Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-14 Thread Josh Lim
(For the first time I am finally posting on the Wikimedia-l list. :P) Thanks for posting this, Everton. It is extremely moving and, somehow, this should remind us of why we are all still here, and what we are fighting for. With that said, I have said on Meta (and privately) that it's time for u

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-14 Thread Everton Zanella Alvarenga
It is worth to listen professor Lessig interview on Democracy now http://www.democracynow.org/2013/1/14/an_incredible_soul_lawrence_lessig_remembers#.UPRn4_WqvF0.twitter "An Incredible Soul" -- Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom) "A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but mo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead - memorials

2013-01-13 Thread ENWP Pine
Numerous Wikipedians are leaving memorials on AaronSw's user talk page on English Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:AaronSw I've also added a link to there from Aaron's entry in WP:RIP. Pine __

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-13 Thread Jussi-Ville Heiskanen
The blog post was poignant. -- -- Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]] ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-13 Thread Everton Zanella Alvarenga
Congrats for the blog post about Aaron. I asked some friends to create a homage for him and I will translate for Portuguese. >From another mailing list, a petition was create on Avaaz, an organization Aaron work to also. See bellow. -- Forwarded message -- From: Harry Halpin Date

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-13 Thread Andy Mabbett
Splendidly done. I'm mobile all day; could someone add a link to that, from the relevant section of [[WP: RIP]], please? On Jan 13, 2013 6:45 AM, "Tilman Bayer" wrote: > The blog post it out now: > > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/12/remembering-aaron-swartz-1986-2013/ > > On Sat, Jan 12, 201

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-12 Thread Sarah Stierch
Beautifully written, Erik. Really touching. Thank you everyone for getting this blog up in such a timely manner. -Sarah On 1/12/13 10:45 PM, Tilman Bayer wrote: The blog post it out now: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/12/remembering-aaron-swartz-1986-2013/ -- *Sarah Stierch* */Museum

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-12 Thread Tilman Bayer
The blog post it out now: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/12/remembering-aaron-swartz-1986-2013/ On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 4:45 PM, Jay Walsh wrote: >> > Official statement from the family: >> > >> > http://soupsoup.tumblr.com/**post/40373383323/official-** >> > statement-from-the-family-and-**

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-12 Thread James Salsman
Jay Walsh wrote: >... > Re a blog post - yes, we're working on something now for the Wikimedia > blog Please consider including summaries of the following: http://rememberaaronsw.tumblr.com/post/40372208044/official-statement-from-the-family-and-partner-of-aaron http://unhandled.com/2013/01

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-12 Thread Andy Mabbett
I started something on [[WP:RIP]]. On Jan 13, 2013 12:45 AM, "Jay Walsh" wrote: > > > Official statement from the family: > > > > > > http://soupsoup.tumblr.com/**post/40373383323/official-** > > > statement-from-the-family-and-**partner-of< > > > http://soupsoup.tumblr.com/post/40373383323/offic

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-12 Thread Jay Walsh
> > Official statement from the family: > > > > http://soupsoup.tumblr.com/**post/40373383323/official-** > > statement-from-the-family-and-**partner-of< > http://soupsoup.tumblr.com/post/40373383323/official-statement-from-the-family-and-partner-of > > > > > > I hope someone will perhaps write a b

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-12 Thread Steven Walling
On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 3:29 PM, Sarah Stierch wrote: > Official statement from the family: > > http://soupsoup.tumblr.com/**post/40373383323/official-** > statement-from-the-family-and-**partner-of > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-12 Thread Sarah Stierch
Official statement from the family: http://soupsoup.tumblr.com/post/40373383323/official-statement-from-the-family-and-partner-of I hope someone will perhaps write a blog post for the Wikimedia blog about his impact on the Wikimedia and free knowledge movement. This could be a community projec

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-12 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
This is the worst news of last year for Wikimedia, Aaron has been a genial and precious member of our community. But nothing really meaningful can be said or done now... Nemo ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: h

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-12 Thread James Salsman
Aaron explained how he originally measured Wikipedia contributions: http://www.aaronsw.com/2002/whowriteswikipedia/swartz2006 -- which is only linked through the bibliography he kept up on the topic http://www.aaronsw.com/2002/whowriteswikipedia/ which is linked at the end of the main essay. Less t

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-12 Thread Craig Franklin
What a dreadful loss. I never knew Aaron except through his work and his writings, but he always came across as a confident person who was truly passionate about the work that he did. We're all the poorer for his passing. My condolences to everyone on this list who knew him. Regards, Craig Fran

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-12 Thread David Gerard
NYT: https://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/technology/aaron-swartz-internet-activist-dies-at-26.html - d. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-12 Thread David Gerard
On 12 January 2013 19:37, FT2 wrote: > A few posts if anyone here's not aware of Aaron (see also his Wikipedia > bio) Even Tim Berners-Lee weighs in (and he basically keeps quiet about almost everything): https://twitter.com/timberners_lee/statuses/290140454211698689 "Aaron dead. World wande

