On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Heather Walls <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Victor, > > I very much agree to 1-6. > > >> 7.) I'd say we should time the tweeting / messaging of current events to >> remind readers that they can edit the projects, and point them to >> appropriate 'how to get started' guides. There are other appropriate ways >> to guide the eyeballs we grab - fundraising, meetups, etc. >> > > I'm not sure how timing relates to reminding about editing, but I could be > misreading you. I also have misgivings about pointing to 'how to get > started' guides because most of them are overwhelming. I do agree about > pointing people to things -- talking about where to learn to edit in > person, etc. I suppose we'd have to be careful about giving voice equally > in the world and to various events. > I think what I'm saying is that we can use traffic from current events to highlight other things that are related or unrelated to those events in separate but well-timed posts. > > > >> >> Curious to hear other's thoughts. >> >> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 6:24 PM, Dario Taraborelli < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> oh, and the first edit was to the French Wikipedia, so it might be weird >>> to link to the enwp article >>> >>> >>> On Jan 7, 2015, at 3:20 PM, Dario Taraborelli < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> \o/ >>> >>> just note that as we speak there are articles in 37 languages >>> >>> On Jan 7, 2015, at 2:44 PM, Fabrice Florin <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> This looks good to me. >>> >>> Note you’ll have to drop one character to make it fit on Twitter. >>> >>> I also recommend using the same copy for FB and Google+ for now, in the >>> interest of time. >>> >>> In general, I support the idea of responding more often to news events >>> like these, to make our content and movement more relevant to people’s >>> daily lives. I hope we can make this happen both on social media and on the >>> blog, going forward. >>> >>> Kudos to Dario for this excellent suggestion! >>> >>> >>> Fabrice >>> >>> >>> On Jan 7, 2015, at 2:12 PM, Michael Guss <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> Following up on this: >>> >>> https://twitter.com/ReaderMeter/status/552873236598243328 >>> >>> t: Wikipedia coverage of the #charliehebdo shooting is now available in >>> 26 languages. First edit was 1h after the event. >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Hebdo_shooting >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Jan Ainali <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> 2015-01-07 22:57 GMT+01:00 Charles Gregory <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Jan - that URL gives an Application Error? >>>>> >>>> >>>> Yeah, today it seem to do that more than 90% of the times I try to load >>>> it (hence the comment on stability). >>>> >>>> /Jan >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Social-media mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Michael Guss >>> Research Analyst >>> Wikimediafoundation.org <http://wikimediafoundation.org/> >>> [email protected] >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Social-media mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Social-media mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> *Victor Grigas* >> Storyteller <http://youtu.be/ci0Pihl2zXY> >> Wikimedia Foundation >> [email protected] >> https://donate.wikimedia.org/ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> > > > -- > Heather Walls > Communications Design Manager I Wikimedia Foundation > 149 New Montgomery Street I San Francisco, CA 94105 > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > -- *Victor Grigas* Storyteller <http://youtu.be/ci0Pihl2zXY> Wikimedia Foundation [email protected] https://donate.wikimedia.org/
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