Hello Everyone,
Found this interesting story - it was published last month, but I believe
it is evergreen content therefore I wrote some social.Thanks for reviewing!
It really demonstrates Wikipedia's relative success in brining the world's
languages online. Take a look. Some nice graphs here.
http://www.smartling.com/2015/02/12/global-website-development/
Tweet structure:
Account: @wikipedia
t: Wikipedia supports more languages than any other website on the planet.
t: Study: Wikipedia leads in supporting the most languages online. @Google,
@Facebook, @Microsoft follow. #
t: 288 languages and counting. Way to go editors!
Facebook structure:
Account: wikipedia
f: There are 533 proposals for Wikipedia languages in incubator stage, more
than twice the number of actual Wikipedias. Wikipedia is on track for
doubling their language repository.
f: Most websites have yet to surpass five languages, Wikipedia has close to
300.
f: 288 languages approved, 533 proposed. “What you see reflects user
initiative.”
Google+ structure:
Account: wikipedia
g: There are 533 proposals for Wikipedia languages in incubator stage, more
than twice the number of actual Wikipedias. Wikipedia is on track for
doubling their language repository.
g: Most websites have yet to surpass five languages, Wikipedia has close to
300.
g:288 languages approved, 533 proposed. “What you see reflects user
initiative.”
Thanks,
--
Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
*E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org
*WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>
Today is the 20th anniversary of the first wiki - I propose to RT this
from @wikipedia and @wikimedia:
https://twitter.com/JackH/status/580766141447958529 (already RTed by
@WardCunningham himself).
Or perhaps someone has a bit of time to write custom Twitter and FB/G+
messages linking to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WikiWikiWeb ?
--
Tilman Bayer
Senior Analyst
Wikimedia Foundation
IRC (Freenode): HaeB
I've just made a post on Wikimedia Australia's Facebook (and abbreviated
version to twitter):
*First year Medicine students at The University of Notre Dame Australia now
have an assessable component of editing content on Wikipedia related to
their area of study. Yesterday, Australian Wikimedian Gnangarra presented
the first lecture on Wikipedia to the students. Welcome to the 120 new
editors in Perth!*
Any shares/retweets welcome if anyone deems this of interest to a broader
audience!
https://www.facebook.com/wikimedia.au/photos/a.538127282907635.1073741825.1…https://twitter.com/wm_au/status/580512952723378177
Regards,
Charles / User:Chuq
Wikimedia Australia
Hello Everyone,
Michael and I created some social copy for this news story. URL:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/03/19/from-the-streets…
Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as need.
Tweet structure:
Account: @wikipedia
This melodic map displays geolocated @Spotify playlists from the Wikipedia
article “Lists of songs about cities”. Thanks! @javier #interactive #map
This fun #interactive map contains thousands of hit songs and other
forgotten gems to browse through. @javier @Spotify #music
Take a stroll down “Abbey Road” while listening to the London @Spotify
playlist based off Wikipedia data.
Facebook structure:
Account: wikipedia
Javier Arce created an interactive map with spotify playlists geolocated to
specific cities. These cities are chosen by the spotify playlist content
taken from the Wikipedia article “Lists of songs about cities”.
Enjoy the sound of your city. Check out this interactive map displaying
spotify playlists created from the Wikipedia article “Lists of songs about
cities”.
Escape to another city. Get lost in the sound of your favorite city
Google+ structure:
Account: wikipedia
“Howl at the moon” , “Lost in Adelaide” and more from the Adelaide,
Australia spotify playlist. Use this map to see other cities and their
playlists taken from the Wikipedia article “Lists of songs about cities”.
“A night on broadway”, “Anything can happen in New York” -- Check out more
from the New York spotify playlist and see other cities and their playlists
taken from the Wikipedia article “Lists of songs about cities”.
Thanks,
--
Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
*E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org
*WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>
Hello Everyone,
Michael and I came up with some social for a Creative commons story about
our open access policy. URL:
https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/45190
Below are some proposed social media messages. Tweak as need.
Tweet structure:
Account: @wikipedia
Creative Commons licensing helps Wikipedians share content.
@creativecommons #licensing
Increase access to important and useful information and data for the public
good. @creativecommons #publicdomain
Facebook structure:
Account: wikipedia
The open access policy states that media files must be made available under
the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license (the version
currently used by Wikipedia), or any other free license.
Google+ structure:
Account: wikipedia
Researchers receiving funds from Wikimedia Foundation will provide
“unrestricted access to and reuse of all their research output.”
