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Milos Rancic

13 Sep 2016 13 Sep '16

1 p.m.

He died yesterday. As he was an important member of our community, I think we should make something appropriate so he would be remembered. -- Milos

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Dariusz Jemielniak

13 Sep 13 Sep

1:10 p.m.

this is really sad news :( dj On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 12:00 PM, Milos Rancic <millosh(a)gmail.com> wrote:

He died yesterday. As he was an important member of our community, I think we should make something appropriate so he would be remembered. -- Milos _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

-- __________________________ prof. dr hab. Dariusz Jemielniak kierownik katedry Zarządzania Międzynarodowego i grupy badawczej NeRDS Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego http://n <http://www.crow.alk.edu.pl/>wrds.kozminski.edu.pl członek Akademii Młodych Uczonych Polskiej Akademii Nauk Wyszła pierwsza na świecie etnografia Wikipedii "Common Knowledge? An Ethnography of Wikipedia" (2014, Stanford University Press) mojego autorstwa http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=24010 Recenzje Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml Pacific Standard: http://www.psmag.com/navigation/books-and-culture/killed-wikipedia-93777/ Motherboard: http://motherboard.vice.com/read/an-ethnography-of-wikipedia The Wikipedian: http://thewikipedian.net/2014/10/10/dariusz-jemielniak-common-knowledge

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Milos Rancic

1:18 p.m.

And just to add that his username page is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Eclecticology On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 6:10 PM, Dariusz Jemielniak <darekj(a)alk.edu.pl> wrote:

this is really sad news :( dj On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 12:00 PM, Milos Rancic <millosh(a)gmail.com> wrote:

He died yesterday. As he was an important member of our community, I think we should make something appropriate so he would be remembered. -- Milos _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

-- __________________________ prof. dr hab. Dariusz Jemielniak kierownik katedry Zarządzania Międzynarodowego i grupy badawczej NeRDS Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego http://n <http://www.crow.alk.edu.pl/>wrds.kozminski.edu.pl członek Akademii Młodych Uczonych Polskiej Akademii Nauk Wyszła pierwsza na świecie etnografia Wikipedii "Common Knowledge? An Ethnography of Wikipedia" (2014, Stanford University Press) mojego autorstwa http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=24010 Recenzje Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml Pacific Standard: http://www.psmag.com/navigation/books-and-culture/killed-wikipedia-93777/ Motherboard: http://motherboard.vice.com/read/an-ethnography-of-wikipedia The Wikipedian: http://thewikipedian.net/2014/10/10/dariusz-jemielniak-common-knowledge _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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Lane Rasberry

1:19 p.m.

Editor since 2002 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/User:Eclecticology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Eclecticology https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ray_Saintonge,_Heathrow_Terminal_5,… https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections/Board_electi… https://www.ivoox.com/episode-18f-ray-saintonge-audios-mp3_rf_7274453_1.html On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Dariusz Jemielniak <darekj(a)alk.edu.pl> wrote:

this is really sad news :( dj On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 12:00 PM, Milos Rancic <millosh(a)gmail.com> wrote:

He died yesterday. As he was an important member of our community, I think we should make something appropriate so he would be remembered. -- Milos _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

-- __________________________ prof. dr hab. Dariusz Jemielniak kierownik katedry Zarządzania Międzynarodowego i grupy badawczej NeRDS Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego http://n <http://www.crow.alk.edu.pl/>wrds.kozminski.edu.pl członek Akademii Młodych Uczonych Polskiej Akademii Nauk Wyszła pierwsza na świecie etnografia Wikipedii "Common Knowledge? An Ethnography of Wikipedia" (2014, Stanford University Press) mojego autorstwa http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=24010 Recenzje Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml Pacific Standard: http://www.psmag.com/navigation/books-and-culture/killed-wikipedia-93777/ Motherboard: http://motherboard.vice.com/read/an-ethnography-of-wikipedia The Wikipedian: http://thewikipedian.net/2014/10/10/dariusz-jemielniak-common-knowledge _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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David Gerard

1:28 p.m.

On 13 September 2016 at 17:19, Lane Rasberry <lane(a)bluerasberry.com> wrote:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ray_Saintonge,_Heathrow_Terminal_5,…

Yes, that shot was after I went across London to catch him between planes and have a few pints at Heathrow :-D - d.

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James Heilman

1:30 p.m.

Amazing gentleman. One of the founding board members of Wikimedia Canada. Will be greatly missed by all of us in the great white north. James On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 10:28 AM, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:

On 13 September 2016 at 17:19, Lane Rasberry <lane(a)bluerasberry.com> wrote:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ray_Saintonge,_

Heathrow_Terminal_5,_20110801_P1020446.jpg Yes, that shot was after I went across London to catch him between planes and have a few pints at Heathrow :-D - d. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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Cristian Consonni

1:20 p.m.

For those of you who are not on Facebook, this is the message his family posted on his Facebook profile: --- After a courageous battle with cancer, my loving husband, my best friend, and a wonderful father passed away peacefully yesterday morning. Thanks to everyone who helped us through this journey. We will have a celebration of life in the near future, we will let you know as soon as we have the details. Love, Christine and Darren. Après une bataille courageuse avec le cancer, mon mari, mon meilleur ami et un père formidable nous a quité en paix hier matin. Merci à tous ceux qui nous ont soutenu durant notre voyage. Nous allons avoir une célébration de sa vie, aussitôt que nous avons les details nous allons vous avissez. Avec tout notre amour. Christine et Darren. --- I discovered only a few months ago and by chance that he was fighting cancer. I met Ray in 2010 at Wikimania. This is very sad news. Cristian

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Filip Maljkovic

1:10 p.m.

