On Sun, May 16, 2021 at 6:21 AM Risker 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
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
Very sorry to hear about their passing.
I've been involved with handling the 'administrative side' for a few
Wikimedians from the Dutch community we lost last year, and the people that
handle the en-Wikipedia page saw my edits and reached out to me and asked if I
could write a small in
yes.
virtual memorials are fine, and we could do an editathon in her name
as we did for Kevin,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_in_Red/2016_Women_in_Philosophy_Drive
but i think we should organize some scholarships / stipends in her name.
i will raise this at Wikimedia DC
