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The Wikipedia community was deeply saddened in early May to hear of the death of [[User:SlimVirgin|SlimVirgin]], also known as SarahSV or Sarah, who began editing in November 2004, and became an integral, respected and influential member of the community. She was foundational in developing many of Wikipedia's core policies, including [[WP:BLP|biographies of living persons]], [[WP:NOR|no original research]] and [[WP:V|verifiability]], and |
The Wikipedia community was deeply saddened in early May to hear of the death of [[User:SlimVirgin|SlimVirgin]], also known as SarahSV or Sarah, who began editing in November 2004, and became an integral, respected and influential member of the community. She was foundational in developing many of Wikipedia's core policies, including [[WP:BLP|biographies of living persons]], [[WP:NOR|no original research]] and [[WP:V|verifiability]], and drew on her wide range of interests, to write some of Wikipedia's finest content. |
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A prolific contributor, her 177,000-plus edits give insight into the project's often difficult evolution |
A prolific contributor, her 177,000-plus edits give insight into the project's often difficult evolution since its early days. In March 2005, she was [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/SlimVirgin|nominated for adminship]] and promoted with a majority of 77 to 1. SarahSV's intelligence, direct manner, broad range of policy knowledge, and lucid writing were highly regarded, and for many years her talkpage was the second-most-watchlisted, after {{noping|Jimbo Wales}}'. Several editors, on learning of her passing, described her on her talk page memorial as "irreplaceable" to Wikipedia. Her final edit was made on April 18, 2021. |
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| ⚫ | SarahSV embraced controversial subjects. In her first week on Wikipedia she created the article [[Death of Jeremiah Duggan]], related to the [[LaRouche movement]], which led to her first [[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Lyndon LaRouche 2|arbitration case]]. She was instrumental in establishing [[Wikipedia:Verifiability, not truth|verifiability, not truth]],<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Verifiability,_not_truth&diff=205259083&oldid=144173144 created page]. [[Wikipedia:Verifiability, not truth]], April 13, 2008</ref> She helped developed a [[User:SlimVirgin/Policies|number of policies]] that are today core to the project. After the 2005 [[Wikipedia Seigenthaler biography incident|Seigenthaler biography incident]], she played a key role in formulating an early draft of the [[WP:BLP|biographies of living persons]] policy, and negotiating community acceptance. She continued to watch over and hone the policy, and made nearly half of all edits to the policy's page. |
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| ⚫ | In 2006, SarahSV proposed that the [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|verifiability]] and [[WP:NOR|no original research]] policies be consolidated as [[Wikipedia:Attribution|attribution]].<ref>"[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Attribution/Poll&diff=116732103&oldid=116666636 it's fine as it is]". [[Wikipedia:Attribution/Poll]], March 21 2007</ref> Although that merger did not gain [[Wikipedia:Consensus|consensus]] after a vote of 424 supports and 354 opposes, her leadership led to significant improvement of both policies, which have served as templates to similar policies on more than 70 other Wikipedias. In recent years she was active in simplifying, clarifying, and structurally improving the [[Wikipedia:Conflict of interest|conflict of interest]] guideline and related pages. |
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| ⚫ | SarahSV was subjected to extensive harassment, stalking, and misogyny, both on- and off-wiki, particularly in the early years of her Wikipedia career. Her experiences helped to inform the community's policies on [[Wikipedia:No personal attacks|personal attacks]], [[Wikipedia:Harassment|harassment]], and the use of external attack sites. Over time, many of these principles have been incorporated into both Wikimedia Foundation and broader Wikimedia community policies; the current draft of the [[m:Universal Code of Conduct|Wikimedia community universal code of conduct]] reflects many principles she championed. |
