Hey social media team,
We just published a blog post about Mark Combs, who has been documenting small towns using Wikipedia:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/01/23/forgotten-coal-towns-mark-combs/
Many thanks to Victor and Yoona for preparing this interesting human-interest profile!
Here are some ideas for how to spread the word on social networks:
Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):
Mark Combs has been documenting small towns using Wikipedia, so they won’t vanish without a trace.(link)
Facebook/Google+
Many small towns scattered around the United States are virtually unknown to outsiders. To preserve their history, Mark Combs, also known by his Wikipedia handle Coal town guy, has started to document them on Wikipedia. (link)
Please help us get the word out about this story :)
Thanks!
Fabrice
Hello social media friends!
We just published a blog post about our new Content Translation tool, now in beta:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/01/20/try-content-translation/ <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/01/20/try-content-translation/>
Check out the video, which gives a great overview. Congrats to the Language Engineering team for doing a really nice job with this product!
Here are some ideas for social media messages to promote this new blog post:
Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):
* Try Content Translation: A quick way to create new articles from other languages. (link)
Facebook/Google+:
• Try Content Translation: A quick way to create new articles from other languages. This new tool makes it easy to translate articles from one language to another. It is now available as a beta feature in 8 different languages. (...). (link)
Please help us get the word out about this story :)
And many thanks to Runa, Pau and Amir for their great work on this story!
Fabrice
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Fabrice Florin
Movement Communications Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF)>
Good evening social media angels,
We just published a blog post about the recent donation of 100,000 medical images to Wikimedia Commons:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/01/20/wellcome-library-donation/ <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/01/20/wellcome-library-donation/>
It’s an uplifting story about all the hard work that Fae and Commons volunteers devote to bring new libraries of rich multimedia content to our knowledge base.
I published the story this evening, so that Fae and Wellcome can promote right it away in the UK, during their daytime hours — I also wanted to get a head start now, since many of us will be tied up tomorrow at the all-staff WMF offsite. :)
Here are some ideas for how to spread the word on social networks:
Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):
The @WellcomeLibrary donates 100,000 medical history images to @WikiCommons ! (link)
Facebook/Google+
The Wellcome Library donates 100,000 medical images to Wikimedia Commons. The high resolution photographs and scans are used on Wikipedia to illustrate a wide range of topics -- such as disease, art history, cartoons, sexuality and biographies. (link)
Please help us get the word out about this story :)
Thanks!
Fabrice
Hey social media team,
We just published a blog post about the making of the annual report, by our own Heather Walls:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/01/21/annual-report/
Congrats again to Heather and everyone who worked on this absolutely wonderful report :)
Here are some ideas for how to spread the word on social networks:
Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):
Today, WMF launched our 7th Annual Report. Here’s the story of how it was created. (link)
Facebook/Google+
Today, WMF launched our 7th Annual Report. This year’s theme: knowledge is a foundation. Here’s the story of how this report was created.
(link)
Please help us get the word out about this story :)
Thanks!
Fabrice
Hi folks!
Today we are releasing both Call for Submissions and Scholarships
announcement for Wikimania 2015. Can we support with the social media
accounts to spread the word?
Submissions => https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions
Scholarships => https://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org/wiki/Scholarships
Also we will posting during the day trough our account @Wikimania2015 the
information.
Thanks,
--
*Iván Martínez*
*Wikimanía 2015 Chief CoordinatorUser:ProtoplasmaKid
@protoplasmakidhttp://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org
<http://wikimania2015.wikimedia.org>*
We’ve created the greatest collection of shared knowledge in history. Help
protect Wikipedia. Donate now: https://donate.wikimedia.org
Hi everyone,
Here is the proposed social media for the blog post that is to be out
today, "How 17-year old Jack Andraka used Wikipedia to research a new test
for cancer."
Thank you fore reviewing.
t: High school student Jack Andraka used Wikipedia to research a new test
for cancer [LINK]
t: Read how high school student Jack Andraka used Wikipedia to research a
new test for cancer [LINK]
f/g: I am Jack's cancer research [LINK] #openaccess
f/g: Here's how high school student Jack Andraka used Wikipedia to research
a new test for cancer. After a family member died from cancer, he set out
to find a cure for the disease. [LINK] [LINK]
f/g: After a family member died from cancer, Jack Andraka set out to find a
new test for the disease, using Wikipedia to invent a new, fast and
inexpensive test. [LINK]
f/g: Read how high school student Jack Andraka used Wikipedia to research a
new test for cancer [LINK]
--
Michael Guss
Research Analyst
Wikimediafoundation.org
mguss(a)wikimedia.org
Hey Everyone,
We got some great coverage on today's Android release. Below is some
proposed SM for the TechCrunch piece:
t: Are you an Android device owner? Check out what @techcrunch has to say
about the recent @wikipedia app release
http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/15/wikipedia-rolls-out-a-redesigned-mobile-ap…
f/g: What's the easiest way to sift through 33.5 million articles in 287
languages? The Wikipedia app! Check out what TechCrunch has to say about
the recent app release from the Wikimedia Foundation. This release is now
live on Android with iOS to follow.
http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/15/wikipedia-rolls-out-a-redesigned-mobile-ap…
--
*Juliet Barbara*
Senior Communications Manager I Wikimedia Foundation
149 New Montgomery Street I San Francisco, CA 94105
jbarbara(a)wikimedia.org I +1 (512) 750-5677
Hello everyone,
Here is the proposed sm for Wikipedia turns 14, receives prize post out
tomorrow.Thanks for reviewing.
Here it is (if you have wordpress acccess):
https://wikimediablog.wordpress.com/?p=36472&preview=true
<https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwikimediablog.wordpress.com%2F%3…>
t: On this day in 2001, a simple idea changed the world. Today Wikipedia
turns 14 years old, wins prestigious prize.
[LINK]
t: On this day,14 years ago, a simple idea of allowing anyone, anywhere to
access the sum of all human knowledge, was launched [LINK]
t: Did you know that on January 15, 2001, knowledge became free? Today
Wikipedia turns 14, receives major award:
t: On this day in 2001, Wikipedia went online. [Link]
f/g: On this day in 2001, a simple idea changed the world. Today, Wikipedia
turns 14 and is honored with the prestigious Erasmus Prize.
[link]
f/g: As Wikipedia turns 14 years old today, we acknowledge the millions of
editors around the world who have contributed to the world's largest
repository of free information in human history. Today, we thank you all.
f/g: On this day in 2001, Wikipedia first went online. Who knew 14 years
later that day would spur over 34 million articles in 288 languages,
reaching half a billion people per month. Today, we acknowledge the
millions of editors around the world who have contributed to the most
comprehensive repository of free information ever. Thank you.
f/g: Wikipedia turns 14 years old today, and receives the prestigious
Erasmus Prize for promoting the dissemination of knowledge.
--
Michael Guss
Research Analyst
Wikimediafoundation.org
mguss(a)wikimedia.org