Hey all, We just published "News on Wikipedia: Beijing wins Winter Olympics, MH370 wreckage recovered, and more" to the Wikimedia blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/08/05/beijing-olympics-mh370-wreckage/ We plan to send out five pieces of social for this story, spread through the next *three days* (or thereabouts) to keep things timely. Please do comment for tone. *Twitter:* • China's capital Beijing will host the 2022 Winter Olympics. #NewsOnWikipedia • Barack Obama (@potus) announced his Clean Power Plan this week. #cleanpower #NewsOnWikipedia • Wreckage found on French island Réunion is from missing plane #MH370. #NewsOnWikipedia • Zimbabwe have requested the extradition of an American hunter for #Cecil's killing. #NewsOnWikipedia • Secretive Taliban leader Mohammed Omar actually died in 2013. #NewsOnWikipedia *Facebook/G+:* • Beijing beat out Almaty of Kazakhstan to become the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics this week. #NewsOnWikipedia • Barack Obama unveiled his Clean Power Plan this week. #NewsOnWikipedia • Plane parts found on the French territory Réunion were this week confirmed as from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. #NewsOnWikipedia • Zimbabwe last week requested the extradition of American hunter Walter Palmer following the killing of Cecil the lion. #NewsOnWikipedia • Currently, only two images exist of former Taliban leader Mohammed Omar. This week it was confirmed that he died two years ago. #NewsOnWikipedia best, 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)>
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