This is such a sad news. I have been following news about him and i can't believe this. This is a black day in the history of Human Civilization. We can indeed do little things like sharing posts about him and writing about him because that is all we can do perhaps.
Regards Satdeep Gill Punjabi Wikimedians
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- Museum v. WMF and WMDE in Commons copyright lawsuit (Pine W)
- Re: Free Bassel (rupert THURNER)
- Re: Branislav Jovanovic, User:BraneJ in critical condition (rupert THURNER)
Message: 1 Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 09:02:28 -0800 From: Lila Tretikov lila@wikimedia.org To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Free Bassel Message-ID: CAByo0cHWzjbzk1pq_ca8X7DW85xB6HuY7F7PySj9dJDq7Tbf0w@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Gerard, this is devastating news. Please send our love to Bassel's family. I still hope this is not true.
If there is anything we can do from here please let us know. Lila
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 2:12 AM, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi, I was so afraid when I read that Bassel has been sentenced to death. I read it on the website of Amnesty International [1]. I blogged about him in the past [2]. I am sad to say that it is him.
Bassel was active as a Wikimedian, he worked towards making information available about Palmyra.
If there is anything that we can do, please let us do this. Thanks, GerardM
[1]
http://www.amnesty.nl/nieuwsportaal/pers/syria-fears-life-free-expression-ad... [2]
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Message: 2 Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 19:25:24 +0200 From: Samir Elsharbaty selsharbaty@wikimedia.org To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Free Bassel Message-ID: CANGCV0Au4S2LRveckWM_yb+81_jrhh_Dziiajh+AJTjddGoS=w@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Some suggestions of things we can do:
- The list of signatories on the amnesty international website does not
include the WMF, the Wikimedia community, any of our affiliations or any representation from the Wikimedia movement. I wonder if we can contact them and request adding any of the above mentioned?
- Use our SM channels to retweet the WMF blog post [1] about him with the
news that he is sentenced to death.
- We all try to share supporting tweets on the #FreeBassel hashtag.
[1] http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/10/08/bassel-missing-syria/
Thanks,
Samir
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 7:02 PM, Lila Tretikov lila@wikimedia.org wrote:
Gerard, this is devastating news. Please send our love to Bassel's family. I still hope this is not true.
If there is anything we can do from here please let us know. Lila
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 2:12 AM, Gerard Meijssen < gerard.meijssen@gmail.com> wrote:
Hoi, I was so afraid when I read that Bassel has been sentenced to death. I
read
it on the website of Amnesty International [1]. I blogged about him in
the
past [2]. I am sad to say that it is him.
Bassel was active as a Wikimedian, he worked towards making information available about Palmyra.
If there is anything that we can do, please let us do this. Thanks, GerardM
[1]
http://www.amnesty.nl/nieuwsportaal/pers/syria-fears-life-free-expression-ad...
[2]
http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2015/10/freebassel-free-culture-advocate-...
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Message: 3 Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 19:43:11 +0200 From: Samir Elsharbaty selsharbaty@wikimedia.org To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Branislav Jovanovic, User:BraneJ in critical condition Message-ID: CANGCV0Ah8Z73xxnE8BjhrMdLkVQHmynHcW3+iCw7=W=q7V8hyw@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Brane,
I didn't have the pleasure of meeting you but I heard a lot of nice stories, so, please get well soon because I would like to have this pleasure!
-- Samir Elsharbaty, Wikipedia Education Program Wikimedia Foundation +20.100.944.3478 education.wikimedia.org
On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Tito Dutta trulytito@gmail.com wrote:
Brane, Good wishes and get well soon. Regards.
On 22 November 2015 at 06:18, Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org wrote:
I have had the pleasure of meeting and talking to Brane at some length,
in
Belgrade, in Hong Kong, and perhaps elsewhere too. He is thoughtful and dedicated, and as Milos said, has played a huge part in building up
Serbian
Wikipedia and Wikimedia Serbia.
Brane, I wish you a full recovery, and hope to have the chance to see you again, somewhere in the world or around the wikis.
Regards from the Wikisource gathering in Vienna,
Asaf
On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Milos Rancic millosh@gmail.com wrote:
Pine asked me a good question: Where to express support? I think whatever you think is the most appropriate. This thread works, as well. His email is branej@gmail.com. You have the link to his Facebook page via WMRS photo. He is using Twitter, as well @branej.
On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 12:40 AM, Milos Rancic millosh@gmail.com
wrote:
At some point of time, the best you could do is to reach for a superstition and hope it will work. It doesn't matter how it will be explained after, but at this point of time, it's only that superstition which matters.
My particular superstition is that Brane would be able to see his eulogy and that we'll be able to laugh together. You know, it's a
rare
opportunity to see how your eulogy would look like, so I hope I am giving it to him.
An hour ago I heard that he is in critical condition. At first, I was thinking what should I write after he dies. Then, I realized that I should write it now and post it after. Then, it's come into my mind that I should send it immediately as, at least, I could think about reading with him this eulogy and your comments after he recovers.
