So sad to hear that Sarah/Slim Virgin has passed. I wish I could leave my condolences. I wasn't aware of her until she invited me to join the Gender Gap Task Force, but from then on she was someone whose take on Wikipedia and Wikipedians - including myself - was important to me. I especially appreciate the hard work she put into improving the articles' and the community's gender representation.
Lightbreather On Sat, May 15, 2021, 9:21 PM Risker <risker...@gmail.com> wrote: > The overwhelming majority of Wikimedians work only on one or two projects. > I don't think Meta is a good place to memorialize them; in many cases, Meta > is a project they have never gone to, where they are mostly unknown, and it > is disconnected in almost all cases from the project where the deceased > editor worked and called home. Their home project(s) or projects where they > have made significant contributions are the best place to recognize them. > There are a few Wikimedians who have worked at what may be considered the > "global" level - which includes many people on this list - who might be > recognized, in addition, on Meta or through a blog post or similar. > > Certainly, most of the contributions of our deceased colleagues are, in > fact, preserved forever in the edit histories of the content areas in which > they have worked. Those who do not participate in content > creation/management or on any of the projects...I really don't know where > they would best be memorialized. > > I do know that the memorial messages on SlimVirgin/SarahSV's English > Wikipedia user talk page > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:SlimVirgin> have been a great > comfort to her family, and I'd encourage anyone who would like to leave a > message of condolence to do so there. > > Risker/Anne > > > On Wed, 12 May 2021 at 05:21, Željko Blaće <zbl...@mi2.hr> wrote: > >> Hey Folx - >> I am new to the list and relatively new to organizing in this spectrum >> and context. My work is mainly in bringing queer, but also feminist, green >> and >> other progressive practices (mostly to troubled Croatian Wikipedia, >> but also in the region and trans-locally to peers elsewhere). >> >> Leigh thanks for the honest update and I am sorry to hear of email >> losses, >> as well as happy to hear of recovery of control due to tech update :-) >> Dysfunctional Croatian language mailing list still needs to recover >> control. >> >> I am very sorry to hear of losses of so many Wikimedians and though I did >> not know them, their work as volunteers should maybe at least >> systematically saved and presented for the collective memory of the >> movement. >> >> I feel that corporate social media silos do not support that well (as >> there is little value to extract there), so self hosting and preserving >> information, knowledge, expressions and impressions should be organized in >> some way. >> >> I wonder if there is already an established way on META or elsewhere to >> keep track of people who contributed to the movement and specifically to >> causes like the people you mentioned here. If not maybe it makes sense to >> start something. >> >> Best Z. Blace >> >> On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 10:45 AM Marielle Volz <marielle.v...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Welcome back! >>> Just to piggyback on this post, I'd also like to let people know that >>> we've recently lost two editors who were a significant part of working on >>> content gaps. >>> Flyer22, who made significant contributions to articles on women's >>> health, died in January: >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2021-01-31/Obituary >>> >>> And just recently, SlimVirgin (Sarah), who among her many significant >>> contributions overall, also founded the Gender Gap Task Force in 2013 and >>> wrote an essay on how to write about women on Wikipedia: >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deceased_Wikipedians/2021#SlimVirgin >>> >>> On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 9:34 PM Leigh Honeywell <le...@hypatia.ca> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hey folks! it's been a while. >>>> >>>> The Gendergap mailing list just got migrated to Mailman 3, which means >>>> I now have my admin access back (I'd lost access to the previous system and >>>> hadn't had a chance to restore it for... several years.) >>>> >>>> The list had been set to new posters being moderated, which resulted in >>>> a number of messages being caught and I wasn't able to release them. >>>> Unfortunately those messages didn't survive the migration, but I've >>>> adjusted the moderation settings and going forward new messages should go >>>> through. >>>> >>>> I've adjusted the list description to be a bit more concise: it is now >>>> "Addressing gender equity and exploring ways to increase gender diversity >>>> in Wikimedia projects." >>>> >>>> This part is sad, but as a heads up and for transparency's sake: >>>> I also went ahead and removed Kevin as an Owner/Moderator of the list >>>> as I don't know who now controls his former email accounts. For those who >>>> had missed his passing, there is a lovely tribute to his life and work on >>>> the Signpost: >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-08-04/Obituary >>>> >>>> Hope that everyone has been keeping well through this difficult time, >>>> and I look forward to seeing more activity on this list in the future with >>>> the new Mailman migration. >>>> >>>> All the best, >>>> >>>> -Leigh >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Leigh Honeywell >>>> http://hypatia.ca >>>> @hypatiadotca >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list -- gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to gendergap-le...@lists.wikimedia.org >> To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please >> visit: >> %(web_page_url)slistinfo%(cgiext)s/%(_internal_name)s > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list -- gendergap@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe send an email to gendergap-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > %(web_page_url)slistinfo%(cgiext)s/%(_internal_name)s
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