Social-media February 2016

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Fwd: [Outreachy Announce] Outreachy: help spread the word and Twitter chats
by Quim Gil 24 Feb '16

24 Feb '16

Hi, this is a request to sync with this Outreachy campaign on March 1st. Wikimedia is participating, and we are also interested in getting attention from great prospective candidates. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Outreachy/Round_12 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Marina Zhurakhinskaya <marinaz(a)redhat.com> Date: Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 10:52 PM Subject: [Outreachy Announce] Outreachy: help spread the word and Twitter chats To: outreachy-interns-december-2015 < outreachy-interns-december-2015(a)gnome.org>, outreachy-alums < outreachy-alums(a)gnome.org>, outreachy-announce-list < outreachy-announce-list(a)gnome.org>, outreachy-list <outreachy-list(a)gnome.org > Dear Outreachy community, We have opened applications for the new round of the program and would love your help spreading the word. Please send the information to your university department or community group, share it on social networks, or encourage someone you know to apply. We have a sample e-mail and sample social network updates you can use available at https://wiki.gnome.org/Outreachy/2016/MayAugust/SpreadTheWord Please join us for Twitter chats with #OutreachyChat hashtag at 4pm UTC on March 1 (11am EST) or at 2am UTC on March 2 (9pm EST on March 1). The goal of the chats is to increase the visibility of this opportunity and individual project ideas, and to encourage more people to apply. We will ask mentors to introduce their organizations and project ideas and past interns to share their advice and experience. Closer to the chat date, I will share with you the questions we'll have. Thanks! Marina _______________________________________________ Outreachy-announce-list mailing list Outreachy-announce-list(a)gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/outreachy-announce-list -- Quim Gil Engineering Community Manager @ Wikimedia Foundation http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil

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On the calendar for 2017 for February 4th?
by Victor Grigas 24 Feb '16

24 Feb '16

Tadeusz Kościuszko is a national hero in Poland <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland>, Lithuania <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuania>, Belarus <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarus>, and the United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadeusz_Ko%C5%9Bciuszko -- *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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"Twitter's missing manual"
by Tilman Bayer 23 Feb '16

23 Feb '16

Lives up to its title: https://eev.ee/blog/2016/02/20/twitters-missing-manual/ -- Tilman Bayer Senior Analyst Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB

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February 29 articles
by Charles Gregory 23 Feb '16

23 Feb '16

Hi all, With February 29 coming up it provides an opportunity to share some unusual articles. To start the ball rolling.. this one may be of interest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Milne_Wilson To the best of my knowledge he is the only notable person to both be born, and have died, on 29 February. Any other good ones? Regards, Charles / User:Chuq (Wikimedia Australia)

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Umberto Eco's death
by Ivan Martínez 20 Feb '16

20 Feb '16

Hi A few hours ago author and philosopher Umberto Eco passed away. AFAIK he was a permanent viewer, critic and an public enthusiast of Wikipedia, and wrote some articles related to the encyclopedia. I think it was valuable that a thinker of its importance pointed at least since 2008 the importance of Wikipedia in the contemporary world. Can we post something about him in the social networks? Thanks, -- *Iván Martínez* *Presidente - Wikimedia México A.C.User:ProtoplasmaKid @protoplasmakid* Hemos creado la más grande colección de conocimiento compartido. Ayuda a proteger a Wikipedia, dona ahora: https://donate.wikimedia.org

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Harper Lee has died
by Joe Sutherland 20 Feb '16

20 Feb '16

• American writer Harper Lee, author of "To Kill a Mockingbird", has died aged 89. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harper_Lee • "Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit ‘em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harper_Lee Joe -- *Joe Sutherland* Communications Intern [remote] joesutherland.rocks | @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | +44 (0) 7722 916 433

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As a law student, he perched on a garbage can to hear Scalia speak
by Joe Sutherland 18 Feb '16

18 Feb '16

Hey all, We just published "As a law student, he perched on a garbage can to hear Scalia speak" on the Wikimedia Blog. URL: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/02/17/scalia-wikipedia/ Here's some proposed social. This image is public domain and might be good for use on Twitter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:President_Ronald_Reagan_and_Judge_Antoni… Twitter: • He heard Scalia speak in 1986. Decades later, he wrote his Wikipedia article. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/02/17/scalia-wikipedia/ • "Scalia gave constitutional originalism powerful support, and made it sexy" https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/02/17/scalia-wikipedia/ Facebook: • "All I remember of what he said is the constitution which was stuffed with the greatest guarantee of rights was the Soviet one." https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/02/17/scalia-wikipedia/ • "He will be long remembered for giving constitutional originalism powerful support and for making it sexy." https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/02/17/scalia-wikipedia/ -- *Joe Sutherland* Communications Intern [remote] joesutherland.rocks | @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | +44 (0) 7722 916 433

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Scalia and his potential successors Wiki Playlist
by Joe Sutherland 18 Feb '16

18 Feb '16

Hey all - I made a Wiki Playlist of the potential successors to Antonin Scalia: http://playlist.wiki/playlist/scalia-and-his-potential-successors Proposed: • Who will Obama nominate to replace Scalia? Here are nine candidates identified by US press. http://playlist.wiki/playlist/scalia-and-his-potential-successors (Source is a blog by a long-term Wikipedian, with citations included: http://blog.guerillero.net/list-of-people-to-sit-on-scotus/) Joe -- *Joe Sutherland* Communications Intern [remote] joesutherland.rocks | @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | +44 (0) 7722 916 433

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All Writs Act of 1789
by Victor Grigas 18 Feb '16

18 Feb '16

Per Apple's letter to its customers <https://www.apple.com/customer-letter/>, we might want to share this on social: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Writs_Act -- *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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Corporations/Orgs on twitter
by James Alexander 17 Feb '16

17 Feb '16

I thought this a good commentary from John Oliver on the pitfalls of following trends blindly and so wanted to share ;) For the record I do not thing we've done any of this and trust Jeff to not even really think about doing so just one of those things to be mindful/laugh about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eljOeu6PmOc James Alexander Manager Trust & Safety Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur

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