Hello Everyone,
We just published "The new Content Translation tool is now used on 22
Wikipedias" to the blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/08/the-new-content-translation-tool/
Big thanks to Runa for writing the post and helping us edit.
Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.
*Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):*
•The new Content Translation tool is now used on 22 Wikipedias. Try it out!
(link)
*Facebook/Google+*
•The Content Translation tool makes it easier to create new Wikipedia
articles from other languages. In the past three months, this tool has been
used by over 260 editors to create more than 850 articles in 22 Wikipedias.
Try it out! (link)
Thanks,
--
Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
*E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org
*WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>
Hello Everyone,
Michael and I created some social for a story about Share a Fact. URL:
https://www.androidheadlines.com/2015/04/wikimedia-foundation-makes-sharing…
Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.
Tweet structure:
Account: @wikipedia
“Sharing content straight from the official @Android Wikipedia application
will be easier than ever.” #share
“You can literally find just about anything you would want to know through
Wikipedia.”
--- @Androidheadline
“It would be rare to find someone who hasn’t heard of Wikipedia, the
enormous infinite online encyclopedia filled with everything you could
possibly want to know.”
--- @Androidheadline
FB | G+ structure:
Account: wikipedia
“Oftentimes we’ll find that consumers who browse Wikipedia and discover an
interesting fact would like to share the content with friends and family.”
Now you can with Share a Fact for the Android Wikipedia app.
“Reading a text through an image can be more appealing and stand out
through the saturated options of social media updates.”
Thanks,
--
Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
*E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org
*WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>
Hello Everyone,
Michael and I created some social for a PHP story that mentioned Wikipedia.
URL:
http://www.technologyreview.com/review/536356/toolkits-for-the-mind/
Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.
Tweet structure:
Account: @wikipedia
PHP, for all its flaws, is perfect for getting started. #php
PHP and proud. I ain’t scared of no ghosts, Atwood. #php
context: “Atwood called PHP “a shambling monster,” “a pandemic,” and a
haunted house whose residents have come to love the ghosts.”
PHP and proud. Who you gonna call? #php
PHP is made for making—for cooking up features quickly. #php
We use PHP and are proud of it. #php
FB | G+ structure:
Account: wikipedia
Wikipedia would like to thank PHP for allowing us to display hieroglyphics
on Egyptology pages and handling sheet music.
context:PHP allowed people who weren’t—or were barely—software engineers to
contribute new features. It’s how Wikipedia entries came to display
hieroglyphics on Egyptology pages, for instance, and handle sheet music.
Wikipedia has come a long way, but we never forget our roots. PHP has been
our backbone and the driving force behind our free knowledge movement.
Thanks,
--
Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
*E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org
*WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>
Hello Everyone,
Michael and I created some social for this Bidar edit-a-thon story. URL:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/now-learn-about-bidar-in-fr…
Below are some proposed social media messages. Tweak as needed.
*Tweet structure:*
Account: @wikipedia
The Bidar Wikipedia project has led to the creation of 50 Wikipedia
articles translated into 30 languages. #multilingual
*FB | G+ structure:*
Account: wikipedia
In January, a team of 20 students participated in an edit-a-thon to support
the Bidar Wikipedia project. A workshop is planned for “phase two” on April
12, where students and staff can be trained in Wikipedia.
Bidar Wikipedia wants everyone to be involved with their Wikipedia
articles. “We will put up boards containing excerpts from Wikipedia article
and Quick Response Codes in front of tourist places and monuments.”
Thanks,
--
Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
*E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org
*WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>
Hello social media team.
We just published 'Art+Feminism Events on International Women’s Day’ on the Wikimedia blog:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/19/art-feminism-events/
Many thanks to Siân, Jacqueline, Michael, Dorothy for their fine work with these events — and to everyone who helped bring this story to life! :)
We propose the following social media messaging:
Twitter:
• #ArtAndFeminism Events on International Women's Day help increase gender diversity on Wikipedia. [link] #IWD2015 #genderdiversity
• #ArtAndFeminism Events on International Women's Day: 75 events, 1,500 participants, 400 new articles. [link] #IWD2015 #gender
Facebook/Google+:
Art+Feminism Events on International Women's Day: 75 edit-a-thons took place worldwide, to increase gender diversity on Wikipedia. Over 1,500 participants created about 400 new articles, and improved another 500. (link)
Feel free to tweak as needed.
