Social-media February 2015

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Re: [Social-media] Yet another RT thread
by Jeremy Baron 29 Mar '16

29 Mar '16

On Jul 8, 2014 1:01 PM, "Guillaume Paumier" <gpaumier(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi folks; Any thoughts on retweeting > https://twitter.com/nemobis/status/486085235827032064 ? +1 (But it's a reply not just a mention :( (doesn't show in nemo's feed, etc.) -Jeremy

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Help improve the Wikimedia blog: Take our survey
by Fabrice Florin 11 Mar '15

11 Mar '15

Hi folks, We just published an invitation to take our blog survey: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/27/blog-survey/ Here are some ideas for social media messages for this story: Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia): * Did you know that @wikimedia has a blog? How can it best serve you? Please take our short survey. (link) Facebook/Google+ • Did you know that Wikimedia has a blog? How can it best serve you? Please take our short survey. We plan to improve the blog’s contents and features in coming months, based on what you and others tell us. (link) Feel free to tweak as needed. Thanks for helping share this story with our community! Fabrice _______________________________ Fabrice Florin Movement Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF)

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WikiCamps introduce young Armenians to Wikipedia
by Fabrice Florin 28 Feb '15

28 Feb '15

Hi folks, We just published "WikiCamps introduce young Armenians to Wikipedia” on the blog: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/27/wikicamps-young-armenians-wikipedia/ Thanks to Samir Elsharbaty for writing this inspiring story - and to Andrew for his help in publishing it. The well-designed structure of these WikiCamps seems to have made them particularly successful — and I like that students were encouraged to divide their time between editing Wikipedia and physical activities. It’s that type of thoughtful planning that can make a world of difference in all our programs. :) Here are our ideas for social media messages for this story: Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia): * WikiCamps introduce young Armenians to Wikipedia, in a cool new program from @wikimedia_am. (link) * Introducing WikiCamps: @wikimedia_am engages young editors to contribute to Wikimedia projects. (link) Facebook/Google+ • WikiCamps introduce young Armenians to Wikipedia, in a cool new program from @wikimedia_am. Last summer, 135 students ages 14-20 learned to edit Wikipedia, as well as practice sports, music and dance. (link) • How old do you need to be to start contributing to Wikipedia? Last summer, 135 young adults ages 14-20 created 5,425 new articles while attending Wiki Camps, a promising new program from Wikimedia Armenia. (link) • Wikimedia Armenia’s WikiCamp program exceeds expectation by instilling a passion for Wikipedia in young adults ages 14-20. Last summer, 135 students created 5,425 new articles as a result. (link) Feel free to tweak as needed. Thanks for helping share this story with our community! Fabrice _______________________________ Fabrice Florin Movement Communications Manager Wikimedia Foundation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF)

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What is Wikipedia Zero? (VIDEO)
by Andrew Sherman 27 Feb '15

27 Feb '15

Hello Everyone, I am very excited to announce that we have successfully published "What is Wikipedia Zero? (VIDEO)" to the blog. URL: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/26/what-is-wikipedia-zero-video/ Special thanks to Victor, Wikimedia Foundation Storyteller and Video Content Producer, for producing and writing this fantastic post :). Below is some proposed social media messages for the story. Please tweak as needed. *Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):* •What is Wikipedia Zero? (VIDEO) Learn how it helps provide free mobile access to Wikipedia. [Link to youtube] |---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|------/ *Facebook/Google+* •What is Wikipedia Zero? (VIDEO) Watch this short video, which explains how it helps provide free mobile access to Wikipedia. [Link to youtube] Thanks, -- Andrew Sherman Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation *E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org

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Proposed Social Media announcing our win from Reddit
by Michael Guss 26 Feb '15

26 Feb '15

Hello everyone, As you may have heard, we we were in the running to receive a portion of Reddit's 2014 Ad revenue - and we won! We made 5th place out of 8,000+ other charities. Here's their blog post: http://www.redditblog.com/2015/02/announcing-winners-of-reddit-donate.html F/g: Thank you Reddit and Reddit users for supporting Free knowledge for everyone! http://www.redditblog.com/2015/02/announcing-winners-of-reddit-donate.html f/g: Congratulations to our fellow Reddit Donate recipients: Electronic Frontier, Free Software Foundation, Tor Project, NPR and everyone else! http://www.redditblog.com/2015/02/announcing-winners-of-reddit-donate.html t: Thank you @reddit and reddit users for supporting free knowledge for everyone! http://www.redditblog.com/2015/02/announcing-winners-of-reddit-donate.html t: Congrats to our fellow #Redditdonate winners: @EFF,@NPR,@torproject @fsf, & everyone else! http://www.redditblog.com/2015/02/announcing-winners-of-reddit-donate.html -- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org mguss(a)wikimedia.org

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New Education Toolkit helps program leaders develop more effective Wikimedia programs
by Andrew Sherman 26 Feb '15

