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/weblog/whorunswikipedia http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/morewikipedians http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/morewikipedias http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/wikicodeislaw He was also described as "one of the early architects of Creative Commons" by Larry Lessig [1], and founded infogami which merged into Reddit, so he's sometimes called a Reddit co-founder as well. Since then he's turned to activism and co-founded Demand Progress which has been rallying opposition to bad Internet law, including SOPA/PIPA. Cory Doctorow's obituary is a very personal goodbye and includes a video of Aaron's talk "How we stopped SOPA". http://boingboing.net/2013/01/12/rip-aaron-swartz.html Aaron was an intense, passionate and focused intellectual who dedicated his life to changing the world for the better - and he did. It's a shocking loss and deeply sad that he left us so early, that he saw no other way. May he rest in peace. Erik [1] http://www.lessig.org/2006/09/if-i-could-vote-on-the-wikiped/ _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
