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 >>>> >>>> -- >>>> *Joe Sutherland* >>>> Communications Intern [remote] >>>> joesutherland.rocks | @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | +44 (0) 7722 >>>> 916 433 >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> *Victor Grigas* >> Storyteller <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/WPZeroPetition> and >> Video Content Producer >> Wikimedia Foundation >> [email protected] >> https://donate.wikimedia.org/ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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] joesutherland.rocks | @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | +44 (0) 7722 916 433
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