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[[File:LotusBud0048a.jpg|thumb|right|This photograph of a lotus bud by [[User:Fg2|Fg2]] was the [[commons:Commons:Picture_of_the_day|Commons Picture of the Day]] on April 14, 2006.]]
Wikipedian [[User:Fg2|Fg2]] has died according to [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=frank-j-gualtieri&pid=131905563 this obituary] and outside corroboration by his friend and co-worker Shirley Tamura. In life he was Frank J. Gualtieri Jr., a native of [[Canton, Massachusetts]] who traveled to Japan extensively and worked as an educator and translator.
He shared his love with the world by contributing heavily to Japan-related topics in Wikipedia. He amassed nearly [http://toolserver.org/~river/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=Fg2&dbname=enwiki_p 25,000 edits] on the English Wikipedia, hundreds more as [[:ja:利用者‐会話:二八|二八]] on the [[:ja:メインページ|Japanese Wikipedia]], and nearly [[:commons:User:Fg2|2,000 image uploads]] with his account on Wikimedia Commons, including [[User:Fg2/Photos by Topic|these examples]]. He also created the English Wikipedia's [[Portal:Japan|Japan Portal]].
In memoriam, three of Fg2's photographs have been [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates|nominated]] to be
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