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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='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>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='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>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='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>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='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=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Second – can we per [[WN:FU]] justify hosting
their logos locally?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Points to note:</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='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>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Brian McNeil</span></font></p>
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