I have learnt from Facebook that Alex Roshuk, old-time Wikimedian who helped set up the Wikimedia Foundation back in the day (including co-drafting the bylaws), has died.
I've "memorialised" his user page and user talk on enwiki.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Alex756 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Alex756
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On Mon, 10 Nov 2014 13:36:35 +0000 James Forrester jdforrester@gmail.com wrote:
I have learnt from Facebook that Alex Roshuk, old-time Wikimedian who helped set up the Wikimedia Foundation back in the day (including co-drafting the bylaws), has died.
I've "memorialised" his user page and user talk on enwiki.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Alex756 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Alex756
sorry to hear that.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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On 11/10/2014 5:36 AM, James Forrester wrote:
I have learnt from Facebook that Alex Roshuk, old-time Wikimedian who helped set up the Wikimedia Foundation back in the day (including co-drafting the bylaws), has died.
I am quite saddened to hear this news - in Wikipedia's early years and while the Wikimedia Foundation was being created, Alex was a tremendously important part of the community. In addition to helping draft the original bylaws and providing other legal advice, he deserves credit for his part in shaping our culture of high standards for dealing with copyrights, licensing obligations, and other legal issues. I'm glad that I was able to meet him in person at Wikimania in Boston, when he was still a somewhat active participant.
--Michael Snow
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