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-12 Thread Keegan Peterzell
On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 9:03 AM, Everton Zanella Alvarenga < ezalvare...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > I just created an article for him on Portuguese Wikipedia. > > I want to improve about this "On July 19, 2011, he was arrested for > harvesting academic journal articles from JSTOR." > > Very sad. > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-12 Thread Todd Allen
This is terrible to hear. We've lost a brilliant mind far too soon. On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 5:04 AM, David Gerard wrote: > Killed himself. > > http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N61/swartz.html > > > - d. > > ___ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.w

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-12 Thread FT2
A few posts if anyone here's not aware of Aaron (see also his Wikipedia bio) - http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/technology/aaron-swartz-internet-activist-dies-at-26.html - http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/verysick - Aaron's blog post on himself - http://lessig.tumblr.com/post/403474630

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-12 Thread Kat Walsh
On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 4:04 AM, David Gerard wrote: > Killed himself. > > http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N61/swartz.html > > > - d. > Oh, Aaron. I remember meeting him, after reading some of his writing, and being surprised to find the person behind the mental voice, introverted and thoughtful and a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-12 Thread Gregory Varnum
Condolences to all that knew him - very tragic - especially at such a young age. If my memory is correct (and that's a gamble) I seem to recall knowing about him more from his work on early RSS around the age of 13. I was in college doing websites at the time and recall being rather impressed w

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-12 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Thanks for the information, and my condoleances to those who knew him. Sounds like a very, very interesting person. Kind regards Ziko 2013/1/12 Everton Zanella Alvarenga : > [...] > > "The first site I built was called get.info. The idea was to have a > free, online encyclopedia that anyone could

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-12 Thread Everton Zanella Alvarenga
[...] "The first site I built was called get.info. The idea was to have a free, online encyclopedia that anyone could edit or add things to or reorganize, right through their web browser. I built the whole thing, added lots of cool features, tested it on all sorts of browsers, and was very proud o

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-12 Thread Erik Moeller
As has been noted, Aaron (User:AaronSw) was a prolific Wikipedian since 2003 and a candidate in the 2006 Board election. His writings during his election campaign are worth re-reading: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/wikiroads http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/whowriteswikipedia http://www.aaronsw.com/w

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-12 Thread Sumana Harihareswara
It's shocking, horrible news. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AaronSw/Election - he ran for the Board in 2006. See http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/morewikipedians "Making More Wikipedians". Some more links and memories at http://www.metafilter.com/123777/Open-access-open-internet-closed-book .

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-12 Thread David Gerard
On 12 January 2013 15:01, Mathias Schindler wrote: > He was an author (user:aaronsw) and developer, among others. Also came up with the study showing that most content contribution is done by drive-by editors: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/whowriteswikipedia So a few hundred people do the cur

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-12 Thread Everton Zanella Alvarenga
I just created an article for him on Portuguese Wikipedia. I want to improve about this "On July 19, 2011, he was arrested for harvesting academic journal articles from JSTOR." Very sad. Tom On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Ziko van Dijk wrote: > Sorry, I don't know better - in what way was A.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-12 Thread Mathias Schindler
He was an author (user:aaronsw) and developer, among others. On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Ziko van Dijk wrote: > Sorry, I don't know better - in what way was A. S. related to the > Wikimedia movement? > Kind regards > Ziko > > 2013/1/12 Andrea Zanni : >> I never met Aaron, nut this is very, v

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-12 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Sorry, I don't know better - in what way was A. S. related to the Wikimedia movement? Kind regards Ziko 2013/1/12 Andrea Zanni : > I never met Aaron, nut this is very, very sad news. > > > On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Fae wrote: > >> On 12 January 2013 12:04, David Gerard wrote: >> > Killed

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-12 Thread Andrea Zanni
I never met Aaron, nut this is very, very sad news. On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Fae wrote: > On 12 January 2013 12:04, David Gerard wrote: > > Killed himself. > > > > http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N61/swartz.html > > Awful news. > > -- > Ashley Van Haeften (Fae) fae...@gmail.com > Wikimedia Ch

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-12 Thread Fae
On 12 January 2013 12:04, David Gerard wrote: > Killed himself. > > http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N61/swartz.html Awful news. -- Ashley Van Haeften (Fae) fae...@gmail.com Wikimedia Chapters Association Chair http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WCA Guide to email tags: http://j.mp/mfae ___

[Wikimedia-l] Aaron Swartz is dead

2013-01-12 Thread David Gerard
Killed himself. http://tech.mit.edu/V132/N61/swartz.html - d. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l