That sounds like a great idea. Is there an app that can handle tweet
suggestions from external users? Meta is probably a good tool for this if
there's no such app.

Joe

On Thursday, 23 July 2015, Ed Erhart <[email protected]> wrote:

> In Juliet and I's 1v1, we discussed setting up a page where Wikimedians
> could propose content and social messages that we could then post on our
> feeds.
>
> So, for example, if I wrote yet another article on a battleship, I could
> come up with an unusual fact and propose that we feature it on @Wikipedia,
> etc.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> --Ed
>
> On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Joe Sutherland <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> This seems like something we could (should?) be doing more often I think.
>> Thanks Michael for getting these out.
>>
>> Joe
>>
>> On 22 July 2015 at 18:31, Michael Guss <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Katherine,
>>>
>>> We shared the tetris effect, by the looks of the comments, it is
>>> resonating (I also thought it would be suitable for Twitter and G+):
>>>
>>> Fb: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153402977008346
>>>
>>> @wikipedia:
>>> https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/623906601703833600/photo/1
>>>
>>> Wikipedia G+:
>>> https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100123345029543043288/+Wikipedia/posts/GvT2b3xh2QN
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 8:45 AM, Katherine Maher <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Awesome! I will connect you two directly. :)
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 8:21 AM, Michael Guss <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> These are great Katherine! Especially thanks to Tess for curating
>>>>> these ideas. I think this is what our followers would really enjoy and 
>>>>> more
>>>>> importantly share with their friends.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wednesday, July 22, 2015, Katherine Maher <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Some suggested posts from a volunteer. What do you think?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> mobile.
>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>>> From: "Tess Mayall" <[email protected]>
>>>>>> Date: Jul 22, 2015 7:58 AM
>>>>>> Subject: Re: Facebook posts
>>>>>> To: "Katherine Maher" <[email protected]>
>>>>>> Cc:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > Hi Katherine,
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > No problem at all. Wikimania looks like it was a huge success,
>>>>>> congrats! Below are a few more posts, the bottom one is more evergreen
>>>>>> content rather than news.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Stephen Hawking announced a $100 million hunt for alien life this
>>>>>> week. Did you know that he is the only guest star to play himself in the
>>>>>> Star Trek universe?
>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking_in_popular_culture
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > How does CRISPR work? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRISPR
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Be careful playing too much Candy Crush or Farmville. The Tetris
>>>>>> syndrome causes people to hallucinate or dream about the games they’re
>>>>>> playing when they play too much.
>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_effect
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Have a great week!
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Tess
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > From: Katherine Maher <[email protected]>
>>>>>> > To: Tess Mayall <[email protected]>
>>>>>> > Sent: 7/21/2015 10:28 PM
>>>>>> > Subject: Re: Facebook posts
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> >> Hi Tess,
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> Apologies for the delay in getting back to you, things were a
>>>>>> little crazy with Wikimania! I hope you're doing well!
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> Thanks for the kind words with regards to the latest news posts --
>>>>>> we're experimenting with how well they do on social, and it seems
>>>>>> promising. Sort of silly it's never been done before :) And thank you for
>>>>>> sending the ideas for social! I apologize that we didn't get the chance 
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> follow up on them, they're quite compelling. I especially like the
>>>>>> Pentaquark, which would be very interesting to our global audience.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> Katherine
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Tess Mayall <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> Hi Katherine,
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> It was great talking with you a few weeks ago. I’ve been closely
>>>>>> following all of wiki’s social media posts - I love that you've been
>>>>>> posting on the latest news!
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> Below are a few other topical posts I thought might be good for
>>>>>> Wikipedia’s Facebook page:
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> The pentaquark may have been proven yesterday, but it's been
>>>>>> predicted since the 60's. Read the full story behind the world's hottest
>>>>>> particle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentaquark
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> 1st generation of #ipod: 5 GB for $399, new #ipodtouch: 128 GB
>>>>>> for $400 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> Happy Birthday Arianna Huffington! Did you know her birth name
>>>>>> was Ariadnē-Anna Stasinopoúlou? Stasinopoúlou Post doesn't have quite the
>>>>>> same ring to it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianna_Huffington
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> Hope this is helpful. If you’re ok with it, I might send you some
>>>>>> ideas every few days.
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> Thanks!
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> Tess
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> --
>>>>>> >> Katherine Maher
>>>>>> >> Chief Communications Officer
>>>>>> >> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>> >> 149 New Montgomery Street
>>>>>> >> San Francisco, CA 94105
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635
>>>>>> >> +1 (415) 712 4873
>>>>>> >> [email protected]
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Michael Guss
>>>>> Research Analyst
>>>>> Wikimediafoundation.org
>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Katherine Maher
>>>> Chief Communications Officer
>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>> 149 New Montgomery Street
>>>> San Francisco, CA 94105
>>>>
>>>> +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635
>>>> +1 (415) 712 4873
>>>> [email protected]
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Michael Guss
>>> Research Analyst
>>> Wikimediafoundation.org
>>> [email protected]
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