> On Feb 25, 2015, at 11:31 AM, Michael Guss <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello there, > > We made some tweaks to the blog post our yesterday to include the editahton > held yesterday, sponsored by the White House and Wikimedia DC. Thank you for > reviewing! > > Here's the blog post: > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/ > <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/> > >
Not blown away by this quote: > > Fb/g: "There is a bias and a lack of people of color involved in creating > Wikipedia...events like today are in part to make people aware of that and > then to empower them and give them the information they need to correct that > bias." > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/ > <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/> > This one is my favorite: > Fb/g: On Tuesday, Wikimedians gathered at the first-ever White House > sponsored edit-a-thon, one of a number of edit-a-thons held across the U.S. > to commemorate Black History Month. > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/ > <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/> > This one underplays the White House event, which is a big deal. So I prefer the one above. > Fb/g: Wikimedians teamed up with cultural, political institutions- from > Howard University, NPR, and even the White House - for Black History Month to > address Wikipedia's multicultural gap. > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/ > <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/> > > Fb/g: February is Black History Month in the United States. Throughout this > month, Wikimedians partnered with a variety of institutions - from the > Schomburg Center, Howard University, and even the White House - for > edit-a-thons to address Wikipedia's multicultural gap. > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/ > <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/> > > Fb/g: Because Black Lives Matter. > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/ > <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/> > > fb/g: Wikimedians partnered with major cultural institutions - Howard > University, the Schomburg Center, NPR, even the White House - to commemorate > Black History Month in the United States. > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/ > <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/> > > t: @NPR, @whitehouseostp, @HowardUniv partner with Wikimedians for #BHM > edit-a-thons: > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/ > <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/> > > t: Tuesday, Wikimedians participated in first ever #BHMeditathon sponsored by > @whitehouseostp > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/ > <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/> > Assuming you already tweeted about the blog post in general terms yestersday, I would emphasize the White House event today. But this tweet is very cryptic for a casual reader. Could we include the words ‘first White House edit-a-thon’ in plain text, without all the cryptic characters? “The White House just hosted its first edit-a-thon! (add hashtags here)" > t: The @whitehouseostp & @wikimediadc teamed up for first ever #BHMEditathon. > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/ > <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/> > > > > > > -- > 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
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