New Blog post and tweet from EFF about the NSA lawsuit
https://twitter.com/EFF/status/578725159726542848
thinking from @Wikipedia and @Wikimedia
James Alexander
Community Advocacy
Wikimedia Foundation
(415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
Hello social media team.
We just published 'Wikimedia Foundation adopts Open Access Policy to support free knowledge ’ on the Wikimedia blog:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/18/wikimedia-open-access-policy/
Many thanks to Yana, Dario, Manprit, Andrew, Katherine, Juliet — and everyone else who worked on this announcement -- great teamwork! :)
We propose the following social media messaging:
Twitter:
Announcing the @Wikimedia Open Access policy: all our research work is now openly available: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/18/wikimedia-open-access-policy/ #OA #cscw2015
or a more casual tone:
Announcing the @Wikimedia Open Access policy: putting our money where out mouth is. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/18/wikimedia-open-access-policy/ #cscw2015
Facebook/Google+:
Announcing the Wikimedia Open Access policy: Going forward, all research work produced with the Wikimedia Foundation's support will be openly available to the public and reusable on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia sites. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/18/wikimedia-open-access-policy/
Feel free to tweak as needed.
Thanks for sharing this story with our community!
Regards as ever,
Fabrice
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Fabrice Florin
Movement Communications Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF)
Thanks, please could you let me know when you Tweet?
--- Original Message ---
From: "Tilman Bayer" <tbayer(a)wikimedia.org>
Sent: 18 March 2015 00:29
To: "Social media discussion list for Wikimedia projects" <social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc: "Janet Chapman" <j.chapman(a)tanzdevtrust.org>
Subject: Re: [Social-media] Raspberry Pi in Masekelo: Bringing Wikipedia to a school without electricity
They have a Twitter handle we could link in the tweet:
https://twitter.com/Raspberry_Pi
E.g.:
Bringing Wikipedia to a school without electricity in Tanzania, on a
@Raspberry_Pi https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/17/raspberry-pi-tanzania-school/
On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Andrew Sherman <asherman(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> We just published "Raspberry Pi in Masekelo: Bringing Wikipedia to a school
> without electricity" to the blog. URL:
>
> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/17/raspberry-pi-tanzania-school/
>
> Thanks to Janet Chapman for writing the post and approving our edits.
>
> Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.
>
> Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):
>
> •Raspberry Pi brings Wikipedia to a school without electricity in Tanzania
> (link)
>
> Facebook/Google+
>
> •What can a Raspberry Pi, Wi-Fi and Wikipedia do for a school in Tanzania?
> Find out how a generous donation is bringing this school into the 21st
> century. (link)
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Andrew Sherman
> Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
>
> E: asherman(a)wikimedia.org
> WMF: ASherman (WMF)
>
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Tilman Bayer
Senior Analyst
Wikimedia Foundation
IRC (Freenode): HaeB
Hello again, social media team.
We just published 'What happens when you give a Wikipedia editor a research library?’ on the Wikimedia blog:
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/17/wikipedia-research-library/
Many thanks to Alex and Jake for writing this interesting report about their new Visiting Scholars program. :)
We propose the following social media messaging:
Twitter:
What happens when you give a Wikipedia editor a research library? Learn more from @WikiLibrary (link)
Facebook/Google+:
What happens when you give a Wikipedia editor a research library? The Visiting Scholars program gives editors special access to university and library resources, which helps them improve content quality and support new collaborations, as part of the Wikipedia Library project. (link)
Feel free to tweak as needed.
Thanks for sharing this 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 just published "Raspberry Pi in Masekelo: Bringing Wikipedia to a school
without electricity" to the blog. URL:
<goog_1368520889>
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/17/raspberry-pi-tanzania-school/
Thanks to Janet Chapman for writing the post and approving our edits.
Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.
*Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):*
•Raspberry Pi brings Wikipedia to a school without electricity in Tanzania
(link)
*Facebook/Google+*
•What can a Raspberry Pi, Wi-Fi and Wikipedia do for a school in Tanzania?
Find out how a generous donation is bringing this school into the 21st
century. (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,
We published "Why Italian fashion history should be just a click away:
Virginia Gentilini" to the blog this morning. URL:
<goog_1443402525>
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/16/italian-fashion-history-virginia-gent…
Thanks to Victor Grigas, for the interview, and Yoona Ha, for writing the
draft.
Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.
*Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):*
•Why Italian fashion history should be just a click away: Virginia
Gentilini [link]
*Facebook/Google+*
•Why Italian fashion history should be just a click away: Virginia
Gentilini [link]
•Imagine Italian fashion history at the click of a mouse. Learn about
Virginia Gentilini. [link]
Thanks,
--
Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
*E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org
*WMF:* ASherman (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Niuniu Teo <nteo(a)kqed.org>
Date: Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 3:03 PM
Subject: KQED Forum - Today's Show
To: "sbouterse(a)wikimedia.org" <sbouterse(a)wikimedia.org>, "
kmaher(a)wikimedia.org" <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org>
Dear Ms. Bouterse,
Thank you again for appearing on today’s show on Wikipedia. I just wanted
to let you know that an audio archive of the show is now posted online at
http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201503130900. We encourage you to share the
link with your community and on your social media accounts. Our Twitter
handle is @kqedforum and our Facebook page can be found at
https://www.facebook.com/KQEDForum.
Thanks again for the great conversation!
Best,
Niuniu Teo
KQED Forum Intern
--
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
Mornin’, social media juggernauts!
We just published 'Growing free knowledge through open data’ on the blog:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/13/open-data-sets/
Many thanks to Dario for whipping this up together last night, to prepare for this weekend’s research conference in Vancouver ! :)
We propose the following social media messaging:
Twitter:
Growing free knowledge through open data: @Wikimedia releases 5 open data sets. (link)
Facebook/Google+:
Growing free knowledge through open data: Wikimedia releases 5 new data sets about how we find and share information online. (link)
Feel free to tweak as needed.
Thanks for sharing this research with our community!
Cheers,
Fabrice
_______________________________
Fabrice Florin
Movement Communications Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF)
Hello Everyone,
This morning we published "First Welsh university edit-a-thon creates new
articles on medieval women" to the blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/03/12/medieval-women-edit-a-thon/
Thanks to Robin Owain for writing the post and helping us edit.
Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.
*Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):*
•First Welsh university edit-a-thon creates new Wikipedia articles on
medieval women: (link)
*Facebook/Google+*
•First Welsh university edit-a-thon creates new articles on medieval women
-- and helps more women get involved as editors on Wikipedia. (link)
Thanks,
--
Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
*E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org