Hello Everyone,

We just published "A veteran’s Wikipedia edits help him understand the
brutality behind Yugoslavia’s wars" to the blog. URL:

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/18/understanding-yugoslavia-wars-on-wikipedia/


Thanks to Ed for writing the story and Fabrice and Joe for editing.

Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.

*Twitter:*

• He deployed with @AustralianArmy to Bosnia. Now, editing #Wikipedia helps
him understand the brutality he witnessed: <link>

• This veteran writes for #Wikipedia to help him understand what he
witnessed there: <link>

• A veteran learning how to edit #Wikipedia in a highly charged topic
area—the wartime history of the Balkans: <link>

*Facebook/Google+:*

• He deployed with the AustralianArmy to Bosnia in 1995. Now, editing
Wikipedia helps him understand the brutality he witnessed.

• His most potent memory comes from one of his first patrols. The platoon
was speaking with suspected looters when they came across a farmer shot
dead, his hayfork still alongside. "We just came across him ... so we were
unprepared. I still remember it clearly, but because I photographed it in
black and white, I remember it in black and white."

Thanks,

-- 
Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation

*E:* [email protected]
*WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>
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