Sounds good! Joe
On 16 October 2015 at 20:21, Jeff Elder <[email protected]> wrote: > W/ Ed's tweak LGTM. Recommend posting to @wikimedia eight hours from now > -- 8 p.m. PST, 5 a.m. GMT -- to catch Australia Saturday afternoon with FB > targeted to Australia same time. If no objections or quibbles I'll schedule. > > 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 16, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Michael Guss <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > -- *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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