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E' passato qualche giorno, i fili delle emozioni si dipanano un po' e volevo cogliere l'occasione di dire due parole.<br/>
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[...] I think Wikipedia is an ideal (''free access to free knowledge'') with a project all around it. Over the time a community of people has been formed by gravity, by concretion: a community of people equally and differently passionate.<br />
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Non ho ancora capito se voglio parlarne a nome del direttivo, o semplicemente a nome mio, e alla fine non so bene per chi parlare, vorrei solo dire alcune cose e basta.<br/>
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Cotton (I did not call him Alessio a single day of my life) was one of these people.<br />
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Volevo dire che Wikimedia Italia io la racconto spesso come "portare Wikipedia fuori dal computer", e far vedere che Wikipedia ha un faccia, ha tante facce, che sono quelle delle persone che la fanno.<br/>
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I do not think I ever heard him talk about philosophy, or explaining why Wikipedia was important to him. I just know it was.<br />
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Penso che Wikipedia sia un ideale con un progetto intorno: intorno a questo ideale (''libero accesso a libera conoscenza''), nel tempo, si è formata per gravità, per concrezione, una comunità di persone, egualmente e diversamente appassionate.<br/>
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Even more, he believed in Wikimedia as a movement, national and international.<br />
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Cotton (io non l'ho chiamato Alessio un solo giorno della mia vita) era una di queste persone.<br/>
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He was the most proud supporter of scholarships for attending Wikimania: he knew that face-to-face meetings are important, that with the Wikimedia - with the M - is that place, that group of projects, that set of events, where you can see the people behind Wikipedia; that place in which we discuss, we understand one another, we argue and we drink together. Not necessarily in that order.<br />
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Non credo di averlo mai sentito parlare di filosofia, o del perchè Wikipedia fosse importante per lui. So che lo era e basta. <br/>
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[...] We worked together (along with many other people) to go forward, to grow that thing we call Wikimedia Italia and which for me is nothing else than to bring the values ​​of Wikipedia out of the computers, to make people understand that we can work together to do wonderful things, which do not always need money to build something beautiful, that we can do good things that are also useful, that open is better than closed, transparent is better than opaque, together is better than alone. [...] I'm sure that what he was for the people who met him will not be lost, and that his work (the 466 articles the started on Wikipedia, the 60,000 edits, everything he has done for Wikimedia Italy) will remain forever. A lot of people will enjoy what he has done, and others will build on it. Few people may aspire to such a legacy.<br />
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Ancora di più, credeva in Wikimedia, come movimento: a livello nazionale e internazionale.<br/>
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E' stato il più fiero sostenitore delle borse di studio per Wikimania: sapeva bene che il conoscersi di persona è importante, che Wikimedia con la M è quel posto (quell'insieme di progetti, quell'insieme di eventi) in cui si vedono le persone dietro Wikipedia, in cui si discute, ci si capisce, si litiga, si beve insieme. Non necessariamente in quest'ordine.<br/>
 
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Non so queste cose perchè me le ha dette, le so perchè le ho viste. Non c'era davvero bisogno che le dicesse.<br/>
 
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Non che sia importante, ma io e Cotton non eravamo amici: ci siamo conosciuti (come tantissimi) in Wikimedia Italia, e per me era (nel senso più alto che posso dare a questa parola) un collega, un compagno in un'avventura importante. Insieme (insieme a tantissime altre persone) abbiamo lavorato per andare avanti, per far crescere quella cosa che chiamiamo Wikimedia Italia che altro non è, per me, che portare i valori di Wikipedia fuori dal computer, far capire alle persone che si può collaborare per fare cose meravigliose, che non servono sempre soldi per costruire qualcosa di bello, che si possono fare cose belle ma anche utili, che aperto è meglio che chiuso, trasparente è meglio di opaco, insieme è meglio che soli.
 
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Cotton era uno che credeva nel lavoro concreto.<br/>
 
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Su Wikipedia patroller, in Wikimedia tesoriere. Il tesoriere uno dei ruoli più delicati, ma anche più noiosi: Cotton teneva i conti, stendeva il budget, pagava i rimborsi spesa, pagava l'affitto e gli stipendi. Era un lavoro serio, e lui era lì e lo faceva. Era un uomo pragmatico, di poche parole e tante battute. Ci si litigava volentieri, e c'era sempre da divertirsi con lui.
 
