Re: [WikiEN-l] sad news
On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 8:52 PM, Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 3:27 AM, Bob the Wikipedian bobthewikiped...@gmail.com wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deceased_Wikipedians Oh dear. I see from reading that page that not only have we lost Ben Yates, but also Slrubenstein. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Rubenstein The death of both these Wikipedians was mentioned briefly in the Signpost: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-03-12/News_and_notes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-03-19/News_and_notes Very sad news in both cases. My condolences to those that knew them. Slrubenstein was a rock. Never could be trolled or drawn into a hostile exchange. He did have very strong disagreements with people. The one I remember him best by was over the proper expression of dates, and over whether or not Wikipedia should show religious preference between the the various candidates (my memory is hazy on what the various alternatives were, but that might be because it wasn't one of my battles, though I did read the arguments with interest and occasional amusement and may just have made very minor comments on issues of fact). He had a particular dry wit about him. Not of the emblematically British sort, but more of the What are you going to do to me? I am not going to fall into the trap of hating you! variety. -- -- Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]] ___ 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
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 3:27 AM, Bob the Wikipedian bobthewikiped...@gmail.com wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deceased_Wikipedians Oh dear. I see from reading that page that not only have we lost Ben Yates, but also Slrubenstein. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Rubenstein The death of both these Wikipedians was mentioned briefly in the Signpost: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-03-12/News_and_notes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-03-19/News_and_notes Very sad news in both cases. My condolences to those that knew them. Carcharoth ___ 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] sad news
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 ___ 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
Oh, wow. I actually just got a copy of that book (wonderful book, by the way) when I visited the office a couple weeks ago. I'm sorry to hear he died so young. The tradition of Wikipedia is to remember the fallen editors at the Deceased Wikipedians page, if anyone has any appropriate biographical information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deceased_Wikipedians#Ben_Yates_.28Tlogmer.29 Sending my regards, Rob On 3/14/2012 9:42 PM, phoebe ayers 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 ___ 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 mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
