Social-media June 2014

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by Carlos Monterrey

*Hi all,* *Here is the proposed SM for todays blog profile on Wikipedian Ram Joshi. Please feel free to pick your favorites or provide edits. Thanks for reviewing: * *Post:* https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/24/writing-wikipedia-from-the-western-hi… *SM Calendar: * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_media/Calendar#June_24 *Ram Prasad Joshi: Writing Wikipedia from the western hills of Nepal* - *t*: "0 electricity. 3 hours to nearest road. Over 6,000 edits on Nepali Wikipedia, 1 incredible editor and his phone: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/24/writing-wikipedia-from-the-western-hi… - *t*: "When I started talking about Wikipedia, they had thought I had gone mad," explains editor Ram Prasad Joshi: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/24/writing-wikipedia-from-the-western-hi… - *t*: “Sitting on a rock, taking a break, or laying down in bed." Ram Joshi edits Wikipedia using only his feature phone: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/24/writing-wikipedia-from-the-western-hi… - *t*: Ram Joshi can edit articles in Sanskrit, Hindi, Fijian, Bhojpuri, and Gujarti, all on his feature phone: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/24/writing-wikipedia-from-the-western-hi… - *f/g*: Editors like Ram Prasad Joshi are bringing exposure to some of the most remote places in the world. "On Wikipedia I write about geography, history and culture of my surroundings," he says. "I am a Hindu so I write about the Hindu religion and Hindu culture. I edit and write new articles on the Sanskrit, Hindi, Fijian, Bhojpuri and Gujrati Wikipedias, as well as in Nepali. I can introduce my village, my locality and my culture to the world." https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/24/writing-wikipedia-from-the-western-hi… - f/g: What started off as a hobby to forget the loss of his mother, Ram Joshi went on to contribute over 6,000 edits on Nepali Wikipedia from his remote village in Nepal - all from his feature phone. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/24/writing-wikipedia-from-the-western-hi… -- Carlos Monterrey Communications Associate Wikimedia Foundation +1.415.839.6885 ext 6881 www.wikimediafoundation.org blog.wikimedia.org

9 years, 10 months

Social Media for today's two blog posts

by Carlos Monterrey

*Hi all,* *Here is the SM for today's two(2) blog posts regarding the Wikipedia for Schools project and the new Unicode font converter for Odia. Thanks for taking a look: * *"Odia language gets a new Unicode font Converter:"* https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/20/odia-language-gets-a-new-unicode-font… *"Wikipedia for Schools Project:"* https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/20/wikipedia-for-schools-project/ *Social Media* https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_media/Calendar#June_20 Odia language gets a new Unicode font converter - t: Using the Unicode standard @psubhashish & company is making material in Odia searchable on the internet: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/20/odia-language-gets-a-new-unicode-font… - t : How do you search the internet without being able to use the correct font code? The Odia community is doing this: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/20/odia-language-gets-a-new-unicode-font… - f/g: With a sea of material in the Odia language unsearchable on the Internet, the new Unicode font converter hopes to bridge the gap and make this information available for all to use. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/20/odia-language-gets-a-new-unicode-font… Drafts/Wikipedia for Schools Project - t: A curated list of Wikipedia articles might be key to a well-rounded education for schoolchildren in remote areas: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/20/wikipedia-for-schools-project/ - t: What would happen if you curated the largest encyclopedia to teach schoolchildren. This program is doing just that: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/20/wikipedia-for-schools-project/ - f/g: “The 2013 edition has 6,000 articles, 26 million words and 50,000 images.” The “Wikipedia for Schools” program is bringing the world’s largest encyclopedia into the classroom for children all over the world by curating specific articles to fit their curriculum. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/20/wikipedia-for-schools-project/ -- Carlos Monterrey Communications Associate Wikimedia Foundation +1.415.839.6885 ext 6881 www.wikimediafoundation.org blog.wikimedia.org

9 years, 10 months

Arabic Wikipedia Producer Prize Grant

by Alex Wang

Hi Social Media Folks! I'd like to post the following announcement regarding a new Project and Event Grant. * FB/Google +* The third annual Arabic Wikipedia Producer Prize will reward top wiki project contributors and aims to create or improve over 1,500 articles: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Shipmaster_-_Community_of_Arabic… *Twitter* A little competition never hurt. 3rd annual Arabic Wikipedia Producer Prize rewards top contributors: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Shipmaster_-_Community_of_Arabic… Thanks, Alex -- Alex Wang Program Officer Project & Event Grants Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home> +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang

