Jeff - I want to thank you for reiterating our best practices. On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 12:11 PM, James Alexander <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am not wed either way ( and I imagine neither is Joe) however I think we > do it all the time (posting things because we happen to have more insight > into the particular topic to know that it's that anniversary etc) and think > that's unavoidable. A large portion of the birthdays or anniversaries you > propose I have never heard of, for example, and I don't really see an issue > with that. I think it's important not to let it get out of hand. Most > important, in my mind, is to get a mix in there (not have it just be > American which we have a habit of partially because of our own biases and > partially because of the internets) and I see this as a bit different then > our usual fare which is, as far as I'm concerned, "good". :) > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 14, 2016, at 8:54 AM, Jeff Elder <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sorry, guys. You can't spell NPOV without N-O. From our best practices for > employees posting to branded accounts: > > Do not post anything on our branded accounts that is personally motivated, > for instance a shout-out to an organization you like. > > The 103rd anniversary of a football club that's won one championship in > the past 20 years (sorry, Joe) is just not newsworthy. It would open me up > to posting for everyone else's favorite team from everywhere in the > movement. And why just sports? Why not Ed's favorite battleships, or > someone's favorite band? > > Objectively speaking, there's no reason to post this other than it being a > team member's favorite team. And that's a reason not to post it. > > I'm open to brief and conclusive counter-argument. > > Thanks for enduring my sanctimonious lecture. > > Jeff > > On Thursday, April 14, 2016, James Alexander <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Haha, >> >> Perhaps biased but LGTM. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Apr 14, 2016, at 7:23 AM, Joe Sutherland <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> • Founded Apr. 14, 1903, Scottish association football side Aberdeen >> F.C.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdeen_F.C. >> >> Joe >> >> -- >> *Joe Sutherland* >> Communications Fellow [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 >> >> > > -- > 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/> > > _______________________________________________ > 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/
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