Thanks, James! I can tweak that tweet as suggested.

On Saturday, October 17, 2015, James Alexander <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 10:30 PM, Jeff Elder <[email protected]
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote:
>
>> Twitter @wikimedia:
>> The 1st webcam was hooked up to prevent pointless trips to coffee pot in
>> University of Cambridge computer lab. http://buff.ly/1RhOHvX
>>
>>
> LGTM
>
> Facebook:
>> On this day in 1954, music went portable as never before when the first
>> practical transistor radio made in any significant numbers was announced.
>> One year after the release of the TR-1 sales approached the 100,000 mark.
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor_radio
>>
>
> LGTM
>
>
>> Twitter:
>> Happy birthday to tennis great Martina Navratilova, with records for most
>> singles and doubles titles in open era. http://buff.ly/1RhPvB1
>>
>
> Hmmmm, this one concerns me because of the "in open era" .. I had no idea
> what it was talking about and in order to find out I had to 1. Click the
> link, 2. search for a reference in the article to it 3. click to go to
> article about the History of tennis and 4. read the section there
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_tennis#Open_Era>... I worry
> that's going to be really confusing for people and the number of steps
> would cause many not to completely understand.
>
> Would people be happy with just saying "since 1968" ? (the start of the
> open era)
>
>
> Facebook:
>> Happy birthday to tennis great Martina Navratilova, the only player in
>> history to have held the top spot in both singles and doubles for over 200
>> weeks. http://buff.ly/1RhPvB1
>>
>
> LGTM
>
>

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