ahead with a shield, but he was shot by two bullets, one of which struck him in the head...
Today, February 23, Igor was buried in his home town of Buchach. Thousands of people accompanied him on his final journey – both students from Lviv and residents of Ternopil.
In honor of Igor and the tens of others who died on the Euromaidan,[4] on February 21, the community decided to modify the logo of the Ukrainian Wikipedia with a black ribbon as a symbol of mourning.
The editors of Ukrainian Wikipedia and Wikimedia Ukraine offer their condolences to the friends and family of Igor Kostenko. A page has been created on Wikipedia where you can leave your condolences.[5]
Memory eternal..."
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%83%D0%... 2. https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%...) 3. https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukwiki/ 4. https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D0%B7%D0... 5. https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%...
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Amir E. Aharoni < amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote:
Big sigh.
According to Wikimedia Ukraine blog, one Wikimedian was killed: Ihor Kostenko, a student of Geography born in 1991.
http://wikimediaukraine.wordpress.com/2014/02/23/in-memoriam-of-ihor-kostenk...
You can express condolences here: https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Ig2000/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%27%D1%8F%D...
-- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
2014-02-20 17:25 GMT+04:00 Tomasz W. Kozlowski tomasz@twkozlowski.net:
The BBC reports that at least 22 people have died today in Kiev, Ukraine, as result of the violent clashes between the opposition and the
government
forces.
I have briefly visited Maidan Nezalezhnosti in March 2012 on my way to a Wiki Loves Monuments workshop; the city of Kiev and the square itself
were
beautiful, and it is absolutely terrible to witness the events that are happening there now.
My thoughts are with Wikimedia Ukraine, which I know has at least a few members living in the city of Kiev, and with other Wikimedia contributors living in that city, as well as in the rest of Ukraine.
Please let us know if everyone is safe, and if there is any way we can help you.
Stay safe! Залишайтеся в безпеці!
Tomasz
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This makes me so sad and angry.
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 5:54 PM, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.orgwrote:
:(
Not much else to say. Too many to die too many to face their end. Whatever side you're on he faced a patriot's death fighting for his beliefs. It should not be, but he should be remembered along with all those who stood their conscience.
My thoughts and prayers are with you all and his family in particular :(.
James
Whether our lives and our deaths were for peace and a new hope or for nothing we cannot say, it is you who must say this.
We leave you our deaths. Give them their meaning. We were young, they say. We have died; remember us.
--Archibald MacLeish
Sent from my iPhone
James Alexander Legal and Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation +1 415-839-6885 x6716
On Feb 23, 2014, at 17:01, Maryana Pinchuk mpinchuk@wikimedia.org
wrote:
For those of you who don't read Ukrainian, a quick ad-hoc translation of the blog post. So sorry for the loss of a fellow Ukrainian and such a bright young member of the Wikimedia movement :(
"Wikipedian Igor Kostenko dies on the Maidan.
February 20, 2014, during the protests in Kiev, Igor Kostenko – an active contributor to the Ukrainian Wikipedia, journalist and geography student
–
died tragically.
Igor Kostenko was born December 31, 1991, in the village of Zubrets in
the
Buchach region of Ternopil. After graduating from high school, he
attended
Ivan Franko University in Lviv, where he was in his fifth year of study
in
the department of geography, majoring in Organizational Management. In addition to his studies, he worked as a journalist for the publication "Sports Analysis."
Igor was an active contributor to the Ukrainian Wikipedia, writing under the username Ig2000.[1] Igor registered an account on July 23, 2011, and
in
just that month began writing his first articles. In two and a half
years,
he wrote over 280 articles and made over 1,600 edits. He had a wide range of encyclopedic interests – he wrote articles on sports topics (soccer, Formula One), geography, economics, and the history of the Ukrainian military. His article on the Nezamozhnyk destroyer of the Ukrainian and Soviet fleet in the first half of the 20th century[2] was acknowledged
for
its quality by the community and achieved the status of "Good article." Additionally, he contributed many updates on sports events to Wikinews.
