Re: [Wikimedia-l] Kevin Gorman has passed away

2016-07-29 Thread Tito Dutta
Very sad news. :( On 30 July 2016 at 02:55, Ed Erhart wrote: > I regret to inform everyone that Kevin Gorman, a Wikipedian who was the > first Wikipedian-in-residence at a US university or college, has passed > away. There is a memorial page on Facebook, and editors are

[Wikimedia-l] Fwd: [discovery] Fwd: Improving search (sort of)

2016-07-29 Thread Deborah Tankersley
Forwarding to the Wikimedia mailing list, I'm sorry for the lateness! -- Deb Tankersley Product Manager, Discovery IRC: debt Wikimedia Foundation -- Forwarded message -- From: Trey Jones Date: Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 11:58 AM Subject: Re: [discovery] Fwd:

[Wikimedia-l] Kevin Gorman has passed away

2016-07-29 Thread Ed Erhart
I regret to inform everyone that Kevin Gorman, a Wikipedian who was the first Wikipedian-in-residence at a US university or college, has passed away. There is a memorial page on Facebook, and editors are leaving condolences on his English Wikipedia talk page.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Our Visiting Wikimedian initiative #wmcon

2016-07-29 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Thanks for the mail, Nicole, and Teele for the post. Two points: a) It is great to see this kind of chapter interchanges, and I hope to see more of it. It would be great if more chapters can offer such opportunities. b) It is great to see how a generation of young people grows in/into the