Since August 2014 he is struggling with bone cancer. His curse is
that
his body is so strong, that chemotherapy is not working yet. Paradoxically, we hope that his body is weak enough now that it will finally accept chemotherapy. Monday would be crucial day for him.
He is one of those "invisible" Wikimedians who actually contributed significantly to our movement. Some of you, mostly those who visited Belgrade, know him.
He is one of the founders of Wikimedia Serbia. It's a pity that he is in this condition while WMRS is preparing to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Here is our photo from the founding assembly [1].
Presently, he is a board member of Wikimedia Serbia.
His epic fight for copyright correctness on Serbian Wikipedia created the foundations of the present day strict copyright rules. It's a great achievement for a project of such size and it was possible just because of him.
While he was active editor, he was highly trusted Wikipedian and he was administrator, bureaucrat and checkuser on Serbian Wikipedia, as well as on a number of of other projects in Serbian language.
Alpha software for transliteration between Cyrillic and Latin scripts of Serbian language in MediaWiki was his work. That was the basis for the future implementation. It was the first software of that kind implemented in one web engine.
He is my close friend. Besides a lot of things which he did, which will be mentioned at appropriate time, I want to say that many things which I did wouldn't be possible without his contribution.
He is now very exhausted and he won't be able to read this today or tomorrow. However, I am sure he will be able to read it on Monday, after he recovers a bit. So, your support matters, no matter of my superstitious reasons for sending this email.
[1]
https://www.facebook.com/wikimedia.rs/photos/a.826279217387658.1073741828.29...
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Message: 4 Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 10:00:27 -0800 From: Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com To: Wikimedia Mailing List Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Museum v. WMF and WMDE in Commons copyright lawsuit Message-ID: CAF=dyJhO+HLfSLAsvBm4qyziesLdJ21Q9HMOj_URdaHNeyF5YA@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
'Tis the season https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deck_the_Halls#Lyrics for a lawsuit: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/11/23/lawsuit-public-domain-art/
Pine
Message: 5 Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 19:17:59 +0100 From: rupert THURNER rupert.thurner@gmail.com To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Free Bassel Message-ID: CAJs9aZ9kb6ZAbfAQAJiA7qodekct9-i+PFLrbfxSb6f7PBVy6g@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Lila, would you be able to somehow contact the Russian government?
On Nov 23, 2015 18:25, "Samir Elsharbaty" selsharbaty@wikimedia.org wrote:
Some suggestions of things we can do:
- The list of signatories on the amnesty international website does not
include the WMF, the Wikimedia community, any of our affiliations or any representation from the Wikimedia movement. I wonder if we can contact them and request adding any of the above mentioned?
- Use our SM channels to retweet the WMF blog post [1] about him with the
news that he is sentenced to death.
- We all try to share supporting tweets on the #FreeBassel hashtag.
[1] http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/10/08/bassel-missing-syria/
Thanks,
Samir
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 7:02 PM, Lila Tretikov lila@wikimedia.org wrote:
Gerard, this is devastating news. Please send our love to Bassel's
family.
I still hope this is not true.
If there is anything we can do from here please let us know. Lila
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 2:12 AM, Gerard Meijssen < gerard.meijssen@gmail.com> wrote:
Hoi, I was so afraid when I read that Bassel has been sentenced to death. I
read
it on the website of Amnesty International [1]. I blogged about him in
the
past [2]. I am sad to say that it is him.
Bassel was active as a Wikimedian, he worked towards making information available about Palmyra.
If there is anything that we can do, please let us do this. Thanks, GerardM
[1]
http://www.amnesty.nl/nieuwsportaal/pers/syria-fears-life-free-expression-ad...
[2]
http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2015/10/freebassel-free-culture-advocate-...
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All the best brane!!
On Nov 23, 2015 18:43, "Samir Elsharbaty" selsharbaty@wikimedia.org wrote:
Brane,
I didn't have the pleasure of meeting you but I heard a lot of nice stories, so, please get well soon because I would like to have this pleasure!
-- Samir Elsharbaty, Wikipedia Education Program Wikimedia Foundation +20.100.944.3478 education.wikimedia.org
On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Tito Dutta trulytito@gmail.com wrote:
Brane, Good wishes and get well soon. Regards.
On 22 November 2015 at 06:18, Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org wrote:
I have had the pleasure of meeting and talking to Brane at some length,
in
Belgrade, in Hong Kong, and perhaps elsewhere too. He is thoughtful
and
dedicated, and as Milos said, has played a huge part in building up
Serbian
Wikipedia and Wikimedia Serbia.
Brane, I wish you a full recovery, and hope to have the chance to see
you
again, somewhere in the world or around the wikis.
Regards from the Wikisource gathering in Vienna,
Asaf
On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Milos Rancic millosh@gmail.com
wrote:
Pine asked me a good question: Where to express support? I think whatever you think is the most appropriate. This thread works, as well. His email is branej@gmail.com. You have the link to his
page via WMRS photo. He is using Twitter, as well @branej.
