We're gonna push this again (along with some other things) over the weekend.
Other ideas: we could pitch this to our other movement affiliates blogs. This is pretty good quality piece, Ed - I think we could pitch this to more than just war blogs actually. On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Ed Erhart <[email protected]> wrote: > I tweeted at the Australian Army and have messages in with the war blogs > War is Boring and Blogs of War. We'll see if they bite. Did you have any > additional ideas? It would be nice to generate more traffic for this. > > --Ed > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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