Definitely a +1 on the how to start a tweet: you shouldn't use another Twitter user's name as the first word in the tweet unless you're replying directly to them. Otherwise, only s/he, and the people who follow you both, will see your tweet.

Stylistically, it's usually worth it to try rewriting -- for example, "Join us next Tuesday for an new virtual event! @WikiEval hosts an Impact Review for 2013-14 grants. <link>

I would also recommend against generic hashtags -- they are harder for users to read, and have shown diminishing returns as a navigational tool. They tend to work best for ongoing themes, like #wikieval, or event-specific tags, like #wikimania14.

On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 7:42 AM, Jeremy Baron <jeremy@tuxmachine.com> wrote:

On Jul 23, 2014 10:35 AM, "Maria Cruz" <mcruz@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> * t: @WikiEval hosts a new virtual event. Join next Tuesday for 'Project & Event #Grants: an #Impact Review of 2013-14' https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c56l0mu03edgtbeqic4g7i607is

Is there a non-google location to link to? Is this a hangout on air?

Generally you should avoid sending tweets that start with a ref to another twitter user. (but in thus case it would still show on timelines because of the hashtags. I think)

Anyway, maybe tweet from @wikieval and then we RT instead of writing our own?

-Jeremy

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