Re: [Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

[Sam Oyeyele]

This is quite sad. Life is indeed short. May his soul rest in perfect peace! :(


Sam.


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Dear Wikimedians,

I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and longtime
volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin
Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.

If you knew him, a good place to leave condolences is his talk page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Austin_Hair#Condolences

Life is short. Be kind to one another.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

[Nurunnaby Hasive]

Sad to know. Condolences.



Hasive

On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 8:02 PM, Isaac Olatunde 
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> Very sad news. May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace.
>
> Regards,
>
> Isaac
>
> On Dec 18, 2017 2:51 PM, "Asaf Bartov"  wrote:
>
> > Dear Wikimedians,
> >
> > I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and longtime
> > volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin
> > Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.
> >
> > If you knew him, a good place to leave condolences is his talk page:
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Austin_Hair#Condolences
> >
> > Life is short. Be kind to one another.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

[Isaac Olatunde]

Very sad news. May his gentle soul rest in perfect peace.

Regards,

Isaac

On Dec 18, 2017 2:51 PM, "Asaf Bartov"  wrote:

> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and longtime
> volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin
> Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.
>
> If you knew him, a good place to leave condolences is his talk page:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Austin_Hair#Condolences
>
> Life is short. Be kind to one another.
>
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

[Moheen Reeyad]

Condolences.

Something suitable has been added at:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deceased_Wikipedians

On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 10:34 PM, Shabab Mustafa 
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> A significant loss to the community. My condolences.
>
> On Dec 19, 2017 1:22 PM, "Lodewijk"  wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > the family has indicated an interest in memories that we could collect.
> If
> > you would like to share a memory for such collection, I would encourage
> you
> > to share it here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Austin/Memorial .
> >
> > For many of us Wikimedians, our families have only a slight idea what it
> is
> > that we do, in all those hours we spend on this free knowledge stuff.
> > Bringing together some memories may help bridge that gap.
> >
> > Warmly,
> > Lodewijk
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 3:30 PM, Shlomi Fish 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, 18 Dec 2017 15:51:30 +0200
> > > Asaf Bartov  wrote:
> > >
> > > > Dear Wikimedians,
> > > >
> > > > I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and
> > longtime
> > > > volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair
> (User:Austin
> > > > Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.
> > > >
> > > > If you knew him, a good place to leave condolences is his talk page:
> > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Austin_Hair#Condolences
> > > >
> > > > Life is short. Be kind to one another.
> > > >
> > >
> > > sorry to hear that.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

[Shabab Mustafa]

A significant loss to the community. My condolences.

On Dec 19, 2017 1:22 PM, "Lodewijk"  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> the family has indicated an interest in memories that we could collect. If
> you would like to share a memory for such collection, I would encourage you
> to share it here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Austin/Memorial .
>
> For many of us Wikimedians, our families have only a slight idea what it is
> that we do, in all those hours we spend on this free knowledge stuff.
> Bringing together some memories may help bridge that gap.
>
> Warmly,
> Lodewijk
>
> On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 3:30 PM, Shlomi Fish 
> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 18 Dec 2017 15:51:30 +0200
> > Asaf Bartov  wrote:
> >
> > > Dear Wikimedians,
> > >
> > > I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and
> longtime
> > > volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin
> > > Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.
> > >
> > > If you knew him, a good place to leave condolences is his talk page:
> > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Austin_Hair#Condolences
> > >
> > > Life is short. Be kind to one another.
> > >
> >
> > sorry to hear that.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

[Lodewijk]

Hi all,

the family has indicated an interest in memories that we could collect. If
you would like to share a memory for such collection, I would encourage you
to share it here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Austin/Memorial .

For many of us Wikimedians, our families have only a slight idea what it is
that we do, in all those hours we spend on this free knowledge stuff.
Bringing together some memories may help bridge that gap.

