Just wondering... what are your opinions on moving forward with this TAFI proposal? It's been 3 days since my last reply. :)
On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 12:20 PM, Coin945 <[email protected]> wrote: > This discussion thread is very confusing to navitage, but I think I've > read it all now (albeit out of order). > > To answer Jeff's question: yes, the links are supposed to link to the > Wikipedia pages, not the Wikimedia pages (which are understandably > redlinks). > > One of the two main purposes of TAFI is to encourage newbies to become > editors through interesting articles on important topics that still > shockingly have underwhelming articles; this challenges the perceived > notion that "all the good topics have already been written about". > > This social media collaboration was fantastic in intriguing people throguh > witty and engaging statuses that aimed to encourage passers-by to stop, > consider, and then perhaps gfo to the link and hit "edit". > > We had great success with this in the past, and I would love to get things > rolling again. This is part of a recent push I've been doing, which > includes starting up the discussion of whether TAFI could ever return to > the main page. > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 4:44 AM, Tilman Bayer <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Jeff (switching topic back to the thread about TAFI), >> >> Coin945 (who posted these suggestions) is now subscribed to this list >> and can thus answer your question directly. But I think the matter was >> simply that the drafts had been copied over from Wikipedia to Meta >> without adjusting links, e.g. the first one was intended to link to >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_horror instead of >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Comedy_horror&action=edit&redlink=1 >> . >> >> On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Jeff Elder <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Excellent point, Joe. >> > Question: I went to the links posted on the meta wiki as suggestions for >> > tweets for articles to be improved, but the links take you to a page >> asking >> > you to create said article. Would that be strange, asking people to >> improve >> > an article that doesn't exist yet? Or am I seeing this wrong? I thought >> > these tweets were to encourage people who were just getting their feet >> wet >> > editing. >> > >> > Jeff Elder >> > Digital communications manager >> > Wikimedia Foundation >> > 704-650-4130 >> > @jeffelder >> > @wikipedia >> > The Wikimedia blog >> > >> > On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Joe Sutherland < >> [email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> I'm not sure it's a great idea to post this to our socials. Seems to me >> >> like we'd be opening the list (which is public) to a lot of spam. But >> maybe >> >> I'm just being too cautious. >> >> >> >> Joe >> >> >> >> On 26 October 2015 at 15:48, Jeff Elder <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Thanks, Tilman for the background! I like the idea of posting about >> >>> articles that need attention. Let's do it! >> >>> >> >>> There does seem to be some overlap between this list and the meta >> wiki, >> >>> as Ed noted in the thread Tilman shared: >> >>> >> >>> because few people besides Matthew and myself were checking >> >>> their Meta watchlist often enough, this mailing list proved to be a >> >>> much more reliable venue for people to post SM ideas for review and >> >>> get a timely response. >> >>> >> >>> My take is that people can still use the meta wiki and I'm happy to >> swing >> >>> by it, but we may need to send stuff around this list anyway for a >> LGTM and >> >>> to do a little air-traffic controlling to prevent conflicts and >> traffic >> >>> jams. >> >>> >> >>> Should we tell people on Twitter and Facebook that they can subscribe >> to >> >>> this list? If so, should we say: >> >>> >> >>> T: >> >>> Want to give input on what and how we tweet? Sign up for our social >> media >> >>> email list here: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >>> >> >>> FB: >> >>> Want to give input on what and how we post on Facebook? You can give >> >>> feedback here, or take part by signing up for our social media email >> list >> >>> here: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> Jeff Elder >> >>> Digital communications manager >> >>> Wikimedia Foundation >> >>> 704-650-4130 >> >>> @jeffelder >> >>> @wikipedia >> >>> The Wikimedia blog >> >>> >> >>> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Tilman Bayer <[email protected]> >> >>> wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>> (splitting this off into a new thread, as it's a separate topic from >> >>>> TAFI) >> >>>> >> >>>> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 6:57 PM, Andrew Sherman < >> [email protected]> >> >>>> wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> I remember Ed, Joe, Michael, and I sat down to clean that page up >> back >> >>>>> in July (archive old information, add useful links for content). >> >>>>> >> >>>>> I have thought about the idea of utilizing this page more. We could >> >>>>> asking for social content from the whole movement like we do for >> blog posts >> >>>>> ( maybe even translations ;) ). >> >>>> >> >>>> Of course we are already asking for (and getting) social content from >> >>>> the whole movement with this list. See also the list description at >> >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media . That >> said, some >> >>>> community members might prefer posting on a wiki. >> >>>> >> >>>> As a reminder, in August there was already some discussion about >> >>>> reviving the Meta page (in the same thread); here is my takeaway >> from that >> >>>> on why the parallel wiki/mailing list process didn't quite work out >> back in >> >>>> 2013/14 and what might be required to make it work: >> >>>> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/social-media/2015-August/003211.html >> >>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> It could help with organization and preparation of content. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Thoughts? >> >>>>> >> >>>>> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 9:43 PM, Tilman Bayer <[email protected] >> > >> >>>>> wrote: >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> Hi, >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> as I summarized two months ago on this list in another context, >> back >> >>>>>> in 2013/14 we collaborated with the "Today's Article for >> Improvement" team >> >>>>>> on the English Wikipedia, posting social media invitations to edit >> improve >> >>>>>> articles from this community-curated list. >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> User:Coin945 has just started an attempt to revive this (see >> >>>>>> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Today%27s_articles_for_improvement#Social_media_blurbs >> >>>>>> ) and already posted some ideas at >> >>>>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_media/Calendar#October . >> I'm passing >> >>>>>> this on to this list as not everyone might watch the Meta-wiki >> pages. As >> >>>>>> mentioned earlier, the experiment back them left me wondering how >> to best >> >>>>>> achieve impact (in form of actual edits caused by those posts), >> but perhaps >> >>>>>> the current SM team has some new ideas. >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> -- >> >>>>>> Tilman Bayer >> >>>>>> Senior Analyst >> >>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation >> >>>>>> IRC (Freenode): HaeB >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >> >>>>>> Social-media mailing list >> >>>>>> [email protected] >> >>>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >>>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> -- >> >>>>> Andrew Sherman >> >>>>> Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation >> >>>>> >> >>>>> E: [email protected] >> >>>>> WMF: ASherman (WMF) >> >>>>> >> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >> >>>>> Social-media mailing list >> >>>>> [email protected] >> >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >>>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> -- >> >>>> Tilman Bayer >> >>>> Senior Analyst >> >>>> Wikimedia Foundation >> >>>> IRC (Freenode): HaeB >> >>>> >> >>>> _______________________________________________ >> >>>> 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 >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Joe Sutherland >> >> Communications Intern [remote] >> >> m: +44 (0) 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu | w: JSutherland >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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 >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Tilman Bayer >> Senior Analyst >> Wikimedia Foundation >> IRC (Freenode): HaeB >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> > >
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