On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 12:40 AM, Milos Rancic millosh@gmail.com
wrote:
At some point of time, the best you could do is to reach for a superstition and hope it will work. It doesn't matter how it will
be
explained after, but at this point of time, it's only that superstition which matters.
My particular superstition is that Brane would be able to see his eulogy and that we'll be able to laugh together. You know, it's a
rare
opportunity to see how your eulogy would look like, so I hope I am giving it to him.
An hour ago I heard that he is in critical condition. At first, I
was
thinking what should I write after he dies. Then, I realized that I should write it now and post it after. Then, it's come into my mind that I should send it immediately as, at least, I could think about reading with him this eulogy and your comments after he recovers.
Since August 2014 he is struggling with bone cancer. His curse is
that
his body is so strong, that chemotherapy is not working yet. Paradoxically, we hope that his body is weak enough now that it
will
finally accept chemotherapy. Monday would be crucial day for him.
He is one of those "invisible" Wikimedians who actually contributed significantly to our movement. Some of you, mostly those who
visited
Belgrade, know him.
He is one of the founders of Wikimedia Serbia. It's a pity that he
is
in this condition while WMRS is preparing to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Here is our photo from the founding assembly [1].
Presently, he is a board member of Wikimedia Serbia.
His epic fight for copyright correctness on Serbian Wikipedia
created
the foundations of the present day strict copyright rules. It's a great achievement for a project of such size and it was possible
just
because of him.
While he was active editor, he was highly trusted Wikipedian and he was administrator, bureaucrat and checkuser on Serbian Wikipedia,
as
well as on a number of of other projects in Serbian language.
Alpha software for transliteration between Cyrillic and Latin
scripts
of Serbian language in MediaWiki was his work. That was the basis
for
the future implementation. It was the first software of that kind implemented in one web engine.
He is my close friend. Besides a lot of things which he did, which will be mentioned at appropriate time, I want to say that many
things
which I did wouldn't be possible without his contribution.
He is now very exhausted and he won't be able to read this today or tomorrow. However, I am sure he will be able to read it on Monday, after he recovers a bit. So, your support matters, no matter of my superstitious reasons for sending this email.
[1]
https://www.facebook.com/wikimedia.rs/photos/a.826279217387658.1073741828.29...
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Hi Samir and all,
We are happy to continue posting about Bassel, with all our hopes that he emerges OK.
We posted about this latest development when it was first reported a few weeks ago. This morning we updated our blog post http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/10/08/bassel-missing-syria/ and reshared it https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/668886735586066432out on Twitter and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153658400313346. I also RT'd Creative Commons, who posted about it, and with whom we've been in touch on this. And we have posted Noura's video https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page on Facebook. (It's media of the day on Wikimedia Commons.) I'll tweet the video later today and stay in touch with other orgs on Twitter posting about him.
Keeping Bassel in our thoughts,
Jeff Elder Digital communications manager Wikimedia Foundation 704-650-4130 @jeffelder https://twitter.com/JeffElder @wikipedia https://twitter.com/wikipedia The Wikimedia blog https://blog.wikimedia.org/
Jeff Elder Digital communications manager Wikimedia Foundation 704-650-4130 @jeffelder https://twitter.com/JeffElder @wikipedia https://twitter.com/wikipedia The Wikimedia blog https://blog.wikimedia.org/
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 1:10 PM, Satdeep Gill satdeep_gill@yahoo.com wrote:
This is such a sad news. I have been following news about him and i can't believe this. This is a black day in the history of Human Civilization. We can indeed do little things like sharing posts about him and writing about him because that is all we can do perhaps.
Regards Satdeep Gill Punjabi Wikimedians
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Today's Topics:
- Re: Free Bassel (Lila Tretikov)
- Re: Free Bassel (Samir Elsharbaty)
- Re: Branislav Jovanovic, User:BraneJ in critical condition (Samir Elsharbaty)
- Museum v. WMF and WMDE in Commons copyright lawsuit (Pine W)
- Re: Free Bassel (rupert THURNER)
- Re: Branislav Jovanovic, User:BraneJ in critical condition (rupert THURNER)
Message: 1 Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 09:02:28 -0800 From: Lila Tretikov lila@wikimedia.org To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Free Bassel Message-ID: CAByo0cHWzjbzk1pq_ca8X7DW85xB6HuY7F7PySj9dJDq7Tbf0w@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Gerard, this is devastating news. Please send our love to Bassel's
family.
I still hope this is not true.
If there is anything we can do from here please let us know. Lila
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 2:12 AM, Gerard Meijssen <
gerard.meijssen@gmail.com>
wrote:
Hoi, I was so afraid when I read that Bassel has been sentenced to death. I
read
it on the website of Amnesty International [1]. I blogged about him in
the
past [2]. I am sad to say that it is him.
