Hey all, We just published "News on Wikipedia: Australian leadership switch, crane collapse at Mecca, and more" to the Wikimedia blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/09/15/australian-politics-and-crane-collapse/#Crane We plan to send out five pieces of social for this story, spread through the rest of the week to keep things timely. Please do comment for tone. *Twitter:* • .@TurnbullMalcolm has replaced @TonyAbbottMHR as Prime Minister of Australia. #NewsOnWikipedia • A crane collapsed onto the Masjid al-Haram this week, killing 111 people. #NewsOnWikipedia • Several EU countries have reinstated border controls to cope with migrants. #NewsOnWikipedia • Left-winger @jeremycorbyn is the new UK Leader of the Opposition. #NewsOnWikipedia • A new hominid species was discovered in South Africa last week. #NewsOnWikipedia *Facebook/G+:* • Following weeks of speculation, Malcolm Turnbull has completed his replacement of Tony Abbott as Prime Minister of Australia. #NewsOnWikipedia • A crane collapsed onto the Masjid al-Haram this week, just weeks before the annual Hajj. #NewsOnWikipedia • The migrant crisis in Europe gets worse this week, with Germany and Austria reinstating border controls and Hungary declaring a state of emergency. #NewsOnWikipedia • Jeremy Corbyn, once the rank outsider for the position, won an overwhelming victory in the Labour Party's leadership election in the UK. #NewsOnWikipedia • Paleontologists are conflicted on whether or not a newly-discovered species shares our genus. #NewsOnWikipedia best, Joe -- *Joe Sutherland* Communications Intern [remote] m: +44 (0) 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | w: JSutherland <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JSutherland_(WMF)>
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