Social-media October 2015

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today is our Bangladesh chapter's birthday!
by Katherine Maher 03 Oct '15

03 Oct '15

Hi Nahid! This request is absolutely valid! Let me share right now with Jeff Elder, so we can still get something out today! Katherine On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 3:38 PM, NahidSultan <nahid(a)wikimedia.org.bd> wrote: > Hello Katherine, > Hope you're doing great. I've a request if that possible or well, I > actually don't know if this kind of request is valid. If not, please ignore > this email. > > Wikimedia Bangladesh got approved from WMF on october 3, 2011 so > technically it's WMBD's birthday and we're wondering if WMBD got some > wishes from Wikimedia's social pages on that special day :) It'll be > inspiring for the community. > > Regards, > Nahid > > -- > This email was sent by NahidSultan to Katherine (WMF) by the "Email this > user" function at Meta. > -- Katherine Maher Chief Communications Officer Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 +1 (415) 712 4873 kmaher(a)wikimedia.org

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It's Banned Book Week - and Wikipedia has lists.
by Michael Guss 02 Oct '15

02 Oct '15

Hey everyone, this week has been "Banned Book" week. I'm sure Wikipedia (and Wikisource of course) could get in on the action. Free knowledge, anyone? I'm also looking at you WikiLibrary. List of books banned by governments: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_banned_by_governments Books include everything from The Bible, The Quran, *Frankenstein, The Grapes of Wrath, Green Eggs and Ham *(why are you here??), *1984*, ...and of course the *Fifty Shades of Grey * trilogy. Thoughts? -- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org mguss(a)wikimedia.org

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Added this to Buffer from @wikimedia at 4.
by Jeff Elder 02 Oct '15

02 Oct '15

Students in Taiwan are making the Chinese Wikipedia more ethnologically diverse.http://buff.ly/1P9MO5N Jeff Elder Digital communications manager Wikimedia Foundation 704-650-4130 @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder> @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia> The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/>

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Repetitive posts to the flagship accounts.
by Jeff Elder 02 Oct '15

02 Oct '15

Hey folks, Let's cut down on multiple posts of the same blog links to the two flagship social accounts, and aim a little higher for inspired posts there. I count four posts to the Wikipedia Facebook page and four to the @wikipedia Twitter account in the past two days for the latest News on Wikipedia blog post. Buffer says those eight posts to our largest accounts have resulted in just 971 clicks, and that about one in every 200 people who saw two of the Facebook posts engaged in any way. (Strong engagement would be about four times that.) This is just one example of a larger issue, and I'm not singling this out as egregious, just a good case study. News on Wikipedia, thanks to Joe's impressive expertise, is a place where we can really shine. Our social guidelines urge us to "remember, our social handles are also about conversations, not just one-way broadcast pushes." Repetitive posts have drawbacks: People who follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook may have seen the promotion of a routine blog post multiple times, and tune out (we do see unlikes on Facebook); the algorithms note unengaged posts and drop us down as an account; repetitive posts send a message that we are pushing an agenda (blog post clicks) at the expense of fresh communication; they drain the accounts of the lifeblood of inspiration and seem canned. The team has settled into some great and extremely useful practices around blog creation, checking in on posting, and measuring metrics. But in this area of pushing blog posts to the main two accounts, I believe the process has gone too far into an assembly line. The flagship accounts are our big stage; let's be more mindful about posting there and seek a little more inspiration. After talking with Katherine, I'm working on a tune-up of the best practices I hope to have finished next week. I'll also chime in here on posts to those two main accounts especially. But for now, I'd urge us to think of them as a place for our greatest hits, and work to craft posts there that are important, central to the mission of free information for all, especially engaging, or just fun. Thoughts? Jeff Elder Digital communications managering Wikimedia Foundation 704-650-4130 @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder> @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia> The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/>

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LA Edit-a-thon at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this Saturday, Oct 3rd.
by Michael Guss 02 Oct '15

