Brane,
I didn't have the pleasure of meeting you but I heard a lot of nice
stories, so, please get well soon because I would like to have this
pleasure!
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On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 11:58 AM, Tito Dutta <trulytito(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Brane,
Good wishes and get well soon.
Regards.
On 22 November 2015 at 06:18, Asaf Bartov <abartov(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
I have had the pleasure of meeting and talking to
Brane at some length,
in
Belgrade, in Hong Kong, and perhaps elsewhere
too. He is thoughtful and
dedicated, and as Milos said, has played a huge part in building up
Serbian
Wikipedia and Wikimedia Serbia.
Brane, I wish you a full recovery, and hope to have the chance to see you
again, somewhere in the world or around the wikis.
Regards from the Wikisource gathering in Vienna,
Asaf
On Sat, Nov 21, 2015 at 4:23 PM, Milos Rancic <millosh(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Pine asked me a good question: Where to express
support? I think
whatever you think is the most appropriate. This thread works, as
well. His email is branej(a)gmail.com. You have the link to his Facebook
page via WMRS photo. He is using Twitter, as well @branej.
On Sun, Nov 22, 2015 at 12:40 AM, Milos Rancic <millosh(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> > At some point of time, the best you could do is to reach for a
> > superstition and hope it will work. It doesn't matter how it will be
> > explained after, but at this point of time, it's only that
> > superstition which matters.
> >
> > My particular superstition is that Brane would be able to see his
> > eulogy and that we'll be able to laugh together. You know, it's a
rare
> > opportunity to see how your eulogy
would look like, so I hope I am
> > giving it to him.
> >
> > An hour ago I heard that he is in critical condition. At first, I was
> > thinking what should I write after he dies. Then, I realized that I
> > should write it now and post it after. Then, it's come into my mind
> > that I should send it immediately as, at least, I could think about
> > reading with him this eulogy and your comments after he recovers.
> >
> > Since August 2014 he is struggling with bone cancer. His curse is
that
his body is so strong, that chemotherapy is not
working yet.
Paradoxically, we hope that his body is weak enough now that it will
finally accept chemotherapy. Monday would be crucial day for him.
He is one of those "invisible" Wikimedians who actually contributed
significantly to our movement. Some of you, mostly those who visited
Belgrade, know him.
He is one of the founders of Wikimedia Serbia. It's a pity that he is
in this condition while WMRS is preparing to celebrate its 10th
anniversary. Here is our photo from the founding assembly [1].
Presently, he is a board member of Wikimedia Serbia.
His epic fight for copyright correctness on Serbian Wikipedia created
the foundations of the present day strict copyright rules. It's a
great achievement for a project of such size and it was possible just
because of him.
While he was active editor, he was highly trusted Wikipedian and he
was administrator, bureaucrat and checkuser on Serbian Wikipedia, as
well as on a number of of other projects in Serbian language.
Alpha software for transliteration between Cyrillic and Latin scripts
of Serbian language in MediaWiki was his work. That was the basis for
the future implementation. It was the first software of that kind
implemented in one web engine.
He is my close friend. Besides a lot of things which he did, which
will be mentioned at appropriate time, I want to say that many things
which I did wouldn't be possible without his contribution.
He is now very exhausted and he won't be able to read this today or
tomorrow. However, I am sure he will be able to read it on Monday,
after he recovers a bit. So, your support matters, no matter of my
superstitious reasons for sending this email.
[1]
https://www.facebook.com/wikimedia.rs/photos/a.826279217387658.1073741828.2…
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