Igor was also active in promoting Ukrainian Wikipedia on social media, through which he sought to gain more contributors. He was an
administrator
of the Ukrainian Wikipedians Facebook page,[3] where he regularly posted interesting facts from Wikipedia. In August 2013 he proposed hosting a
Wiki
Flashmob – inviting a large group of Ukrainians to participate in a day
of
article-writing on Wikipedia. The Wiki Flashmob was planned for January
20,
2014, the 10-year anniversary of Ukrainian Wikipedia, but due to the
tragic
events in the country, the event was cancelled. Igor believed that the flashmob would help fill Wikipedia with thousands of new articles in the course of a day and proposed a strategy to realize his dream, but unfortunately, he did not live to see it become a reality.
On February 18, 2014, along with other students from Lviv, Igor came to Kiev to the Euromaidan, because he wanted Ukraine to be led by people
with
a patriotic spirit. On February 20th, during a protest on Instytutskaya Street, Igor died tragically: he bravely went ahead with a shield, but he was shot by two bullets, one of which struck him in the head...
Today, February 23, Igor was buried in his home town of Buchach.
Thousands
of people accompanied him on his final journey – both students from Lviv and residents of Ternopil.
In honor of Igor and the tens of others who died on the Euromaidan,[4] on February 21, the community decided to modify the logo of the Ukrainian Wikipedia with a black ribbon as a symbol of mourning.
The editors of Ukrainian Wikipedia and Wikimedia Ukraine offer their condolences to the friends and family of Igor Kostenko. A page has been created on Wikipedia where you can leave your condolences.[5]
Memory eternal..."
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%83%D0%...
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%...)
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D0%B7%D0...
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%...
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Amir E. Aharoni < amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote:
Big sigh.
According to Wikimedia Ukraine blog, one Wikimedian was killed: Ihor Kostenko, a student of Geography born in 1991.
http://wikimediaukraine.wordpress.com/2014/02/23/in-memoriam-of-ihor-kostenk...
You can express condolences here: https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Ig2000/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%27%D1%8F%D...
-- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
2014-02-20 17:25 GMT+04:00 Tomasz W. Kozlowski <tomasz@twkozlowski.net
:
The BBC reports that at least 22 people have died today in Kiev,
Ukraine,
as result of the violent clashes between the opposition and the
government
forces.
I have briefly visited Maidan Nezalezhnosti in March 2012 on my way to
a
Wiki Loves Monuments workshop; the city of Kiev and the square itself
were
beautiful, and it is absolutely terrible to witness the events that are happening there now.
My thoughts are with Wikimedia Ukraine, which I know has at least a few members living in the city of Kiev, and with other Wikimedia
contributors
living in that city, as well as in the rest of Ukraine.
Please let us know if everyone is safe, and if there is any way we can help you.
Stay safe! Залишайтеся в безпеці!
Tomasz
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Thank you for the notice, Amir, Pavlo, and thank you for the translation, Maryana.
:*(
Awful, awful news. My condolences to his family, friends, and the WMUA community =(.
On 24 February 2014 09:01, Maryana Pinchuk mpinchuk@wikimedia.org wrote:
For those of you who don't read Ukrainian, a quick ad-hoc translation of the blog post. So sorry for the loss of a fellow Ukrainian and such a bright young member of the Wikimedia movement :(
"Wikipedian Igor Kostenko dies on the Maidan.
February 20, 2014, during the protests in Kiev, Igor Kostenko – an active contributor to the Ukrainian Wikipedia, journalist and geography student – died tragically.
Igor Kostenko was born December 31, 1991, in the village of Zubrets in the Buchach region of Ternopil. After graduating from high school, he attended Ivan Franko University in Lviv, where he was in his fifth year of study in the department of geography, majoring in Organizational Management. In addition to his studies, he worked as a journalist for the publication "Sports Analysis."