+creativecommons
Thanks,
--
Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
*E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org
*WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>
Hello everyone,
We published "Wikimedia Foundation welcomes Guy Kawasaki as board member"
to the blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/24/guy-kawasaki-joins-wikimedia-board/
Thanks to Jan-Bart De Vreede for writing the draft and everyone else for
helping to edit.
Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed
Twitter
Introducing our new board member @GuyKawasaki.
Noted entrepreneur, writer, and Chief evangelist of @canva -- Please
welcome @GuyKawasaki to the board of trustees.
Facebook/Google+
A new board member has joined the Wikimedia ranks. Welcome (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Kawasaki)Guy Kawasaki, entrepreneur,
writer, and speaker.
Thanks,
--
Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
*E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org
*WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>
Hello Everyone,
Michael and I created some social for another story. URL:
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/wikipedia-wants-a-more-secure-web-but-its-…
Below are some proposed social media messages. Tweak as needed.
Tweet structure:
Account: @wikipedia
“We would like to see all internet traffic encrypted,” @lilatretikov,
Wikimedia Foundation’s executive director. @motherboard
Wikipedia must reach a balance between accessibility, privacy, and
surveillance. -- Collin Anderson, researcher for Iran’s Wikipedia
censorship. @motherboard
Facebook structure:
Account: Wikipedia
Wikipedia has “to balance between accessibility and privacy and
surveillance.” -- Collin Anderson, researcher for Iran’s Wikipedia
censorship.
Wikipedia offers an encrypted version of its site, but it doesn’t force all
visitors to use it. Staying accessible while remaining private.
Google+ structure:
Account: Wikipedia
Wikipedia censorship is a growing issue. The NSA surveillance creates a
concern for Wikipedia and its users. The challenges of staying safe and
accessible. +MotherboardTV
NSA surveillance can be combated by encryption. See how Wikipedia is
choosing to handle HTTPS encryption for its users.
Thanks,
--
Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
*E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org
*WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>
Hey Everyone,
Round two, Michael and I prepared social for another story. URL:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/wikipedia-editing-shows-different-…
Below are some proposed social media messages. Tweak as needed
Tweet structure:
Account: @wikipedia
The Middle East is not only a melting pot of ideas, but also plays an
important role for the spread of information. @SmithsonianMag
Facebook structure:
Account:
According to a Smithsonian Magazine study, the Middle East is not only a
melting pot of ideas, but also plays an important role for the spread of
information.
Google+ structure:
Account:
When editors from two countries co-edit a Wikipedia article, more often
than not it’s an article that has to do with a local interest.
+SmithsonianMagazine
Thanks,
--
Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
*E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org
*WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>
Hello Everyone,
Michael and I created some social messages for this story.
http://www.newsweek.com/legal-justice-league-lego-maker-writing-women-histo…
Below are some proposed messages. Thanks for reviewing.
Tweet structure:
Account: @wikipedia
“I’m trying to help close the gender gap on @Wikipedia.” -- #MaiaWeinstock
#legaljusticeleague #IWD2015
Facebook structure:
Account: Wikipedia
Everything is awesome -- when you’re apart of a team. Join
#Legaljusticeleague for #wmnhist month. #SupremeCourt #women
#LegalJusticeLeague #InternationalWomensDay #MaiaWeinstock
Google+ structure:
Account: Wikipedia
“It’s kind of fun that there’s a celebration of being smart and of being
interested in cerebral topics and in bettering our country.” --
#MaiaWeinstock
We think so too Maia :)
#LegalJusticeLeague #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2015
Thanks,
--
Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
*E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org
*WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>
Hello Everyone,
Michael and I created some social for a medialabs story. URL:
http://natematias.com/medialab/papers/CHI-WIP-2015-PassingOn.pdf
Below are some social media messages. Tweak as needed.
Tweet structure:
Account: @wikipedia
Wikipedia includes more biographies of women than any other encyclopedia.
Part of the written output for “reader-sourcing” is created from the shared
record of reading behavior.
Facebook structure:
Account: Wikipedia
This paper present work in progress on a technique called “reader-sourcing”
for creating
Wikipedia content and recruiting new editors at scale.
In reader-sourcing, reading behavior and survey answers from many readers
are archived and computationally generated into content
Google+ structure:
Account: Wikipedia
The Passing on system, developed in April 2013, takes input from news data
sources and archives reader behavior to a database for inclusion into
Wikipedia articles.
When users select a topic, Passing On shows a report of all obituaries
returned by the query, color-coded by that person’s presence in Wikipedia
(as determined by other users) and the state of information collected by
other users.
Thanks,
--
Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
*E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org
*WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>