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 > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > >
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