How about a contest of sorts within the community? There are a lot of writers working on Wikipedia.<div><br></div><div>Phil</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 9:59 AM, Patrick Reilly <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:preilly@wikimedia.org">preilly@wikimedia.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 7:53 AM, Jon Robson <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:jrobson@wikimedia.org" target="_blank">jrobson@wikimedia.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
</div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Have we got a copy text writer in the team/community or any copy text<br>
guidelines?<br>
Currently on the mobile site in beta mode [1] we have the text &#39;Type<br>
your search here...&#39; on the search box before you click on it. This<br>
created (IMO) an interesting discussion [2].<br>
<br>
Personally I think we have a chance to be more inspiring with the<br>
words we use. It would be good to think more about this sort of thing<br>
across mobile to strengthen the MediaWiki/Wikipedia brand.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div>+1</div><div class="im"><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">


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Little things like copy text can make all the difference. &#39;I&#39;m feeling<br>
lucky&#39; on Google for instance rather than &#39;Go to the top search<br>
result&#39; is fun and meaningful. Likewise we could imagine our &#39;Random&#39;<br>
button in the main menu saying &#39;Inspire me&#39; or &#39;Surprise me&#39;. Facebook<br>
&#39;What&#39;s on your mind?&#39; in the update status box is much more<br>
interesting than &#39;type your status here&#39;.<br></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>+1</div><div class="im"><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

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Copy text has always been something that interests me so I&#39;d be<br>
interested if others have an expertise here...<br></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>You should take a shot at it too.</div><div class="im"><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">


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Let me know!<br>
~Jon<br>
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[1] <a href="http://mobile-geo.wmflabs.org/w/index.php?title=Georgia_(country)&amp;useformat=mobile&amp;mobileaction=beta" target="_blank">http://mobile-geo.wmflabs.org/w/index.php?title=Georgia_(country)&amp;useformat=mobile&amp;mobileaction=beta</a><br>


[2] <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MobileFrontend/Feedback#Copy_text" target="_blank">https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MobileFrontend/Feedback#Copy_text</a><br>
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