"to coffee pot"? Do you mean "to THE coffee pot"? --Ed
On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Gregory Varnum <[email protected]> wrote: > I will admit - I had no idea what it meant. :) > > Although - I am probably not the target for this specific tweet. ;) > > -greg > > On Oct 18, 2015, at 9:56 AM, Joe Sutherland <[email protected]> > wrote: > > For what it's worth "the Open era" is a reasonably well known term for > followers of tennis... Though admittedly not for most other people. :) > > Joe > > On Sunday, 18 October 2015, Jeff Elder <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks, James! I can tweak that tweet as suggested. >> >> On Saturday, October 17, 2015, James Alexander <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 10:30 PM, Jeff Elder <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Twitter @wikimedia: >>>> The 1st webcam was hooked up to prevent pointless trips to coffee pot >>>> in University of Cambridge computer lab. http://buff.ly/1RhOHvX >>>> >>>> >>> LGTM >>> >>> Facebook: >>>> On this day in 1954, music went portable as never before when the first >>>> practical transistor radio made in any significant numbers was announced. >>>> One year after the release of the TR-1 sales approached the 100,000 mark. >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor_radio >>>> >>> >>> LGTM >>> >>> >>>> Twitter: >>>> Happy birthday to tennis great Martina Navratilova, with records for >>>> most singles and doubles titles in open era. http://buff.ly/1RhPvB1 >>>> >>> >>> Hmmmm, this one concerns me because of the "in open era" .. I had no >>> idea what it was talking about and in order to find out I had to 1. Click >>> the link, 2. search for a reference in the article to it 3. click to go to >>> article about the History of tennis and 4. read the section there >>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_tennis#Open_Era>... I worry >>> that's going to be really confusing for people and the number of steps >>> would cause many not to completely understand. >>> >>> Would people be happy with just saying "since 1968" ? (the start of the >>> open era) >>> >>> >>> Facebook: >>>> Happy birthday to tennis great Martina Navratilova, the only player in >>>> history to have held the top spot in both singles and doubles for over 200 >>>> weeks. http://buff.ly/1RhPvB1 >>>> >>> >>> LGTM >>> >>> >> >> -- >> 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/> >> >> > > -- > Sent from a device with a small keyboard with big fingers :) > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- Ed Erhart Editorial Associate Wikimedia Foundation
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