Hello everyone,
Today, marks the birthday of American poet, Sylvia Plath. Here is some
proposed social media messages. Thank you for reviewing!
Credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry, today marks the
birthday of American poet, novelist and short-story writer, Sylvia Plath.
You can find her complete list of works here.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Plath
Not a bad idea to self-comment to include the link to her Wikiquote page as
well.
Some of Plath's work is also on Wikiquote:
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sylvia_Plath
--
Michael Guss
Research Analyst
Wikimediafoundation.org
mguss(a)wikimedia.org
Hello everyone,
WikiAfrica
<http://www.wikiafrica.net/call-for-applications-wikipedian-training-at-open…>
released a new blog post calling for applications for Wikipedian in
Residence training set to be held next month. I think we can support their
efforts with a targeted post to their selected applicant pool on Facebook
of: Kenya, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire and South Africa. This
is communtiy-facing, so it would be tweeted out from @wikimedia.
http://www.wikiafrica.net/call-for-applications-wikipedian-training-at-open…
Fb: From 30th November to the 4th of December, the Goethe-Institut in
Johannesburg will be hosting #OpenAfrica15, a training course for
Wikipedians in Residence. Apply today!
@wikimedia: Calling aspiring Wikipedians in Residence: Join @WikiAfrica &
@goethejoburg for #OpenAfrica15. Apply today!
http://buff.ly/1k7qkX8
--
Michael Guss
Research Analyst
Wikimediafoundation.org
mguss(a)wikimedia.org
(splitting this off into a new thread, as it's a separate topic from TAFI)
On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 6:57 PM, Andrew Sherman <asherman(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
> I remember Ed, Joe, Michael, and I sat down to clean that page up back in
> July (archive old information, add useful links for content).
>
> I have thought about the idea of utilizing this page more. We could asking
> for social content from the whole movement like we do for blog posts (
> maybe even translations ;) ).
>
Of course we are already asking for (and getting) social content from the
whole movement with this list. See also the list description at
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media . That said, some
community members might prefer posting on a wiki.
As a reminder, in August there was already some discussion about reviving
the Meta page (in the same thread); here is my takeaway from that on why
the parallel wiki/mailing list process didn't quite work out back in
2013/14 and what might be required to make it work:
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/social-media/2015-August/003211.html
> It could help with organization and preparation of content.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 9:43 PM, Tilman Bayer <tbayer(a)wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> as I summarized two months ago
>> <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/social-media/2015-August/003213.html> on
>> this list in another context, back in 2013/14 we collaborated with the "Today's
>> Article for Improvement"
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Today%27s_articles_for_improvement>
>> team on the English Wikipedia, posting social media invitations to edit
>> improve articles from this community-curated list.
>>
>> User:Coin945 has just started an attempt to revive this (see
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Today%27s_articles_for_improve…
>> ) and already posted some ideas at
>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_media/Calendar#October . I'm
>> passing this on to this list as not everyone might watch the Meta-wiki
>> pages. As mentioned earlier, the experiment back them left me wondering how
>> to best achieve impact (in form of actual edits caused by those posts), but
>> perhaps the current SM team has some new ideas.
>>
>> --
>> Tilman Bayer
>> Senior Analyst
>> Wikimedia Foundation
>> IRC (Freenode): HaeB
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Social-media mailing list
>> Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org
>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Andrew Sherman
> Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
>
> *E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org
> *WMF:* ASherman (WMF)
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Social-media mailing list
> Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
>
>
--
Tilman Bayer
Senior Analyst
Wikimedia Foundation
IRC (Freenode): HaeB
Dear Jeff et al,
My apologies, I missed your response in a digest. Thank you for the retweet
from the @Wikimedia Twitter account. If there was a Facebook post, I missed
it. Possible to post from WikiPedia? This event is pretty specific to
Wikipedia (though I suppose Wikisource may get a nod).
Registration for "virtual attendance" is of course open right up until the
event Wednesday evening, so a post on Tuesday or Wednesday is still
relevant and helpful.
