Hi all, I'm fine with that change. I thought that it might be interpreted as John Oliver editing Wikipedia himself, that's all.
I'll send a fuller email tomorrow to introduce myself, but I'm happy to help anyone who has questions about the Wikimedia community! Please feel free to email me at any time. --Ed On May 27, 2015 9:27 PM, "Fabrice Florin" <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, I’m having second thoughts about that too … Ed, would you mind if we > used the wording which Joe suggests? It just doesn’t seem right as it is. > > Other than that, I’m really glad that we published this piece, and am very > grateful to Ed for adapting it for the blog. > > This is as good a time as any to welcome Ed as our new content editor for > the blog and community profiles for the summer. > > Welcome aboard, Ed! We look forward to learning from your experience as > editor emeritus on the Signpost and doing some great work together. :) > > > Fabrice > > > > On May 27, 2015, at 6:16 PM, Joe Sutherland <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Surely this should be "...'fowl' jokes *on* Wikipedia" (not "to")? > > Otherwise LGTM, except I'd go with this for FB/G+ (or similar): > > - When John Oliver called on the Internet to edit the Wikipedia > biographies of US congressional representatives, the Internet answered -- > and Wikipedia's volunteer editors started to clean up the vandalism. (link) > > best, > Joe > > On 28 May 2015 at 01:49, Andrew Sherman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello Everyone, >> >> We just published "A dark side of comedy: the impact of John Oliver’s >> ‘fowl’ jokes to Wikipedia" to the blog. URL: >> >> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/05/27/dark-side-of-comedy/ >> >> Thanks to Ed for writing and adapting his post from the Signpost to the >> blog. Thanks as well to Fabrice for editing. >> >> Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed. >> >> *Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):* >> >> • A dark side of comedy: the #Wikipedia volunteers cleaning up behind >> @iamJohnOliver/@LastWeekTonight's fowl jokes (link) >> >> • Behind the veil: #Wikipedia volunteers clean up vandalism wrought by >> @LastWeekTonight's fowl jokes (link) >> >> *Facebook/Google+* >> >> • When John Oliver called on the Internet to edit the Wikipedia >> biographies of US congressional representatives, the Internet answered. >> This required Wikipedia's volunteer editors to clean up vandalism on a wide >> range of articles. (link) >> >> Thanks, >> >> -- >> Andrew Sherman >> Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation >> >> *E:* [email protected] >> *WMF:* ASherman (WMF) >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> > > > -- > *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)> > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > >
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