We have shared: @wikipedia: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/641652771658317827
Fb: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153521042298346 Wikipedia G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100123345029543043288/+Wikipedia/posts/cnc42bgZ9Ni On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 9:35 AM, Michael Guss <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks James this all of this! > > We'll get your copy and links out now. > > On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 2:34 AM, James Alexander <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> In my traditional love of the British Isles I'd like to recommend a tweet >> about the Queen this morning as she surpasses Queen Victoria as longest >> serving UK Monarch (and, believe, the longest serving reign of any Queen). >> The traditional time it seems people are confidant about is around 17:30 >> BST and so 9:30 Pacific. I think it would be awesome if we could get >> something out then. The front page of Wikipedia will change about the same >> time to add this to In the News (currently here >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates#September_9> >> ). >> >> Thoughts: >> >> - Today Queen Elizabeth II becomes the longest-reigning British head >> of state. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II >> - QE 2 is a featured article >> - Could also use >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monarchs_in_Britain_by_length_of_reign >> - Today Queen Elizabeth II surpasses her great-great-grandmother >> Queen Victoria [Link] >> - Today Queen Elizabeth II surpasses Queen Victoria as longest >> reigning UK monarch. [Link] >> >> Great free Photo to use: >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queen_Elizabeth_II_March_2015.jpg >> [Personally I like the purple better but there are a couple other good ones >> at >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingdom_in_2015 >> ] >> >> For those interested (i.e. probably not many of you unless you're as >> nerdy as I am) the Queen being smart and "celebrating" the day avoiding the >> London politicians toasting her and doing official duties up north with >> with the Scottish First Minister :). >> >> James Alexander >> Community Advocacy >> Wikimedia Foundation >> (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> > > > -- > Michael Guss > Research Analyst > Wikimediafoundation.org > [email protected] > -- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org [email protected]
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