On 09/13/2016 06:00 PM, Milos Rancic wrote:

He died yesterday. As he was an important member of our community, I think we should make something appropriate so he would be remembered.

Oh dear, very sad news indeed :( I remember meeting him at Wikimania 2006, and on many more subsequent Wikimanias. He was always nice and thoughtful. My condolences to his family. Filip

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James Forrester

1:24 p.m.

I will miss Ray. I will miss his cheeriness, his optimism, his kind-heartedness. I will miss his steadfastness, a rock at every Wikimania until he could no longer come, his passion for learning, his dedication to understanding. Farewell, Ray. J.

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Patricio Lorente

1:27 p.m.

Very sad news, indeed. We will miss him. El mar., 13 de sept. de 2016 13:25, James Forrester <jdforrester(a)gmail.com> escribió:

I will miss Ray. I will miss his cheeriness, his optimism, his kind-heartedness. I will miss his steadfastness, a rock at every Wikimania until he could no longer come, his passion for learning, his dedication to understanding. Farewell, Ray. J. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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Itzik - Wikimedia Israel

1:48 p.m.

Sad news :( *Regards,Itzik Edri* Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel +972-(0)-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment! On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 7:00 PM, Milos Rancic <millosh(a)gmail.com> wrote:

He died yesterday. As he was an important member of our community, I think we should make something appropriate so he would be remembered. -- Milos _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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Erik Zachte

1:53 p.m.

I'm deeply saddened by this news. For many years it was a delight to meet Ray at Wikimania and hear him comment in his deep voice on anything, but mostly on our movement, sometimes with irony, always in a goodhearted way, and often with a smile This short clip from Wikimania 2005 shows Ray as I remember him, accompanied by Phoebe https://vimeo.com/134889976 Erik Zachte -----Original Message----- From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Itzik - Wikimedia Israel Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2016 18:49 To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Ray Saintonge has died Sad news :( *Regards,Itzik Edri* Chairperson, Wikimedia Israel +972-(0)-54-5878078 | http://www.wikimedia.org.il Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment! On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 7:00 PM, Milos Rancic <millosh(a)gmail.com> wrote:

He died yesterday. As he was an important member of our community, I think we should make something appropriate so he would be remembered. -- Milos _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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Austin Hair

4:08 p.m.

Despite over a dozen years of friendship, I simply don't feel qualified to eulogize Ray as others can and already have. I'll simply say that over those years, I came to value his wisdom immensely as we worked together on Wikimedia organization regarding chapters and other topics. Christine and Darren have my most profound condolences; it is certainly no understatement to say that he made a positive contribution to the world in ways that his quiet character would, to some, fail to adequately represent, and I will miss him. Austin

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Mardetanha

5:48 p.m.

he will be missed, I am really shocked to hear this, he was one of our best and early editors Mardetanha On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 11:38 PM, Austin Hair <adhair(a)gmail.com> wrote:

Despite over a dozen years of friendship, I simply don't feel qualified to eulogize Ray as others can and already have. I'll simply say that over those years, I came to value his wisdom immensely as we worked together on Wikimedia organization regarding chapters and other topics. Christine and Darren have my most profound condolences; it is certainly no understatement to say that he made a positive contribution to the world in ways that his quiet character would, to some, fail to adequately represent, and I will miss him. Austin _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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Shlomi Fish

5:13 p.m.

On Tue, 13 Sep 2016 18:00:45 +0200 Milos Rancic <millosh(a)gmail.com> wrote:

He died yesterday. As he was an important member of our community, I think we should make something appropriate so he would be remembered.

Sorry to hear about that! My condolences go to his family and friends. Regards, Shlomi Fish -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Shlomi Fish http://www.shlomifish.org/ http://shlomifishswiki.branchable.com/Encourage_criticism_and_try_to_get_of… <rindolf> I LOVE YOU ALL WITH YAAKOV’S GREAT HUGE LOVE. — http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/fortunes/sharp-perl.html Please reply to list if it's a mailing list post - http://shlom.in/reply .

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Ting Chen

14 Sep 14 Sep

8:46 a.m.

I feel very sad reading this news. He was always friendly and fair. Had always made me smile seeing him. Expecting to meet him on a Mania is just natural. Knowing will never see him there again is ... very strange. I will miss him, very very much Ting Am 13.09.2016 um 18:00 schrieb Milos Rancic:

He died yesterday. As he was an important member of our community, I think we should make something appropriate so he would be remembered.

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Subhashish Panigrahi

9 a.m.

This is such a terrible news. Condolences and prayers for Ray's family and those whose were close to him in such a difficult time. I still remember when I first met Ray at Wikimania 2013 Hong Kong, he not just politely asked me to go ahead of a line for food, but kindly agreed to speak over lunch. He shared a lot of interesting stories from his work. Unfortunately I could not upload the video and it might still be in one of my hard drives. Though the empty space he has left in the community could never be filled up, I will try to search the video interview and upload on Commons. Best! Subhashish ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ting Chen" <wing.philopp(a)gmx.de> To: wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 5:16:28 PM Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Ray Saintonge has died I feel very sad reading this news. He was always friendly and fair. Had always made me smile seeing him. Expecting to meet him on a Mania is just natural. Knowing will never see him there again is ... very strange. I will miss him, very very much Ting Am 13.09.2016 um 18:00 schrieb Milos Rancic:

He died yesterday. As he was an important member of our community, I think we should make something appropriate so he would be remembered.

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Austin Hair
Cristian Consonni
Dariusz Jemielniak
David Gerard
Erik Zachte
Filip Maljkovic
Itzik - Wikimedia Israel
James Forrester
James Heilman
Lane Rasberry
Mardetanha
Milos Rancic
Patricio Lorente
Shlomi Fish
Subhashish Panigrahi
Ting Chen