Absolutely Alex. I think, however, that Lee is an author defined by her
works, given how secretive she was in her lifetime.

In any case - this is now published on our networks:
https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/700720294982332416

Thanks Jeff for getting this out.

Joe

On 19 February 2016 at 16:52, Alex Stinson <[email protected]> wrote:

> Yeah, the best practices quote is probably best. In the literary
> community, there has been a lot of sensitivity about how her second book
> was published in 2015, amidst a bunch of controversy. Its probably best,
> with this topic, to stick to celebrating her, rather than her works (To
> Kill a Mockingbird, has also entered political spaces in recent years as
> well).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Alex
>
> On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 11:49 AM, Victor Grigas <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> The best practices quote above sounds good to me.
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 11:33 AM, Jeff Elder <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, Joe. Our best practices would be to do:
>>>
>>> Wikipedians are updating the article for Harper Lee, author of "To Kill
>>> a Mockingbird," who has died at 89.
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harper_Lee
>>>
>>> We could stray. Thoughts soon please.
>>>
>>> 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, Feb 19, 2016 at 8:29 AM, Joe Sutherland <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> • American writer Harper Lee, author of "To Kill a Mockingbird", has
>>>> died aged 89. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harper_Lee
>>>>
>>>> • "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember
>>>> it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."
>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harper_Lee
>>>>
>>>> Joe
>>>>
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