Warmly,
Lodewijk

On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 3:30 PM, Shlomi Fish  wrote:

> On Mon, 18 Dec 2017 15:51:30 +0200
> Asaf Bartov  wrote:
>
> > Dear Wikimedians,
> >
> > I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and longtime
> > volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin
> > Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.
> >
> > If you knew him, a good place to leave condolences is his talk page:
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Austin_Hair#Condolences
> >
> > Life is short. Be kind to one another.
> >
>
> sorry to hear that.
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

[Shlomi Fish]

On Mon, 18 Dec 2017 15:51:30 +0200
Asaf Bartov  wrote:

> Dear Wikimedians,
> 
> I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and longtime
> volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin
> Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.
> 
> If you knew him, a good place to leave condolences is his talk page:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Austin_Hair#Condolences
> 
> Life is short. Be kind to one another.
> 

sorry to hear that.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

[Ting Chen]

I am very shocked and deeply saddened. He is still very young. I believe 
he is 10 years or more younger than me. This is indeed a very sad loss.


:'(


Ting



Am 18.12.2017 um 14:51 schrieb Asaf Bartov:

Dear Wikimedians,

I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and longtime
volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin
Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.

If you knew him, a good place to leave condolences is his talk page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Austin_Hair#Condolences

Life is short. Be kind to one another.

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

[phoebe ayers]

Thanks Asaf.

On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 11:17 AM, Andy Mabbett 
wrote:

> Please will someone write something suitable at:
>
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deceased_Wikipedians
>

I would be glad to work on this over the next few days, with others who
knew and worked with him.
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Thank you Asaf for sending this.

Austin was a very dear friend of mine. We met in 2005 at the first
Wikimania in Frankfurt, along with many (now) old-timers. Austin was quiet,
kind, good at programming, and a Wikipedian through and through as Lodewijk
wrote elsewhere -- fond of politics and facts. We ended up working together
on Wikimania 2006 and then for several conference editions after that. I
remember late nights printing badges in Cambridge, Taiwan, Poland...

He also served on the chapters committee and then Affcom (2006-2012) and
was chair of that committee. He was administrator of this mailing list for
a very long time (and believe me, had seen every argument under the sun).
Before that, he was an IRC administrator. He worked on various versions of
meta strategy projects, and there are doubtless many other things I'm
forgetting.

His family lives in Texas; his friends are everywhere. He will be missed a
great deal.

We'll be collecting photos and memories for his family. If you have stories
or anecdotes to share, please add them to the meta page, and if you have
photos there's a commons category here:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Austin_Hair

Hugs to all,
Phoebe

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

[Leigh Thelmadatter]

I didnt know him well, just on Facebook and reputation... but whoa! Will put my 
condolences up


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On 18 December 2017 at 13:51, Asaf Bartov <asaf.bar...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and longtime
> volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin
> Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.

Though I didn't know Austin, I'm sad to hear this; condolences to all
those who did know him

Please will someone write something suitable at:

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deceased_Wikipedians

and can an admin protect his user page?

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

[Andy Mabbett]

On 18 December 2017 at 13:51, Asaf Bartov  wrote:

> I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and longtime
> volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin
> Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.

Though I didn't know Austin, I'm sad to hear this; condolences to all
those who did know him

Please will someone write something suitable at:

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deceased_Wikipedians

and can an admin protect his user page?

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

[Philippe Beaudette]

A tremendous loss to the movement and the world. I count myself lucky to
have known him. My thoughts are with all you grieve.

Philippe

On Dec 18, 2017 5:52 AM, "Asaf Bartov"  wrote:

> Dear Wikimedians,
>
> I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and longtime
> volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin
> Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.
>
> If you knew him, a good place to leave condolences is his talk page:
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>
> Life is short. Be kind to one another.
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[Wikimedia-l] Austin Hair is gone

[Asaf Bartov]

Dear Wikimedians,

I regret to have to inform this list that veteran Wikimedian and longtime
volunteer administrator of this mailing list, Austin Hair (User:Austin
Hair), has died, after prolonged health complications.

If you knew him, a good place to leave condolences is his talk page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Austin_Hair#Condolences

Life is short. Be kind to one another.

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