LGTM On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 2:33 PM, Jeff Elder <[email protected]> wrote:
> It's 7:30 pm in London. I move we post now: > > Twitter: > > Remember, remember the Fifth of November... > Guy Fawkes Night, a night of bonfires, fireworks–and often protest: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night > > Facebook: > > What's behind the mask: from V for Vendetta to Anonymous to the Occupy > movement, the extraordinary history of Guy Fawkes and an iconic mask. > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_mask > > > > 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 Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 10:51 AM, Michael Guss <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> It is Guy Fawkes' Night (in the UK at least) and here is some proposed >> social media. >> >> I figure we can bank on the holiday and the popularity of V for Vendetta. >> Included the Guy Fawkes Night article and–what I think is more >> interesting–the Guy Fawkes mask article, describing the cultural >> significance of the GF mask in contemporary anti-establishment protests. >> >> >> t/f: Remember, remember the Fifth of November... >> Guy Fawkes Night, a night of bonfires, fireworks–and often protest: >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night >> >> F: Since the release in 2006 of the film V for Vendetta, the use of >> stylized "Guy Fawkes" masks, with moustache and pointed beard, has become >> widespread internationally among groups protesting against politicians, >> banks and financial institutions. The masks both conceal the identity and >> protect the face of individuals and demonstrate their commitment to a >> shared cause. >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_mask >> >> F: After appearing in Internet forums, the mask became a well-known >> symbol for the online hacktivist group Anonymous, used in Project >> Chanology, the Occupy movement, and other anti-government and >> anti-establishment protests around the world. >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_mask >> >> F: From failed plot to best-selling comic book to blockbuster film to the >> streets nation capitals, this is the centuries-long history of the Guy >> Fawkes mask. >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_mask >> >> F:What's behind the mask: from V for Vendetta to Anonymous to the Occupy >> movement, this is the extraordinary history of Guy Fawkes and an iconic >> mask. >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_mask >> >> >> CC0: >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Demonstrators_and_protesters_wearing_masks_of_Guy_Fawkes#/media/File:008_Protest_in_Munich_gegen_Acta.JPG >> >> pd: >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Demonstrators_and_protesters_wearing_masks_of_Guy_Fawkes#/media/File:25aprile2013milanobystefanobolognini20.jpg >> >> pd: >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Demonstrators_and_protesters_wearing_masks_of_Guy_Fawkes#/media/File:Anti-coup_protester_wearing_Guy_Fawkes_mask_-_demonstration_in_Cairo_6-Oct-2013.jpg >> >> >> -- >> Michael Guss >> Research Analyst >> Wikimediafoundation.org >> [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > -- Katherine Maher Chief Communications Officer Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 +1 (415) 712 4873 [email protected]
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