[Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

[Andy Mabbett]

I started something on [[WP:RIP]].
On Jan 13, 2013 12:45 AM, "Jay Walsh" <jwalsh at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> > > Official statement from the family:
> > >
> > > http://soupsoup.tumblr.com/**post/40373383323/official-**
> > > statement-from-the-family-and-**partner-of<
> >
> http://soupsoup.tumblr.com/post/40373383323/official-statement-from-the-family-and-partner-of
> > >
> > >
> > > I hope someone will perhaps write a blog post for the Wikimedia blog
> > about
> > > his impact on the Wikimedia and free knowledge movement. This could be
> a
> > > community project.
> > >
> > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/**wiki/Blog<
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Blog>
> > >
> > > -Sarah
> > >
> >
> > I do not know about a blog post, but a few San Francisco Wikimedians
> > (myself included) are exploring the possibility of holding a quiet,
> > respectful open house next week in honor of Aaron, hosted at the
> > Foundation.
> >
> > I should emphasize that we haven't decided yet, since if Creative Commons
> > or the EFF are holding events of any kind, we will likely defer to
> > supporting that, rather than holding anything separately. I will keep
> folks
> > posted.
> >
> >
> Hi all - sharing with you in this real sense of loss and sadness. It's hard
> to believe it was just a year ago that the energy around SOPA was
> everywhere in the Wikimedia movement, and I think it's safe to say that
> Aaron was so much the nucleus of that energy.
>
> Re a blog post - yes, we're working on something now for the Wikimedia
> blog, but what I think we'd really like to do is point to a community
> memorial on Wikipedia or meta or wherever, where our community might be
> recording their thoughts on Aaron. I suspect we would also point to the
> memorial referenced by his family.
>
> Has anyone seen such an on-wiki memorial? Might someone be able to
> propose/create such a page if it doesn't already exist? There are so many
> voices in our community who have something to say about Aaron, it would be
> great to share that.
>
> jay
>
>
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> Jay Walsh
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> WikimediaFoundation.org
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