Fair enough! Just a suggestion as all of my emails to this list are.

I will say as a counter that this is an anniversary post suggestion and not
just a random bit of biased trivia (despite my tongue-in-cheek subject
line!). But to be true to the letter of the best practices is fine by me.

Joe

On Thursday, 14 April 2016, 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
>>
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