Hello Everyone,

We just published "Securing access to Wikimedia sites with HTTPS by default" to the blog. URL:

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/12/securing-wikimedia-sites-with-https/

Thanks to Yana, Victoria, and Brandon for helping write and edit this blog post (as well as many others).

Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.

Twitter Post:

• We just secured access to @Wikimedia projects with #HTTPS by default. (link)

Facebook Post:

• We’re happy to announce that we are implementing HTTPS by default to encrypt all traffic on Wikipedia and all other Wikimedia projects. With this change, nearly half a billion monthly visitors will be able to share in the world’s knowledge more securely. (link)

Thanks,

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Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation