Hi Michael, Thanks so much for your helpful tips!
I will keep them in mind for future submissions. Much appreciated :) Be well, Fabrice > On Dec 2, 2014, at 9:50 AM, Michael Guss <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Fabrice, > > This does look worth posting across our social media channels! This would be > the kind of thing we would want to write original copy for. > > As for a concise criteria of what we post on via our sm accounts, it's still > a work in progress. > > I can tell you that we almost always distribute traffic to our blog posts via > our sm channels. > > We usually post positive coverage we may receive by major reputable > publications (predominately English at the moment) as an exercise in public > relations. For example, the New York Times did a feature on WikiProject > Medicine back in October that proved to be very popular, and expanded our > overall reach and translated into more followers to our page. > > Appearances by important individuals as Lila and Sue Gardner have been > featured, especially if there is a video interview (i.e. Lila's appearance at > Code/Mobile). > > Interesting research involving Wikipedia also is an option for featuring, > especially if there's cool imagery ( for instance, this tweet: > https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/539559336276533250 > <https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/539559336276533250>). This kind of sm > is great for engagement and is popular with our followers. > > If there's an important event pertaining with like-minded organizations ( > i.e. EFF, Creative Commons, etc.) it is appropriate to show solidarity. For > instance, it was prudent of us to bring attention to our followers that Nov. > 8 was Aaron Swartz's birthday. > > We tend to not want to RT a lot of things, but for the sake of timeliness, we > we do. > > I've only been doing this for a couple of months so I'm the same as you! I'm > sure my fellow team members will give you more details than me! > > Hope this helps! > > > > > On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 9:24 AM, Fabrice Florin <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Hello social media team, > > Here’s a post by Mike Goodwin that seems worth tweeting about, if we haven’t > already: > > How Wikipedia Zero Will Serve and Promote Network Neutrality: > https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20141201000351-209165-wikipedia-zero-will-serve-net-neutrality > > <https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20141201000351-209165-wikipedia-zero-will-serve-net-neutrality> > > I personally tweeted it here, if you just want to retweet: > https://twitter.com/fabriceflorin/status/539830484713238528 > <https://twitter.com/fabriceflorin/status/539830484713238528> > > What are the criteria for desirable posts for our social media channels? > Since I’m new here, I’d be grateful for such a list, if it exists. > > Hope this helps, > > > Fabrice > > > _______________________________ > > Fabrice Florin > Product Manager, Multimedia > Wikimedia Foundation > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF) > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF)> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media> > > > > > -- > Michael Guss > Research Analyst > Wikimediafoundation.org > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>_______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media _______________________________ Fabrice Florin Product Manager, Multimedia Wikimedia Foundation https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF)
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