This makes me so sad and angry.
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 5:54 PM, James Alexander <[email protected]>wrote: > :( > > Not much else to say. Too many to die too many to face their end. Whatever > side you're on he faced a patriot's death fighting for his beliefs. It > should not be, but he should be remembered along with all those who stood > their conscience. > > My thoughts and prayers are with you all and his family in particular :(. > > James > > > Whether our lives and our deaths were for > peace and a new hope or for nothing we cannot say, > it is you who must say this. > > We leave you our deaths. Give them their meaning. > We were young, they say. We have died; remember us. > > --Archibald MacLeish > > Sent from my iPhone > > > James Alexander > Legal and Community Advocacy > Wikimedia Foundation > +1 415-839-6885 x6716 > > > > On Feb 23, 2014, at 17:01, Maryana Pinchuk <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > For those of you who don't read Ukrainian, a quick ad-hoc translation of > > the blog post. So sorry for the loss of a fellow Ukrainian and such a > > bright young member of the Wikimedia movement :( > > > > * * * > > > > "Wikipedian Igor Kostenko dies on the Maidan. > > > > February 20, 2014, during the protests in Kiev, Igor Kostenko – an active > > contributor to the Ukrainian Wikipedia, journalist and geography student > – > > died tragically. > > > > Igor Kostenko was born December 31, 1991, in the village of Zubrets in > the > > Buchach region of Ternopil. After graduating from high school, he > attended > > Ivan Franko University in Lviv, where he was in his fifth year of study > in > > the department of geography, majoring in Organizational Management. In > > addition to his studies, he worked as a journalist for the publication > > "Sports Analysis." > > > > Igor was an active contributor to the Ukrainian Wikipedia, writing under > > the username Ig2000.[1] Igor registered an account on July 23, 2011, and > in > > just that month began writing his first articles. In two and a half > years, > > he wrote over 280 articles and made over 1,600 edits. He had a wide range > > of encyclopedic interests – he wrote articles on sports topics (soccer, > > Formula One), geography, economics, and the history of the Ukrainian > > military. His article on the Nezamozhnyk destroyer of the Ukrainian and > > Soviet fleet in the first half of the 20th century[2] was acknowledged > for > > its quality by the community and achieved the status of "Good article." > > Additionally, he contributed many updates on sports events to Wikinews. > > > > Igor was also active in promoting Ukrainian Wikipedia on social media, > > through which he sought to gain more contributors. He was an > administrator > > of the Ukrainian Wikipedians Facebook page,[3] where he regularly posted > > interesting facts from Wikipedia. In August 2013 he proposed hosting a > Wiki > > Flashmob – inviting a large group of Ukrainians to participate in a day > of > > article-writing on Wikipedia. The Wiki Flashmob was planned for January > 20, > > 2014, the 10-year anniversary of Ukrainian Wikipedia, but due to the > tragic > > events in the country, the event was cancelled. Igor believed that the > > flashmob would help fill Wikipedia with thousands of new articles in the > > course of a day and proposed a strategy to realize his dream, but > > unfortunately, he did not live to see it become a reality. > > > > On February 18, 2014, along with other students from Lviv, Igor came to > > Kiev to the Euromaidan, because he wanted Ukraine to be led by people > with > > a patriotic spirit. On February 20th, during a protest on Instytutskaya > > Street, Igor died tragically: he bravely went ahead with a shield, but he > > was shot by two bullets, one of which struck him in the head... > > > > Today, February 23, Igor was buried in his home town of Buchach. > Thousands > > of people accompanied him on his final journey – both students from Lviv > > and residents of Ternopil. > > > > In honor of Igor and the tens of others who died on the Euromaidan,[4] on > > February 21, the community decided to modify the logo of the Ukrainian > > Wikipedia with a black ribbon as a symbol of mourning. > > > > The editors of Ukrainian Wikipedia and Wikimedia Ukraine offer their > > condolences to the friends and family of Igor Kostenko. A page has been > > created on Wikipedia where you can leave your condolences.[5] > > > > Memory eternal..." > > > > 1. > > > https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%87:Ig2000 > > 2. > > > https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_(%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BC%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%86%D1%8C) > > 3. https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukwiki/ > > 4. > > > https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%85_%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%B2_%D0%84%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%83 > > 5. > > > https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%B1%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F_%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0:Ig2000/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BC%27%D1%8F%D1%82%D1%8C > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Amir E. Aharoni < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Big sigh. > >> > >> According to Wikimedia Ukraine blog, one Wikimedian was killed: Ihor > >> Kostenko, a student of Geography born in 1991. > >> > >> > >> > http://wikimediaukraine.wordpress.com/2014/02/23/in-memoriam-of-ihor-kostenko/ > >> > >> You can express condolences here: > >> https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Ig2000/Пам'ять > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי > >> http://aharoni.wordpress.com > >> “We're living in pieces, > >> I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore > >> > >> > >> 2014-02-20 17:25 GMT+04:00 Tomasz W. Kozlowski <[email protected] > >: > >> > >>> The BBC reports that at least 22 people have died today in Kiev, > Ukraine, > >>> as result of the violent clashes between the opposition and the > >> government > >>> forces. > >>> > >>> I have briefly visited Maidan Nezalezhnosti in March 2012 on my way to > a > >>> Wiki Loves Monuments workshop; the city of Kiev and the square itself > >> were > >>> beautiful, and it is absolutely terrible to witness the events that are > >>> happening there now. > >>> > >>> My thoughts are with Wikimedia Ukraine, which I know has at least a few > >>> members living in the city of Kiev, and with other Wikimedia > contributors > >>> living in that city, as well as in the rest of Ukraine. > >>> > >>> Please let us know if everyone is safe, and if there is any way we can > >>> help you. > >>> > >>> Stay safe! 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