We've posted: FB: *https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153346183643346 <https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153346183643346>*
@Wikipedia: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/614789098289676288 @Wikimedia: https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/614788993981542400 G+ Wikipedia: https://plus.google.com/+Wikipedia/posts/1ZtTC7K5si6 G+ Wikimedia: https://plus.google.com/108193079736330787108/posts/8u1J1hN2Ggk On 27 June 2015 at 07:32, Fabrice Florin <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, I think it’s a promising weekly series, that has the potential to > serve two great goals: > • surface interesting content on Wikipedia > • get inside the mind of an active Wikipedia contributor > > Both of these goals can serve our mission, but the second one interests me > the most, because it can help build empathy and trust between readers and > editors. > > Nicely done, Ed and team! > > BTW, here are the personal posts I just published. Feel free to use any of > that copy, as you see fit :) > > And I agree that we should also try promoting this story with individual > images, as proposed in #3 and #4 below. > > I also like the idea of using ‘Did you know’ posts more often, such as > this one: > > 'Did you know ... that as late as 1818, English courts upheld your right > to demand a trial by battle?' > > -f > > ________ > > > Facebook: > > Wikipedia Picks: five unusual and fascinating articles, recommended by > guest editor Wehwalt, a top contributor of featured articles of Wikipedia. > This is a new content experiment for the Wikimedia blog. What do you think > of this weekly feature idea? > > https://www.facebook.com/fabrice.florin/posts/10155735696325506?pnref=story > > > > Twitter: > > Wikipedia Picks: five great articles, recommended by guest editor Wehwalt. > What do you think of this new feature? > > https://twitter.com/fabriceflorin/status/614677634794926080 > > > On Jun 26, 2015, at 10:03 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > > That is a fun blog post. It reads like some of the more entertaining > Signpost featured content reports. > > Pine > On Jun 26, 2015 9:34 PM, "Ed Erhart" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I wrote most of these, so I won't LGTM, but please note that specific >> images go with the third and fourth proposed tweets/posts. >> >> --Ed >> >> On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 10:46 PM, Joe Sutherland < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hey all, >>> >>> We just published "Wikipedia Picks: disaster, trial by battle, and >>> more" to the blog. URL: >>> >>> *https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/26/wikipedia-picks-disaster-battle/ >>> <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/26/wikipedia-picks-disaster-battle/>* >>> >>> Many thanks to Gary for writing this post, as well as to Ed, Andrew and >>> Fabrice for editing. >>> >>> Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed. >>> >>> *Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):* >>> >>> • Wikipedia Picks: five articles on disaster, trial by battle, and more >>> (link) >>> • "A notorious incident where a passenger ship sank during trip across >>> the Atlantic, and few of the passengers survived ... Like #Titanic, but >>> worse." >>> • The senator sacrificed his career for a group of African-American >>> soldiers. [+image] >>> • That beard though. [+image] >>> >>> *Facebook/Google+:* >>> >>> • English Wikipedia editor Gary Greenbaum discusses five featured >>> #Wikipedia articles—including a maritime disaster, a pioneer, and a horse >>> trainer-turned-publisher. (link) >>> • Did you know ... that as late as 1818, English courts upheld your >>> right to demand a trial by battle? >>> >>> thanks, >>> Joe >>> >>> -- >>> *Joe Sutherland* >>> Communications Intern [remote] >>> m: +44 (0) 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | w: >>> JSutherland <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JSutherland_(WMF)> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Social-media mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Ed Erhart >> Editorial Intern >> Wikimedia Foundation >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > -- *Joe Sutherland* Communications Intern [remote] m: +44 (0) 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | w: JSutherland <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JSutherland_(WMF)>
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