Bassel was active as a Wikimedian, he worked towards making information available about Palmyra.
If there is anything that we can do, please let us do this. Thanks, GerardM
[1]
http://www.amnesty.nl/nieuwsportaal/pers/syria-fears-life-free-expression-ad...
[2]
http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2015/10/freebassel-free-culture-advocate-...
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Message: 2 Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 19:25:24 +0200 From: Samir Elsharbaty selsharbaty@wikimedia.org To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Free Bassel Message-ID: CANGCV0Au4S2LRveckWM_yb+81_jrhh_Dziiajh+AJTjddGoS=w@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Some suggestions of things we can do:
- The list of signatories on the amnesty international website does not
include the WMF, the Wikimedia community, any of our affiliations or any representation from the Wikimedia movement. I wonder if we can contact
them
and request adding any of the above mentioned?
- Use our SM channels to retweet the WMF blog post [1] about him with
the
news that he is sentenced to death.
- We all try to share supporting tweets on the #FreeBassel hashtag.
[1] http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/10/08/bassel-missing-syria/
Thanks,
Samir
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 7:02 PM, Lila Tretikov lila@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Gerard, this is devastating news. Please send our love to Bassel's
family.
I still hope this is not true.
If there is anything we can do from here please let us know. Lila
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 2:12 AM, Gerard Meijssen < gerard.meijssen@gmail.com> wrote:
Hoi, I was so afraid when I read that Bassel has been sentenced to death. I
read
it on the website of Amnesty International [1]. I blogged about him in
the
past [2]. I am sad to say that it is him.
Bassel was active as a Wikimedian, he worked towards making information available about Palmyra.
If there is anything that we can do, please let us do this. Thanks, GerardM
[1]
http://www.amnesty.nl/nieuwsportaal/pers/syria-fears-life-free-expression-ad...
[2]
http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2015/10/freebassel-free-culture-advocate-...
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Brane,
I didn't have the pleasure of meeting you but I heard a lot of nice stories, so, please get well soon because I would like to have this pleasure!
-- Samir Elsharbaty, Wikipedia Education Program Wikimedia Foundation +20.100.944.3478 education.wikimedia.org
On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Tito Dutta trulytito@gmail.com
wrote:
Brane, Good wishes and get well soon. Regards.
On 22 November 2015 at 06:18, Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org
wrote:
I have had the pleasure of meeting and talking to Brane at some length,
in
Belgrade, in Hong Kong, and perhaps elsewhere too. He is thoughtful
and
dedicated, and as Milos said, has played a huge part in building up
Serbian
Wikipedia and Wikimedia Serbia.
Brane, I wish you a full recovery, and hope to have the chance to see
you
again, somewhere in the world or around the wikis.
Regards from the Wikisource gathering in Vienna,
Asaf
On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Milos Rancic millosh@gmail.com
wrote:
Pine asked me a good question: Where to express support? I think whatever you think is the most appropriate. This thread works, as well. His email is branej@gmail.com. You have the link to his
page via WMRS photo. He is using Twitter, as well @branej.
On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 12:40 AM, Milos Rancic millosh@gmail.com
wrote:
At some point of time, the best you could do is to reach for a superstition and hope it will work. It doesn't matter how it will be explained after, but at this point of time, it's only that superstition which matters.
My particular superstition is that Brane would be able to see his eulogy and that we'll be able to laugh together. You know, it's a
rare
opportunity to see how your eulogy would look like, so I hope I am giving it to him.
An hour ago I heard that he is in critical condition. At first, I was thinking what should I write after he dies. Then, I realized that I should write it now and post it after. Then, it's come into my mind that I should send it immediately as, at least, I could think about reading with him this eulogy and your comments after he recovers.
Since August 2014 he is struggling with bone cancer. His curse is
that
his body is so strong, that chemotherapy is not working yet. Paradoxically, we hope that his body is weak enough now that it will finally accept chemotherapy. Monday would be crucial day for him.
He is one of those "invisible" Wikimedians who actually contributed significantly to our movement. Some of you, mostly those who visited Belgrade, know him.
He is one of the founders of Wikimedia Serbia. It's a pity that he is in this condition while WMRS is preparing to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Here is our photo from the founding assembly [1].
Presently, he is a board member of Wikimedia Serbia.
His epic fight for copyright correctness on Serbian Wikipedia created the foundations of the present day strict copyright rules. It's a great achievement for a project of such size and it was possible just because of him.
While he was active editor, he was highly trusted Wikipedian and he was administrator, bureaucrat and checkuser on Serbian Wikipedia, as well as on a number of of other projects in Serbian language.
Alpha software for transliteration between Cyrillic and Latin scripts of Serbian language in MediaWiki was his work. That was the basis for the future implementation. It was the first software of that kind implemented in one web engine.
He is my close friend. Besides a lot of things which he did, which will be mentioned at appropriate time, I want to say that many things which I did wouldn't be possible without his contribution.
