Yeah, Steven as the one who introduces and contextualizes Giraffedata to the reader is more for our amusement as insiders.
I didn't like the term WikiGnome either, as it sounds too close to troll.
BTW, why is Wikipedia down as of right now, 1235pm East coast US time?
On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 7:01 AM, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
I would argue it seems kind of weird to namedrop Steven here (the story isn’t about him, after all!). But other than that it looks good. Perhaps:
Meet the Ultimate WikiGnome: the story of one of @Wikipedia's most tireless editors https://medium.com/backchannel/meet-the-ultimate-wikignome-10508842caad
Joe
On 5 February 2015 at 3:24:31 am, Fabrice Florin (fflorin@wikimedia.org) wrote:
Hi social media team,
I think this would be a great story for social media, and I thought we had posted it already, but don’t see it on our Wikipedia Twitter account.
Here’s what I tweeted on my personal account, in case it’s helpful:
Meet the Ultimate WikiGnome: the story of one of @Wikipedia's top editors, featuring ex-colleague @StevenWalling https://medium.com/backchannel/me et-the-ultimate-wikignome-10508842caad
https://twitter.com/fabriceflorin/status/563095938060021763
Feel free to retweet — or develop our own message, as you prefer.
Tip of the hat to Andrew Lih for sharing it with us ...
Cheers,
Fabrice
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This story has been mentioned lots of places yesterday and today, including briefly today on the American radio program Marketplace!
http://www.marketplace.org/topics/tech/final-note/one-mans-mission-get-compr...
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On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 10:47 AM, Andrew Lih andrew.lih@gmail.com wrote:
Great story, which includes swearing by Steven Walling, and a detailed profile of User:Giraffedata
One Man’s Quest to Rid Wikipedia of Exactly One Grammatical Mistake
https://medium.com/backchannel/meet-the-ultimate-wikignome-10508842caad
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