Aye! For historical reference (and for your thoughts as you think about SM strategy) I'll bump a thread that Joe started a couple months ago to look into DYKs as a potential ongoing social source. You can also read the old thread in the archives (easier then trying to read through the quoted text which bounces all over the place...) starting at https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/social-media/2015-August/003193.html.
James Alexander Manager Trust & Safety Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 4:26 PM, Jeff Elder <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, great fodder there for social, James! > > Jeff Elder > Digital communications manager > Wikimedia Foundation > 704-650-4130 > @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder> > @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia> > The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/> > > On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 3:21 PM, James Alexander <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> I like the idea, in the spirit of socializing on wiki concepts within >> social I'm a fan of doing tweets like this and using the "DYK" or "Did you >> know" terminology/pattern at the start of the post. Looks like we have room >> to do either version at the front of this (though I haven't actually >> checked that yet). >> >> >> context, if you haven't seen it before which I imagine you have, is the front >> page of English Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page> has >> cycling content under the header of "Did you know". It's content that is >> cycled every 8 hours and presents new or newly updated articles on the >> project nominated by the community members. >> >> James Alexander >> Manager >> Trust & Safety >> Wikimedia Foundation >> (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur >> >> On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 3:05 PM, Jeff Elder <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> With new hit TV show bringing The Muppets new love, how about this bit >>> of trivia? >>> >>> The old guys in the balcony on @TheMuppets are named Statler and Waldorf >>> after famous NYC hotels. http://buff.ly/1iMgiKl >>> >>> Jeff Elder >>> Digital communications manager >>> Wikimedia Foundation >>> 704-650-4130 >>> @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder> >>> @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia> >>> The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > >
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