On 2009-05-28 13:24:43 +0100, "Brian McNeil"
<brian.mcneil(a)wikinewsie.org> said:
Okay. I can bring this up with appropriate people, but I want input here
first.
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Wikinews needs to be bringing people in to read our stories, and the way =
I
see some people (who are on this list) doing so is by posting to twitter =
and
Facebook.
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Many sites have a set of social sharing links at the bottom of an =
article.
Is there anything stopping us from doing the same?
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First possible objection - requires embedding of a link/webbug that lets
them see who reads an article. Different from "who posts an article" by
clicking on the 'social bookmark' button.
Second - can we per [[WN:FU]] justify hosting their logos locally?
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Points to note:
Can we do what the BBC do? If you add one of their stories to Facebook =
the
pop-up window allows to select from all images on the article page.
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Brian McNeil
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Okay… I can bring this up with =
appropriate
people, but I want input here first.</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Wikinews needs to be bringing people in to =
read our
stories, and the way I see some people (who are on this list) doing so =
is by
posting to twitter and Facebook.</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Many sites have a set of social sharing links =
at the
bottom of an article. Is there anything stopping us from doing the =
same?</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>First possible objection – requires =
embedding
of a link/webbug that lets them see who reads an article. Different from =
“who
posts an article” by clicking on the ‘social bookmark’
button.</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Second – can we per [[WN:FU]] justify =
hosting
their logos locally?</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Points to note:</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Can we do what the BBC do? If you add one of =
their
stories to Facebook the pop-up window allows to select from all images =
on the
article page.</span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-US =
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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span lang=3DEN-US =
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Brian McNeil</span></font></p>
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