LGTM On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 8:37 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
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Re: Wikipedia Picks: disaster, trial by battle, and more > (Joe Sutherland) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 16:36:15 +0100 > From: Joe Sutherland <[email protected]> > To: Social media discussion list for Wikimedia projects > <[email protected]> > Cc: Benoit Rochon <[email protected]>, sylvain machefert > <[email protected]>, Alex Stinson <[email protected]> > Subject: [Social-media] New partners for The Wikipedia Library > Message-ID: > <CAK52np8z=PASDLgEvYYjAM+EV+=vEBFa= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hey all, > > We just published "New partners for The Wikipedia Library" to the blog. > URL: > > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/28/wikipedia-library-new-partners/ > > > > Many thanks to Benoit, Sylvain and Alex for their work on this post, as > well as all who edited. > > Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed. > > *Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):* > > • New French-language partners for The Wikipedia Library [link] > • The Wikipedia Library opens up more quality sources for editors [link] > > *Facebook/Google+:* > > • The Wikipedia Library allows editors access to high-caliber sources. > Today, they welcome three new quality partners on board. > > 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) > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/social-media/attachments/20150628/589fff5b/attachment-0001.html > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 16:37:07 +0100 > From: Joe Sutherland <[email protected]> > To: Social media discussion list for Wikimedia projects > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Social-media] Wikipedia Picks: disaster, trial by > battle, and more > Message-ID: > < > cak52np_th3vb1kfj+opd5buf7xti0ppofct_q7anve+kxc9...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Yeah, it's done really well! Thanks mostly to an accidental Game of Thrones > reference. :) > > It's a good idea for future examples of this feature. > > Joe > > On 28 June 2015 at 11:40, Ed Erhart <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The 'did you know' post did very well on Facebook—over a thousand likes > > and views. We could try to turn the senatorial one into a DYK as well, > like > > "Did you know ... that this senator sacrificed his career for a group of > > unjustly discharged African-American soldiers?" > > > > It's not really an editorial comment, as the US government exonerated the > > soldiers in the 1970s. > > > > --Ed > > > > On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 9:38 AM, Joe Sutherland < > [email protected] > > > wrote: > > > >> We've posted: > >> > >> FB: *https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153346183643346 > > > >> <https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153346183643346 > > >* > >> > >> @Wikipedia: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/614789098289676288 > > > >> @Wikimedia: https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/614788993981542400 > > > >> > >> G+ Wikipedia: https://plus.google.com/+Wikipedia/posts/1ZtTC7K5si6 > >> G+ Wikimedia: > >> https://plus.google.com/108193079736330787108/posts/8u1J1hN2Ggk > >> > >> On 27 June 2015 at 07:32, Fabrice Florin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> Yes, I think it’s a promising weekly series, that has the potential to > >>> serve two great goals: > >>> • surface interesting content on Wikipedia > >>> • get inside the mind of an active Wikipedia contributor > >>> > >>> Both of these goals can serve our mission, but the second one interests > >>> me the most, because it can help build empathy and trust between > readers > >>> and editors. > >>> > >>> Nicely done, Ed and team! > >>> > >>> BTW, here are the personal posts I just published. Feel free to use any > >>> of that copy, as you see fit :) > >>> > >>> And I agree that we should also try promoting this story with > individual > >>> images, as proposed in #3 and #4 below. > >>> > >>> I also like the idea of using ‘Did you know’ posts more often, such as > >>> this one: > >>> > >>> 'Did you know ... that as late as 1818, English courts upheld your > right > >>> to demand a trial by battle?' > >>> > >>> -f > >>> > >>> ________ > >>> > >>> > >>> Facebook: > >>> > >>> Wikipedia Picks: five unusual and fascinating articles, recommended by > >>> guest editor Wehwalt, a top contributor of featured articles of > Wikipedia. > >>> This is a new content experiment for the Wikimedia blog. What do you > >>> think of this weekly feature idea? > >>> > >>> > >>> > https://www.facebook.com/fabrice.florin/posts/10155735696325506?pnref=story > > > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> Twitter: > >>> > >>> Wikipedia Picks: five great articles, recommended by guest editor > >>> Wehwalt. What do you think of this new feature? > >>> > >>> https://twitter.com/fabriceflorin/status/614677634794926080 > > > >>> > >>> > >>> On Jun 26, 2015, at 10:03 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> That is a fun blog post. It reads like some of the more entertaining > >>> Signpost featured content reports. > >>> > >>> Pine > >>> On Jun 26, 2015 9:34 PM, "Ed Erhart" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> I wrote most of these, so I won't LGTM, but please note that specific > >>>> images go with the third and fourth proposed tweets/posts. > >>>> > >>>> --Ed > >>>> > >>>> On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 10:46 PM, Joe Sutherland < > >>>> [email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> 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) > > > > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> 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 > > > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > > > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> *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) > > > > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > > > > > > -- > *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) > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/social-media/attachments/20150628/36eb0ade/attachment.html > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > > > > End of Social-media Digest, Vol 19, Issue 93 > ******************************************** > -- Andrew Sherman Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation *E:* [email protected] *WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>
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