Igor was an active contributor to the Ukrainian Wikipedia, writing under the username Ig2000.[1] Igor registered an account on July 23, 2011, and in just that month began writing his first articles. In two and a half years, he wrote over 280 articles and made over 1,600 edits. He had a wide range of encyclopedic interests – he wrote articles on sports topics (soccer, Formula One), geography, economics, and the history of the Ukrainian military. His article on the Nezamozhnyk destroyer of the Ukrainian and Soviet fleet in the first half of the 20th century[2] was acknowledged for its quality by the community and achieved the status of "Good article." Additionally, he contributed many updates on sports events to Wikinews.
Igor was also active in promoting Ukrainian Wikipedia on social media, through which he sought to gain more contributors. He was an administrator of the Ukrainian Wikipedians Facebook page,[3] where he regularly posted interesting facts from Wikipedia. In August 2013 he proposed hosting a Wiki Flashmob – inviting a large group of Ukrainians to participate in a day of article-writing on Wikipedia. The Wiki Flashmob was planned for January 20, 2014, the 10-year anniversary of Ukrainian Wikipedia, but due to the tragic events in the country, the event was cancelled. Igor believed that the flashmob would help fill Wikipedia with thousands of new articles in the course of a day and proposed a strategy to realize his dream, but unfortunately, he did not live to see it become a reality.
On February 18, 2014, along with other students from Lviv, Igor came to Kiev to the Euromaidan, because he wanted Ukraine to be led by people with a patriotic spirit. On February 20th, during a protest on Instytutskaya Street, Igor died tragically: he bravely went ahead with a shield, but he was shot by two bullets, one of which struck him in the head...
Today, February 23, Igor was buried in his home town of Buchach. Thousands of people accompanied him on his final journey – both students from Lviv and residents of Ternopil.
In honor of Igor and the tens of others who died on the Euromaidan,[4] on February 21, the community decided to modify the logo of the Ukrainian Wikipedia with a black ribbon as a symbol of mourning.
The editors of Ukrainian Wikipedia and Wikimedia Ukraine offer their condolences to the friends and family of Igor Kostenko. A page has been created on Wikipedia where you can leave your condolences.[5]
Memory eternal..."
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%83%D0%... 2.
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%...) 3. https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukwiki/ 4.
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D0%B7%D0... 5.
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%...
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Amir E. Aharoni < amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote:
Big sigh.
According to Wikimedia Ukraine blog, one Wikimedian was killed: Ihor Kostenko, a student of Geography born in 1991.
http://wikimediaukraine.wordpress.com/2014/02/23/in-memoriam-of-ihor-kostenk...
You can express condolences here: https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Ig2000/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%27%D1%8F%D...
-- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
2014-02-20 17:25 GMT+04:00 Tomasz W. Kozlowski tomasz@twkozlowski.net:
The BBC reports that at least 22 people have died today in Kiev,
Ukraine,
as result of the violent clashes between the opposition and the
government
forces.
I have briefly visited Maidan Nezalezhnosti in March 2012 on my way to
a
Wiki Loves Monuments workshop; the city of Kiev and the square itself
were
beautiful, and it is absolutely terrible to witness the events that are happening there now.
My thoughts are with Wikimedia Ukraine, which I know has at least a few members living in the city of Kiev, and with other Wikimedia
contributors
living in that city, as well as in the rest of Ukraine.
Please let us know if everyone is safe, and if there is any way we can help you.
Stay safe! Залишайтеся в безпеці!
Tomasz
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May he rest in peace
Sent from my iPhone
On 24/02/2014, at 06:56, Craig Franklin cfranklin@halonetwork.net wrote:
Awful, awful news. My condolences to his family, friends, and the WMUA community =(.
On 24 February 2014 09:01, Maryana Pinchuk mpinchuk@wikimedia.org wrote:
For those of you who don't read Ukrainian, a quick ad-hoc translation of the blog post. So sorry for the loss of a fellow Ukrainian and such a bright young member of the Wikimedia movement :(
"Wikipedian Igor Kostenko dies on the Maidan.
