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

A memorial is being held in Berkeley, California on 21 August. https://www.facebook.com/events/663526253795755/ On Sun, Aug 7, 2016 at 2:36 AM, Kalliope Tsouroupidou < ktsouroupi...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Of little interest perhaps, but Kevin's profile appeared on my LinkedIn's > "People you

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

Of little interest perhaps, but Kevin's profile appeared on my LinkedIn's "People you may know" page (as did another recently deceased ex-WMF staffer's). I reached out to LinkedIn directly, filling in their deceased members form so that remove or mark the profile as deceased (different networks

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

You can add info here if you knew him and some of his Wikimedia work and accomplishments: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2016-08-04/Obituary On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 8:18 PM, Ryan Kaldari wrote: > I was friends with Kevin and talked to him often

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

I was friends with Kevin and talked to him often over email. He was a tireless advocate of addressing the gender gap on Wikipedia and making the projects less toxic. Besides his significant volunteer work on-wiki, he was also a moderator of the gendergap mailing list (a difficult and thankless

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

When Kevin first became an administrator there was something he did that I found objectionable. It would be poor form to revisit that now, but I mention it to avoid making a saint of the guy. I had later glimpses of him and he seemed like a good guy. He seemed overall like a kind human spirit

[Wikimedia-l] Kevin Gorman

way (Mardetanha) >2. Re: Kevin Gorman has passed away (Shlomi Fish) > > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2016 13:47:30 +0430 > From: Mardetanha <mardetanha.w...@gmail.com> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List &

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

On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 16:25:49 -0500 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 leaving >

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

it is sad to know about this, May God bless his soul, Rest in peace Kevin Mardetanha On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 12:05 PM, bobby shabangu wrote: > My condolences to his family. > > On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 6:32 AM, Tito Dutta wrote: > > > Very sad

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

My condolences to his family. On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 6:32 AM, Tito Dutta wrote: > 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

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

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] Kevin Gorman has passed away

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.