---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Pine W via Wikimedia-l <[email protected]> Date: Sat, Oct 3, 2026 at 11:23 AM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Passing of User:Doug Weller To: Wikimedia Mailing List <[email protected]>, English Wikipedia <[email protected]> Cc: Pine W <[email protected]>
Hello colleagues, The peaceful passing of User:Doug Weller has been announced on his talk page by his daughter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Doug_Weller#Doug_Weller_1942_-_2026. Doug was a longtime participant on English Wikipedia. He made his first edit in April 2006. By the time of his passing, he had made over 270,000 contributions. His long service included roles as an administrator and oversighter, and he served three years on the English Wikipedia Arbitration Committee (2015 – 2018). Users may wish to leave comments in the talk page discussion. An obituary is being drafted for inclusion in *The Signpost*. May Doug rest in peace. Pine🌲 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/HIFLZCUWZ3CGHQ744RRHL2JKNJNVGU7G/ To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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