Hi folks,
We just published "How Wikipedia covered Caitlyn Jenner’s transition” on the Wikimedia blog:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/03/caitlyn-jenner-wikipedia/
Thanks to Ed for writing this story, and to everyone who helped get it ready for publication.
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 tonight and a one or two more in the morning.
Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):
• How did @Wikipedia react to @vanityfair's cover shoot with @Caitlyn_Jenner? #CallMeCaitlyn #LGBT [link]
• How Wikipedia covered @Caitlyn_Jenner s transition, responding in under 30 minutes to her @vanityfair cover shoot. [link] #LGBT
Facebook/Google+:
• Caitlyn Jenner, a famed Olympic athlete and reality television star, completed her transition on June 1. Wikipedia responded in less than 30 minutes. [link]
• Caitlyn Jenner, a famed Olympic athlete and reality television star, completed her transition on June 1 and revealed it with a cover shoot in Vanity Fair.
Wikipedia responded to this news in less than 30 minutes. [link]
• Bruce Jenner has recently come out and changed his name to Caitlyn Jenner. The sudden news sparked activity on Caitlyn's Wikipedia page. See how editors responded and follow the story today. [link]
Feel free to tweak as needed.
Thanks for sharing this story with our community!
Fabrice
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Fabrice Florin
Movement Communications Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF)
So we are waiting to publish the Caitlyn Jenner story; it still needs a
lead image.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Blog/Drafts/Caitlyn_Jenner
Would it be possible to tweet at her new twitter handle @Caitlyn_Jenner
asking for an updated image for Wikipedia?
Copy could be something like " Hello Caitlyn, Wikipedia doesn't have a
current image of you. Can you take a selfie for us?"
Just a thought Heather, Sam, and I had.
What do you guys think?
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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 have published "How the Odia Wikimedia community is working to acquire
content from newspapers and state portals" to the blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/03/odia-wikipedia/
Thanks to Subhashish for writing the story and Ed, Fabrice, and Joe for
editing.
Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.
*Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):*
• More citations for Odia Wikipedia (@odiawiki) as the community designs
character encoding converters to make more content available in Unicode.
• The Odia Wikimedia community (@odiawiki) has built new converters, making
Odia sources more accessible than ever.
• The Odia Wikimedia community (@odiawiki) has built a tool to make Odia
sources easier to access and share.
• A 13th birthday present from the Odia Wikimedia community (@odiawiki) - a
tool to make Odia sources easier to use.
*Facebook/Google+*
• The Odia-language Wikimedia community has successfully built character
encoding converters to convert digital content from newspapers, magazines
and portals created in proprietary non-standard encoding systems into
Unicode. Because of mainstream media does not make use of the Unicode
standard, a massive amount of content does not appear in search engines,
and it is difficult to locate relevant content. The converters will help
editors to search useful content online and, ultimately, enrich the Odia
Wikipedia with new sources, just in time for its thirteenth birthday.
Thanks,
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Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
*E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org
*WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>
Hi all,
Supercompressor published a story yesterday on Justin Knapp, the Wikipedia
editor with the most edits (1.4 million, in fact) -
http://www.supercompressor.com/culture/meet-the-guy-who-s-made-1-4-million-…
I just want to gauge the potential for writing up social for this story.
It's from a reasonably seedy, linkbaity website but it's a nice interview,
even if it reads ... less than professionally!
If anyone would like to give it a brief skim through before I go ahead and
draft up potential SM copy for it that'd be much appreciated, since I'm on
the fence as to whether or not we should be promoting it.
best,
Joe
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*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)>
Hello Everyone,
We just published "Making Wikipedia’s medical articles accessible in
Chinese" to the blog. URL:
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https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/02/medical-articles-in-chinese/
Thanks to James and Liang-chih for writing the post and Ed, Fabrice, and
Joe for editing.
Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.
*Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):*
• Making Wikipedia's medical articles accessible in Chinese: a successful
collaboration. (link)
*Facebook/Google+*
• Medical content on the Chinese Wikipedia was both increased and improved
by a collaboration between Wikimedia Taiwan, Wikiproject Medicine, and a
Taipei medical school. As a result, a wide range of medical articles were
translated into Chinese, while introducing students to Wikipedia editing.
(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 "Preserving Wikipedia citations for the future: Geoffrey
Bilder" to the blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/01/preserving-wikipedia-citations/
Thanks to Yoona and Victor for writing, Fabrice and Ed for editing, and Jan
Novak for interviewing.
Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.
*Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):*
• Preserving Wikipedia's citations for the future: Geoffrey Bilder wants to
stop hyperlinks from “rotting” (link)
*Facebook/Google+:*
• Geoffrey Bilder is working to prevent the death of hyperlinks, also known
as "link rot". The average lifespan of a hyperlink is around six years—a
problem for a site like Wikipedia, which relies on many linked references.
(link)
Thanks,
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Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
*E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org
*WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>