Draft:David Goodman (DGG)

David Goodman (May 23, 1943 – April 6, 2023) was an American Associate professor of molecular biology. He worked as a librarian at Princeton University and he was an editor and administrator for the English Wikipedia. His user-name on Wikipedia was DGG.

Early life
Goodman was born in Philadelphia on May 23, 1943. His parents were Leon Goodman and Minnie née Gabriel. He had one sister named Judith. His father Leon was an original member of the American Trotskyist movement.

In 1964, Goodman earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Brooklyn College. In 1969, he earned a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. In 1976, he earned a M.L.S. from the Graduate School of Library Service from Rutgers University.

Career
Goodman worked at Rutgers University–Newark as a professor of molecular biology. He went on to become a librarian at Princeton University and at Long Island University. In 2002, he joined the faculty of Long Island University's Palmer School of Library and Information Science.

In 2005, Goodman published an article titled: Open Access: What comes Next? In the article which he began in 2004, he discusses the status of government endorsed open access around the world. In his capacity as a librarian, he advocated for open access.

Wikipedia


Goodman edited Wikipedia under the name DGG. He started his account on September 5, 2006, and became an administrator on the English Wikipedia in 2007. From 2006 to 2023, he made 336,702 edits to the English Wikipedia and started more than 306 articles. His last edit before his death was on March 29, 2023.

Goodman was at the first-ever Wiki-Picnic or "Wiknic" at Central Park in 2007. He participated in Wikipedia education campaigns and attended what may have been the first edit-a-thon which included the general public. Goodman was trained many editors at in-person Wikipedia events in New York City. He was elected to serve in English Wikipedia’s Arbitration Committee for three terms in 2015, 2018, and 2020.

In 2012, Goodman was quoted in a Journal of Military History article by fellow Wikipedia editor Richard Jensen, saying: "The frontier mindset survives in the behavior of people on the net in settings like ours, where they think themselves similarly free from conventional institutional restraints, and the world is open in front of them to exploit and to remake as they choose."

Personal life
Goodman was married to Esther née Leysorek, and together they had one daughter named Eve Goodman. He died in his sleep of heart failure on April 6, 2023, in Brooklyn.