Thanks again!
-Pete
On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 11:22 PM, <social-media-request(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
wrote:
>
> From: Jeff Elder <jelder(a)wikimedia.org>
> To: Social media discussion list for Wikimedia projects
> <social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> Subject: Re: [Social-media] Webinar - Wikipedia & Open Access
> Message-ID:
> <
> CALmCcMhRCQVW8Sr0T3sB9q499FtO3HmGKumxSB4APL1YwD0SoQ(a)mail.gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> Hi Pete!
>
> I just RT'd you on @wikimedia, and will look at reposting you on Facebook
> tomorrow.
>
> Looks like a great event!
>
> Jeff
>
> On Thursday, October 22, 2015, Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > All:
> >
> > Katherine Maher just passed along my request for a social media post
> about
> > our event next week. Another option (instead or in addition) would be to
> > retweet/like existing posts:
> >
> > https://twitter.com/PeteForsyth/status/656565941187178496
> >
> >
> https://www.facebook.com/pete.wikipedia/posts/1663157357298201?pnref=story
> >
> > -Pete
> >
>
>
> --
> Jeff Elder
> Digital communications manager
> Wikimedia Foundation
> 704-650-4130
> @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder>
> @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia>
> The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/>
Hi all,
We just published "Community view: why the news media needs Wikipedians in
residence" to the blog:
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/10/26/news-media-needs-wikipedians/
Thanks to Rob for the post!
*Facebook:*
"To the English-language news media, Wikipedia is a foreign country."
"News coverage is inadequate for a website and movement as large and
influential as Wikipedia and Wikimedia."
*Twitter:*
"To the English-language news media, Wikipedia is a foreign country."
"This all struck me while I made a spontaneous visit to the @Newseum ..."
--
Ed Erhart
Editorial Associate
Wikimedia Foundation
Hello everyone,
Wikimedia UK shared a post
<https://www.facebook.com/WikimediaUK/posts/1090100784335413> acknowledging
that the English Wikipedia page for Frank Sinatra has been now awarded the
status of a "Good" Article, thanks to volunteers. Why not share from our
accounts and thank them for their hard work!
Thank you for reviewing the following:
Fb: Thanks to Wikipedia volunteers, Frank Sinatra's Wikipedia page has now
been recognized as a "Good" article. Learn more about Ole' Blue Eyes.
http://buff.ly/1Mn5BeI
Fb: He's one of "the greatest singers of the 20th century," and now his
Wikipedia page has been recognized for its exceptional quality. Learn more
about Frank Sinatra.
Fb: Known as one of "the greatest singers of the 20th century," Frank
Sinatra's Wikipedia page now has been recognized as a "Good" article.
http://buff.ly/1Mn5BeI
T: Frank Sinatra's Wikipedia page has now been recognized as a "Good"
article. Learn more about Ole' Blue Eyes:
http://buff.ly/1Mn5BeI
T: Thank you, Wikipedia editors! Frank Sinatra's article is now a "Good"
article. Learn more about 'Ole Blue eyes: http://buff.ly/1Mn5BeIhttp://buff.ly/1Mn5BeI
--
Michael Guss
Research Analyst
Wikimediafoundation.org
mguss(a)wikimedia.org
Traffic to our Jupiter article page is up 7000% because of the triple
conjunction with Mars and Venus this week. Good excuse to share another
awesome NASA public domain photo with this cutline?
Jupiter has at least 67 moons, including the four large Galilean moons
discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610. Ganymede, the largest of these, has
a diameter greater than that of the planet Mercury. You can see its shadow
near the top of the giant planet in this public domain photo from NASA. See
more about Jupiter here: http://buff.ly/1LSbBGJ See more about this image
here: http://buff.ly/1kIp0KI
(Will shorten links.)
Jeff Elder
Digital communications manager
Wikimedia Foundation
704-650-4130
@jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder>
@wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia>
The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/>
