Hey all,
We just published "News on Wikipedia: Australian leadership switch, crane collapse at Mecca, and more" to the Wikimedia blog. URL:
We plan to send out five pieces of social for this story, spread through the rest of the week to keep things timely.
Please do comment for tone.
Twitter:
• .@TurnbullMalcolm has replaced @TonyAbbottMHR as Prime Minister of Australia. #NewsOnWikipedia
• A crane collapsed onto the Masjid al-Haram this week, killing 111 people. #NewsOnWikipedia
• Several EU countries have reinstated border controls to cope with migrants. #NewsOnWikipedia
• Left-winger @jeremycorbyn is the new UK Leader of the Opposition. #NewsOnWikipedia
• A new hominid species was discovered in South Africa last week. #NewsOnWikipedia
Facebook/G+:
• Following weeks of speculation, Malcolm Turnbull has completed his replacement of Tony Abbott as Prime Minister of Australia. #NewsOnWikipedia
• A crane collapsed onto the Masjid al-Haram this week, just weeks before the annual Hajj. #NewsOnWikipedia
• The migrant crisis in Europe gets worse this week, with Germany and Austria reinstating border controls and Hungary declaring a state of emergency. #NewsOnWikipedia
• Jeremy Corbyn, once the rank outsider for the position, won an overwhelming victory in the Labour Party's leadership election in the UK. #NewsOnWikipedia
• Paleontologists are conflicted on whether or not a newly-discovered species shares our genus. #NewsOnWikipedia
best,
Joe
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Joe Sutherland
Communications Intern [remote]