Wikinews did an interview with him in 2010, see e.g. the summary at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2010-08-09/In_the_news
On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 6:53 PM, Ivan Martínez <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah! I will search some quotes/paragraphs to add. I think our friends of > Wikimedia Italia can support also. > > > 2016-02-19 20:05 GMT-06:00 Jeff Elder <[email protected]>: >> >> Hi Ivan, >> >> We have posted three times so far about Mr. Eco, but not yet about his >> contributions to Wikipedia. That sounds like it would make a great blog >> post. Let me bring it up with the team. Do you have some links or examples >> you think would be good to include? >> >> Jeff Elder >> Digital communications manager >> Wikimedia Foundation >> 704-650-4130 >> @jeffelder >> @wikipedia >> The Wikimedia blog >> >> On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 6:01 PM, Ivan Martínez <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi >>> A few hours ago author and philosopher Umberto Eco passed away. AFAIK he >>> was a permanent viewer, critic and an public enthusiast of Wikipedia, and >>> wrote some articles related to the encyclopedia. I think it was valuable >>> that a thinker of its importance pointed at least since 2008 the importance >>> of Wikipedia in the contemporary world. >>> >>> Can we post something about him in the social networks? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> -- >>> Iván Martínez >>> Presidente - Wikimedia México A.C. >>> User:ProtoplasmaKid >>> @protoplasmakid >>> >>> Hemos creado la más grande colección de conocimiento compartido. Ayuda a >>> proteger a Wikipedia, dona ahora: >>> https://donate.wikimedia.org >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Social-media mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> > > > > -- > Iván Martínez > Presidente - Wikimedia México A.C. > User:ProtoplasmaKid > @protoplasmakid > > Hemos creado la más grande colección de conocimiento compartido. Ayuda a > proteger a Wikipedia, dona ahora: > https://donate.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > -- Tilman Bayer Senior Analyst Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB _______________________________________________ Social-media mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
