Or, to @mention the author out of courtesy: Meet the Ultimate WikiGnome: the story of one of @Wikipedia's most tireless editors https://medium.com/backchannel/meet-the-ultimate-wikignome-10508842caad by @Andrew_McMillan @backchnnl
Should still fit, but obviously the latter can probably be dropped. Just think the Wikimedia spirit commands us to credit freelancers :) Joe On 5 February 2015 at 12:01, Joe Sutherland <[email protected]> wrote: > I would argue it seems kind of weird to namedrop Steven here (the story > isn’t about him, after all!). But other than that it looks good. Perhaps: > > Meet the Ultimate WikiGnome: the story of one of @Wikipedia's most > tireless editors > https://medium.com/backchannel/meet-the-ultimate-wikignome-10508842caad > > Joe > > On 5 February 2015 at 3:24:31 am, Fabrice Florin ([email protected]) > wrote: > > Hi social media team, > > I think this would be a great story for social media, and I thought we had > posted it already, but don’t see it on our Wikipedia Twitter account. > > Here’s what I tweeted on my personal account, in case it’s helpful: > > Meet the Ultimate WikiGnome: the story of one of @Wikipedia's top editors, > featuring ex-colleague @StevenWalling https://medium.com/backchannel/me > et-the-ultimate-wikignome-10508842caad > > https://twitter.com/fabriceflorin/status/563095938060021763 > > Feel free to retweet — or develop our own message, as you prefer. > > Tip of the hat to Andrew Lih for sharing it with us ... > > Cheers, > > > Fabrice > > > Begin forwarded message: > > *Date:* February 4, 2015 at 7:02:44 PM PST > *From:* phoebe ayers <[email protected]> > *To:* Communications Committee <[email protected]> > *Subject:* *Re: [Wmfcc-l] Medium story about User:Giraffedata* > *Reply-To:* Communications Committee <[email protected]> > > This story has been mentioned lots of places yesterday and today, > including briefly today on the American radio program Marketplace! > > http://www.marketplace.org/topics/tech/final-note/one-mans-mission-get-comprised-wikipedia > > -- phoebe > > On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 10:47 AM, Andrew Lih <[email protected]> wrote: > > Great story, which includes swearing by Steven Walling, and a detailed > profile of User:Giraffedata > > One Man’s Quest to Rid Wikipedia of Exactly One Grammatical Mistake > > https://medium.com/backchannel/meet-the-ultimate-wikignome-10508842caad > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wmfcc-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wmfcc-l > > > > > -- > * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers > <at> gmail.com * > > _______________________________________________ > Wmfcc-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wmfcc-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > -- > *Joe Sutherland* > Communications Volunteer > m: +44 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> > -- *Joe Sutherland* Communications Volunteer m: +44 (0) 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | w: JSutherland <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JSutherland_(WMF)>
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