He is now very exhausted and he won't be able to read this today or tomorrow. However, I am sure he will be able to read it on Monday, after he recovers a bit. So, your support matters, no matter of my superstitious reasons for sending this email.
[1]
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Message: 4 Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 10:00:27 -0800 From: Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com To: Wikimedia Mailing List Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Museum v. WMF and WMDE in Commons copyright lawsuit Message-ID: CAF=dyJhO+HLfSLAsvBm4qyziesLdJ21Q9HMOj_URdaHNeyF5YA@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
'Tis the season https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deck_the_Halls#Lyrics
for a
lawsuit:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/11/23/lawsuit-public-domain-art/
Pine
Message: 5 Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 19:17:59 +0100 From: rupert THURNER rupert.thurner@gmail.com To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Free Bassel Message-ID: CAJs9aZ9kb6ZAbfAQAJiA7qodekct9-i+PFLrbfxSb6f7PBVy6g@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Lila, would you be able to somehow contact the Russian government?
On Nov 23, 2015 18:25, "Samir Elsharbaty" selsharbaty@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Some suggestions of things we can do:
- The list of signatories on the amnesty international website does not
include the WMF, the Wikimedia community, any of our affiliations or any representation from the Wikimedia movement. I wonder if we can contact
them
and request adding any of the above mentioned?
- Use our SM channels to retweet the WMF blog post [1] about him with
the
news that he is sentenced to death.
- We all try to share supporting tweets on the #FreeBassel hashtag.
[1] http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/10/08/bassel-missing-syria/
Thanks,
Samir
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 7:02 PM, Lila Tretikov lila@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Gerard, this is devastating news. Please send our love to Bassel's
family.
I still hope this is not true.
If there is anything we can do from here please let us know. Lila
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 2:12 AM, Gerard Meijssen < gerard.meijssen@gmail.com> wrote:
Hoi, I was so afraid when I read that Bassel has been sentenced to death. I
read
it on the website of Amnesty International [1]. I blogged about him in
the
past [2]. I am sad to say that it is him.
Bassel was active as a Wikimedian, he worked towards making
information
available about Palmyra.
If there is anything that we can do, please let us do this. Thanks, GerardM
[1]
http://www.amnesty.nl/nieuwsportaal/pers/syria-fears-life-free-expression-ad...
[2]
http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2015/10/freebassel-free-culture-advocate-...
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All the best brane!!
On Nov 23, 2015 18:43, "Samir Elsharbaty" selsharbaty@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Brane,
I didn't have the pleasure of meeting you but I heard a lot of nice stories, so, please get well soon because I would like to have this pleasure!
-- Samir Elsharbaty, Wikipedia Education Program Wikimedia Foundation +20.100.944.3478 education.wikimedia.org
On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Tito Dutta trulytito@gmail.com
wrote:
Brane, Good wishes and get well soon. Regards.
On 22 November 2015 at 06:18, Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org
wrote:
I have had the pleasure of meeting and talking to Brane at some
length,
in
Belgrade, in Hong Kong, and perhaps elsewhere too. He is thoughtful
and
dedicated, and as Milos said, has played a huge part in building up
Serbian
Wikipedia and Wikimedia Serbia.
Brane, I wish you a full recovery, and hope to have the chance to see
you
again, somewhere in the world or around the wikis.
Regards from the Wikisource gathering in Vienna,
Asaf
On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Milos Rancic millosh@gmail.com
wrote:
Pine asked me a good question: Where to express support? I think whatever you think is the most appropriate. This thread works, as well. His email is branej@gmail.com. You have the link to his
page via WMRS photo. He is using Twitter, as well @branej.
On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 12:40 AM, Milos Rancic millosh@gmail.com
wrote:
> At some point of time, the best you could do is to reach for a > superstition and hope it will work. It doesn't matter how it will
be
> explained after, but at this point of time, it's only that > superstition which matters. > > My particular superstition is that Brane would be able to see his > eulogy and that we'll be able to laugh together. You know, it's a
rare
> opportunity to see how your eulogy would look like, so I hope I am > giving it to him. > > An hour ago I heard that he is in critical condition. At first, I
was
> thinking what should I write after he dies. Then, I realized that I > should write it now and post it after. Then, it's come into my mind > that I should send it immediately as, at least, I could think about > reading with him this eulogy and your comments after he recovers. > > Since August 2014 he is struggling with bone cancer. His curse is
that
> his body is so strong, that chemotherapy is not working yet. > Paradoxically, we hope that his body is weak enough now that it
will
> finally accept chemotherapy. Monday would be crucial day for him. > > He is one of those "invisible" Wikimedians who actually contributed > significantly to our movement. Some of you, mostly those who
visited
> Belgrade, know him. > > He is one of the founders of Wikimedia Serbia. It's a pity that he
is
> in this condition while WMRS is preparing to celebrate its 10th > anniversary. Here is our photo from the founding assembly [1]. > > Presently, he is a board member of Wikimedia Serbia. > > His epic fight for copyright correctness on Serbian Wikipedia
created
> the foundations of the present day strict copyright rules. It's a > great achievement for a project of such size and it was possible
just
> because of him. > > While he was active editor, he was highly trusted Wikipedian and he > was administrator, bureaucrat and checkuser on Serbian Wikipedia,
as
> well as on a number of of other projects in Serbian language. > > Alpha software for transliteration between Cyrillic and Latin
scripts
> of Serbian language in MediaWiki was his work. That was the basis
for
> the future implementation. It was the first software of that kind > implemented in one web engine. > > He is my close friend. Besides a lot of things which he did, which > will be mentioned at appropriate time, I want to say that many
things
> which I did wouldn't be possible without his contribution. > > He is now very exhausted and he won't be able to read this today or > tomorrow. However, I am sure he will be able to read it on Monday, > after he recovers a bit. So, your support matters, no matter of my > superstitious reasons for sending this email. > > [1]
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Hoi, Sorry but in my opinion there seems to be a lack of urgency. An update to an old blogpost when someone is sentenced to death? Is that all?REALLY????
