Dear Wikimedians,
I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and longtime volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.
If you knew him, a good place to leave condolences is his talk page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Austin_Hair#Condolences
Life is short. Be kind to one another.
Asaf
Very sad news. May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace.
Regards,
Isaac
On Dec 18, 2017 2:51 PM, "Asaf Bartov" asaf.bartov@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Wikimedians,
I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and longtime volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.
If you knew him, a good place to leave condolences is his talk page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Austin_Hair#Condolences
Life is short. Be kind to one another.
Asaf
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Sad to know. Condolences.
Hasive
On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 8:02 PM, Isaac Olatunde reachout2isaac@gmail.com wrote:
Very sad news. May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace.
Regards,
Isaac
On Dec 18, 2017 2:51 PM, "Asaf Bartov" asaf.bartov@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Wikimedians,
I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and longtime volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.
If you knew him, a good place to leave condolences is his talk page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Austin_Hair#Condolences
Life is short. Be kind to one another.
Asaf
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A tremendous loss to the movement and the world. I count myself lucky to have known him. My thoughts are with all you grieve.
Philippe
On Dec 18, 2017 5:52 AM, "Asaf Bartov" asaf.bartov@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Wikimedians,
I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and longtime volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.
If you knew him, a good place to leave condolences is his talk page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Austin_Hair#Condolences
Life is short. Be kind to one another.
Asaf
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On 18 December 2017 at 13:51, Asaf Bartov asaf.bartov@gmail.com wrote:
I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and longtime volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.
Though I didn't know Austin, I'm sad to hear this; condolences to all those who did know him
Please will someone write something suitable at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deceased_Wikipedians
and can an admin protect his user page?
I didnt know him well, just on Facebook and reputation... but whoa! Will put my condolences up
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On 18 December 2017 at 13:51, Asaf Bartov asaf.bartov@gmail.com wrote:
I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and longtime volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.
Though I didn't know Austin, I'm sad to hear this; condolences to all those who did know him
Please will someone write something suitable at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deceased_Wikipedians
and can an admin protect his user page?
-- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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Thanks Asaf.
On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 11:17 AM, Andy Mabbett andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:
Please will someone write something suitable at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deceased_Wikipedians
I would be glad to work on this over the next few days, with others who knew and worked with him. ---
Thank you Asaf for sending this.
Austin was a very dear friend of mine. We met in 2005 at the first Wikimania in Frankfurt, along with many (now) old-timers. Austin was quiet, kind, good at programming, and a Wikipedian through and through as Lodewijk wrote elsewhere -- fond of politics and facts. We ended up working together on Wikimania 2006 and then for several conference editions after that. I remember late nights printing badges in Cambridge, Taiwan, Poland...
He also served on the chapters committee and then Affcom (2006-2012) and was chair of that committee. He was administrator of this mailing list for a very long time (and believe me, had seen every argument under the sun). Before that, he was an IRC administrator. He worked on various versions of meta strategy projects, and there are doubtless many other things I'm forgetting.
His family lives in Texas; his friends are everywhere. He will be missed a great deal.
We'll be collecting photos and memories for his family. If you have stories or anecdotes to share, please add them to the meta page, and if you have photos there's a commons category here: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Austin_Hair
Hugs to all, Phoebe
Sorry to hear that ,my condolence on behalf of Hindi wikipedia. Feeing sad.
On 18 Dec 2017 7:21 pm, "Asaf Bartov" asaf.bartov@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Wikimedians,
I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and longtime volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.
If you knew him, a good place to leave condolences is his talk page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Austin_Hair#Condolences
Life is short. Be kind to one another.
Asaf
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I am very shocked and deeply saddened. He is still very young. I believe he is 10 years or more younger than me. This is indeed a very sad loss.
:'(
Ting
Am 18.12.2017 um 14:51 schrieb Asaf Bartov:
Dear Wikimedians,
I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and longtime volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.
If you knew him, a good place to leave condolences is his talk page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Austin_Hair#Condolences
Life is short. Be kind to one another.
Asaf
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On Mon, 18 Dec 2017 15:51:30 +0200 Asaf Bartov asaf.bartov@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Wikimedians,
I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and longtime volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.
If you knew him, a good place to leave condolences is his talk page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Austin_Hair#Condolences
Life is short. Be kind to one another.
sorry to hear that.
Asaf
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Hi all,
the family has indicated an interest in memories that we could collect. If you would like to share a memory for such collection, I would encourage you to share it here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Austin/Memorial .
For many of us Wikimedians, our families have only a slight idea what it is that we do, in all those hours we spend on this free knowledge stuff. Bringing together some memories may help bridge that gap.
Warmly, Lodewijk
On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 3:30 PM, Shlomi Fish shlomif@shlomifish.org wrote:
On Mon, 18 Dec 2017 15:51:30 +0200 Asaf Bartov asaf.bartov@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Wikimedians,
I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and longtime volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.
If you knew him, a good place to leave condolences is his talk page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Austin_Hair#Condolences
Life is short. Be kind to one another.
sorry to hear that.
Asaf
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A significant loss to the community. My condolences.
On Dec 19, 2017 1:22 PM, "Lodewijk" lodewijk@effeietsanders.org wrote:
Hi all,
the family has indicated an interest in memories that we could collect. If you would like to share a memory for such collection, I would encourage you to share it here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Austin/Memorial .
For many of us Wikimedians, our families have only a slight idea what it is that we do, in all those hours we spend on this free knowledge stuff. Bringing together some memories may help bridge that gap.
Warmly, Lodewijk
On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 3:30 PM, Shlomi Fish shlomif@shlomifish.org wrote:
On Mon, 18 Dec 2017 15:51:30 +0200 Asaf Bartov asaf.bartov@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Wikimedians,
I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and
longtime
volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.
If you knew him, a good place to leave condolences is his talk page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Austin_Hair#Condolences
Life is short. Be kind to one another.
sorry to hear that.
Asaf
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Condolences.
Something suitable has been added at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deceased_Wikipedians
On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 10:34 PM, Shabab Mustafa shabab.mustafa@gmail.com wrote:
A significant loss to the community. My condolences.
On Dec 19, 2017 1:22 PM, "Lodewijk" lodewijk@effeietsanders.org wrote:
Hi all,
the family has indicated an interest in memories that we could collect.
If
you would like to share a memory for such collection, I would encourage
you
to share it here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Austin/Memorial .
For many of us Wikimedians, our families have only a slight idea what it
is
that we do, in all those hours we spend on this free knowledge stuff. Bringing together some memories may help bridge that gap.
Warmly, Lodewijk
On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 3:30 PM, Shlomi Fish shlomif@shlomifish.org wrote:
On Mon, 18 Dec 2017 15:51:30 +0200 Asaf Bartov asaf.bartov@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Wikimedians,
I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and
longtime
volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair
(User:Austin
Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.
If you knew him, a good place to leave condolences is his talk page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Austin_Hair#Condolences
Life is short. Be kind to one another.
sorry to hear that.
Asaf
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This is quite sad. Life is indeed short. May his soul rest in perfect peace! :(
Sam.
________________________________ From: Wikimedia-l wikimedia-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org on behalf of Asaf Bartov asaf.bartov@gmail.com Sent: 18 December 2017 14:51:30 To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone
Dear Wikimedians,
I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and longtime volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.
If you knew him, a good place to leave condolences is his talk page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Austin_Hair#Condolences
Life is short. Be kind to one another.
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