Thanks for sharing this inspiring story with our community!
Regards as ever,
Fabrice
_______________________________
Fabrice Florin
Movement Communications Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF)
Hello Everyone,
We have just published "Wikimedia Foundation releases latest transparency
report" to the blog:
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/07/wikimedia-transparency-report/
Thanks to Michelle Paulson, Geoff Brigham, Moiz Syed, Prateek Saxena, Jacob
Rogers, James Buatti, Aeryn Palmer, Katherine Maher, Jove Oliver, James
Alexander, and Patrick Earley for making this report and blog post.
Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.
*Twitter:*
The @Wikimedia Foundation releases its latest #transparency report:
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/07/wikimedia-transparency-report
*Facebook/G+:*
Wikimedia Foundation releases latest transparency report: In 2014, we
received hundreds of requests from governments, individuals, and
organizations to disclose nonpublic user data and remove content from the
Wikimedia Projects. Only two were granted.
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/07/wikimedia-transparency-report
Thanks,
--
Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
*E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org
*WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>
Hello Everyone,
We have just published "Wikimedia Foundation releases latest transparency
report" to the blog:
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/07/wikimedia-transparency-report/
Thanks to Michelle Paulson, Geoff Brigham, Moiz Syed, Prateek Saxena, Jacob
Rogers, James Buatti, Aeryn Palmer, Katherine Maher, Jove Oliver, James
Alexander, and Patrick Earley for making this report and blog post.
Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.
*Twitter:*
The @Wikimedia Foundation releases its latest #transparency report:
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/07/wikimedia-transparency-report
*Facebook/G+:*
Wikimedia Foundation releases latest transparency report: In 2014, we
received hundreds of requests from governments, individuals, and
organizations to disclose nonpublic user data and remove content from the
Wikimedia Projects. Only two were granted.
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/07/wikimedia-transparency-report
Thanks,
--
Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
*E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org
*WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>
Hello Everyone,
We have just published "How content translation improved my wiki edits" to
the blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/04/06/content-translation-improved-my-edits/
Thanks to Alex and Runa for helping write and edit this post with us.
Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.
*Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):*
•The Catalan Wikimedia Chapter strives for digital language advocation.
•The content translation tool has helped Catalan Wikimedia translate
articles from Spanish to Catalan.
*Facebook/Google+*
•The new content translation tool has resulted in great progress on
Wikipedia. The Catalan Wikimedia chapter has been using the tool to
translate Wikipedia articles from Spanish to Catalan. Luckily a large
majority of Catalan speakers are bilingual. Translation from Spanish to
Catalan has been a popular decision amongst the editors.
Thanks,
--
Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
*E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org
*WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>
Hello Everyone,
Michael and I created some social last week for a Harvard article. URL:
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2015/4/2/changing-wikipedia-attitudes-pro…
Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.
Tweet structure:
Account: @wikipedia
Wikipedia - @Harvard approved.
Top hits on @Google, @Harvard is on board, what’s next?
“Rather than complaining about it, why don’t we try to do good things with
it.” -- Sean J. Gilsdorf
Its a big world out there. Never stop with only one source.
“The guilty secret of most academics is that they’re using Wikipedia, when
they’re telling their students not to.” -- Sean J. Gilsdorf
Faculty members @Harvard pointed out several advantages of Wikipedia’s
online format.
“Various Wikis often have more information than academically-sanctioned
databases.” -- Sean J. Gilsdorf
“I think the collective encyclopedia is one of the truly thrilling
innovations of our time.” -- W. James Simpson
FB | G+ structure:
Account: wikipedia
Professors in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences @Harvard said they see
Wikipedia as more acceptable, even as a website that students can peruse
for somewhat reliable information.
Harvard faculty believes distrust for Wikipedia has been replaced by a
realization that the site can be “a good source for certain areas,”
including basic scientific data and formulae.
Thanks,
--
Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
*E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org
*WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>