Great story. I wonder if we could share with a few veteran forums in case they are interested in reposting?
On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 6:10 PM, 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > -- *Juliet Barbara* Senior Communications Manager I Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street I San Francisco, CA 94105 [email protected] I +1 (512) 750-5677
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