Social-media March 2016

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Social for Zika post
by Joe Sutherland 12 Mar '16

12 Mar '16

Hey all, here is some proposed social for the newly-published post on the Zika virus: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/03/11/volunteers-zika-virus/ Twitter: • Volunteer editors work to educate the public on the Zika virus as it spreads throughout the Americas. http://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/03/11/volunteers-zika-virus/ Facebook: • We spoke to two editors who've made around 200 edits between them to the English Wikipedia's article on the outbreak. http://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/03/11/volunteers-zika-virus/ best, Joe -- *Joe Sutherland* Communications Fellow [remote] joesutherland.rocks | @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | +44 (0) 7722 916 433

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interview with Sherry Antoine about crowdsourcing with Afrocrowd on Wikipedia
by Victor Grigas 11 Mar '16

11 Mar '16

FB & T: Watch this interview with Sherry Antoine about crowdsourcing with Afrocrowd on Wikipedia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZZtRQPYip4 -- *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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Visualization of "What is Wikipedia about?" using information from Wikidata
by Pine W 10 Mar '16

10 Mar '16

Beautiful visualization, for those who enjoy such things: http://www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/showcase/608-what-is-wikipedia-… Pine

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Schengen Area
by Victor Grigas 09 Mar '16

09 Mar '16

FB/T: (PD IMAGE HERE:) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schengen_Area_Labelled_Map.svg The *Schengen Area *is the area comprising 26 European countries that have abolished passport and any other type of border control at their common borders https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area -- *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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Fast radio burst
by Victor Grigas 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

This is on the top of Reddit right now Fb/t: A fast radio burst is a high-energy astrophysical phenomenon manifested as a transient radio pulse lasting only a few milliseconds. Their origin is unknown. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_radio_burst

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Meet a Wikipedian who draws many of the dinosaurs found in Wikipedia's dinosaur articles
by Victor Grigas 01 Mar '16

01 Mar '16

Meet a Wikipedian who draws many of the dinosaurs found in Wikipedia's dinosaur articles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlRF1IpG000 -- *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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