Hello Everyone,
We just published "Children in Mali can now read Wikipedia offline, thanks
to Malebooks e-readers" to the blog. URL:
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https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/05/14/e-readers-in-mali/
Thanks to Renaud, Emmanuel and Julia for writing this story.
Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.
*Twitter*
• Children in Mali can now read Wikipedia offline, thanks to Malebooks
e-readers. Kudos to @wikimediaCH and @kiwix ! (link)
*Facebook/Google+*
• Malebooks e-readers provide an offline library to children in Mali,
including the French version of Wikipedia and over 4,000 educational books.
Congratulations to @wikimediaCH, @kiwix and all others who made this
possible! (link)
• Since September 2014, Malebooks has been donating e-readers to schools in
Mali. They are preloaded with Wikipedia, 3587 public domain books, 139 free
books, and 329 novels and short stories. Learn more [link]
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 just published "Wikimania and the differences between online and offline
cultures" to the blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/05/12/wikimania-online-and-offline/
Thanks to Lionel for writing and helping us edit this post.
Below are some proposed social media messages. Tweak as needed.
*Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):*
• .@Wikimania, @Wikipedia and the differences between online and offline
culture (link)
• A French anthropologist observes the differences between online and
offline participation at @Wikimania (link)
*Facebook/Google+*
• A French anthropologist observes the differences between online and
offline participation in the Wikimedia movement, based on a visit to the
Wikimania 2014 conference in London. (link)
Thanks,
--
Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
*E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org
*WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>
It seems we are developing more of an interest in these recently... I
don't think every new study is suitable to be promoted or endorsed via
@wikipedia and other main accounts, but I'd selfishly suggest to
retweet https://twitter.com/WikiResearch on suitable occasions. In
particular, if there are no objections, I will start retweeting the
new issues of the monthly newsletter more regularly from @wikimedia
(and from @wikipedia too when fitting), starting with the new one:
https://twitter.com/WikiResearch/status/594719120471433216
(we did this a couple of times before, as it's done for most other blog posts)
--
Tilman Bayer
Senior Analyst
Wikimedia Foundation
IRC (Freenode): HaeB
Hello everyone,
We just published "It’s time for some #tastydata" to the blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/05/07/time-for-tasty-data/
Thanks to John for writing the post and getting it to us so quickly.
Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.
*Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):*
• The Wikidata:Menu Challenge starts now. Translate labels and take photos
of food. Let's make #tastydata!
*Facebook/Google+:*
• The Wikidata:Menu Challenge starts now. Translate labels both in text and
the audio of the pronunciation and take photos of food. Let's make
#tastydata!
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 just published "The #100wikidays challenge: Vassia Atanassova" to the
blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/05/06/100wikidays-challenge/
Thanks to Yoona for writing the post, Victor for conducting the interview,
and Sam for helping us edit.
Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed
*Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):*
* Do you have what it takes for the #100wikidays challenge? (link)
*Facebook/Google+*
Do you have what it takes for the #100wikidays challenge? You are invited
to join this community project, which encourages participants to create a
new Wikipedia article every day for 100 days. (link)
Thanks,
--
Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
*E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org
*WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>
Hello Michael and social media team,
We just published the Inspire announcement of 16 new grantees on the Wikimedia blog:
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/05/01/meet-the-inspire-grantees/
Thanks to Siko, Alex and everyone who helped prepare this announcement! Nice teamwork, you guys — it’s always a pleasure working with you :)
We propose these social media messages:
Twitter:
Meet the Inspire grantees: 16 new projects will receive funding to increase gender diversity on Wikimedia. (link) #gender
Facebook/Google+:
• Meet the Inspire grantees: we're pleased to announce that 16 new projects will receive funding to increase gender diversity in Wikimedia projects. (link)
or, if space allows:
• Meet the Inspire grantees: we're pleased to announce that 16 new projects will receive funding to increase gender diversity in Wikimedia projects. They will help engage women and allies around the world to improve Wikipedia’s coverage and quality -- as well as research and experiment with new ways to support gender diversity on Wikimedia projects. (link)
Feel free to tweak as you see fit.
Thanks for sharing!
Fabrice
_______________________________
Fabrice Florin
Movement Communications Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF)
Hello Everyone,
We just published "Editing Wikipedia as community service in Mexico" to the
blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/05/05/community-service-in-mexico/
Thanks to Maria for writing the draft and providing a Spanish translation.
Thanks to Walter for helping translate the English title.
Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.
*Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):*
• Editing Wikipedia as community service in Mexico: a student shares her
experience. (link)
(see if there are any hashtags for either #WikiLearning or #TecdeMonterrey)
*Facebook/Google+*
• A Mexican student shares her experience editing Wikipedia as community
service at Tec de Monterrey University. It was an opportunity for personal
and professional growth, as well as a way to positively impact her
community. (link)
Thanks,
--
Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
*E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org
*WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>
Hi guys,
We just published a quick update on the earthquake in Nepal on the Wikimedia blog — featuring the first photos on Commons and inviting folks to donate more:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/30/nepal-earthquake-images/ <https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/30/nepal-earthquake-images/>
Thanks to Victor and Andrew for helping prepare that story, despite limited resrouces. :)
We propose the following social media messages:
Twitter:
Sharing images of the earthquake in Nepal: more donations welcome on @WikimediaCommons (link)
Facebook/Google+:
Here are some of the photos of the earthquake in Nepal, recently posted on Wikimedia Commons. We invite you to support relief efforts, as well as contribute more images on Commons, so they can be re-used by others. (link)
Feel free to tweak as you see fit.
Thanks for sharing!
Fabrice
_______________________________
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)>