Social-media June 2015

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Wikipedia receives Spain’s Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation
by Andrew Sherman 18 Jun '15

18 Jun '15

Hello everyone, We just published "Wikipedia receives Spain’s Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation" to the blog. URL: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/17/princess-of-asturias-award/ Thanks to Katherine for authoring this piece and many people for editing and helping to write. Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed. Twitter: • Wikipedia receives Spain’s Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation Facebook/G+: • Wikipedia was just awarded the prestigious Princess of Asturias Award for International Cooperation to recognize its contributions to universal human heritage. (link) Thanks, -- Andrew Sherman Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation *E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org *WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>

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Blog post: This week in news on Wikipedia
by Fabrice Florin 18 Jun '15

18 Jun '15

Hi folks, We just published "Space, disease and a natural disaster: this week in news on Wikipedia” on the Wikimedia blog: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/16/this-week-in-news-on-wikipedia/ Thanks to Joe for writing this story, and to everyone who helped get it ready for publication. This news roundup is a new content experiment for the Wikimedia blog, based on content created for Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. Comments welcome about this new idea. Here are our proposed social media messages. We have prepared copy in different lengths. Michael, you may want to use each version at different times, starting with one this afternoon, another one tonight and one more in the morning, featuring a single story of your choice. Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia): * Space, disease, and a natural disaster: this week in news on Wikipedia (link) * It's alive! ''Philae'' wakes up in this week's news on Wikipedia (link) Facebook/Google+: * Here are some of the global news stories covered on Wikipedia this week: the Philae lander awakens from its comet; a MERS outbreak in South Korea kills 19; Flooding in Georgia kills 15 people; Zhou Yongkang sentenced to life in prison; Omar al-Bashir evades arrest for war crimes. What do you think about this news roundup? Please share your feedback. [link] * Here are some of the global news stories covered on Wikipedia this week. This news roundup is a new content experiment for the Wikimedia blog. What do you think? Please share your feedback in the comments below. [link] Feel free to tweak as needed. Social media team, now it’s your turn: what do you think about this first example? Is this type of news roundup interesting to you? Should we consider making it a weekly series? Please share your comments here or on the blog, to help us refine this idea. Thanks for sharing 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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Print Wikipedia~
by Katherine Maher 17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15

I think it's a bit late to post today, but can we schedule for tomorrow for maximum exposure? http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/books/moving-wikipedia-from-computer-to-m… -- 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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Space, disease and a natural disaster: this week in news on Wikipedia
by Andrew Sherman 17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15

Hello Everyone, We just published "Space, disease and a natural disaster: this week in news on Wikipedia" to the blog. URL: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/16/this-week-in-news-on-wikipedia/ Thanks to Joe for writing the post and Ed and Fabrice for editing. Below are the proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed. *Twitter:* • Space, disease, and a natural disaster: this week in news on Wikipedia (lInk) • It's alive! ''Philae'' wakes up in this week's news on Wikipedia (lInk) *Facebook/Google+:* • Here are some of the global news stories covered on Wikipedia this week. This news roundup is a new content experiment for the Wikimedia blog. What do you thin? Please share your feedback in the comments below. (link) Thanks, -- Andrew Sherman Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation *E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org *WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>

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Upcoming in a few months: ENWP's 5 millionth article
by Pine W 17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15

Hi social media folks, Is there planning underway for when ENWP gets its 5 millionth article? The last count that I see is 4.86 million articles, and at the current rate we might get to 5 million in about 5 months' time. I think that there should be some kind of celebration for 5 million articles. Thanks, Pine

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Tomasz Ganicz recalls the early days of the Polish Wikipedia
by Andrew Sherman 16 Jun '15

