A memorial is being held in Berkeley, California on 21 August.
On Sun, Aug 7, 2016 at 2:36 AM, Kalliope Tsouroupidou <
ktsouroupidou(a)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(a)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(a)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.
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