Fast feedback welcome. This has been drafted a bit.
We need your help raising awareness about a Wikipedian who may be in danger
in Syria. Bassel Khartabil worked to document the ancient monuments now
being destroyed in Palmyra. His wife reports that Bassel has been taken to
an undisclosed location by the Syrian military. Please "like" or share this
post and see our blog linked below for more information on how to help.
#FREEBASSEL
Jeff Elder
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Being a Chicagoan, I have to suggest this one (with an outer-space angle).
IDK if we should add the part about an Irish immigrant to the United states
(and her cow) being unfairly blamed for the fire?
FB:
The Great Chicago Fire occurred on this day in 1871. There are theories
that it might have been caused by a a meteor shower
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chicago_Fire
T:
The Great Chicago Fire occurred on this day in 1871. There are theories
that it might have been caused by a a meteor shower
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chicago_Fire
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It's been announced that the Nobel Prize in Literature goes to Svetlana
Alexievich, "the first journalist and the first writer from Belarus to win
the award." Thoughts on promoting?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetlana_Alexievich
She's known for her coverage of first-hand accounts of the war in
Afghanistan and an oral history of the Chernobyl disaster.
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Should we open up our Facebook wall to posts from fans on Wednesdays?
Heather W asked. We can set it so that we get notifications when people
post before they appear, so we can gate-keep. We could have a theme for the
day: Post an article you edited or especially like, etc.
Posters would probably get a LOT of attention on Facebook, so we might need
to warn them about that.
We don't need to decide now.
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/>
74,000 of our Facebook fans also like Dr. Who on Facebook. Thinking about
doing a targeted post of:
Dr. Who fans, who, in your opinion, is the definitive Doctor?
With a link to the Wikipedia article page for Dr. Who.
Objective is to see how targeting of posts works on traffic and engagement.
Thoughts?
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/>