At this time we can make a big issue out of it by asking attention for Bassel from our Central Notice. It is after all the first time that a Wikipedian is likely to die for the things that we value... What is the value of a life, of a Wikipedian of someone from Syria?
We need to do much better than this. This is a Wikipedian. It is a notable person in his own right and we sit on our hands?
GerardM
On 23 November 2015 at 22:16, Jeff Elder jelder@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi Samir and all,
We are happy to continue posting about Bassel, with all our hopes that he emerges OK.
We posted about this latest development when it was first reported a few weeks ago. This morning we updated our blog post http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/10/08/bassel-missing-syria/ and reshared it https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/668886735586066432out on Twitter and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153658400313346. I also RT'd Creative Commons, who posted about it, and with whom we've been in touch on this. And we have posted Noura's video https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page on Facebook. (It's media of the day on Wikimedia Commons.) I'll tweet the video later today and stay in touch with other orgs on Twitter posting about him.
Keeping Bassel in our thoughts,
Jeff Elder Digital communications manager Wikimedia Foundation 704-650-4130 @jeffelder https://twitter.com/JeffElder @wikipedia https://twitter.com/wikipedia The Wikimedia blog https://blog.wikimedia.org/
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On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 1:10 PM, Satdeep Gill satdeep_gill@yahoo.com wrote:
This is such a sad news. I have been following news about him and i can't believe this. This is a black day in the history of Human Civilization.
We
can indeed do little things like sharing posts about him and writing
about
him because that is all we can do perhaps.
Regards Satdeep Gill Punjabi Wikimedians
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Gerard, this is devastating news. Please send our love to Bassel's
family.
I still hope this is not true.
If there is anything we can do from here please let us know. Lila
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 2:12 AM, Gerard Meijssen <
gerard.meijssen@gmail.com>
wrote:
Hoi, I was so afraid when I read that Bassel has been sentenced to death. I
read
it on the website of Amnesty International [1]. I blogged about him in
the
past [2]. I am sad to say that it is him.
Bassel was active as a Wikimedian, he worked towards making
information
available about Palmyra.
If there is anything that we can do, please let us do this. Thanks, GerardM
[1]
http://www.amnesty.nl/nieuwsportaal/pers/syria-fears-life-free-expression-ad...
[2]
http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2015/10/freebassel-free-culture-advocate-...
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Some suggestions of things we can do:
- The list of signatories on the amnesty international website does
not
include the WMF, the Wikimedia community, any of our affiliations or
any
representation from the Wikimedia movement. I wonder if we can contact
them
and request adding any of the above mentioned?
- Use our SM channels to retweet the WMF blog post [1] about him with
the
news that he is sentenced to death.
- We all try to share supporting tweets on the #FreeBassel hashtag.
[1] http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/10/08/bassel-missing-syria/
Thanks,
Samir
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 7:02 PM, Lila Tretikov lila@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Gerard, this is devastating news. Please send our love to Bassel's
family.
I still hope this is not true.
If there is anything we can do from here please let us know. Lila
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 2:12 AM, Gerard Meijssen < gerard.meijssen@gmail.com> wrote:
Hoi, I was so afraid when I read that Bassel has been sentenced to death.
I
read
it on the website of Amnesty International [1]. I blogged about him
in
the
past [2]. I am sad to say that it is him.
Bassel was active as a Wikimedian, he worked towards making
information
available about Palmyra.
If there is anything that we can do, please let us do this. Thanks, GerardM
[1]
http://www.amnesty.nl/nieuwsportaal/pers/syria-fears-life-free-expression-ad...
[2]
http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2015/10/freebassel-free-culture-advocate-...
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Brane,
I didn't have the pleasure of meeting you but I heard a lot of nice stories, so, please get well soon because I would like to have this pleasure!
