Realistically we're not going to be able to write up a whole new blog post but we can definitely resocialise the 2013 one.
On 7 November 2015 at 00:37, Naureen <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm agreeing with Tilman. I will actually be attending an event in his > memory at the Internet Archive tomorrow night, where they are having also a > hackathon around the event during the day. I would say, this would be a > good time to mention any victories in regards to science journals becoming > more accessible. In the middle of work, but wanted to chime in on this one > more from how impactful it was for me to go to his funeral. It is actually > one of the reasons I got more involved in wikipedia and other causes. > > Naureen > > On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 1:55 PM, Tilman Bayer <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Actually, we already published a blog post >> <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/01/12/remembering-aaron-swartz-1986-2013/> >> at the time, which did very well when it was reposted on social media last >> year (Michael did that, IIRC, and may have numbers still). So for that >> purpose, a new post doesn't really seem necessary. >> >> How about writing a new up-to-date post instead that maps how Wikimedians >> have hold up and continued to be influenced by Aaron's memory, enabling us >> to incorporate information from after mid-January 2013? I could offer some >> photos from Wikimania 2014 >> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=4&user=HaeB&ilshowall=1&dir=prev&offset=20141101000000> >> for >> illustrations. >> >> On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 12:21 PM, Ed Erhart <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> This Sunday would have been Aaron Swartz's 29th birthday—a Wikipedian >>> and social activist who died in 2013. >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz. >>> >>> I'd like to publish a blog post about Aaron that day—specifically, >>> updating and republishing the article I wrote for the Signpost two years >>> ago after his death. However, I'm looking for opinions on whether this is a >>> good or poor idea. >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2013-01-14/Special_report >>> >>> Please feel free to send me your thoughts directly if you would rather >>> not express them on a public list. >>> >>> Thanks, everyone. >>> >>> -- >>> Ed Erhart >>> Editorial Associate >>> Wikimedia Foundation >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Social-media mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Tilman Bayer >> Senior Analyst >> Wikimedia Foundation >> IRC (Freenode): HaeB >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> > > > -- > *Naureen Nayyar* > Norabean.com > +1.646.481.6672 > @norabean > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > -- *Joe Sutherland* Communications Intern [remote] m: +44 (0) 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | w: JSutherland <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JSutherland_(WMF)>
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