Good idea. You could post notes in the Facebook groups that link to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-09-02/Technology_report
which is currently in draft form. You could also consider adding a note in
the "This Month in GLAM" newsletter, and the next "This Month in Education"
newsletter.

Pine


On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 11:51 PM, WereSpielChequers <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Pine,
>
> This would be a good news story for the GLAM community and I suspect
> education as well. Is there a signpost article I can post on a couple of
> GLAM Facebook groups?
>
> Regards
>
> Jonathan
>
>
> On 1 Sep 2015, at 01:35, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> This is cool for the reference enthusiasts:
>
> "VisualEditor will now automatically create a link when you type in or
> paste an ISBN
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number>, PMID
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PMID>, or RFC
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Request_for_Comments#Production_and_evolution>.
> [48] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T54204>[49]"
> <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T109498>
>
> Could this be included in a WMF social media post? I anticipate that
> relatively few people will test the new functionality, but the message
> feeds into the theme of helping users to understand that Wikipedia is the
> encyclopedia that (almost) anyone can edit. Readers of social media who
> would be especially valuable contributors because they understand what
> ISBNs and PMIDs are, might take an interest if this news is sent over the
> social media channels.
>
> <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T109498>
> Pine
>
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