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SarahSV was a meticulous researcher who was expert at evaluating sources and a clear and concise writer. She had eclectic interests and worked on a [[User:SlimVirgin/Articles|broad range of topics]]—including justice, race relations, philosophy, literature, human and animal rights, the Holocaust, religion and faith, current events, and conspiracy theories. She was greatly respected within the [[WP:FAC|FAC]] community where the quality of her nominations set new standards, was active on FAC talk, and made important contributions to setting and improving standards for featured articles. She was a highly lucid, facts based and demanding reviewer, that via her unbending efforts to establish correct use of sources, many found intimidating. A consensus is that her guidance was always constructive: on reviewing one a biography, she advised editors to "bring out some of the colour, things that make him three-dimensional for the reader ... [to] bring him to life". |
SarahSV was a meticulous researcher who was expert at evaluating sources and a clear and concise writer. She had eclectic interests and worked on a [[User:SlimVirgin/Articles|broad range of topics]]—including justice, race relations, philosophy, literature, human and animal rights, the Holocaust, religion and faith, current events, and conspiracy theories. She was greatly respected within the [[WP:FAC|FAC]] community where the quality of her nominations set new standards, was active on FAC talk, and made important contributions to setting and improving standards for featured articles. She was a highly lucid, facts based and demanding reviewer, that via her unbending efforts to establish correct use of sources, many found intimidating. A consensus is that her guidance was always constructive: on reviewing one a biography, she advised editors to "bring out some of the colour, things that make him three-dimensional for the reader ... [to] bring him to life". |
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SarahSV's editing stats show both the breadth and depth of her focus. She uploaded almost 3000 files, created 4174 pages and edited over 22,000. There are twelve pages that she edited more than 1000 times. When working on articles intended for [[Wikipedia:Good article|good article]] or featured status, she often expanded related articles, such as [[the Holocaust]], [[Rudolf Vrba]], and [[Christian Science]]. Other articles on typically difficult subject matter that can be in large part credited to her, include [[veganism]], [[Bad Pharma]], the [[Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal]], the [[disappearance of Madeleine McCann]], and [[Chelsea Manning]]. She was continuing her work on the Holocaust and the [[Auschwitz concentration camp]] until her last edits in late-April 2021. |
SarahSV's editing stats show both the breadth and depth of her focus. She uploaded almost 3000 files, created 4174 pages and edited over 22,000. There are twelve pages that she edited more than 1000 times. When working on articles intended for [[Wikipedia:Good article|good article]] or featured status, she often expanded related articles, such as [[the Holocaust]], [[Rudolf Vrba]], and [[Christian Science]]. Other articles on typically difficult subject matter that can be in large part credited to her, include [[veganism]], [[Bad Pharma]], the [[Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal]], the [[disappearance of Madeleine McCann]], and [[Chelsea Manning]]. She was continuing her work on the Holocaust and the [[Auschwitz concentration camp]] until her last edits in late-April 2021. |
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Revision as of 01:41, 27 June 2021
The Wikipedia community was deeply saddened in early May to hear of the death of SlimVirgin, also known as SarahSV or Sarah, who began editing in November 2004, and became an integral, respected and influential member of the community. She was foundational in developing many of Wikipedia's core policies, including biographies of living persons, no original research and verifiability, and drew on her wide range of interests, to write some of Wikipedia's finest content.
A prolific contributor, her 177,000-plus edits give insight into the project's often difficult evolution since its early days. In March 2005, she was nominated for adminship and promoted with a majority of 77 to 1. SarahSV's intelligence, direct manner, broad range of policy knowledge, and lucid writing were highly regarded, and for many years her talkpage was the second-most-watchlisted, after Jimbo Wales'. Several editors, on learning of her passing, described her on her talk page memorial as "irreplaceable" to Wikipedia. Her final edit was made on April 18, 2021.
Policy development
SarahSV embraced controversial subjects. In her first week on Wikipedia she created the article Death of Jeremiah Duggan, related to the LaRouche movement, which led to her first arbitration case. She was instrumental in establishing verifiability, not truth,[1] She helped developed a number of policies that are today core to the project. After the 2005 Seigenthaler biography incident, she played a key role in formulating an early draft of the biographies of living persons policy, and negotiating community acceptance. She continued to watch over and hone the policy, and made nearly half of all edits to the policy's page.
