The 'did you know' post did very well on Facebook—over a thousand likes and views. We could try to turn the senatorial one into a DYK as well, like "Did you know ... that this senator sacrificed his career for a group of unjustly discharged African-American soldiers?"
It's not really an editorial comment, as the US government exonerated the soldiers in the 1970s. --Ed On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 9:38 AM, Joe Sutherland <[email protected]> wrote: > 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)> > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > -- Ed Erhart Editorial Intern Wikimedia Foundation
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