I also proposed "Did you know ... that this US senator used his position to defend African American soldiers falsely accused of murder?" with the same stipulation as earlier—the second clause is neutral because all of the men were exonerated in the 1970s.
Re arbcom ... if they held *actual *trials by battle, I'd want GorillaWarfare and former arbitrator NuclearWarfare in my corner. --Ed On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 3:35 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ed, sorry I'm lost, exactly which suggestion are you referring to? > > By the way, I thought that trial by battle referred to Arbitration > Committee proceedings. ;) > > Pine > On Jun 29, 2015 8:45 AM, "Ed Erhart" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Fine by me! I wasn't too sure if it was a decent idea or not. What about >> my first suggestion? >> >> --Ed >> >> On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 4:05 AM, Joe Sutherland < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'd probably be wary about doing this again for the same blogpost, but >>> it's probably an idea for the future? >>> >>> Joe >>> >>> On 29 June 2015 at 05:08, Ed Erhart <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> We could also try to make an explicit Game of Thrones reference, if >>>> it's not too repetitive: "Oberyn Martell and the Mountain from *Game >>>> of Thrones* could have fought in a trial by battle as late as 1818," >>>> or "*Game of Thrones*' Tyrion could have requested a trial by battle >>>> as late as 1818." >>>> >>>> *Game of Thrones* there would be linked to the show's page (that >>>> should drive up views). >>>> >>>> Sorry, if I actually watched GoT I would have thought of this before. >>>> >>>> --Ed >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > -- Ed Erhart Editorial Intern Wikimedia Foundation
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