Hey all,

We today published "News on Wikipedia: Japan shocks the rugby world, an earthquake strikes Chile, and more" to the Wikimedia blog. URL: 

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/09/29/catalonia-elections-and-supermoon/

We plan to send out five pieces of social for this story, spread through the rest of the week to keep things timely.

Here's the proposed social - comments welcome!

Twitter:

• Catalonia's regional elections result in victory for pro-independence parties #NewsOnWikipedia
• 11 million Volkswagen diesel cars are carrying software  #NewsOnWikipedia
• Pope Francis (@Pontifex) made a tour of the US last week. #NewsOnWikipedia
• At least 1,100 were killed in a stampede at the Hajj last week. #NewsOnWikipedia
• Did you catch the #supermoon ? #NewsOnWikipedia

[Hashtag suggestions for that last one welcome :) ]

Facebook/G+:

• Catalan elections have put pressure onto national parties leading up to Spain's national elections in December. #NewsOnWikipedia
•  #NewsOnWikipedia
• Pope Francis attracted crowds of thousands in New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, DC, last week. #NewsOnWikipedia
• A stampede in Mina was the deadliest such incident since the Hajj of 1990. #NewsOnWikipedia
• If you missed Monday's "supermoon" total lunar eclipse, the next one's due in 2033... #NewsOnWikipedia

best,
Joe

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Joe Sutherland
Communications Intern [remote]
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