none from me :)

(also TIL from the article that you can have a bank holiday "banks are not
required to close and employers are not required to give their employees
the day off as a holiday." before this I just thought that requiring the
banks to close was the DEFINITION of a bank holiday ;) regardless Happy St.
Andrew's day to all those in countries who celebrate (the only one I know
on the list being Joe :) ).

James Alexander
Manager
Trust & Safety
Wikimedia Foundation
(415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur

On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 10:05 AM, Michael Guss <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks Joe!
>
> St. Andrew's Day is more time-sensitive than the other proposals, so I'll
> go ahead and get that out now if there are no objections on the list.
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 9:22 AM, Joe Sutherland <[email protected]
> > wrote:
>
>> LGTM, but watch to proofread these before you post them (there are some
>> spaces missing etc.).
>>
>> Another, since it's Saint Andrew's Day today:
>> • Saint Andrew is the patron saint of seven countries, including
>> Scotland, Romania, and Russia.
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Andrew%27s_Day
>> • Happy St. Andrew's Day, a public holiday in Scotland since 2006 and
>> Romania since 2015. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Andrew%27s_Day
>>
>>
>> Context: Facebook used the Romanian flag for St. Andrew's Day, so
>> "Romania" is now trending in the UK alongside this fact
>>
>> On 30 November 2015 at 07:44, Michael Guss <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everyone, here is some proposed social media ideas. Thank you for
>>> reviewing!
>>>
>>>
>>> 1) EN:WP article: Eclipse
>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eclipse#Historical_record>
>>>
>>> t: On this day in 3340 B.C.: the earliest record of an eclipse
>>> http://buff.ly/1Oz9TNR
>>>
>>>
>>> Fb: On this day in 3340 B.C.: the earliest record on an eclipse is
>>> recorded in Ireland.
>>>
>>>
>>> 2) EN:WP article: 1872 Scotland vs. England football match (aka the
>>> first soccer match)
>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1872_Scotland_vs_England_football_match>
>>>
>>> t: On this day in 1872, the first ever official international
>>> association football match was played.  http://buff.ly/1Iu6ifg
>>>
>>> Fb: On this day in 1872, the first ever international association
>>> football match was played between the national teams of Scotland and
>>> England.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 3) EN:WP: Sylacauga (meterorite)
>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylacauga_(meteorite)>
>>>
>>> t: On this day in 1954, the Hodges meteorite becomes the first
>>> documented space object to injure a human being in the USA.
>>> http://buff.ly/1QOE8nc
>>>
>>> Fb: On this day in 1954, the Hodges meteorite is the first documented
>>> extraterrestrial object to have injured a human being, Ann Elizabeth
>>> Hodges, who survives with minor injuries.
>>>
>>> 4) EN:WP: Mark Twain <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain>
>>>
>>> t: Born on this day in 1835, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, or better known
>>> as Mark Twain. http://buff.ly/1Oz6Xkf
>>>
>>> Fb: Born on this day in 1835, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, or better known
>>> as Mark Twain, lauded as the "greatest American humorist of his age." Did
>>> you know he was born shorty after a visit by Halley's Comet and predicted
>>> he would "go out with it." He died the day after the comet returned.
>>>
>>> 5) WP:EN: Micromort <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micromort>
>>>
>>> T: Unit of risk measuring a one-in-a-million probability of death?
>>> That's called a "micromort." http://buff.ly/1IudBnd
>>>
>>> Fb: Unit of risk measuring a one-in-a-million probability of death?
>>> That's called a "micromort."
>>>
>>> 6) EN:WP  Spreuerhofstraße
>>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spreuerhofstra%C3%9Fe>
>>>
>>> t: Spreuerhofstraße is the world's narrowest street – it's 31 centimetres
>>> (12.2 in) at its narrowest. http://buff.ly/1XqZ202
>>>
>>> Fb: Spreuerhofstraße is the world's narrowest street– it's 31
>>> centimetres (12.2 in) at its narrowest.
>>>
>>> 7) EN:WPTachyon <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachyon>
>>>
>>> T: This particle is hypothesized to move faster than than the speed of
>>> light. http://buff.ly/1NkMgcL
>>>
>>> Fb:  This particle is hypothesized to move faster than than the speed of
>>> light.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Michael Guss
>>> Research Analyst
>>> Wikimediafoundation.org
>>> [email protected]
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> *Joe Sutherland*
>> Communications Intern [remote]
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>
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