9 years, 10 months

SM for last week's Board of Trustees blog post

by Carlos Monterrey

*Hi all,* *Here is the proposed SM for last week's Board of Trustee's monthly blog post. Please feel free to choose your favorite or offer edits. Thanks for reviewing:* https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/13/through-thick-and-thin/ <goog_454295701> <goog_454295701> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_media/Calendar#June_17 Through Thick And Thin - t: What makes leadership at the Wikimedia Foundation so Complex? Board member Bishakha Datta (@busydot) explores: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/13/through-thick-and-thin/ - t: .@busydot explores why you need the thin skin of an amphibian & the hide of a rhinoceros to be a WMF trustee: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/13/through-thick-and-thin/ - t: Get an exclusive sneak peak inside the decision-making processes from WMF board member, Bishakhta Datta (@busydot): https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/13/through-thick-and-thin/ - t: "Good leadership means allowing others to lead," says WMF board member, Bishakhta Datta (@busydot): https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/13/through-thick-and-thin/ - f/g: “As WMF trustees, we exercise leadership through a mix of methods, from the invisible to the visible, the implicit to the explicit and the subtle to the evident.” Board member Bishakha Datta explores what makes leadership at the Wikimedia Foundation so complex. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/13/through-thick-and-thin/ -- Carlos Monterrey Communications Associate Wikimedia Foundation +1.415.839.6885 ext 6881 www.wikimediafoundation.org blog.wikimedia.org

9 years, 10 months

Proposed social media postings for Tablet redirection blog post

by Guillaume Paumier

(The post is not out yet, but I prefer to prepare these in advance in case I'm not around when the deployment happens.) Also posted at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_media/Calendar#June_18 t: Wikimedia sites get a new look on tablets: <LINK> f/g: If you visit a Wikimedia site using a tablet, you will now be automatically directed to the mobile version, for a more pleasant experience on touch screens. <LINK> -- Guillaume Paumier Technical Communications Manager — Wikimedia Foundation

9 years, 10 months

RT for Spanish Exile Edit-a-thon

by Ivan Martínez

Dear friends: Tomorrow Wikimedia Mexico and Wikimedia Argentina will perform a simulthaneous edit-a-thon about Republican Spanish Exile both in Mexico City and Buenos Aires, with the support of editors on Spain. Can you give a RT for this event? https://twitter.com/Wikimedia_mx/status/477565705207160832 Kindly regards. -- *Atentamente:Iván MartínezPresidenteWikimedia México A.C.wikimedia.mx <http://wikimedia.mx>Imagina un mundo en donde cada persona del planeta pueda tener acceso libre a la suma total del conocimiento humano. Eso es lo que estamos haciendo <http://es.wikipedia.org>. *

9 years, 10 months

Indigenous Knowledge Grant

by Alex Wang

Hi Social Media Folks! I'd like to post the following announcement regarding a new Project and Event Grant. *FB/Google +* Indigenous Knowledge for Wikipedia workshop will develop oral citation case studies and explore how to diversify and increase the quality of Wikimedia content: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Pgallert/Indigenous_knowledge_fo… * Twitter* Indigenous Knowledge for Wikipedia workshop will develop oral citation case studies through Wikimedia Project & Event grant: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:PEG/Pgallert/Indigenous_knowledge_fo… Thanks, Alex -- Alex Wang Program Officer Project & Event Grants Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home> +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang

9 years, 10 months

Proposed SM

by Carlos Monterrey

*Hi all,* *Here is the proposed social media for tomorrow, June 12th for the various project accounts. Thanks for reviewing: * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_media/Calendar#June_12 *En Wikitionary * - *f*: Do you know the difference between "makeshift" and today's #WordoftheDay, "make shift"? Look it up: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/make_shift - *f*: Today's #WordoftheDay is *make shift:* to invent a way of surmounting a difficulty: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/make_shift *Wikimedia Commons* - *t*: Today’s Wikimedia Commons #PictureoftheDay is a view from a watchtower to Mannikjarve Bog, at Endla Nature Reserve, Estonia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:M%C3%A4nnikj%C3%A4rve_raba_tornist.… - *f/g*: Today’s Wikimedia Commons #PictureoftheDay is a view from a watchtower to Mannikjarve Bog, at Endla Nature Reserve, Estonia. The Endla reserve protects a fresh-water system of mires, bogs, springs and rivulets. Several threatened species of orchid and birds ca be found living in the reserve. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:M%C3%A4nnikj%C3%A4rve_raba_tornist.… *Wikisource* - *t*: June's Wikisource proofread of the month is “The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage” by Joseph Dalton Hooker. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:The_Botany_of_the_Antarctic_Voyage.djvu - *f/g*: June's Wikisource proofread of the month is the 1844 publication “The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage” by Joseph Dalton Hooker. Help proofread books on Wikisource to improve the overall quality of the project! https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Index:The_Botany_of_the_Antarctic_Voyage.djvu -- Carlos Monterrey Communications Associate Wikimedia Foundation +1.415.839.6885 ext 6881 www.wikimediafoundation.org blog.wikimedia.org

