(readding Gamaliel) Yes, it goes a bit on the offensive, but I think that is fine in this case.
The blog post contains two PD images which can be uploaded to Twitter without licensing concerns. I would suggest to shorten the tweet as follows so as to make room for one of them (in addition to the blog link), which as we know can help a lot to increase engagement: The Basic Art series from @TASCHENBooks is missing 100 famous women. Wikipedia has them all. [IMAGE] https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/08/07/systemic-bias-wikipedia-vs-publishers/ I would tend towards choosing the painting, but both should work. On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 3:01 PM, James Alexander <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, especially since we're posting from @Wikipedia I don't think it's > needed either. > > It is a bit passive aggressive but it gets the point of the article across > and I'm not sure it's possible to do that without being a bit either passive > or actively aggressive ;) > > James Alexander > Community Advocacy > Wikimedia Foundation > (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur > > On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 2:59 PM, Joe Sutherland <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> LGTM. I don't think it's a good idea to hashtag Wikipedia based on >> Michael's advice on searches for that term though. >> >> best, >> Joe >> >> On 7 August 2015 at 22:51, Ed Erhart <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> We just published "Wikipedia better equipped to deal with systemic bias >>> than traditional publishers" to the Wikimedia blog. >>> >>> >>> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/08/07/systemic-bias-wikipedia-vs-publishers >>> >>> Comments on the tone would be appreciated—I veered a little bit into >>> passive-aggressive territory. >>> >>> Twitter: >>> >>> The Basic Art series from @TASCHENBooks is missing 100 famous women, but >>> #Wikipedia has them all. >>> >>> Facebook/G+: >>> >>> The Basic Art series from Taschen Books is missing 100 famous women, but >>> #Wikipedia has them all. >>> >>> -- >>> 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 | w: JSutherland >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > -- Tilman Bayer Senior Analyst Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB _______________________________________________ Social-media mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
