Much agreement with Guillaime's comments. Otherwise I'll tweak as necessary.
On Wednesday, June 3, 2015, Guillaume Paumier <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I don't have a lot of feedback on the other proposals, but this one > caught my eye: > > On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 6:30 PM, Fabrice Florin <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > > • Bruce Jenner has recently come out and changed his name to Caitlyn > Jenner. The sudden news sparked activity on Caitlyn's Wikipedia page. See > how editors responded and follow the story today. [link] > > The first sentence is problematic; it uses the wrong name, the wrong > pronoun ("his") and reduces the male-to-female transition to a mere > "name change". We must not post this. > > Regarding the other proposals, I would favor saying "Wikipedians" or > "Wikipedia editors" instead of "Wikipedia" when saying "Wikipedia > responded", to make it clear the people who responded are volunteer > editors. It's more organic and human than "Wikipedia". > > Thank you for writing the story. > > -- > Guillaume Paumier > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] <javascript:;> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > -- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org [email protected]
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