[Wikimedia-l] Some sad news

[phoebe ayers]

That is so sad to hear; thanks for this lovely writeup, Jake. My thoughts
are with his friends and family.

-- phoebe


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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