Hi Joe,

Yeah let's get people to read this :)

I like the second option.

Maybe even say something like "Thinking of paying for a Wikipedia article?
Don't."

On Friday, September 18, 2015, Joe Sutherland <[email protected]>
wrote:

> 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]
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[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
>>
>
>
>
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