Hey all, We just published "Wikipedia Picks: disaster, trial by battle, and more" to the blog. URL:
*https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/26/wikipedia-picks-disaster-battle/ <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/26/wikipedia-picks-disaster-battle/>* Many thanks to Gary for writing this post, as well as to Ed, Andrew and Fabrice for editing. Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed. *Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):* • Wikipedia Picks: five articles on disaster, trial by battle, and more (link) • "A notorious incident where a passenger ship sank during trip across the Atlantic, and few of the passengers survived ... Like #Titanic, but worse." • The senator sacrificed his career for a group of African-American soldiers. [+image] • That beard though. [+image] *Facebook/Google+:* • English Wikipedia editor Gary Greenbaum discusses five featured #Wikipedia articles—including a maritime disaster, a pioneer, and a horse trainer-turned-publisher. (link) • Did you know ... that as late as 1818, English courts upheld your right to demand a trial by battle? thanks, Joe -- *Joe Sutherland* Communications Intern [remote] m: +44 (0) 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | w: JSutherland <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JSutherland_(WMF)>
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