So we should talk about languages on Facebook. You can set your language on
Facebook (including to Pirate, BTW), and see all the Facebook text in that
native tongue. You can follow accounts that are in your chosen language.

If something pops up that is not in your set language, Facebook offers
translations below that text with a click. If you want to see that, check
out the French government's verified page here:

https://www.facebook.com/gouvernement.fr

So if we post something in English that is seen by someone whose Facebook
is set to another language, they can click to have it translated.

We could target people from another country or language and translate for
them, but they would be people who have followed our page in English
previously. They might appreciate the gesture, but that's basically what it
would be.

That doesn't mean we can't do it. But we have a hard time sometimes just
getting out basic posts in one language. : )

Jeff Elder
Digital communications manager
Wikimedia Foundation
704-650-4130
@jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder>
@wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia>
The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/>

On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 9:47 AM, Victor Grigas <[email protected]> wrote:

> Or Spanish?
>
> On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 12:46 PM, Victor Grigas <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> +1 - Can you translate that one into Russian?
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Jeff Elder <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> What about?
>>>
>>> In honor of John Lennon's 75th birthday, we share this Marx-Lennon stamp
>>> from Abkhazia in the former Soviet Union, which is in the public domain on
>>> Wikimedia Commons.
>>>
>>> (See attached.)
>>>
>>> Jeff Elder
>>> Digital communications manager
>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>> 704-650-4130
>>> @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder>
>>> @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia>
>>> The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 9:14 AM, Jeff Elder <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Upon further review, I wonder if it's weird to congratulate John Lennon
>>>> on "Yesterday"? Should we go really straight on him, like this?
>>>>
>>>> John Winston Lennon was born on this day in 1940 in Liverpool, England.
>>>> More on his life:    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon
>>>>
>>>> I'm waiting for the bus into the office. Want to post it, Joe?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Friday, October 9, 2015, James Alexander <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> I think that still gives you 2 characters so should be good.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> James Alexander
>>>>> Legal and Community Advocacy
>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>> +1 415-839-6885 x6716
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 9, 2015, at 10:49, Joe Sutherland <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> If we can fit them in, it could do with a comma and some quote marks:
>>>>>
>>>>> Happy 75th birthday John Lennon, and congratulations on the 50th
>>>>> anniversary of "Yesterday" hitting #1 in the US
>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9 October 2015 at 15:37, Jeff Elder <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I like this post! Anyone have objections or quibbles?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Friday, October 9, 2015, James Alexander <[email protected]>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm in a lecture at the moment (because when I go back to school for
>>>>>>> reunion i somehow get talked into a lecture ;) ) about the study of the
>>>>>>> Beatles and they just mentioned some anniversaries I thought could be
>>>>>>> interesting for quick tweets.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Today (October 9) is both the 50th anniversary of the Beatles song
>>>>>>> Yesterday first hitting #1 in the US (
>>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesterday_(Beatles_song) ) as well as
>>>>>>> John Lennon's 75th birthday (
>>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon ).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Random draft (John Lennon is an FA and trending so probably best
>>>>>>> article to use):
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Happy 75th birthday John Lennon and congratulations on the 50th
>>>>>>> anniversary of Yesterday hitting #1 in the US
>>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> James Alexander
>>>>>>> Legal and Community Advocacy
>>>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>>> +1 415-839-6885 x6716
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
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>>>>>> Digital communications manager
>>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
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>>>>>> @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder>
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