What a tremendous loss. Ingo was a great Wikipedian, a great human being, and a friend.
It is comforting to know that his great work in Swahili Wikipedia will remain, providing free knowledge to millions of people, forever. His personal example, too, will resonate forever with all who knew him: Ingo's dedication and patient perseverance in the face of frustrations and setbacks was a personal inspiration to me, and I am grateful to have had his example, and for the small part I had been able to play in helping some of his efforts in Africa. I encourage everyone to consider contributing something on Wikipedia, in whatever language you're comfortable in, perhaps about an east African topic. Ingo would have liked that. Asaf Asaf Bartov (he/him/his) Lead Program Officer, Community Development Communities Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 12:42 AM Antoni Mtavangu <[email protected]> wrote: > “Your dedication, leadership, and commitment to helping our Wikimedia > communities within the Movement will always be remembered.” > > Hello dear Wikimedians, > > Wikimedia Tanzania > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Tanzania> > and Jenga Wikipedia ya Kiswahili > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Jenga_Wikipedia_ya_Kiswahili> User > groups are in particular, deeply saddened following the passing of our > beloved fellow Wikimedian *Ingo Koll (user: Kipala)*, who according to > the information shared by his wife with us, he has passed away on the 10th > July 2023 at his house in his home country, Germany. > > Ingo Koll was a German who happened to live in Tanzania and Kenya for many > years. Being a pastor and a lecturer, he learned Swahili and became one of > the super-active Swahili Wikipedia contributors and administrators. He was > a reliable cornerstone in the development of Swahili Wikipedia. He was a > knowledgeable person who collaborated closely with the Astronomy and Space > Science Association of Tanzania (ASSAT) to contribute much on Astronomy > topics in Swahili language on Swahili Wikipedia, was one of the great > mentors who helped the formation of Wikimedia Tanzania and also was a > co-founder of Jenga Wikipedia ya Kiswahili (Build Swahili Wikipedia). > > Tanzanian and East African Wikimedians benefited much from his unwavering > support, leadership, mentorship, and coaching when it came to training them > on Wikimedia projects, especially about Wikipedia. > > Wikimedia Tanzania, Jenga Wikipedia ya Kiswahili User Groups, and all > other Wikimedians who interacted with him within the Wikimedia Movement > will always remember his valuable contributions to the Movement. > > > May his soul rest in peace. Amen! > > #RIP #INGOKOLL > > > *On behalf of Wikimedia Tanzania and Jenga Wikipedia ya Kiswahili,* > > > Antoni Mtavangu (He/Him) > > Cofounder-Wikimedia Tanzania > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_Tanzania> > _______________________________________________ > 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/C7XFYZR2UCZV7IQC2R7YKMZTBZJHIGBO/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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