Well seems like this ok to put on social now.

I like the second tweet the best and FB/G LGTM.

On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 2:33 AM, Tilman Bayer <[email protected]> wrote:

> I had read "dark side" as referring to the notion that it was
> unethical to cause (as a guess) tens of hours of volunteer cleanup
> work, and disrupt the reading experience of thousands of people, just
> to be able to make that one joke on TV. Not quite on the level of
> waterboarding said volunteers and readers for sure ;) but yes, a
> cynical element that doesn't quite fit into the image of the show as
> constantly fighting injustices.
>
> On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 10:53 PM, Ed Erhart <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Are you certain? I came up with it as an alternative to the 'flip' side,
> or
> > opposite what a person would normally expect, and I didn't have any
> negative
> > comments on the title when it initially ran on the Signpost.
> >
> > That said, I'm open to improving the title. My alternative opening was
> > "Behind the comedic veil," if anyone thinks that is better. Thank you for
> > the feedback!
> >
> > Best,
> > --Ed
> >
> > On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 12:23 AM, Katherine Maher <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm not sure its really a dark side, so much as a downside. Dark sides
> >> conjure up human rights abuses. Downsides are frustrating setbacks. Can
> we
> >> adjust?
> >>
> >> On May 28, 2015 4:46 AM, "Fabrice Florin" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Thank you Joe for your constructive feedback — and thank you Ed for
> your
> >>> flexibility :)
> >>>
> >>> I updated the blog post as well.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Fabrice
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On May 27, 2015, at 6:41 PM, Ed Erhart <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I'm fine with either construction! Thanks for looking at it, Joe--I'm
> >>> appreciate it.
> >>>
> >>> --Ed
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On May 27, 2015, at 6:39 PM, Joe Sutherland <[email protected]
> >
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi Ed - my reasoning is that something has an impact on something, not
> to
> >>> something, so it didn’t make a lot of sense. But it’s just a little
> nitpick
> >>> really!
> >>>
> >>> Joe
> >>>
> >>> On 28 May 2015 at 2:38:13 am, Ed Erhart ([email protected]) wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> I'm fine with that change. I thought that it might be interpreted as
> John
> >>> Oliver editing Wikipedia himself, that's all.
> >>>
> >>> I'll send a fuller email tomorrow to introduce myself, but I'm happy to
> >>> help anyone who has questions about the Wikimedia community! Please
> feel
> >>> free to email me at any time.
> >>>
> >>> --Ed
> >>>
> >>> On May 27, 2015 9:27 PM, "Fabrice Florin" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Yeah, I’m having second thoughts about that too … Ed, would you mind
> if
> >>>> we used the wording which Joe suggests? It just doesn’t seem right as
> it is.
> >>>>
> >>>> Other than that, I’m really glad that we published this piece, and am
> >>>> very grateful to Ed for adapting it for the blog.
> >>>>
> >>>> This is as good a time as any to welcome Ed as our new content editor
> >>>> for the blog and community profiles for the summer.
> >>>>
> >>>> Welcome aboard, Ed! We look forward to learning from your experience
> as
> >>>> editor emeritus on the Signpost and doing some great work together. :)
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Fabrice
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On May 27, 2015, at 6:16 PM, Joe Sutherland <
> [email protected]>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Surely this should be "...'fowl' jokes on Wikipedia" (not "to")?
> >>>>
> >>>> Otherwise LGTM, except I'd go with this for FB/G+ (or similar):
> >>>>
> >>>> When John Oliver called on the Internet to edit the Wikipedia
> >>>> biographies of US congressional representatives, the Internet
> answered --
> >>>> and Wikipedia's volunteer editors started to clean up the vandalism.
> (link)
> >>>>
> >>>> best,
> >>>> Joe
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On 28 May 2015 at 01:49, Andrew Sherman <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hello Everyone,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> We just published "A dark side of comedy: the impact of John Oliver’s
> >>>>> ‘fowl’ jokes to Wikipedia" to the blog. URL:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/05/27/dark-side-of-comedy/
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks to Ed for writing and adapting his post from the Signpost to
> the
> >>>>> blog. Thanks as well to Fabrice for editing.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as
> needed.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):
> >>>>>
> >>>>> • A dark side of comedy: the #Wikipedia volunteers cleaning up behind
> >>>>> @iamJohnOliver/@LastWeekTonight's fowl jokes  (link)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> • Behind the veil: #Wikipedia volunteers clean up vandalism wrought
> by
> >>>>> @LastWeekTonight's fowl jokes (link)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Facebook/Google+
> >>>>>
> >>>>> • When John Oliver called on the Internet to edit the Wikipedia
> >>>>> biographies of US congressional representatives, the Internet
> answered. This
> >>>>> required Wikipedia's volunteer editors to clean up vandalism on a
> wide range
> >>>>> of articles. (link)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Andrew Sherman
> >>>>> Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
> >>>>>
> >>>>> E: [email protected]
> >>>>> WMF: ASherman (WMF)
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> _______________________________________________
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> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> Joe Sutherland
> >>>> Communications Volunteer
> >>>> m: +44 (0) 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu | w: JSutherland
> >>>> _______________________________________________
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> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Joe Sutherland
> >>> Communications Volunteer
> >>> m: +44 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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