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User:Goertz[edit]

On :de we became aware only today, that User:Goertz has died already in 2011.[1] For his disclosed data see his entry in de:Wikipedia:Gedenkseite_für_verstorbene_Wikipedianer#2011. Eventually an admin here could block his :en-userpage etc. --Túrelio (talk) 17:28, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for letting us know, @Túrelio.
Vermont, I don't see a request for the Stewards to glock the account yet. Do you think Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians/Guidelines should link to m:Steward requests/Global? WhatamIdoing (talk) 17:45, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I've made the lock. I don't think there's a need to explicitly point people to SRG. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 18:29, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. WhatamIdoing (talk) 23:20, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Vermont and WhatamIdoing: This user was somewhat active on enwiki back in 2007. Should we add them to the 2011 obituaries? QuicoleJR (talk) 15:04, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I wouldn't recommend it. We add {{Deceased Wikipedian}} for nearly every identified death, but for this page, we usually include only people whom we remember as being "part of the community". During the six months he edited here, he edited 23 articles and made about five short comments on talk pages. These were mostly helpful contributions, but he does not seem to have made any wiki-friends, joined any groups, collaborated on any programs, or otherwise became "part of the community".
Perhaps a reasonable rule of thumb would be: We should add people whom at least one editor remembers and would like to have memorialized (and probably that editor should be the one to propose or start the entry). WhatamIdoing (talk) 21:12, 3 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Semi protection?[edit]

Noticing the recent tasteless vandalism, I'm wondering if this is the sort of page that should be indefinitely semi-protected. Jclemens (talk) 20:07, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yuri Lushchai[edit]

Please see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Yuri Lushchai. The Wikipedia page Yuri Lushchai is likely to be deleted. Is there a way this recently deceased Wikipedian can be added to this English language deaths? He was one of us. Please don't let his death go unmentioned. Thanks. — Maile (talk) 20:34, 20 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

What was his user account name? Jay 💬 05:48, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Юрий Владимирович Л. (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) Ymblanter (talk) 07:09, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedian yes, but it was 7 minor edits over 8 years. Jay 💬 07:50, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
His main activity was in the Russian Wikipedia. Ymblanter (talk) 08:46, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Special:CentralAuth/Юрий Владимирович Л. says 85K edits at ruwiki. WhatamIdoing (talk) 19:43, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Also a former arb there. Ymblanter (talk) 20:49, 21 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Suitable only for the ru Wikipedia, and the entry exists - ru:Википедия:Умершие участники#2024. Jay 💬 04:07, 22 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Guidelines[edit]

Hridayeshwar Singh Bhati's death is tragic, but I'm curious why he's included here? It looks like his only edits were to create multiple accounts to write about himself. That doesn't strike me as being a "Wikipedian". Is there a typical threshold? If a notable person makes one promotional edit, do we include them? — Rhododendrites talk \\ 21:10, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians/Guidelines says Criteria for placement on the Deceased Wikipedian page has not been discussed, although by common sense listed users should have been active enough to be considered part of the community. This is from the original creation of the page in 2009. More specific guidance is unlikely to be forthcoming.
I suspect that some editors find it distasteful to remove an entry, even if they think it shouldn't have been created in the first place, so once an entry has been created, there may be resistance to removing it. WhatamIdoing (talk) 22:12, 14 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Agree with Rhododendrites. I went ahead and removed Bhati's entry. I read the to be considered part of the community as being part of the community in a constructive, not disruptive way. -- Deeday-UK (talk) 13:21, 15 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hanif Al Husaini[edit]

Hanif Al Husaini passed away on May 27th, 2024 (announcement). His account has been globally locked. dwadieff ✉ 03:38, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Confronting user pages of deceased Wikipedians[edit]

This is not really a question or a request per se. It is rather just me sharing something that hit me some melancholy kind of way. I was checking for double redirects after moving Mîna Urgan, and one of the links that came up was User:Nedim Ardoğa/Articles, who was responsible for the creation of this article, and I wanted to leave a message on their talk page, only to discover that their account was locked with a note saying (Deceased user). I will be honest, that hit me like a brick for no reason whatsoever.

And so, I shall be raising a glass to all past and passed individuals who have helped further and preserve human knowledge, whether on the WMF projects, or elsewhere. I hope you will join me in your own ways, and I am grateful that some type of memorialisation of each and every Wikipedian is being done. –Konanen (talk) 22:01, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, happens to me as well 😞 Jay 💬 02:08, 31 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Abd[edit]

It has been reported that Abd has died. They were part of the community but later banned so I don't know whether they should be listed here or not. Thryduulf (talk) 20:05, 6 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Regardless of the ban history, in terms of breakup, of the 14,000 edits (years 2007-2010), half of them were in the talk and user talk namespace, and 2,000 were in the article namespace. Jay 💬 10:11, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Not just site banned, Thryduulf, but the full English: topic bans, blocks, community ban, San Fran Ban, up to and including barred from the WMF's own floorspace! And he was in the middle of suing them when he died, IIRC. All pretty specialist; the guy clearly had resilience. More seriously, since his user page still wears those banned templates, would it be possible—as a matter of taste and goodwill—to remove and replace them with {{deceased Wikipedian}}? ——Serial Number 54129 12:16, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Taste and goodwill are almost never a bad idea. We, as a community, spend too much time not making amends. Jclemens (talk) 17:09, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We'd need documentation, but Abd was certainly a Wikipedian. I don't think we have any guidelines in place about bans/blocks/kitchen sinks precluding admission to this list, and I'd argue we should include even some of the most notorious Wikipedians on the list. This isn't our Hall of Fame, and Abd is part of wikihistory. If nothing else it could provide some people a bit of closure. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 13:28, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Looks like someone updated Abd's RationalWiki entry with this. (for the avoidance of doubt, Abd disclosed his real name on his user page). — Rhododendrites talk \\ 13:37, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Rhododendrites: that obituary link is 404ing for me. – dudhhr talkcontribssheher 17:31, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hmmm. Here's another. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 17:37, 7 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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