Great sadness, indeed. "He had made over 1.5 million edits across Wikimedia projects." A significant legacy.
Warmly, /a On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 11:20 AM, Sydney Poore <sydney.po...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm sorry to hear this news about the passing of User:Coyau. My > condolences to his wiki friends and colleagues. > > Thank you, Guillaume, for suggesting a way that we can recognize and > honor him by adding his images to articles. I'll pass that suggestion > on to Wikimedians I know. > > Warm regards, > Sydney > Sydney Poore > User:FloNight > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 12:22 PM, Guillaume Paumier > <guillaume.paum...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > It is with great sadness that I must share the news of the passing of > > User:Coyau, a pillar of the francophone Wikimedia community. > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Coyau > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Coyau > > > > He joined our community over a decade ago, and had become an active > > editor on several French-language wikis (Wikipedia, Wikisource, > > Wiktionary), as well as a prolific contributor to Commons and > > Wikidata. He had made over 1.5 million edits across Wikimedia > > projects. We learned of his death on Tuesday; he was 38. > > > > He was deeply committed, delightfully absurd, and absolutely genial. > > You may have met him if you've ever had drinks with Wikimedians in > > Paris. He also had a blog in French where he wrote about Wikimedia > > projects and shared tutorials about topics like photo processing for > > other Wikimedians to learn: > > http://coyau.blogspot.com/ > > > > He was a genuine and soulful human being, whose sudden death has left > > many of his wiki friends and colleagues heartbroken. His loss is felt > > profoundly among the communities, where people have been expressing > > their grief and condolences on his talk page: > > https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discussion_utilisateur:Coyau#Bip_bip_bip. > .. > > > > He had uploaded thousands of files on Commons, among which a photo of > > a deflated yellow balloon in a tree (which has become emblematic of > > him), and a stitched 360° panorama assembled from 219 photos of a > > seemingly random Parisian street: > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quai_de_la_Seine_( > Paris),_baudruche.jpg > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paris,_Rue_Watt.jpg > > > > As an homage, you are invited to browse his photos on Wikimedia > > Commons and add them to articles and pages in need of relevant > > pictures: > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Files_by_User:Coyau > > > > -- > > Guillaume Paumier > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: 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 > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > -- "If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it." - Margaret Fuller Anna Stillwell Director of Culture 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 New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
