Really like Michael's last proposed tweet. All of your proposed posts, Joe, look good to me. Andy's comment about is accurate, but changing that post to "people in cars" sounds strange. Perhaps "An antique fighter jet crashed into a busy English road last week, killing eleven."

--Ed

On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 1:26 AM, Andy Mabbett <andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:

Not all the deceased at Shoreham were drivers (some were passengers, or possibly pedestrians)

On Aug 26, 2015 1:45 AM, "Joe Sutherland" <jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hey all,

We just published "News on Wikipedia: Stock markets plunge, train attack thwarted, 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:

• An airshow jet crashed into cars on a busy road last week. #NewsOnWikipedia
• The ancient Temple of Baalshamin in Syria has been destroyed by ISIL. #NewsOnWikipedia
• This week wasn't great for stockbrokers. #NewsOnWikipedia
• A wildfire raging in Washington just became the state's largest ever. #NewsOnWikipedia
• Train passengers fought off a gunman in France last week. #NewsOnWikipedia

Facebook/G+:

• At least eleven drivers were killed on Saturday as a jet plane crashed into a busy English road. #NewsOnWikipedia
• The Temple of Baalshamin had stood for thousands of years. This week, it was announced ISIL had destroyed it. #NewsOnWikipedia
• This wasn't a good week to be a stockbroker... #NewsOnWikipedia
• A wildfire in Washington state has now burnt through over 400 square miles of land. #NewsOnWikipedia
• Seven train passengers were awarded France's highest honor for their role in subduing a gunman. #NewsOnWikipedia

best,
Joe

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