I had a chance to meet him during Wikimania 2015. Sorry to hear the news. Truly a huge loss for Western Punjabi Wikipedia.
Bodhisattwa On 1 Nov 2015 10:23, "Anna Stillwell" <astillw...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Thank you for letting us know, Asaf. Rest in peace, Khalid. > /a > > On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 9:14 PM, Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > Dear friends, > > > > Our colleague User:Khalid Mahmood, the most prolific contributor to the > > Western Punjabi Wikipedia[1], has died earlier this month, after long > > illness. > > > > Khalid was an educator from Pakistan who was passionate about creating > and > > sharing free knowledge. He had great plans for promoting the mission in > > Pakistan. He has made more than 67 thousand edits across the projects. > He > > attended Wikimania 2012 and 2014, where some of us met him. > > > > If you wish to leave condolences or share memories of Khalid, I suggest > his > > talk page on Meta: > > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Khalid_Mahmood#Condolences_and_remembrances > > > > > > Yours, > > > > > > Asaf > > > > > > [1] Western Punjabi [used in Pakistan] and Eastern Punjabi [used in > India] > > are practically the same language, but Western is written in the > > Perso-Arabic Shahmukhi script, whereas Eastern is written in the Gurmukhi > > script.) > > -- > > Asaf Bartov > > Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> > > > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > > sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > > https://donate.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > -- > Anna Stillwell > Major Gifts Officer > Wikimedia Foundation > 415.806.1536 > *www.wikimediafoundation.org <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org>* > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
