Social-media September 2015

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Research on trends?
by Katherine Maher 09 Sep '15

09 Sep '15

https://thestack.com/cloud/2015/09/09/wikipedia-anne-hathaway-open-source-w… -- 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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[Somewhat time sensitive pacific time] - Proposed SM - Queen Elizabeth II
by James Alexander 09 Sep '15

09 Sep '15

In my traditional love of the British Isles I'd like to recommend a tweet about the Queen this morning as she surpasses Queen Victoria as longest serving UK Monarch (and, believe, the longest serving reign of any Queen). The traditional time it seems people are confidant about is around 17:30 BST and so 9:30 Pacific. I think it would be awesome if we could get something out then. The front page of Wikipedia will change about the same time to add this to In the News (currently here <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates#September_9> ). Thoughts: - Today Queen Elizabeth II becomes the longest-reigning British head of state. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_II - QE 2 is a featured article - Could also use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_monarchs_in_Britain_by_length_of_reign - Today Queen Elizabeth II surpasses her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria [Link] - Today Queen Elizabeth II surpasses Queen Victoria as longest reigning UK monarch. [Link] Great free Photo to use: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queen_Elizabeth_II_March_2015.jpg [Personally I like the purple better but there are a couple other good ones at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_King… ] For those interested (i.e. probably not many of you unless you're as nerdy as I am) the Queen being smart and "celebrating" the day avoiding the London politicians toasting her and doing official duties up north with with the Scottish First Minister :). James Alexander Community Advocacy Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur

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Proposed Social Media for "The Roundup: Japanese Theater"
by Michael Guss 08 Sep '15

08 Sep '15

Hello everyone, Education mood: here's a recent post from our friends at the Wiki Education Foundation. Thanks for review! http://wikiedu.org/blog/2015/09/07/the-roundup-japanese-theater/ Fb/G: Japanese playwrights get written into English Wikipedia Fb/g: You can now read about award-winning Japanese playwrights on English Wikipedia. Fb/G: Student editors from the University of Washington have brought Japanese playwrights to English Wikipedia. t: You can now read about award-winning Japanese playwrights on English Wikipedia (via @WikiEducation) t: Japanese playwrights get written into English Wikipedia (via @WikiEducation) -- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org mguss(a)wikimedia.org

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Proposed Social Media "The Harvard Crimson: Students Tweak Wikipedia en Masse at 'Edit-A-Thon'
by Michael Guss 08 Sep '15

08 Sep '15

Hello everyone, Harvard Crimson tweeted out this story about an edit-a-thon that was held yesterday. Thank you for reviewing! Here's the link: http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2015/9/8/students-edit-wikipedia-feminist… Fb/G: Poet Jenny Zhang now has a Wikipedia page, thanks to Harvard students. Fb/G: Harvard students made made significant contributions on pages relating to feminists, BGLTQ and human rights issues on Monday. t: Poet Jenny Zhang now has a Wikipedia page, thanks to edit-a-thon @thecrimson <link> t: Harvard students improve Wikipedia pages on feminism, BGLTQ & human rights issues. @crimson t: Harvard students 'dismantle the patriarchy' using Wikipedia. @thecrimson -- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org mguss(a)wikimedia.org

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"How to edit Wikipedia" videos
by Andy Mabbett 08 Sep '15

08 Sep '15

Hi, I'd be grateful if you would please rewteet: https://twitter.com/pigsonthewing/status/641228635840643073 -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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Memes around paid editing
by Gregory Varnum 08 Sep '15

08 Sep '15

I would not recommend these for official use - if for no other reason than they are both too long and lack any branding (and attribution - although they are all free media) - but for I submit the attached for your personal use and enjoyment. ;) The result of my being a little too bored this morning - and again - with complete apologies for violating typical meme rules. :) -greg (User:Varnent) PS. Available in higher resolutions if anyone wants the master files.

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Re: [Social-media] Status of 5 millionth article celebration for ENWP
by Victor Grigas 07 Sep '15

07 Sep '15

On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 12:59 PM, Jan Ainali <ainali.jan(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On that note, svwiki will probably pass 2 million next week. > > /Jan Ainali > (skickat på språng så ursäkta min fåordighet) > On Aug 30, 2015 18:43, "Pine W" <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> We are getting close to the milestone of 5 million articles on English >> Wikipedia. >> >> Some ideas have previously been discussed at >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28miscellaneous%29/Ar… >> and I'd like to build off of those. Victor, would you have enough time in >> your work calendar to make a brief celebration video? >> >> I don't think so, what do you have in mind? > Pine >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> -- *Victor Grigas* Storyteller <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/WPZeroPetition> and Video Content Producer Wikimedia Foundation vgrigas(a)wikimedia.org https://donate.wikimedia.org/

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Retweet? (NSA Lawsuit - EFF Brief)
by James Alexander 07 Sep '15

07 Sep '15

https://twitter.com/EFF/status/639541051741503488 Or our own tweet about it thanking them? Copying in Michelle if she has an opinion . TLDR: EFF Blog post <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/09/eff-asks-court-behalf-libraries-and-b…> about a brief they've filed (to be technical they've filed a motion to be allowed to file the brief... but I wouldn't want to be pedantic... even if I am in legal things) in our case on behalf of some large Library and Bookseller associations including the ALA (American Library Association) and ABA ( American Booksellers Association. I think it would be nice to get a retweet at least if not something more specific. If we really want crap to tweet we could start individually thanking (one a day? ;) ) the 9 1st amendment/constitutional law professors from 8 highly ranked law schools who also filed a brief in the case on our side :). /considers doing that for his own account/ James Alexander Paying the US Government through PACER since 2003

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Svwiki will pass 2 million articles really soon
by Jan Ainali 06 Sep '15

06 Sep '15

A heads up. Lsjbot <https://sv.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Bidrag/Lsjbot> is up and running again, this time on geographical objects. Based on the speed <https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Statistik/Statistik> it is running it is likely svwiki will pass 2 million articles in less than 24 hours. *Med vänliga hälsningar,Jan Ainali* Verksamhetschef, Wikimedia Sverige <http://wikimedia.se> 0729 - 67 29 48 *Tänk dig en värld där varje människa har fri tillgång till mänsklighetens samlade kunskap. Det är det vi gör.* Bli medlem. <http://blimedlem.wikimedia.se>

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Innovation is welcome: apply for grants to improve Wikimedia
by Joe Sutherland 06 Sep '15

06 Sep '15

Hey all, We just published "Innovation is welcome: apply for grants to improve Wikimedia" to the blog. URL: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/09/02/innovation-welcome-improve-wikimedia/ Many thanks to Marti for this post. Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed. *Twitter (@wikipedia/@wikimedia):* • Got a great idea to improve a Wikimedia project? https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/09/02/innovation-welcome-improve-wikimedia/ *Facebook/Google+:* • If you have a great idea that could improve a Wikimedia project, why not apply for an Individual Engagement Grant? https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/09/02/innovation-welcome-improve-wikimedia/ 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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