I was friends with Kevin and talked to him often over email. He was a tireless advocate of addressing the gender gap on Wikipedia and making the projects less toxic. Besides his significant volunteer work on-wiki, he was also a moderator of the gendergap mailing list (a difficult and thankless job). He was always an advocate for those whose voices were not being heard or those who were afraid to speak up due to fear of being attacked. He ran for English Wikipedia ArbCom last year, and addressed some of these issues in his candidate statement: "Our encyclopedia aims to encompass the sum of all human knowledge - a lofty goal that we cannot possibly accomplish unless we take steps to ensure that, to borrow from a recent public comment, we’re sending no demographic into a cultural buzzsaw."
Kevin was one of the countless unsung heroes of our movement, and his passing is a tragic loss. I hope we can pay tribute to his memory by continuing to work towards addressing the gender gap and eliminating harassment on our projects.
You can add info here if you knew him and some of his Wikimedia work and accomplishments: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-08-04/Obitua...
On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 8:18 PM, Ryan Kaldari rkaldari@wikimedia.org wrote:
I was friends with Kevin and talked to him often over email. He was a tireless advocate of addressing the gender gap on Wikipedia and making the projects less toxic. Besides his significant volunteer work on-wiki, he was also a moderator of the gendergap mailing list (a difficult and thankless job). He was always an advocate for those whose voices were not being heard or those who were afraid to speak up due to fear of being attacked. He ran for English Wikipedia ArbCom last year, and addressed some of these issues in his candidate statement: "Our encyclopedia aims to encompass the sum of all human knowledge - a lofty goal that we cannot possibly accomplish unless we take steps to ensure that, to borrow from a recent public comment, we’re sending no demographic into a cultural buzzsaw."
Kevin was one of the countless unsung heroes of our movement, and his passing is a tragic loss. I hope we can pay tribute to his memory by continuing to work towards addressing the gender gap and eliminating harassment on our projects. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe
Of little interest perhaps, but Kevin's profile appeared on my LinkedIn's "People you may know" page (as did another recently deceased ex-WMF staffer's). I reached out to LinkedIn directly, filling in their deceased members form so that remove or mark the profile as deceased (different networks handle this type of request differently). From past experience, often the family of the deceased is too overwhelmed to deal with their loved one's online profiles and are grateful if others 'take care' of that.
Something to consider if you come across other online profiles of Kevin.
K.
On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Rachel Farrand rfarrand@wikimedia.org wrote:
You can add info here if you knew him and some of his Wikimedia work and accomplishments: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/ 2016-08-04/Obituary
On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 8:18 PM, Ryan Kaldari rkaldari@wikimedia.org wrote:
I was friends with Kevin and talked to him often over email. He was a tireless advocate of addressing the gender gap on Wikipedia and making
the
projects less toxic. Besides his significant volunteer work on-wiki, he
was
also a moderator of the gendergap mailing list (a difficult and thankless job). He was always an advocate for those whose voices were not being
heard
or those who were afraid to speak up due to fear of being attacked. He
ran
for English Wikipedia ArbCom last year, and addressed some of these
issues
in his candidate statement: "Our encyclopedia aims to encompass the sum
of
all human knowledge - a lofty goal that we cannot possibly accomplish unless we take steps to ensure that, to borrow from a recent public comment, we’re sending no demographic into a cultural buzzsaw."
Kevin was one of the countless unsung heroes of our movement, and his passing is a tragic loss. I hope we can pay tribute to his memory by continuing to work towards addressing the gender gap and eliminating harassment on our projects. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@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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A memorial is being held in Berkeley, California on 21 August. https://www.facebook.com/events/663526253795755/
On Sun, Aug 7, 2016 at 2:36 AM, Kalliope Tsouroupidou < ktsouroupidou@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Of little interest perhaps, but Kevin's profile appeared on my LinkedIn's "People you may know" page (as did another recently deceased ex-WMF staffer's). I reached out to LinkedIn directly, filling in their deceased members form so that remove or mark the profile as deceased (different networks handle this type of request differently). From past experience, often the family of the deceased is too overwhelmed to deal with their loved one's online profiles and are grateful if others 'take care' of that.
Something to consider if you come across other online profiles of Kevin.
K.
On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Rachel Farrand rfarrand@wikimedia.org wrote:
You can add info here if you knew him and some of his Wikimedia work and accomplishments: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/ 2016-08-04/Obituary
On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 8:18 PM, Ryan Kaldari rkaldari@wikimedia.org wrote:
I was friends with Kevin and talked to him often over email. He was a tireless advocate of addressing the gender gap on Wikipedia and making
the
projects less toxic. Besides his significant volunteer work on-wiki, he
was
also a moderator of the gendergap mailing list (a difficult and
thankless
job). He was always an advocate for those whose voices were not being
heard
or those who were afraid to speak up due to fear of being attacked. He
ran
for English Wikipedia ArbCom last year, and addressed some of these
issues
in his candidate statement: "Our encyclopedia aims to encompass the sum
of
all human knowledge - a lofty goal that we cannot possibly accomplish unless we take steps to ensure that, to borrow from a recent public comment, we’re sending no demographic into a cultural buzzsaw."
Kevin was one of the countless unsung heroes of our movement, and his passing is a tragic loss. I hope we can pay tribute to his memory by continuing to work towards addressing the gender gap and eliminating harassment on our projects. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@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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