[Wikimedia-l] Some sad news

[Keegan Peterzell]

Thank you for sharing this, Ocaasi. Sad, sad news indeed.

~ Keegan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Keegan
On Nov 20, 2013 1:09 PM, "Steve Zhang" <cro0016 at gmail.com> wrote:

> The loss of someone always hits us hard; the loss of one of us even more
> so. I was lucky enough to work with Jackson, albeit briefly.  He will be
> very sorely missed and I wish his family all the best during these tough
> times.
> On 21/11/2013 4:33 AM, "Amy Vossbrinck" <avossbrinck at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
> > Never let it be said that one person can't make a difference.  Clearly
> this
> > young man was all about reaching out to others and making an impact
> > everywhere he went.  The planet and many people on it benefited from his
> > kindness for the brief time he was here.
> >
> > Thank you, Jackson for all you gave to make the word a better place.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Jake Orlowitz <jorlowitz at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > User:Jackson Peebles is no longer with us, he passed away in late
> > > October. Jackson was a Western Michigan University Honors student
> > > studying behavioral science and biology. He worked as an ice hockey
> > > referreee and volunteered with the Red Cross. His Wikipedia efforts
> > > focused on counter-vandalism and adoption, "greeting new users,
> > > encouraging civility, and [obsessively] reviewing recent changes".
> > >
> > > Jackson was a Teahouse host, an instructor in the Education Program,
> > > and the lead on a Video Tutorials Project through the WMF. User:Go
> > > Phightins! originaly adopted Jackson but he went on to run his own
> > > adoption school and facilitated a Western Michigan University course
> > > himself. Among his userboxes he said, "This user is not a Wikipedia
> > > administrator but would like to be one someday."
> > >
> > > Jackson was born in 1992 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He graduated Mattawan
> > > High School and was Senior Class President there. At Western Michigan
> > > University, he was a 2011 Medallion Scholar. He worked at the Waldo
> > > Library at the reference desk and volunteered for the National
> > > Alliance for Mental Illness. He was one of three students in the
> > > nation invited to represent the US at the International Red Cross and
> > > Red Crescent’s Global Youth Conference in Vienna in 2012.
> > >
> > > Jackson had recently proposed a WMF Individual Engagment Grant called
> > > Reimagining Wikipedia Mentorship. "I think this project is incredibly
> > > important and should be pursued," User:EpochFail wrote in an
> > > endorsement. The grant scored highly and looked likely to be funded.
> > > "A very interesting concept...may become a 'keystone piece' in the new
> > > editor onboarding process." wrote one IEG committee member. Another
> > > wrote, "Taking a 'Teahouse approach' in building sustained motivation
> > > and preventing editor dropouts is a wonderful opportunity to develop a
> > > true mentor-mentee support system that would increase the activity of
> > > new contributors." Finally, "Proposers are highly qualified and driven
> > > mentors with a useful background in teaching new editors and
> > > understanding the learning process."
> > >
> > > He was excitedly planning a trip to Australia in the coming weeks.
> > >
> > > On Wikipedia, Jackson earned barnstars in Mentorship, Random Acts of
> > > Kindness and Resilience. Friends and teachers glowingly recalled his
> > > sense of humor and his hard work ethic.
> > >
> > > His last edit to our site was on October 21 2013, the day he died.
> > > Jackson welcomed an i.p. editor to Wikipedia: "Thank you for your
> > > contributions, such as the one you made to Nikah mut‘ah. I hope you
> > > like the place and decide to stay."
> > >
> > > Please leave remembrances and condolences at
> > > http://enwp.org/User_talk:Jackson_Peebes. We'll try and contact the
> > > family and share your thoughts with them. You can read more
> > > reflections on Jackson's amazing life there. Donations to the
> > > Kalamazoo NAMI chapter would have made Jackson very happy and are the
> > > family's wish.
> > >
> > > --Ocaasi14:26, 20 November 2013 (UTC)
> > >
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