Round 3 is Obama: FB: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153438824948346
@Wikipedia: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/629740060502573057 @Wikimedia: https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/629740060527722496 WP G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100123345029543043288/+Wikipedia/posts/fVYZLwKPiUz WMF G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108193079736330787108/108193079736330787108/posts/figxvZMKBPu On 7 August 2015 at 16:23, Joe Sutherland <[email protected]> wrote: > Round 2: Olympics. > > FB: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153438105878346 > > @Wikipedia: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/629673815002509312 > @Wikimedia: https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/629673815015096320 > > WP G+: > https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100123345029543043288/+Wikipedia/posts/cmN7YvjpaVd > WMF G+: > https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108193079736330787108/108193079736330787108/posts/bdyPX3xBod7 > > On 6 August 2015 at 03:23, Ed Erhart <[email protected]> wrote: > >> For Omar, Joe and I previously discussed trying to jump on John Oliver's >> social pull.... and I nearly forget to get him the quotes to do so. My >> suggestions: >> >> The outside world knows very little about former Taliban leader Mohammed >> Omar, so little that it just found out he died two years ago. The US >> government, as <link>John Oliver</link> noted on Sunday, had "vivid >> descriptions" of him, including "hair: black" and "height: tall." >> >> Shorter: >> As John Oliver noted last Sunday, the US government was able to come up >> with "vivid descriptions" of former Taliban leader Mohammed Omar, including >> "hair: black" and "height: tall." >> >> Shortest: >> As John Oliver noted last Sunday, former Taliban leader Mohammed Omar >> "had been dead for two years, and [they] simply hadn't mentioned it. >> >> Best, >> --Ed >> >> On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 8:09 PM, James Alexander <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> Nice! Comments in line. >>> >>> James Alexander >>> Community Advocacy >>> Wikimedia Foundation >>> (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 5:56 PM, Joe Sutherland < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hey all, >>>> >>>> We just published "News on Wikipedia: Beijing wins Winter Olympics, >>>> MH370 wreckage recovered, and more" to the Wikimedia blog. URL: >>>> >>>> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/08/05/beijing-olympics-mh370-wreckage/ >>>> >>>> We plan to send out five pieces of social for this story, spread >>>> through the next *three days* (or thereabouts) to keep things timely. >>>> >>>> Please do comment for tone. >>>> >>>> *Twitter:* >>>> >>>> • China's capital Beijing will host the 2022 Winter Olympics. >>>> #NewsOnWikipedia >>>> >>> LGTM >>> >>> [Sidenote - this is going to make the mental disambiguation of saying >>> "Beijing Olympics" in my head really annoying] >>> >>> >>>> • Barack Obama (@potus) announced his Clean Power Plan this week. >>>> #cleanpower #NewsOnWikipedia >>>> >>> >>> LGTM >>> >>> >>>> • Wreckage found on French island Réunion is from missing plane #MH370. >>>> #NewsOnWikipedia >>>> >>> >>> Perhaps "French territory *of *Réunion" ? That sounds better to me but >>> I'm not actually sure if it's more correct/better. You'll know the grammar >>> side better then I :). Otherwise LGTM >>> >>> >>>> • Zimbabwe have requested the extradition of an American hunter for >>>> #Cecil's killing. #NewsOnWikipedia >>>> • Secretive Taliban leader Mohammed Omar actually died in 2013. >>>> #NewsOnWikipedia >>>> >>> >>> Both LGTM >>> >>> >>>> *Facebook/G+:* >>>> >>>> • Beijing beat out Almaty of Kazakhstan to become the host city for the >>>> 2022 Winter Olympics this week. #NewsOnWikipedia >>>> >>> >>> Hmmmm.... I'm torn between "Almaty of Kazakhstan" (which sounds awesome >>> but kinda sounds like an aristocratic name to me) and "Almaty, Kazakhstan". >>> Happy with either, otherwise LGTM >>> >>> • Barack Obama unveiled his Clean Power Plan this week. #NewsOnWikipedia >>>> >>> >>> LGTM >>> >>> • Plane parts found on the French territory Réunion were this week >>>> confirmed as from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. #NewsOnWikipedia >>>> >>> >>> Same "of" question as above, otherwise LGTM >>> >>> • Zimbabwe last week requested the extradition of American hunter Walter >>>> Palmer following the killing of Cecil the lion. #NewsOnWikipedia >>>> >>> >>> perhaps "f*ormally* requested the extradition" ? (I'm not actually sure >>> that's true but I think it is? Just thinking that's different then some of >>> the random statements they mentioned about wanting extradition earlier). >>> Otherwise LGTM >>> >>> >>>> • Currently, only two images exist of former Taliban leader Mohammed >>>> Omar. This week it was confirmed that he died two years ago. >>>> #NewsOnWikipedia >>>> >>>> >>> Hmm, I'm happy with this one (I like the images fact) but worry that it >>> could feel like a bit of a non sequitur. Perhaps tying it together with >>> something like: >>> >>> >>> - Currently, only two images exist of former Taliban leader Mohammed >>> Omar. *It's likely to stay that way unless more are found because t*his >>> week it was confirmed that he died two years ago. #NewsOnWikipedia >>> >>> best, >>>> 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 >> >> > > > -- > *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)> > -- *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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