Awful, awful news. My condolences to his family, friends, and the WMUA community =(.
On 24 February 2014 09:01, 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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