I've just shared from WMAU's accounts on both Facebook and Twitter, with the same text - hopefully it will give it a local boost.
Regards, Charles Gregory / User:Chuq Committee Member - Wikimedia Australia P: + 61 3 9005 8535 [email protected] http://wikimedia.org.au Wikimedia Australia Inc. is an independent charitable organisation which supports the efforts of the Wikimedia Foundation in Australia. Your donations keep the Wikimedia mission alive. *http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Donate <http://www.wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Donate>* On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 9:16 AM, Michael Guss <[email protected]> wrote: > It's ok! We do that all the time. > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Ed Erhart <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I wish I had waited about ten more seconds before sending that last >> email. ;-) >> >> Thanks, Michael! >> >> --Ed >> >> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 6:59 PM, Michael Guss <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> 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] >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Social-media mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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] > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > >
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