I'll share this idea again, WMF needs our own URL shortener, would help with social messages like this.
Please feel free to comment on Phabricator: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T44085 (as well as url's in video) https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T44270 On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 1:02 AM, James Alexander <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 For historical reference (and for your thoughts as you think about SM 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > -- *Victor Grigas* Storyteller <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/WPZeroPetition> and Video Content Producer Wikimedia Foundation [email protected] https://donate.wikimedia.org/
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