16 Jun '15

Hello Everyone, We just published "Tomasz Ganicz recalls the early days of the Polish Wikipedia" to the blog. URL: <goog_2113270032> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/08/tomasz-ganicz-polish-wikipedia/ Thanks to Yoona for writing the story, Victor for interviewing Tomasz, and Fabrice, Ed, and Joe for editing. Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed. *Twitter:* •The early days of Polish Wikipedia, as recounted by veteran Tomasz Ganicz [link] •Tomasz Ganicz started editing the Polish Wikipedia one month after its launch. [link] •Chemist Tomasz Ganicz recalls the early days of the Polish Wikipedia [link] •Chemist Tomasz Ganicz recalls the early days of the Polish Wikipedia [link] *Facebook/Google+:* •Ganicz started editing one month after its launch. •Tomasz Ganicz is a chemist by trade–so it made sense for him to use that knowledge to build the •Polish Wikipedia. Thanks, -- Andrew Sherman Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation *E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org *WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>

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Fwd: [Wmfall] Facebook's HHVM performance sprint retrospective highlights MediaWiki gains
by Katherine Maher 16 Jun '15

16 Jun '15

Something for the socials? ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: *Ori Livneh* <ori(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Thursday, June 11, 2015 Subject: [Wmfall] Facebook's HHVM performance sprint retrospective highlights MediaWiki gains To: Staff All <wmfall(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Facebook's HHVM team just completed their first performance lockdown, which they spent focusing on the performance of open-source PHP frameworks under HHVM. The achievement which they chose to highlight in their blog posts is a gain of 19% in their MediaWiki performance benchmark, which is – you guessed it – a parse of the Barack Obama article. https://code.facebook.com/posts/902199373155728/-inside-the-hhvm-lockdown/ http://hhvm.com/blog/9293/lockdown-results-and-hhvm-performance -- 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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Securing access to Wikimedia sites with HTTPS by default
by Andrew Sherman 16 Jun '15

16 Jun '15

Hello Everyone, We just published "Securing access to Wikimedia sites with HTTPS by default" to the blog. URL: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/12/securing-wikimedia-sites-with-https/ Thanks to Yana, Victoria, and Brandon for helping write and edit this blog post (as well as many others). Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed. *Twitter Post:* • We just secured access to @Wikimedia projects with #HTTPS by default. (link) *Facebook Post:* • We’re happy to announce that we are implementing HTTPS by default to encrypt all traffic on Wikipedia and all other Wikimedia projects. With this change, nearly half a billion monthly visitors will be able to share in the world’s knowledge more securely. (link) Thanks, -- Andrew Sherman Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation *E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org *WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>

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Wikimedia Highlights, May 2015
by Andrew Sherman 13 Jun '15

13 Jun '15

Hello Everyone, We just published "Wikimedia Highlights, May 2015" to the blog. URL: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/12/wikimedia-highlights-may-2015/ Thanks to Fabrice, Joe, and Tilman for helping me edit and send out translation notifications. Below is the Facebook copy for the english Highlights on meta. Please tweak as needed. ==Facebook== https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Highlights,_May_2015 Here are the highlights from the Wikimedia blog in May 2015. Contents: Meet the Inspire grantees working to increase gender diversity on Wikimedia A dark side of comedy: John Oliver asks TV viewers to vandalize Wikipedia articles on U.S. politicians Fundraising made in Germany: lessons learned by Wikimedia Deutschland Editing the Uzbek Wikipedia: Kamarniso Vrandečić First ever WikiArabia conference gathers Wikipedians in Tunisia to connect and share experiences Wikimania and the differences between online and offline cultures Thanks, -- Andrew Sherman Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation *E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org *WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>

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SM for NatGeo Ocean Day blog
by Joe Sutherland 13 Jun '15

13 Jun '15

Hey all, National Geographic today published a blog following an Ocean Day editathon. http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2015/06/12/how-hosting-an-edit-a-thon-… Here are some proposed social messages - as always please feel free to tweak! *Twitter Post:* • How hosting an ocean edit-a-thon helped @ayanaeliza learn to trust #Wikipedia (via @NatGeo) [Link] *Facebook Post:* • Hosting the first ever ocean edit-a-thon at the Wiatt Institute gave its executive director, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, a new perspective on Wikipedia. (link) 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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