That sounds more accurate to me not mention a nice plug for Wikipedia. On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 11:08 AM, Ed Erhart <[email protected]> wrote:
> The Facebook post is not (strictly speaking) accurate. They're just > cataloging them on-wiki, not preserving them. Perhaps "During World War > I, despite being forbidden by their superiors, many Australian soldiers > kept a personal diary small enough to hide in their top pocket. Now, over > 1300 of them are cataloged on Wikipedia." ? > > --Ed > > On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Joe Sutherland < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> We just published "Gathering memories from the trenches of the Great War" >> to the blog. URL: >> >> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/10/16/great-war-memories/ >> >> Many thanks to Michael for this post. >> >> Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed. >> >> *Twitter (@wikipedia/@wikimedia):* >> • How @statelibrarynsw is preserving Austalian war diaries with Wikipedia >> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/10/16/great-war-memories/ >> >> *Facebook/Google+:* >> • During World War I, despite being forbidden by their superiors, many >> Australian soldiers kept a personal diary small enough to hide in their top >> pocket. The State Library of NSW set out to collect them in 1919, and >> they're now being preserved on Wikipedia. >> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/10/16/great-war-memories/ >> >> thanks, >> Joe >> >> -- >> *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)> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> > > > -- > 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]
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