Thanks Tillman. The full interview is here: https://it.wikinews.org/wiki/Interview_with_Umberto_Eco
Aubrey On Sat, Feb 20, 2016 at 5:00 AM, Jeff Elder <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, Tilman and Ivan. > > It sounds like there is some great material for a remembrance of a > legendary thinker and Wikipedia advocate on the blog. Perhaps we can take a > day or two to pull it all together. > > Best, > > Jeff > > Jeff Elder > Digital communications manager > Wikimedia Foundation > 704-650-4130 > @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder> > @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia> > The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/> > > On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 7:02 PM, Tilman Bayer <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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 >> > >
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