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Skinning for Wikimedia affiliate websites
by Pine W 05 Oct '15

05 Oct '15

Hi folks, I'm wondering if there are any MediaWiki skins that would make the cascadia.wiki site look a bit more modern, something like wikimedia.org.bd. Any sugguestions? Pine

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Tweet
by Jeff Elder 05 Oct '15

05 Oct '15

Get details on the hurricane hitting the Bahamas and Bermuda and bringing flooding to the Southeast of the US. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Joaquin Will post @wikipedia if looks good 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/>

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Loading up some weekend posts
by Jeff Elder 05 Oct '15

05 Oct '15

Posted in comments on banned books: Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Catch-22 Going up at 4: Students in Taiwan are making the Chinese Wikipedia more ethnologically diverse. http://buff.ly/1P9MO5N For Facebook on Saturday: Wikipedians of the world, in what city are you seeing this post? For Ed's Texas Revolution blog post on Facebook (today): Everyone remembers the Alamo, but there's much more than that to the Texas Revolution, started this day in 1835. That's why one Wikipedia editor invested hundreds of hours on this article. For Ed's Texas Revolution blog post on Twitter (today): Everyone remembers the Alamo, but there's much more than that to the Texas Revolution, started this day in 1835. 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/>

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Blog about Bangla Wikipedia
by Nahid Sultan 04 Oct '15

04 Oct '15

Hi Team,A blog is scheduled about Bangla community and just wanted to let you know that Bengali community has official social handles (they're currently on the bnwiki's main page with community consensus). Please consider mentioning these handles on social medias when you post that blog post. The handles are as follows: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bnwikipediaTwitter: https://twitter.com/bnwikipediaGoogle+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/115390966585342404139/115390966585342404139/p… Best, --- Nahid Sultan User:NahidSultan on all Wikimedia Foundation's public wikisCommunity Outreach Director of Wikimedia Bangladeshhttp://wikimedia.org.bd Facebook | Nahid Sultan Twitter | @nahidunlimited

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today is our Bangladesh chapter's birthday!
by Katherine Maher 03 Oct '15

03 Oct '15

Hi Nahid! This request is absolutely valid! Let me share right now with Jeff Elder, so we can still get something out today! Katherine On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 3:38 PM, NahidSultan <nahid(a)wikimedia.org.bd> wrote: > Hello Katherine, > Hope you're doing great. I've a request if that possible or well, I > actually don't know if this kind of request is valid. If not, please ignore > this email. > > Wikimedia Bangladesh got approved from WMF on october 3, 2011 so > technically it's WMBD's birthday and we're wondering if WMBD got some > wishes from Wikimedia's social pages on that special day :) It'll be > inspiring for the community. > > Regards, > Nahid > > -- > This email was sent by NahidSultan to Katherine (WMF) by the "Email this > user" function at Meta. > -- 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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It's Banned Book Week - and Wikipedia has lists.
by Michael Guss 02 Oct '15

02 Oct '15

Hey everyone, this week has been "Banned Book" week. I'm sure Wikipedia (and Wikisource of course) could get in on the action. Free knowledge, anyone? I'm also looking at you WikiLibrary. List of books banned by governments: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_banned_by_governments Books include everything from The Bible, The Quran, *Frankenstein, The Grapes of Wrath, Green Eggs and Ham *(why are you here??), *1984*, ...and of course the *Fifty Shades of Grey * trilogy. Thoughts? -- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org mguss(a)wikimedia.org

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Added this to Buffer from @wikimedia at 4.
by Jeff Elder 02 Oct '15

02 Oct '15

Students in Taiwan are making the Chinese Wikipedia more ethnologically diverse.http://buff.ly/1P9MO5N 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/>

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Repetitive posts to the flagship accounts.
by Jeff Elder 02 Oct '15

02 Oct '15

Hey folks, Let's cut down on multiple posts of the same blog links to the two flagship social accounts, and aim a little higher for inspired posts there. I count four posts to the Wikipedia Facebook page and four to the @wikipedia Twitter account in the past two days for the latest News on Wikipedia blog post. Buffer says those eight posts to our largest accounts have resulted in just 971 clicks, and that about one in every 200 people who saw two of the Facebook posts engaged in any way. (Strong engagement would be about four times that.) This is just one example of a larger issue, and I'm not singling this out as egregious, just a good case study. News on Wikipedia, thanks to Joe's impressive expertise, is a place where we can really shine. Our social guidelines urge us to "remember, our social handles are also about conversations, not just one-way broadcast pushes." Repetitive posts have drawbacks: People who follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook may have seen the promotion of a routine blog post multiple times, and tune out (we do see unlikes on Facebook); the algorithms note unengaged posts and drop us down as an account; repetitive posts send a message that we are pushing an agenda (blog post clicks) at the expense of fresh communication; they drain the accounts of the lifeblood of inspiration and seem canned. The team has settled into some great and extremely useful practices around blog creation, checking in on posting, and measuring metrics. But in this area of pushing blog posts to the main two accounts, I believe the process has gone too far into an assembly line. The flagship accounts are our big stage; let's be more mindful about posting there and seek a little more inspiration. After talking with Katherine, I'm working on a tune-up of the best practices I hope to have finished next week. I'll also chime in here on posts to those two main accounts especially. But for now, I'd urge us to think of them as a place for our greatest hits, and work to craft posts there that are important, central to the mission of free information for all, especially engaging, or just fun. Thoughts? Jeff Elder Digital communications managering Wikimedia Foundation 704-650-4130 @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder> @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia> The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/>

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LA Edit-a-thon at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences this Saturday, Oct 3rd.
by Michael Guss 02 Oct '15

02 Oct '15

Hello everyone, This saturday, October 3rd, in Los Angeles there will be an edit-a-thon, the latest in a series called "Unforgetting LA" hosted by online art magazine, East of Borneo. Here are some proposed social media messages. Thank you for reviewing! Here's the proposed share link: http://www.eastofborneo.org/unforgetting Fb/G: Lights, camera–edit! Join online art magazine @East of Borneo in their latest edit-a-thon this Saturday, October 3rd hosted at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Fb/G: This Saturday, October 3rd, join online art magazine @East of Borneo in their latest edit-a-thon being held at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Lights, camera-edit! Fb/G: Love film and Wikipedia? Join online art magazine @East of Borneo for an edit-a-thon this Saturday, October 3rd, at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Fb/G: I would like to thank the Academy for...hosting this Saturday's edit-a-thon! This Saturday, October 3rd, join @East of Borneo is their latest edit-a-thon being held at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. @wikipedia: Lights, camera–edit! Join @eastofborneo for their latest edit-a-thon Saturday, Oct 3, @TheAcademy: http://buff.ly/1LmR4iL @wikipedia: Love film and #Wikipedia? Join @eastofborneo for an edit-a-thon Saturday, Oct 3rd, being held @TheAcademy: @wikipedia: I would like to thank @TheAcademy...for hosting this weekend's edit-a-thon! Join @eastofborneo & add film history: http://buff.ly/1LmR4iL -- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org mguss(a)wikimedia.org

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Tweet and maybe Facebook idea for tomorrow?
by Jeff Elder 01 Oct '15

01 Oct '15

With new hit TV show bringing The Muppets new love, how about this bit of trivia? The old guys in the balcony on @TheMuppets are named Statler and Waldorf after famous NYC hotels. http://buff.ly/1iMgiKl 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/>

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