Marcus Sherman (August 5, 1947 – April 25, 2020) from Cape Cod joined Wikipedia on 14 January 2007 and was keenly interested in improving content related to the protected areas in southern India on the English Wikipedia.[1][2][3]
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Jerome died on 19 July 2020. He was a South African contributor and administrator on the English Wikipedia. He made 9,265 edits. Jerome's death, from consequences of COVID-19, was announced by his widow on Facebook.
Last month, the Dutch Wikipedia lost a long-time member of the editing community, Pauline van Till. She volunteered at the Museum Sophiahof which used her title "Barones" in its obituary.[1] The Dutch wiki Wikisage reports that she was the first female caddy on the PGA European Tour, where she got the nickname "Dutchess".
Van Till wrote articles in the areas of golf and the international world of golfers in the Dutch and English Wikipedias, and also contributed images from all over the world to Commons. One of her best-known pictures, widely used through the projects, is of Johan Cruijff as a golfer in 2009: File:Johan Cruijff golfer cropped.jpg. She was also known under her other accounts, Pvt pauline~commonswiki and Pvt pauline~enwiki.
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