I am not wed either way ( and I imagine neither is Joe) however I think we do it all the time (posting things because we happen to have more insight into the particular topic to know that it's that anniversary etc) and think that's unavoidable. A large portion of the birthdays or anniversaries you propose I have never heard of, for example, and I don't really see an issue with that. I think it's important not to let it get out of hand. Most important, in my mind, is to get a mix in there (not have it just be American which we have a habit of partially because of our own biases and partially because of the internets) and I see this as a bit different then our usual fare which is, as far as I'm concerned, "good". :)

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On Apr 14, 2016, at 8:54 AM, Jeff Elder <jelder@wikimedia.org> wrote:

Sorry, guys. You can't spell NPOV without N-O. From our best practices for employees posting to branded accounts:

Do not post anything on our branded accounts that is personally motivated, for instance a shout-out to an organization you like.

The 103rd anniversary of a football club that's won one championship in the past 20 years (sorry, Joe) is just not newsworthy. It would open me up to posting for everyone else's favorite team from everywhere in the movement. And why just sports? Why not Ed's favorite battleships, or someone's favorite band?

Objectively speaking, there's no reason to post this other than it being a team member's favorite team. And that's a reason not to post it.

I'm open to brief and conclusive counter-argument. 

Thanks for enduring my sanctimonious lecture.

Jeff

On Thursday, April 14, 2016, James Alexander <jalexander@wikimedia.org> wrote:

Haha,

Perhaps biased but LGTM.

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On Apr 14, 2016, at 7:23 AM, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote:

• Founded Apr. 14, 1903, Scottish association football side Aberdeen F.C.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdeen_F.C.

Joe

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