Re: [Social-media] A veteran’s Wikipedia edits help him understand the brutality behind Yugoslavia’s wars

Will we be able to get these posts out by tonight? Best, --Ed On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 6:16 PM, Ed Erhart &lt;eerhart(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: > Ah, no worries—perhaps that tweet could go out whenever the US is most > active on Twitter then (I assume now/the evening? I'm not up to date with > my social media usage research...). > > If possible, I'd also like to have multiple rounds of social media for > this story—in part because I think we can post multiple times about the > same stories to get more traffic, but also because I'd like to see what > kind of language plays best for these posts! I know that you're pretty busy > with your other work, so if needed I'm willing to help where I can. > > --Ed > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 6:11 PM, Michael Guss &lt;mguss(a)wikimedia.org&gt; > wrote: > >> Hi Ed: >> >> Yes we can hyper target post by location (even city FYI). Twitter I >> don't have the ability to target tweets. >> >> >> On Thursday, June 18, 2015, Ed Erhart &lt;eerhart(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: >> >>> As the veteran angle will play a larger role in the US, I'm hoping >>> that the first Twitter and first Facebook posts (as listed above) could be >>> targeted and boosted at the US and Australia, along with links to the >>> Twitter and Facebook profiles of the Australian Army: < >>> https://twitter.com/australianarmy> and < >>> https://www.facebook.com/TheAustralianArmy>gt;. >>> >>> Is that possible, Michael? Thanks everyone! >>> >>> --Ed >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 6:05 PM, Andrew Sherman < >>> asherman(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Everyone, >>>> >>>> We just published "A veteran’s Wikipedia edits help him understand >>>> the brutality behind Yugoslavia’s wars" to the blog. URL: >>>> >>>> >>>> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/18/understanding-yugoslavia-wars-on-wiki… >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks to Ed for writing the story and Fabrice and Joe for editing. >>>> >>>> Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as >>>> needed. >>>> >>>> *Twitter:* >>>> >>>> • He deployed with @AustralianArmy to Bosnia. Now, editing >>>> #Wikipedia helps him understand the brutality he witnessed: <link> >>>> >>>> • This veteran writes for #Wikipedia to help him understand what he >>>> witnessed there: <link> >>>> >>>> • A veteran learning how to edit #Wikipedia in a highly charged >>>> topic area—the wartime history of the Balkans: <link> >>>> >>>> *Facebook/Google+:* >>>> >>>> • He deployed with the AustralianArmy to Bosnia in 1995. Now, >>>> editing Wikipedia helps him understand the brutality he witnessed. >>>> >>>> • His most potent memory comes from one of his first patrols. The >>>> platoon was speaking with suspected looters when they came across a farmer >>>> shot dead, his hayfork still alongside. "We just came across him ... so we >>>> were unprepared. I still remember it clearly, but because I photographed it >>>> in black and white, I remember it in black and white." >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Andrew Sherman >>>> Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation >>>> >>>> *E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org >>>> *WMF:* ASherman (WMF) >>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Social-media mailing list >>>> Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Ed Erhart >>> Editorial Intern >>> Wikimedia Foundation >>> >> >> >> -- >> Michael Guss >> Research Analyst >> Wikimediafoundation.org >> mguss(a)wikimedia.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> > > > -- > Ed Erhart > Editorial Intern > Wikimedia Foundation > -- Ed Erhart Editorial Intern Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Social-media mailing list Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media