Yeah I'm getting these posts out now. On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 3:58 PM, Ed Erhart <[email protected]> wrote:
> Will we be able to get these posts out by tonight? > > Best, > --Ed > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 6:16 PM, Ed Erhart <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ah, no worries—perhaps that tweet could go out whenever the US is most >> active on Twitter then (I assume now/the evening? I'm not up to date with >> my social media usage research...). >> >> If possible, I'd also like to have multiple rounds of social media for >> this story—in part because I think we can post multiple times about the >> same stories to get more traffic, but also because I'd like to see what >> kind of language plays best for these posts! I know that you're pretty busy >> with your other work, so if needed I'm willing to help where I can. >> >> --Ed >> >> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 6:11 PM, Michael Guss <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Ed: >>> >>> Yes we can hyper target post by location (even city FYI). Twitter I >>> don't have the ability to target tweets. >>> >>> >>> On Thursday, June 18, 2015, Ed Erhart <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> As the veteran angle will play a larger role in the US, I'm hoping that >>>> the first Twitter and first Facebook posts (as listed above) could be >>>> targeted and boosted at the US and Australia, along with links to the >>>> Twitter and Facebook profiles of the Australian Army: < >>>> https://twitter.com/australianarmy> and < >>>> https://www.facebook.com/TheAustralianArmy>. >>>> >>>> Is that possible, Michael? Thanks everyone! >>>> >>>> --Ed >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 6:05 PM, Andrew Sherman <[email protected] >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>>> 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)> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Social-media mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Ed Erhart >>>> Editorial Intern >>>> Wikimedia Foundation >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Michael Guss >>> Research Analyst >>> Wikimediafoundation.org >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Social-media mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Ed Erhart >> Editorial Intern >> Wikimedia Foundation >> > > > > -- > Ed Erhart > Editorial Intern > Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > -- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org [email protected]
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