May he rest in peace Sent from my iPhone
On 24/02/2014, at 06:56, Craig Franklin <cfrank...@halonetwork.net> wrote: > Awful, awful news. My condolences to his family, friends, and the WMUA > community =(. > > > > > On 24 February 2014 09:01, Maryana Pinchuk <mpinc...@wikimedia.org> 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 < >> amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il> 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 <tom...@twkozlowski.net>: >>> >>>> 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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