I've just shared from WMAU's accounts on both Facebook and Twitter, with the same text - hopefully it will give it a local boost.

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On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 9:16 AM, Michael Guss <mguss@wikimedia.org> wrote:
It's ok! We do that all the time. 

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Ed Erhart <eerhart@wikimedia.org> wrote:
I wish I had waited about ten more seconds before sending that last email. ;-)

Thanks, Michael!

--Ed

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 6:59 PM, Michael Guss <mguss@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Yeah I'm getting these posts out now. 

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 3:58 PM, Ed Erhart <eerhart@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Will we be able to get these posts out by tonight?

Best,
--Ed

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 6:16 PM, Ed Erhart <eerhart@wikimedia.org> 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 <mguss@wikimedia.org> 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 <eerhart@wikimedia.org> 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>.

Is that possible, Michael? Thanks everyone!

--Ed

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 6:05 PM, Andrew Sherman <asherman@wikimedia.org> 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-wikipedia/
 

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,

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Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation

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