9 years, 10 months

Proposed SM for Israel education blog and Wiki accounts

by Carlos Monterrey

*Hi all,* *Here is the proposed social media for the recent blog post regarding Israel's ministry of education. * *Also included is proposed social media for the Wikivoyage, Wikisource, Wikimedia Commons and Wikitonary accounts. Feel free to choose your favorite message for each category, or provide edits. Thanks for reviewing! * https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/10/israels-ministry-of-education-wikimed… <goog_1151174031> <goog_1151174031> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_media/Calendar#June_11 *Israel's Ministry of Education & Wikimedia Israel Agree on New, Unique Initiative* - *t*: Teachers in Israel to receive special professional training to instruct students on how to contribute to Wikipedia: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/10/israels-ministry-of-education-wikimed… - *t*: Interested in learning how to write for WIkipedia? You're not alone! Over a third of the population of Israel is: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/10/israels-ministry-of-education-wikimed… - *f/g*: “It is important to us that the education system in Israel leads in innovation, and cooperating with Wikipedia is a wonderful opportunity to think outside the box and enable students in Israel to do things that make a difference from which others can also benefit,” says Israeli Education Minister Rabbi Shai Piron. Wikipedia may soon become part of academic curricula in Israel. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/10/israels-ministry-of-education-wikimed… *English Wikitionary Word of the Day* - *f*: This Foreign #WordoftheDay literally means "generosity trousers" in German. Think you know what it is? http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Spendierhosen#German - *f*: Spendierhosen: (Idiomatic) A metaphorical representation of a feeling of generosity; literally "generosity trousers." #WordoftheDay http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Spendierhosen#German - *f*: Are you wearing your generosity trousers today? In German, *Spendierhosen* is a metaphorical representation of a feeling of generosity. #WordoftheDay http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Spendierhosen#German Wikivoyage Destination of the Month - *t*: THE American metropolis, June's Destination of the Month is Manhattan. Think you know this tiny island well enough? https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Manhattan - *t*: Wall Street. Madison Avenue. 34th Street. Broadway. Wikivoyage's Destination for the month of June is Manhattan: https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Manhattan *Wikimedia Commons Picture of the Day* - *t*: Wikimedia Commons' #PictureofhteDay is of Gunnar Sonsteby, a Norwegian resistance fighter during World War II. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day - *f/g*: Wikimedia Commons' #PictureoftheDay is of Gunar Sonsteby, a Norwegian resistance fighter during World War II. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day *Wikisource* - *t*: Wikisource's featured text for the month of June is "Alice in Wonderland," by Lewis Carroll. Read it for free here: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland_(1866) - *f/g*: The Wikisource featured text for the month of June is the 1865 novel "Alice in Wonderland," by Lewis Carroll. Due to its vivid imagery and unique narrative course and structure, it is often regarded as one of the greatest examples of the literary nonsense genre. Read it here on freely licensed Wikisource. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland_(1866) -- Carlos Monterrey Communications Associate Wikimedia Foundation +1.415.839.6885 ext 6881 www.wikimediafoundation.org blog.wikimedia.org

9 years, 10 months

Proposed SM for phabricator & survey blog

by Carlos Monterrey

*Hi all, * *Here are proposed social media for today's two(2) blog posts regarding our switch to Phabricator and the survey blog post. * *Feel free to pick two(2) of your favorites or provide edits. Thank you! * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_media/Calendar#June_10 https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/10/on-our-way-to-phabricator/ <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/10/asking-the-right-questions-resources-…> <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/10/asking-the-right-questions-resources-…> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/10/asking-the-right-questions-resources-… *On our way to Phabricator* - t: @Phabricator promises to centralize tech discussions, organize tools and facilitate bug reporting on Wikipedia. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/10/on-our-way-to-phabricator/ - t: @Phabricator promises to facilitate bug reporting on Wikipedia. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/10/on-our-way-to-phabricator/ - t: Wikipedia’s newest software platform promises to save you time on bug-wrangling. Meet @Phabricator https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/10/on-our-way-to-phabricator/ - t: Get involved directly with @Wikimedia in our test instance of @Phabricator, our new bug tracking platform. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/10/on-our-way-to-phabricator/ *Asking the right questions: Resources for your survey strategies* - t: Are you a community member thinking about conducting a survey? Want something better than Google forms? We can help! https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/10/asking-the-right-questions-resources-… - t: Let's talk about surveys: Virtual Meet-Up - June 12 4-5pm UTC https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/10/asking-the-right-questions-resources-… - t: Wanna make better surveys? Join the program evaluation and design team June 12 for a Virtual Meet up! https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/10/asking-the-right-questions-resources-… - t: Program Evaluation & Design (@WikiEva)l wants to help you make better surveys with free access to #Qualtrics: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/10/asking-the-right-questions-resources-… - f/g: Need to prepare a survey? Have an event you would like to assess with a survey? Need to find a better tool for surveys? On Thursday, June 12th, the program evaluation and design team will share their recent experiences piloting survey tools for evaluating their programs. Find out more! https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/10/asking-the-right-questions-resources-… -- Carlos Monterrey Communications Associate Wikimedia Foundation +1.415.839.6885 ext 6881 www.wikimediafoundation.org blog.wikimedia.org

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