This <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-09-24/News_and_notes> sums it up pretty well, for those on the list without the benefit of context. Sigh. :-)
Michael, Andrew, and I also discussed setting up a page where Wikipedians of all languages could come and propose social posts for us that link to articles they've written. I figured that we could adopt the DYK/TIL format for that. --Ed On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 12:33 PM, James Alexander <[email protected]> wrote: > Heh, fair point there was a lot of context missing there ;) > > For the record I'm all in favor, and I was doing a cheap joke for the > entertainment of those who knew the history :) > > The worst problems are usually something that we will have on our radar, > these articles are not hard to quickly review, and the community IS > actually very good at reviewing these. When there are DYKs we're not > interested in sharing there is no issue skipping them, there are 24 a day > :) it's not like we're going to run out. > > James Alexander > Community Advocacy > Wikimedia Foundation > (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur > > On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Joe Sutherland <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Okay, fair point. In fairness I think something like that's unlikely to >> happen in the future :P >> >> (For context for those unaware, he's talking about this: >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibraltarpedia ... think this may have >> been pre-Katherine :) ) >> >> On 6 August 2015 at 18:26, James Alexander <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 10:16 AM, Joe Sutherland < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> It's gotten a lot better in fairness. Checking the article isn't awful >>>> before we publish it on social is also pretty trivial, thankfully. >>>> >>>> Joe >>>> >>> >>> Yes.... Yes it has.... >>> >>> BUT DYK that Gibraltar <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibraltar> was >>> ceded to Britain "in perpetuity" under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713? >>> >>> /Ducks/ >>> >>> James Alexander >>> Community Advocacy >>> Wikimedia Foundation >>> (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > -- Ed Erhart Editorial Intern Wikimedia Foundation
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