Hello everyone,
Here's some proposed social media for our flagship accounts. Thank you for
reviewing.
English Wikipedia article: Calvin and Hobbes
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_and_Hobbes>
Fb: Launched on this day in 1985, the world was introduced to the humorous
antics of Calvin, an adventurous six-year-old boy, and Hobbes, his sardonic
stuffed tiger. Did you know that this dynamic duo is named after John
Calvin, 16th-century French Reformation theologian, and Thomas Hobbes, a
17th-century English political philosopher?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_and_Hobbes
t: Launched this day in 1985, we first met Calvin, an adventurous boy, and
Hobbes, his sardonic, stuffed tiger: http://buff.ly/1SEmcsQ
t: Launched this day in 1985, daily comic strip–Calvin and Hobbes–first ran
in in American newspapers:http://buff.ly/1SEmcsQ
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Michael Guss
Research Analyst
Wikimediafoundation.org
mguss(a)wikimedia.org
Just in case folks missed it (apologies if a Tweet already went out and I missed it).
-greg
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> From: "Carlos M. Colina" <maorx(a)wikimedia.org.ve>
> Date: November 17, 2015 at 3:48:34 PM EST
> To: wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Recognition of Punjabi Wikimedians User Group
>
> Dear all,
>
> On behalf of the Affiliations Committee, I am honoured to announce the recognition of Punjabi Wikimedians [1] as a Wikimedia User Group.
>
> They are a group of wikimedians who are working together in different projects related to the Punjabi language and culture. They have already organized a few events and activities, like the edit-a-thon on occasion of the 13th anniversary of the Punjabi Wikipedia, another on the International Women's day and several Wikipedia Workshops and meetups.
>
> Welcome!!!
>
> 1: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Punjabi_Wikimedians
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> "*Jülüjain wane mmakat* ein kapülain tü alijunakalirua jee wayuukanairua junain ekerolaa alümüin supüshuwayale etijaanaka. Ayatashi waya junain."
> Carlos M. Colina
> Socio, A.C. Wikimedia Venezuela | RIF J-40129321-2 | www.wikimedia.org.ve <http://wikimedia.org.ve>
> Chair, Wikimedia Foundation Affiliations Committee
> Phone: +972-52-4869915
> Twitter: @maor_x
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I'm out tomorrow. Michael, can you please shepherd these along? Thanks so
much!
Twitter:
Born on this day in 1878, Grace Abbott, an American social worker who
worked to improve the rights of immigrants.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Abbott
On this day in 1973, an embattled U.S. President Richard Nixon told
newspaper editors "I am not a crook."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal
Facebook:
The "Velvet Revolution" began on this day in 1989 in Czechoslovakia, as a
student demonstration in Prague was quelled by riot police. The
demonstration sparked an uprising aimed at overthrowing the communist
government, which succeeded a month later.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet_Revolution
Facebook:
Born on this day in 1878, Grace Abbott, an American social worker who
worked to improve the rights of immigrants and to reform child labor
abuses. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Abbott
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/>
I think I heard that someone was writing guidelines for WMF blog posts.
This seems like a reasonable guide so perhaps you could add it as a "see
also" link in the WMF guideline document:
http://www.socialmediatoday.com/marketing/sarah-snow/2015-10-20/how-write-p…
I have no personal or professional relationship with the author or the
publisher of that piece. If anyone has better suggestions or differing
opinions I'd like to hear them!
Thanks,
Pine
Twitter has introduced a polls feature. Should we ask?
- Have you ever edited a Wikipedia article?
- True or false: Anyone can edit any Wikipedia article
- Do you use Wikipedia on your phone?
- Does Wikipedia employ paid editors, yes or no?
Something else?
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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/>