Thanks Victor, I didn't know that but can see why they'd use the word. Still, by that definition, a kamikaze is any plane that flies into something with malicious intent, which still fits here!
@Pine, I'll email you off-list. It's something I do want to start doing. --Ed On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 3:40 PM, Victor Grigas <[email protected]> wrote: > I think that this won't be an issue but German media described 9/11 as a > Kamikaze attack, where English-speakers associate kamikaze with a > particular theater of war. > > > > On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 3:32 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The Signpost FTW. If I may make a suggestion: can you try to schedule >> Signpost reposts around dates that are thematically similar to the subject >> of the blog, like Veterans Day or Memorial Day? >> >> Pine >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Michael Guss <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Ed! These LGTM. Of course, with Buffer we can schedule twitter, >>> fb, g+ for the next week. >>> >>> On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 12:25 PM, Ed Erhart <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> We've just published "WWII veteran, kamikaze survivor honors shipmates >>>> through Wikipedia articles" to the blog: >>>> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/09/04/wwii-veteran-wikipedia/ >>>> >>>> Proposed social media messages follow: >>>> >>>> >>>> *Facebook/Google+:* >>>> >>>> - "On deck, there was an inferno of fire and explosions ... Some of >>>> us made our way through the debris to the fantail and took turns going >>>> over >>>> the side into the waters of Ormac Bay; I lost my loosely tied shoes." >>>> *<-- >>>> love the last part; isn't it strange what details you remember about >>>> traumatic experiences?* >>>> - "On deck, there was an inferno of fire and explosions; the ship’s >>>> superstructure had been reduced to rubble, and the forward magazine was >>>> exploding." >>>> - At 18, he survived a Japanese kamikaze strike. At 90, he writes >>>> for Wikipedia. >>>> - Three years to the day after Pearl Harbor, the kamikaze struck. >>>> >>>> >>>> *Twitter:**Now that we have Buffer, can we schedule a bunch of posts >>>> for Twitter over the next week?* >>>> >>>> - #WWII @USNavy veteran, #kamikaze survivor wrote the article on >>>> his old ship: >>>> - Life in the @USNavy: “You might chip paint, do some painting, >>>> clean burners and floor plates ...": >>>> - After the #kamikaze, "there was an inferno of fire and explosions >>>> ...": >>>> - Meet the #WWII @USNavy vet who wrote the @Wikipedia article on >>>> his own ship: >>>> - Three years to the day after Pearl Harbor, the kamikaze struck. >>>> @NavyHistoryNews >>>> - *That handle is for the US Navy's history division. Maybe >>>> they'll retweet? Should we message them to ask for a retweet? What's >>>> the >>>> etiquette here?* >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Ed Erhart >>>> Editorial Associate >>>> Wikimedia Foundation >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Social-media mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Michael Guss >>> Research Analyst >>> Wikimediafoundation.org >>> [email protected] >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> > > > -- > > *Victor Grigas* > Storyteller <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/WPZeroPetition> and > Video Content Producer > Wikimedia Foundation > [email protected] > https://donate.wikimedia.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > -- Ed Erhart Editorial Intern Wikimedia Foundation
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