-- Samir Elsharbaty, Wikipedia Education Program Wikimedia Foundation +20.100.944.3478 education.wikimedia.org
On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Tito Dutta trulytito@gmail.com
wrote:
Brane, Good wishes and get well soon. Regards.
On 22 November 2015 at 06:18, Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org
wrote:
I have had the pleasure of meeting and talking to Brane at some
length,
in
Belgrade, in Hong Kong, and perhaps elsewhere too. He is thoughtful
and
dedicated, and as Milos said, has played a huge part in building up
Serbian
Wikipedia and Wikimedia Serbia.
Brane, I wish you a full recovery, and hope to have the chance to see
you
again, somewhere in the world or around the wikis.
Regards from the Wikisource gathering in Vienna,
Asaf
On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Milos Rancic millosh@gmail.com
wrote:
Pine asked me a good question: Where to express support? I think whatever you think is the most appropriate. This thread works, as well. His email is branej@gmail.com. You have the link to his
page via WMRS photo. He is using Twitter, as well @branej.
On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 12:40 AM, Milos Rancic millosh@gmail.com
wrote:
> At some point of time, the best you could do is to reach for a > superstition and hope it will work. It doesn't matter how it will
be
> explained after, but at this point of time, it's only that > superstition which matters. > > My particular superstition is that Brane would be able to see his > eulogy and that we'll be able to laugh together. You know, it's a
rare
> opportunity to see how your eulogy would look like, so I hope I am > giving it to him. > > An hour ago I heard that he is in critical condition. At first, I
was
> thinking what should I write after he dies. Then, I realized that I > should write it now and post it after. Then, it's come into my mind > that I should send it immediately as, at least, I could think about > reading with him this eulogy and your comments after he recovers. > > Since August 2014 he is struggling with bone cancer. His curse is
that
> his body is so strong, that chemotherapy is not working yet. > Paradoxically, we hope that his body is weak enough now that it
will
> finally accept chemotherapy. Monday would be crucial day for him. > > He is one of those "invisible" Wikimedians who actually contributed > significantly to our movement. Some of you, mostly those who
visited
> Belgrade, know him. > > He is one of the founders of Wikimedia Serbia. It's a pity that he
is
> in this condition while WMRS is preparing to celebrate its 10th > anniversary. Here is our photo from the founding assembly [1]. > > Presently, he is a board member of Wikimedia Serbia. > > His epic fight for copyright correctness on Serbian Wikipedia
created
> the foundations of the present day strict copyright rules. It's a > great achievement for a project of such size and it was possible
just
> because of him. > > While he was active editor, he was highly trusted Wikipedian and he > was administrator, bureaucrat and checkuser on Serbian Wikipedia,
as
> well as on a number of of other projects in Serbian language. > > Alpha software for transliteration between Cyrillic and Latin
scripts
> of Serbian language in MediaWiki was his work. That was the basis
for
> the future implementation. It was the first software of that kind > implemented in one web engine. > > He is my close friend. Besides a lot of things which he did, which > will be mentioned at appropriate time, I want to say that many
things
> which I did wouldn't be possible without his contribution. > > He is now very exhausted and he won't be able to read this today or > tomorrow. However, I am sure he will be able to read it on Monday, > after he recovers a bit. So, your support matters, no matter of my > superstitious reasons for sending this email. > > [1]
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Message: 4 Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 10:00:27 -0800 From: Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com To: Wikimedia Mailing List Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Museum v. WMF and WMDE in Commons copyright lawsuit Message-ID: <CAF=dyJhO+HLfSLAsvBm4qyziesLdJ21Q9HMOj_URdaHNeyF5YA@mail.gmail.com
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'Tis the season https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deck_the_Halls#Lyrics
for a
lawsuit:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/11/23/lawsuit-public-domain-art/
Pine
Message: 5 Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 19:17:59 +0100 From: rupert THURNER rupert.thurner@gmail.com To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Free Bassel Message-ID: <CAJs9aZ9kb6ZAbfAQAJiA7qodekct9-i+PFLrbfxSb6f7PBVy6g@mail.gmail.com
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Lila, would you be able to somehow contact the Russian government?
On Nov 23, 2015 18:25, "Samir Elsharbaty" selsharbaty@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Some suggestions of things we can do:
- The list of signatories on the amnesty international website does
not
include the WMF, the Wikimedia community, any of our affiliations or
any
representation from the Wikimedia movement. I wonder if we can contact
them
and request adding any of the above mentioned?
- Use our SM channels to retweet the WMF blog post [1] about him with
the
news that he is sentenced to death.
- We all try to share supporting tweets on the #FreeBassel hashtag.
[1] http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/10/08/bassel-missing-syria/
Thanks,
Samir
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 7:02 PM, Lila Tretikov lila@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Gerard, this is devastating news. Please send our love to Bassel's
family.
I still hope this is not true.
If there is anything we can do from here please let us know. Lila
On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 2:12 AM, Gerard Meijssen < gerard.meijssen@gmail.com> wrote:
Hoi, I was so afraid when I read that Bassel has been sentenced to
death. I
read
it on the website of Amnesty International [1]. I blogged about him
in
the
past [2]. I am sad to say that it is him.