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Sono sicuro che non andrà perduto quello che lui è stato per le persone che lo hanno incontrato, e che il suo lavoro (tutte le 466 voci su Wikipedia, i 60'000 edits, tutto ciò che ha fatto per Wikimedia Italia) rimarrà per sempre. Un sacco di persone godranno di quello che ha fatto, e altri possano costruirci sopra, ancora. Non è un'eredità a cui tutti possono aspirare.<br/>
 
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Spero (per tutti noi) che altre persone vedano in Wikimedia Italia un posto in cui ci si sente a proprio agio nel fare delle cose che ci piacciono. Sarebbe bello che insieme andassimo in questa direzione. -->
 
  
 
Andrea Zanni - Aubrey
 
Andrea Zanni - Aubrey

Versione delle 15:59, 21 ott 2014

Wikimedia News - Special edition, October 22, 2014

It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of Alessio Guidetti, known within Wikipedia as Cotton. He was treasurer of the association for about five years, from 2009 until last April. His death leaves an unfillable void in Wikimedia Italia.

We think that the best way to tell you who was Alessio Guidetti is to share the beautiful message that friends and volunteers of the Wikimedia movement wrote in his memory.


#ciaoCotton

Alessio Guidetti

Alessio Guidetti was the person running the newspapers' kiosk in front of the church of Chiesanuova in Padua, and he was a Wikipedian: a volunteer who participated in the construction of the online encyclopedia called Wikipedia.

Wikipedia is a web site used by millions of people. It is often said that the encyclopedia is written by everyone, but those who actually write it are not "everyone". Alessio is the exceptional person who produced the immense number of 60 000 contributions, created 600 new articles, improved a thousand ones; every day, for eight years, he donated his time to build a free encyclopedia for everyone.

A high school diploma from "liceo classico" and the beginning of the law studies at the University of Padua, with the username "Cotton", he has been a sysop of Italian Wikipedia since 2006. He was one of those people who assiduously eliminate vandalisms, checked contributions, discuss with the community. He translated texts and written new articles on art, cinema, music, literature, theater, mythology, geography, sport and about Hellas Verona, his beloved football team; the articles Alessio contributed to have been seen by hundreds of thousands of people.

In 2009 he was elected to the Board of Wikimedia Italia, the association that supports Wikipedia in our country. As a national representative he took part in the gatherings of the world community and in the international meetings of all Wikimedia association; he talked about Wikipedia at many conferences, he contributed to the formation of new volunteers and has held the office of treasurer of the association. Even after his decision of leaving the Board, he kept helping the newly-appointed treauser long after the formal handling of the responsibility. He was one of the most active supporters of Wikimedia Italia scholarships, a commitment that has brought thirty people to participate in events of the movement in the world, acquiring new skills and increasing their voluntary contribution not only for the Italian Wikipedia.

Wikipedia is a strange place. You read an article, and it's hard to imagine who wrote it; maybe you do not think that it is thanks to the person running the newspapers' kiosk in front of the church that the article exists. Anonymity is part of this world, but many people in Italy and abroad have experienced the great value of the contribution of Alessio even if the was "anonymous".

Always available, pragmatic, loyal, modest, with a biting and brilliant humor: Cotton was a friend and he deserves honor and gratitude for the contribution he has made to the knowledge on the Internet; he and his work will never be forgotten and will always be part of Wikipedia.

Iolanda Pensa -- iopensa

From the President

Each of us has a unique memory of Alessio, and each of us will keep it in his heart.
[...] I think Wikipedia is an ideal (free access to free knowledge) with a project all around it. Over the time a community of people has been formed by gravity, by concretion: a community of people equally and differently passionate.
Cotton (I did not call him Alessio a single day of my life) was one of these people.
I do not think I ever heard him talk about philosophy, or explaining why Wikipedia was important to him. I just know it was.
Even more, he believed in Wikimedia as a movement, national and international.
He was the most proud supporter of scholarships for attending Wikimania: he knew that face-to-face meetings are important, that with the Wikimedia - with the M - is that place, that group of projects, that set of events, where you can see the people behind Wikipedia; that place in which we discuss, we understand one another, we argue and we drink together. Not necessarily in that order.
[...] We worked together (along with many other people) to go forward, to grow that thing we call Wikimedia Italia and which for me is nothing else than to bring the values ​​of Wikipedia out of the computers, to make people understand that we can work together to do wonderful things, which do not always need money to build something beautiful, that we can do good things that are also useful, that open is better than closed, transparent is better than opaque, together is better than alone. [...] I'm sure that what he was for the people who met him will not be lost, and that his work (the 466 articles the started on Wikipedia, the 60,000 edits, everything he has done for Wikimedia Italy) will remain forever. A lot of people will enjoy what he has done, and others will build on it. Few people may aspire to such a legacy.
I hope (for us) that many other people will see Wikimedia Italia as a place where you feel at ease in doing things that you like. It would be nice that we will go together in this direction.

Andrea Zanni - Aubrey

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