Hey, I'm not convinced that Twitter copy is ideal :) How is:
• Should you pay for a Wikipedia article? [link] • Thinking of paying for a Wikipedia article? Read this first. [link] Both are still perhaps a little risqué but not as misleading. Let me know what you think and we can get this scheduled for Monday morning. Joe On 18 September 2015 at 22:45, Ed Erhart <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > "Should I pay for a Wikipedia article?" is prepped and scheduled to go out > at 7:30am PST tomorrow, assuming the blog's time zone is PST. A preview for > those with WordPress access is available > <https://wikimediablog.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=42186&action=edit>, > or there is a draft Google Doc > <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qkM5ypjjg2mz0jhhOYAO-bFZ7CP2frwcfQFsYcMeows/edit>. > The image comes from Commons > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Community_Noun_project_26111.svg> > . > > Thanks go to Gamaliel for the post. > > Proposed social media messages follow: > > *Twitter:* > > - Considering paying for a Wikipedia article? Check out a reference > guide first: > > *Facebook/Google+:* > > - Wikipedia's rules on editing for money are numerous. Here's a > summary: > - As Jimmy Wales says, "If anybody emails you asking for money > pretending to be Wikipedia, alarm bells should ring ... Everything about > Wikipedia is free." > > > As always, I'm open to suggestions and improvements, and I'm fairly > certain that someone here can come up with better posts! > > -- > Ed Erhart > Editorial Associate > Wikimedia Foundation > -- *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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