That could be mitigated by cropping. (I assume you are talking about the illustration for the tweet - apologies if that was about the gallery examples in WordPress instead.)
On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 10:09 PM, Ed Erhart <[email protected]> wrote: > I reworded it, but to me, those images are a bit on the small side. > > --Ed > > On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 5:18 PM, Tilman Bayer <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> (BTW, as I'm re-reading that disclaimer, an offtopic remark about the >> blog post itself: I think this one works OK with just two images, but >> regarding "far more images than this platform can comfortably >> accommodate", it's worth being aware that WordPress has a gallery >> feature that can reproduce a layout such as in the Signpost original >> fairly well. See e.g. >> >> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/11/04/wikimedia-russia-tunguska-electronic-music-freely-licensed-3plet-album/ >> or >> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/09/05/celebrating-the-10th-anniversary-of-wikimedia-commons/ >> IIRC it is also documented in the blog admin documentation; if not, I >> can add a bit later.) >> >> On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Joe Sutherland >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I think the disclaimer covers any doubts on that front anyway. I'll look >> > to >> > get this out tomorrow then, I think, for maximum reach. >> > >> > Joe >> > >> > On 7 August 2015 at 23:06, Tilman Bayer <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> (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 >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > 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 >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Tilman Bayer >> Senior Analyst >> Wikimedia Foundation >> IRC (Freenode): HaeB >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > -- Tilman Bayer Senior Analyst Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB _______________________________________________ Social-media mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
