On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 10:20 PM, Carlos Monterrey <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Here is the proposed SM for today's blog post regarding the up-and-coming > Maithili Wikipedia. Thanks for reviewing: > > Blog post: > http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/09/08/a-focused-approach-for-maithili-wikipedia/ > > SM calendar: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_media/Calendar#September_8 > > Maithili Wikipedia > > t: Maithili Wikipedia still does not exist despite the language being native > to over 40 million people in Nepal, India: > http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/09/08/a-focused-approach-for-maithili-wikipedia/ > > t: To native Maithili speakers: "If you want Wikipedia in your language come > forth, you are the best one to contribute:" > http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/09/08/a-focused-approach-for-maithili-wikipedia/ > > t: 40 million native speakers. No Wikipedia. Versatile Wikipedian's > challenge to bring an entire language online: > http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/09/08/a-focused-approach-for-maithili-wikipedia/ I like the start of this, but "to bring an entire language online" is overselling it, because there is already other online content in that language (as mentioned in the post). I would suggest to use the following on both Twitter and FB/G+:
40 million native speakers in Nepal and India. No Wikipedia. On the work to launch the encyclopedia in Maithili: > > f/g: 40 million native speakers. No Wikipedia. Versatile Wikipedian's > challenge to bring an entire language online. > http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/09/08/a-focused-approach-for-maithili-wikipedia/ > > -- > Carlos Monterrey > Communications Associate > Wikimedia Foundation > +1.415.839.6885 ext 6881 > www.wikimediafoundation.org > blog.wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > -- Tilman Bayer Senior Operations Analyst (Movement Communications) Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB _______________________________________________ Social-media mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
