[[File:Wikimania 2012 portrait 100 by ragesoss, 2012-07-13.JPG|thumb|300px|right|link=|Adrianne at Wikimania 2012 in Washington DC. <br><small>Photo by Sage Ross, used under a [//creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en CC-BY-SA license].</small>]]
[[File:Adrianne.JPG|thumb|300px|right|link=|Adrianne at Wikimania 2012 in Washington DC. <br><small>Photo by Sage Ross, used under a [//creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en CC-BY-SA license].</small>]]
A long time editor and voice for Wikipedia in higher education, Adrianne Wadewitz passed away unexpectedly on April 8, 2014. She was a dedicated advocate for more female participation in editing, an organizer of edit-a-thons and a board member of the Wiki Education Foundation.
A long time editor and voice for Wikipedia in higher education, Adrianne Wadewitz passed away unexpectedly on April 8, 2014. She was a dedicated advocate for more female participation in editing, an organizer of edit-a-thons and a board member of the Wiki Education Foundation.
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Adrianne at Wikimania 2012 in Washington DC. Photo by Sage Ross, used under a CC-BY-SA license.
A long time editor and voice for Wikipedia in higher education, Adrianne Wadewitz passed away unexpectedly on April 8, 2014. She was a dedicated advocate for more female participation in editing, an organizer of edit-a-thons and a board member of the Wiki Education Foundation.
Her family has asked that those who want to honor her work can help further the project she loved by donating to the Wikimedia Foundation in her name.
