Thanks James this all of this! We'll get your copy and links out now.
On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 2:34 AM, James Alexander <[email protected]> wrote: > In my traditional love of the British Isles I'd like to recommend a tweet > about the Queen this morning as she surpasses Queen Victoria as longest > serving UK Monarch (and, believe, the longest serving reign of any Queen). > The traditional time it seems people are confidant about is around 17:30 > BST and so 9:30 Pacific. I think it would be awesome if we could get > something out then. The front page of Wikipedia will change about the same > time to add this to In the News (currently here > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates#September_9> > ). > > Thoughts: > > - Today Queen Elizabeth II becomes the longest-reigning British head > of state. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II > - QE 2 is a featured article > - Could also use > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monarchs_in_Britain_by_length_of_reign > - Today Queen Elizabeth II surpasses her great-great-grandmother Queen > Victoria [Link] > - Today Queen Elizabeth II surpasses Queen Victoria as longest > reigning UK monarch. [Link] > > Great free Photo to use: > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queen_Elizabeth_II_March_2015.jpg > [Personally I like the purple better but there are a couple other good ones > at > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingdom_in_2015 > ] > > For those interested (i.e. probably not many of you unless you're as nerdy > as I am) the Queen being smart and "celebrating" the day avoiding the > London politicians toasting her and doing official duties up north with > with the Scottish First Minister :). > > 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 > > -- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org [email protected]
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