WordPress is honoring contributors the community has lost over the years through new memorial page called WordPress Remembers.
WordPress dedicates this page to the memory of those we've lost.
we celebrate their spirit..
The page lists code and community contributors who left lasting impact on WordPress project, and links to their profiles and external blogs and memorial pages...
we have to deal with all parts of life, including death, WordPress Matt Mullenweg said, introducing the page on Twitter..
As community, we now have memorial place we can remember and honor those.
For software project that is 20+ years old, with contributor base, departures from this world will soon become more common.
Visiting this memorial page is heart gripping experience if you had the privilege of knowing any of these beloved contributors.
It's sobering to consider the impact and legacy of one's investments WordPress, and this designed memorial calls those questions to mind..
you can contact memorials@wordpress org and volunteers will add them..
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