Thanks for all your good feedback!

Maybe a shorter version could be:

Meet one of @Wikipedia's most tireless editors. 
https://medium.com/backchannel/meet-the-ultimate-wikignome-10508842caad by 
@Andrew_McMillan @backchnnl

Look forward to sharing this story more broadly. It’s quite inspiring :)

Fabrice


> On Feb 5, 2015, at 9:04 AM, Joe Sutherland <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Very good point, actually; not exactly well-known terminology.
> 
> On 5 February 2015 at 4:49:01 pm, Heather Walls ([email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>) wrote:
> 
>> If we're sending this to the wider channels (not experienced Wikim/pedians) 
>> I wouldn't emphasize wiki-gnome. "One man's quest to rid Wikipedia of 
>> exactly one grammatical mistake" is better.
>> 
>> On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 4:05 AM, Joe Sutherland <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 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 
>> <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] 
>> <mailto:[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
>>  <https://medium.com/backchannel/meet-the-ultimate-wikignome-10508842caad>
>> 
>> Joe
>> On 5 February 2015 at 3:24:31 am, Fabrice Florin ([email protected] 
>> <mailto:[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 
>>> <http://medium.com/backchannel/me>et-the-ultimate-wikignome-10508842caad
>>> 
>>> https://twitter.com/fabriceflorin/status/563095938060021763 
>>> <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] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>>> To: Communications Committee <[email protected] 
>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Wmfcc-l] Medium story about User:Giraffedata
>>>> Reply-To: Communications Committee <[email protected] 
>>>> <mailto:[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
>>>>  
>>>> <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] 
>>>> <mailto:[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 
>>>>> <https://medium.com/backchannel/meet-the-ultimate-wikignome-10508842caad>
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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