02 Oct '15

Hello everyone, This saturday, October 3rd, in Los Angeles there will be an edit-a-thon, the latest in a series called "Unforgetting LA" hosted by online art magazine, East of Borneo. Here are some proposed social media messages. Thank you for reviewing! Here's the proposed share link: http://www.eastofborneo.org/unforgetting Fb/G: Lights, camera–edit! Join online art magazine @East of Borneo in their latest edit-a-thon this Saturday, October 3rd hosted at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Fb/G: This Saturday, October 3rd, join online art magazine @East of Borneo in their latest edit-a-thon being held at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Lights, camera-edit! Fb/G: Love film and Wikipedia? Join online art magazine @East of Borneo for an edit-a-thon this Saturday, October 3rd, at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Fb/G: I would like to thank the Academy for...hosting this Saturday's edit-a-thon! This Saturday, October 3rd, join @East of Borneo is their latest edit-a-thon being held at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. @wikipedia: Lights, camera–edit! Join @eastofborneo for their latest edit-a-thon Saturday, Oct 3, @TheAcademy: http://buff.ly/1LmR4iL @wikipedia: Love film and #Wikipedia? Join @eastofborneo for an edit-a-thon Saturday, Oct 3rd, being held @TheAcademy: @wikipedia: I would like to thank @TheAcademy...for hosting this weekend's edit-a-thon! Join @eastofborneo & add film history: http://buff.ly/1LmR4iL -- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org mguss(a)wikimedia.org

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Tweet and maybe Facebook idea for tomorrow?
by Jeff Elder 02 Oct '15

02 Oct '15

With new hit TV show bringing The Muppets new love, how about this bit of trivia? The old guys in the balcony on @TheMuppets are named Statler and Waldorf after famous NYC hotels. http://buff.ly/1iMgiKl Jeff Elder Digital communications manager Wikimedia Foundation 704-650-4130 @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder> @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia> The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/>

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NASA's birthday is today - 57 years old :)
by Katherine Maher 01 Oct '15

01 Oct '15

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA -- Katherine Maher Chief Communications Officer Wikimedia Foundation 149 New Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94105 +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 +1 (415) 712 4873 kmaher(a)wikimedia.org

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Potential social idea: DYK
by Joe Sutherland 01 Oct '15

01 Oct '15

Hey all, I think this has been proposed before on this list, but I'm bringing it up again :) We could potentially borrow DYK entries from Wikipedia's front page for use on social. Here's some benefits to this: - It's cheap, and requires only the avoidance of anything controversial/potentially promotional, - It's a good way to keep our social feeds active, - Wikipedia articles generally do very well on social media, as Michael can attest, and - It's a great way to get more eyes on newly improved articles, which is good for the community. Some of them might need to be trimmed, but this is a potential one for Facebook as an example: • that the woman in Vilhelm Hammershøi's Interior with Young Woman Seen from the Back is the painter's wife, whom he often painted facing away from the viewer? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interior_with_Young_Woman_Seen_from_the_Back What do we think of this? (Forgive me if we already have an answer for this!) best, Joe -- *Joe Sutherland* Communications Intern [remote] m: +44 (0) 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | w: JSutherland <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JSutherland_(WMF)>

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What I Learned: Wikipedia Education Program in Argentina
by Joe Sutherland 01 Oct '15

01 Oct '15

Hey all, We just published "What I Learned: Wikipedia Education Program in Argentina" to the blog. URL: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/09/29/wikipedia-education-argentina/ Many thanks to Maria and Melina for this post. Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed. *Twitter (@wikipedia/@wikimedia):* • Promoting open culture in Argentine education: What I Learned https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/09/29/wikipedia-education-argentina/ *Facebook/Google+:* • "Once we implemented the new strategies, teachers we worked with became, as we like to call them, Wiki Ambassadors." https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/09/29/wikipedia-education-argentina/ thanks, Joe -- *Joe Sutherland* Communications Intern [remote] m: +44 (0) 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | w: JSutherland <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JSutherland_(WMF)>

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