You acquire many acquaintances through #Wikimedia. Impactful people who you respect but ultimately are just ships that pass in the night, and speak to each other in passing.
Nosebagbear was one of those that I genuinely considered a friend. We spoke weekly, sometimes daily. Sure we debated about the grandiose machinations of the Wikimedia politic. But we also spoke about the mundane. He'd recently got a new flat, a new job. Our community will miss his impact. I will miss him, and the mundane.