Bassel was active as a Wikimedian, he worked towards making
information
available about Palmyra.
If there is anything that we can do, please let us do this. Thanks, GerardM
[1]
http://www.amnesty.nl/nieuwsportaal/pers/syria-fears-life-free-expression-ad...
[2]
http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2015/10/freebassel-free-culture-advocate-...
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Message: 6 Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 20:36:22 +0100 From: rupert THURNER rupert.thurner@gmail.com To: Wikimedia Mailing List wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Branislav Jovanovic, User:BraneJ in critical condition Message-ID: <CAJs9aZ82EbgvmZbJu_P54=roiaCvZ7nXdzH5wWjTZotcOOY-Ag@mail.gmail.com
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All the best brane!!
On Nov 23, 2015 18:43, "Samir Elsharbaty" selsharbaty@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Brane,
I didn't have the pleasure of meeting you but I heard a lot of nice stories, so, please get well soon because I would like to have this pleasure!
-- Samir Elsharbaty, Wikipedia Education Program Wikimedia Foundation +20.100.944.3478 education.wikimedia.org
On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Tito Dutta trulytito@gmail.com
wrote:
Brane, Good wishes and get well soon. Regards.
On 22 November 2015 at 06:18, Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org
wrote:
I have had the pleasure of meeting and talking to Brane at some
length,
in
Belgrade, in Hong Kong, and perhaps elsewhere too. He is thoughtful
and
dedicated, and as Milos said, has played a huge part in building up
Serbian
Wikipedia and Wikimedia Serbia.
Brane, I wish you a full recovery, and hope to have the chance to
see
you
again, somewhere in the world or around the wikis.
Regards from the Wikisource gathering in Vienna,
Asaf
On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Milos Rancic millosh@gmail.com
wrote:
> Pine asked me a good question: Where to express support? I think > whatever you think is the most appropriate. This thread works, as > well. His email is branej@gmail.com. You have the link to his
> page via WMRS photo. He is using Twitter, as well @branej. > > On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 12:40 AM, Milos Rancic millosh@gmail.com wrote: >> At some point of time, the best you could do is to reach for a >> superstition and hope it will work. It doesn't matter how it will
be
>> explained after, but at this point of time, it's only that >> superstition which matters. >> >> My particular superstition is that Brane would be able to see his >> eulogy and that we'll be able to laugh together. You know, it's a
rare
>> opportunity to see how your eulogy would look like, so I hope I am >> giving it to him. >> >> An hour ago I heard that he is in critical condition. At first, I
was
>> thinking what should I write after he dies. Then, I realized that
I
>> should write it now and post it after. Then, it's come into my
mind
>> that I should send it immediately as, at least, I could think
about
>> reading with him this eulogy and your comments after he recovers. >> >> Since August 2014 he is struggling with bone cancer. His curse is
that
>> his body is so strong, that chemotherapy is not working yet. >> Paradoxically, we hope that his body is weak enough now that it
will
>> finally accept chemotherapy. Monday would be crucial day for him. >> >> He is one of those "invisible" Wikimedians who actually
contributed
>> significantly to our movement. Some of you, mostly those who
visited
>> Belgrade, know him. >> >> He is one of the founders of Wikimedia Serbia. It's a pity that he
is
>> in this condition while WMRS is preparing to celebrate its 10th >> anniversary. Here is our photo from the founding assembly [1]. >> >> Presently, he is a board member of Wikimedia Serbia. >> >> His epic fight for copyright correctness on Serbian Wikipedia
created
>> the foundations of the present day strict copyright rules. It's a >> great achievement for a project of such size and it was possible
just
>> because of him. >> >> While he was active editor, he was highly trusted Wikipedian and
he
>> was administrator, bureaucrat and checkuser on Serbian Wikipedia,
as
>> well as on a number of of other projects in Serbian language. >> >> Alpha software for transliteration between Cyrillic and Latin
scripts
>> of Serbian language in MediaWiki was his work. That was the basis
for
>> the future implementation. It was the first software of that kind >> implemented in one web engine. >> >> He is my close friend. Besides a lot of things which he did, which >> will be mentioned at appropriate time, I want to say that many
things
>> which I did wouldn't be possible without his contribution. >> >> He is now very exhausted and he won't be able to read this today
or
>> tomorrow. However, I am sure he will be able to read it on Monday, >> after he recovers a bit. So, your support matters, no matter of my >> superstitious reasons for sending this email. >> >> [1]
https://www.facebook.com/wikimedia.rs/photos/a.826279217387658.1073741828.29...
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On 24.11.2015 08:22, Gerard Meijssen wrote:
We need to do much better than this. This is a Wikipedian. It is a notable person in his own right and we sit on our hands?
Yes. The movement needs to free resources quickly to campaign efficiently on this.
Emmanuel
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