February 20, 2014, during the protests in Kiev, Igor Kostenko – an active contributor to the Ukrainian Wikipedia, journalist and geography student – died tragically.
Igor Kostenko was born December 31, 1991, in the village of Zubrets in the Buchach region of Ternopil. After graduating from high school, he attended Ivan Franko University in Lviv, where he was in his fifth year of study in the department of geography, majoring in Organizational Management. In addition to his studies, he worked as a journalist for the publication "Sports Analysis."
Igor was an active contributor to the Ukrainian Wikipedia, writing under the username Ig2000.[1] Igor registered an account on July 23, 2011, and in just that month began writing his first articles. In two and a half years, he wrote over 280 articles and made over 1,600 edits. He had a wide range of encyclopedic interests – he wrote articles on sports topics (soccer, Formula One), geography, economics, and the history of the Ukrainian military. His article on the Nezamozhnyk destroyer of the Ukrainian and Soviet fleet in the first half of the 20th century[2] was acknowledged for its quality by the community and achieved the status of "Good article." Additionally, he contributed many updates on sports events to Wikinews.
Igor was also active in promoting Ukrainian Wikipedia on social media, through which he sought to gain more contributors. He was an administrator of the Ukrainian Wikipedians Facebook page,[3] where he regularly posted interesting facts from Wikipedia. In August 2013 he proposed hosting a Wiki Flashmob – inviting a large group of Ukrainians to participate in a day of article-writing on Wikipedia. The Wiki Flashmob was planned for January 20, 2014, the 10-year anniversary of Ukrainian Wikipedia, but due to the tragic events in the country, the event was cancelled. Igor believed that the flashmob would help fill Wikipedia with thousands of new articles in the course of a day and proposed a strategy to realize his dream, but unfortunately, he did not live to see it become a reality.
On February 18, 2014, along with other students from Lviv, Igor came to Kiev to the Euromaidan, because he wanted Ukraine to be led by people with a patriotic spirit. On February 20th, during a protest on Instytutskaya Street, Igor died tragically: he bravely went ahead with a shield, but he was shot by two bullets, one of which struck him in the head...
Today, February 23, Igor was buried in his home town of Buchach. Thousands of people accompanied him on his final journey – both students from Lviv and residents of Ternopil.
In honor of Igor and the tens of others who died on the Euromaidan,[4] on February 21, the community decided to modify the logo of the Ukrainian Wikipedia with a black ribbon as a symbol of mourning.
The editors of Ukrainian Wikipedia and Wikimedia Ukraine offer their condolences to the friends and family of Igor Kostenko. A page has been created on Wikipedia where you can leave your condolences.[5]
Memory eternal..."
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%83%D0%... 2.
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%...) 3. https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukwiki/ 4.
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D0%B7%D0... 5.
https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%...
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Amir E. Aharoni < amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il> wrote:
Big sigh.
According to Wikimedia Ukraine blog, one Wikimedian was killed: Ihor Kostenko, a student of Geography born in 1991.
http://wikimediaukraine.wordpress.com/2014/02/23/in-memoriam-of-ihor-kostenk...
You can express condolences here: https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Ig2000/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%27%D1%8F%D...
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2014-02-20 17:25 GMT+04:00 Tomasz W. Kozlowski tomasz@twkozlowski.net:
The BBC reports that at least 22 people have died today in Kiev,
Ukraine,
as result of the violent clashes between the opposition and the
government
forces.
I have briefly visited Maidan Nezalezhnosti in March 2012 on my way to
a
Wiki Loves Monuments workshop; the city of Kiev and the square itself
were
beautiful, and it is absolutely terrible to witness the events that are happening there now.
My thoughts are with Wikimedia Ukraine, which I know has at least a few members living in the city of Kiev, and with other Wikimedia
contributors
living in that city, as well as in the rest of Ukraine.
Please let us know if everyone is safe, and if there is any way we can help you.
Stay safe! Залишайтеся в безпеці!
Tomasz
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