26 Feb '15

Hello everyone, We have successful published "New Education Toolkit helps program leaders develop more effective Wikimedia programs" to the blog. URL: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/25/wikimedia-education-toolkit/ Thanks to Kacie Harold, WMF Program Evaluation Analyst, and María Cruz, Learning & Evaluation Community Liaison, for the help editing and writing this post. Below is some proposed social media messages for this story. Please tweak as needed. *Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):* (Tweet text goes here - max 117 characters) * New Education Toolkit by @WikiEval helps program leaders develop more effective Wikimedia programs. (link) ---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|------/ *Facebook/Google+* New Education Toolkit helps program leaders develop more effective Wikimedia programs. This first toolkit provides a blueprint for implementing successful Wikimedia programs. It includes best practices, tips and ideas for planning, teaching and evaluating educational programs around the world. (link) Thanks, -- Andrew Sherman Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation *E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org

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Fw: [Wmfcc-l] Where in the world is Wikipedia? New data set
by Joe Sutherland 26 Feb '15

26 Feb '15

I imagine you’re already debating this, but: can we tweet this? ;) On 25 February 2015 at 9:45:11 pm, Michael Guss (mguss(a)wikimedia.org) wrote: Hot of the Twitter-sphere (cred: Andrew Lih for tweeting this out. Aggregated by our own Oliver Keyes) Where in the world is Wikipedia? Explore how traffic to Wikimedia projects is distributed around the globe. Link: https://ironholds.shinyapps.io/WhereInTheWorldIsWikipedia/ "This dataset contains the proportion of traffic to each public Wikimedia project, from each known country, with some caveats." -- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org mguss(a)wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wmfcc-l mailing list Wmfcc-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wmfcc-l -- Joe Sutherland Communications Volunteer m: +44 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu

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Signpost readership survey results
by Pine W 25 Feb '15

25 Feb '15

Hello all, I have uploaded the results from the *Signpost *readership survey to Wikimedia Commons in PDF format: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Signpost_February_2015_survey_resul… Thanks very much to the WMF Learning and Evaluation Team for letting us use Qualtrics. The *Signpost* management team recently agreed to cross-post selected content from the Wikimedia Blog into the *Signpost*. By doing this we can both increase the exposure of Blog content (many *Signpost *readers don't read the blog) and enhance the value of the *Signpost *to its current readers (some of whom would like to see more coverage of sister projects and other, diverse parts of the Wikimedia ecosystem). Your comments on the survey results would be appreciated. The *Signpost *management team will have more to say after we study these results in more detail, and we will publish our comments in a future *Signpost *issue. Cheers, Pine *Signpost *Publication and Newsroom Manager *This is an Encyclopedia* <https://www.wikipedia.org/> *One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies The deep rock of our past, in which we must delve The well of our future,The clear water we must leave untainted for those who come after us,The fertile earth, in which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many hands,And the broad fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how much we do not know.* *—Catherine Munro*

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Proposed social media for
by Michael Guss 25 Feb '15

25 Feb '15

Hello there, We made some tweaks to the blog post our yesterday to include the editahton held yesterday, sponsored by the White House and Wikimedia DC. Thank you for reviewing! Here's the blog post: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/ Fb/g: "There is a bias and a lack of people of color involved in creating Wikipedia...events like today are in part to make people aware of that and then to empower them and give them the information they need to correct that bias." https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/ Fb/g: On Tuesday, Wikimedians gathered at the first-ever White House sponsored edit-a-thon, one of a number of edit-a-thons held across the U.S. to commemorate Black History Month. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/ Fb/g: Wikimedians teamed up with cultural, political institutions- from Howard University, NPR, and even the White House - for Black History Month to address Wikipedia's multicultural gap. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/ Fb/g: February is Black History Month in the United States. Throughout this month, Wikimedians partnered with a variety of institutions - from the Schomburg Center, Howard University, and even the White House - for edit-a-thons to address Wikipedia's multicultural gap. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/ Fb/g: Because Black Lives Matter. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/ fb/g: Wikimedians partnered with major cultural institutions - Howard University, the Schomburg Center, NPR, even the White House - to commemorate Black History Month in the United States. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/ t: @NPR, @whitehouseostp, @HowardUniv partner with Wikimedians for #BHM edit-a-thons: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/ t: Tuesday, Wikimedians participated in first ever #BHMeditathon sponsored by @whitehouseostp https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/ t: The @whitehouseostp & @wikimediadc teamed up for first ever #BHMEditathon. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/02/24/black-history-month-edit-a-thons/ -- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org mguss(a)wikimedia.org

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Black History Month at the White House Edit-a-thon
by Michael Guss 25 Feb '15

25 Feb '15

Hello everyone, This is exciting! I'm currently Live Monitoring on Twitter the first-ever White House edit-a-thon so I'll be RT-ing appropriate tweets from @wikipedia. I'm wondering if perhaps we could give a shout-out to @whitehouseostp? Appropriate Hashtag: #BHMeditathon @wikipedia: Want to join the #BHMeditathon at the @whitehouseostp? you can join online from now until 7pm PT : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/African_Americans_in_STEM @wikipedia: Thank you @whitehouseostp for hosting the #BHMeditathon! You too can join online from now until 7pm PT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/African_Americans_in_STEM F/g: Join the first ever African Americans in STEM fields Editathon being held at the White House today. You can participate online starting NOW until 7pm PT. Here's how: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/African_Americans_in_STEM -- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org mguss(a)wikimedia.org

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