In 2006, SarahSV proposed that the verifiability and no original research policies be consolidated as attribution.[2] Although that merger did not gain consensus after a vote of 424 supports and 354 opposes, her leadership led to significant improvement of both policies, which have served as templates to similar policies on more than 70 other Wikipedias. In recent years she was active in simplifying, clarifying, and structurally improving the conflict of interest guideline and related pages.
SarahSV was subjected to extensive harassment, stalking, and misogyny, both on- and off-wiki, particularly in the early years of her Wikipedia career. Her experiences helped to inform the community's policies on personal attacks, harassment, and the use of external attack sites. Over time, many of these principles have been incorporated into both Wikimedia Foundation and broader Wikimedia community policies; the current draft of the Wikimedia community universal code of conduct reflects many principles she championed.
Creation of the Gender Gap Task Force
Since her early years at Wikipedia, SarahSV actively sought to highlight and counter systemic bias, and to reduce the gender gap. In May 2013 she formed the Gender Gap Task Force[3] to gather information on existing editorial and content gaps and to reduce them by encouraging new editors and related content development. The Task Force's core has grown to more than 170 editors who work closely with other WikiProjects when promoting content drives.
SarahSV participated on the Gender Gap Mailing List, promoted editing salons focused on relevant subjects, wrote and improved articles about women, and authored the essay Writing about women. Of particular note, she brought the Female genital mutilation article to featured article status in 2014. The article was described by the late Brianboulton as covering "a difficult and challenging topic", and as "an important contribution to Wikipedia". J Milburn agreed, congratulating her "fortitude in tackling such a difficult and yet important subject". On February 6, 2015, on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, it appeared on Wikipedia's homepage as Today's featured article. The article was later recognized by the community with a Million Award.
Featured and other article work
SarahSV was a meticulous researcher who was expert at evaluating sources and a clear and concise writer. She had eclectic interests and worked on a broad range of topics—including justice, race relations, philosophy, literature, human and animal rights, the Holocaust, religion and faith, current events, and conspiracy theories. She was greatly respected within the FAC community where the quality of her nominations set new standards, was active on FAC talk, and made important contributions to setting and improving standards for featured articles. She was a highly lucid, facts based and demanding reviewer, that via her unbending efforts to establish correct use of sources, many found intimidating. A consensus is that her guidance was always constructive: on reviewing one a biography, she advised editors to "bring out some of the colour, things that make him three-dimensional for the reader ... [to] bring him to life".
She brought Bernard Williams to featured-article status in December 2004, followed in 2006 by three further featured articles: Joel Brand, Rudolph Vrba, and Elie Wiesel's book Night. She nominated Brown Dog Affair in 2007 as a collaboration with other editors. In 2009, she successfully nominated Abu Nidal, Stanley Green, and Marshalsea, followed a year later by the Killing of Muhammad al-Durrah and Death of Ian Tomlinson. In 2014 she was part of a collaboration that brought Ezra Pound to FA status.
SarahSV's editing stats show both the breadth and depth of her focus. She uploaded almost 3000 files, created 4174 pages and edited over 22,000. There are twelve pages that she edited more than 1000 times. When working on articles intended for good article or featured status, she often expanded related articles, such as the Holocaust, Rudolf Vrba, and Christian Science. Other articles on typically difficult subject matter that can be in large part credited to her, include veganism, Bad Pharma, the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal, the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, and Chelsea Manning. She was continuing her work on the Holocaust and the Auschwitz concentration camp until her last edits in late-April 2021.
An honest woman here lies at rest,
As e’er God with Her image blest:
The friend of all, the friend of truth;
The friend of age, and guide of youth:
Few hearts like hers, with virtue warm’d,
Few heads with knowledge so inform’d:
If there’s another world, she lives in bliss;
If there is none, she made the best of this.
adapted from Robert Burns, Epitaph for My Own Friend
Citations
- ^ created page. Wikipedia:Verifiability, not truth, April 13, 2008
- ^ "it's fine as it is". Wikipedia:Attribution/Poll, March 21 2007
- ^ "creating page". Wikipedia:WikiProject Countering systemic bias/Gender gap task force, May 7, 2013
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