Re: [WikiEN-l] [Foundation-l] sad news
Very sad, I met him and he seemed to be a very good guy. Seems to be a bad week; a friend of mine from college passed on Sunday morning. Focus on big things and have fun while you're here. George William Herbert Sent from my iPhone On Mar 14, 2012, at 19:42, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote: Those of you who have been around for a few years may remember user:Tlogmer, aka Ben Yates -- co-author with Charles Matthews and I on How Wikipedia Works. I got an email from his mother this morning with the very sad news that Ben passed away yesterday. I do not know the details. He was in his 20s and lived in Michigan, USA. There will be a memorial service in Michigan on Friday; contact me if you want that information. His userpages are http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tlogmer and http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tlogmer For several years Ben wrote a blog about Wikipedia that was incisive and widely read. Older posts can be found here: http://wikip.blogspot.com/ He also designed the Wikimania logo with the two ws; originally designed for Wikimania 2006, we use it to this day: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_%28spacing%29.png Ben was a skilled artist and designer and was responsible for all of the figures in How Wikipedia Works. He also designed posters and graphic materials for Wikimania and proposed many other merchandise designs to promote Wikipedia. He was funny, smart, and shy; I never had a bad interaction with him. I worked with him intensively for many months but never got a chance to meet him in person, but I counted him as a friend long after we finished the book. He will be missed. If you have any comments that you would like to be given to his family or read at the service, please post them on Ben's talk page or send to me directly. Wikimedia was meaningful to Ben, and it would mean a lot to let his mom that people cared about her son as a colleague and friend. thanks, -- Phoebe ___ foundation-l mailing list foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
Re: [WikiEN-l] sad news
I realize in my first note that I forgot to link Ben's meta page... http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tlogmer a quick look at his contributions will remind some of us about the old fundcom, Wikimania 2006 designs, Associations of Wikipedians and the old store... Ben was one of the strongest advocates of producing good Wikimedia merchandise! cheers, phoebe On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 7:42 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.w...@gmail.com wrote: Those of you who have been around for a few years may remember user:Tlogmer, aka Ben Yates -- co-author with Charles Matthews and I on How Wikipedia Works. I got an email from his mother this morning with the very sad news that Ben passed away yesterday. I do not know the details. He was in his 20s and lived in Michigan, USA. There will be a memorial service in Michigan on Friday; contact me if you want that information. His userpages are http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tlogmer and http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Tlogmer For several years Ben wrote a blog about Wikipedia that was incisive and widely read. Older posts can be found here: http://wikip.blogspot.com/ He also designed the Wikimania logo with the two ws; originally designed for Wikimania 2006, we use it to this day: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania_%28spacing%29.png Ben was a skilled artist and designer and was responsible for all of the figures in How Wikipedia Works. He also designed posters and graphic materials for Wikimania and proposed many other merchandise designs to promote Wikipedia. He was funny, smart, and shy; I never had a bad interaction with him. I worked with him intensively for many months but never got a chance to meet him in person, but I counted him as a friend long after we finished the book. He will be missed. If you have any comments that you would like to be given to his family or read at the service, please post them on Ben's talk page or send to me directly. Wikimedia was meaningful to Ben, and it would mean a lot to let his mom that people cared about her son as a colleague and friend. thanks, -- Phoebe -- * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers at gmail.com * ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
[WikiEN-l] Deadline for Wikimania submissions is Sunday
Reminder to get your Wikimania program submissions in soon! The deadline for submissions is Sunday, March 18 at 11:59 (San Francisco) Pacific Daylight Time (or 06:59 UTC on 19 March 2012). We seek submissions for presentations, workshops, panels, and other types of sessions. Topics may include anything related to Wikipedia, MediaWiki tech (e.g. mobile), Wikisource, Wikimedia Commons and other sister projects, OpenStreetMap, third-party wikis (e.g. WikiHow), wikis in business, government, etc., civic local wikis, GLAM-wiki and other cultural outreach initiatives, education outreach, research into wikis and collaboration, and more. These topics are just suggestions. You can view the call for participation and make submissions here: http://wikimania2012.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions Cheers, Katie -- President, Wikimedia District of Columbia http://wikimediadc.org @wikimediadc / @wikimania2012 ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
