OK! Shared from @wikipedia with #wikiTAFI.
On Friday, October 30, 2015, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
I think TAFI should have been tweeted from
@Wikipedia, given it's
exclusively a Wikipedia thing and not a movement thing.
On 30 October 2015 at 14:37, Jeff Elder <jelder(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> TAFI and MythBusters up!
>
>
https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/660102792900575232
>
>
https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/660096768399425536
>
>
>
> Jeff Elder
> Digital communications manager
> Wikimedia Foundation
> 704-650-4130
> @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder>
> @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia>
> The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/>
>
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 7:26 AM, Katherine Maher <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org
> > wrote:
>
>> LGTM!
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 7:10 AM, Jeff Elder <jelder(a)wikimedia.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'd like to get this up today because of Halloween. Not sure that
>>> hashtag will mean much to folks. I only see one tweet using it, from more
>>> than two years ago. What about?
>>>
>>> Wikipedia editors - or those wanting to get started - the comedy
>>> horror genre needs your help. Get spooky!
http://buff.ly/1WnWeL3
>>>
>>> Jeff Elder
>>> Digital communications manager
>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>> 704-650-4130
>>> @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder>
>>> @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia>
>>> The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 11:33 PM, Coin945 <
>>> coin945wikipedia(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> That's good news. :)
>>>>
>>>> So I guess I'll make the first proposal:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> - T/I: This mash-up of media genres needs your help. Improve *comedy
>>>> horror*, today's #wikiTAFI.
>>>> - F/G: This mash-up of media genres needs your help. Add
>>>> sources and improve content at *comedy horror*, today's
>>>> #wikiTAFI.
>>>>
>>>> (The "Comedy horror" article -
>>>>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_horror - would be added as
>>>> a link afterwards).
>>>>
>>>> The TAFI article changes every Monday, so after this status
>>>> update, the next one will take place in 3 days.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 3:35 AM, Jeff Elder <jelder(a)wikimedia.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I think the upshot was that we love the social posts and mission
>>>>> of TAFI, and probably need to stick to this thread for proposing
them.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jeff Elder
>>>>> Digital communications manager
>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>> 704-650-4130
>>>>> @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder>
>>>>> @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia>
>>>>> The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Coin945 <
>>>>> coin945wikipedia(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Just wondering... what are your opinions on moving forward with
>>>>>> this TAFI proposal? It's been 3 days since my last reply. :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 12:20 PM, Coin945 <
>>>>>> coin945wikipedia(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This discussion thread is very confusing to navitage, but I
>>>>>>> think I've read it all now (albeit out of order).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> To answer Jeff's question: yes, the links are supposed to
link
>>>>>>> to the Wikipedia pages, not the Wikimedia pages (which are
understandably
>>>>>>> redlinks).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> One of the two main purposes of TAFI is to encourage newbies
to
>>>>>>> become editors through interesting articles on important
topics that still
>>>>>>> shockingly have underwhelming articles; this challenges the
perceived
>>>>>>> notion that "all the good topics have already been
written about".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This social media collaboration was fantastic in intriguing
>>>>>>> people throguh witty and engaging statuses that aimed to
encourage
>>>>>>> passers-by to stop, consider, and then perhaps gfo to the
link and hit
>>>>>>> "edit".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We had great success with this in the past, and I would love
to
>>>>>>> get things rolling again. This is part of a recent push
I've been doing,
>>>>>>> which includes starting up the discussion of whether TAFI
could ever return
>>>>>>> to the main page.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 4:44 AM, Tilman Bayer <
>>>>>>> tbayer(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Jeff (switching topic back to the thread about TAFI),
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Coin945 (who posted these suggestions) is now subscribed
to
>>>>>>>> this list
>>>>>>>> and can thus answer your question directly. But I think
the
>>>>>>>> matter was
>>>>>>>> simply that the drafts had been copied over from
Wikipedia to
>>>>>>>> Meta
>>>>>>>> without adjusting links, e.g. the first one was intended
to
>>>>>>>> link to
>>>>>>>>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_horror instead of
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Comedy_horror&action=edit&…
>>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Jeff Elder <
>>>>>>>> jelder(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>> > Excellent point, Joe.
>>>>>>>> > Question: I went to the links posted on the meta
wiki as
>>>>>>>> suggestions for
>>>>>>>> > tweets for articles to be improved, but the links
take you to
>>>>>>>> a page asking
>>>>>>>> > you to create said article. Would that be strange,
asking
>>>>>>>> people to improve
>>>>>>>> > an article that doesn't exist yet? Or am I
seeing this wrong?
>>>>>>>> I thought
>>>>>>>> > these tweets were to encourage people who were just
getting
>>>>>>>> their feet wet
>>>>>>>> > editing.
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > Jeff Elder
>>>>>>>> > Digital communications manager
>>>>>>>> > Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>>>> > 704-650-4130
>>>>>>>> > @jeffelder
>>>>>>>> > @wikipedia
>>>>>>>> > The Wikimedia blog
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> > On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Joe Sutherland
<
>>>>>>>> jsutherland(a)wikimedia.org>
>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >> I'm not sure it's a great idea to post
this to our socials.
>>>>>>>> Seems to me
>>>>>>>> >> like we'd be opening the list (which is
public) to a lot of
>>>>>>>> spam. But maybe
>>>>>>>> >> I'm just being too cautious.
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >> Joe
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >> On 26 October 2015 at 15:48, Jeff Elder <
>>>>>>>> jelder(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>> >>> Thanks, Tilman for the background! I like
the idea of
>>>>>>>> posting about
>>>>>>>> >>> articles that need attention. Let's do
it!
>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>> >>> There does seem to be some overlap between
this list and
>>>>>>>> the meta wiki,
>>>>>>>> >>> as Ed noted in the thread Tilman shared:
>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>> >>> because few people besides Matthew and
myself were checking
>>>>>>>> >>> their Meta watchlist often enough, this
mailing list proved
>>>>>>>> to be a
>>>>>>>> >>> much more reliable venue for people to post
SM ideas for
>>>>>>>> review and
>>>>>>>> >>> get a timely response.
>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>> >>> My take is that people can still use the
meta wiki and I'm
>>>>>>>> happy to swing
>>>>>>>> >>> by it, but we may need to send stuff around
this list
>>>>>>>> anyway for a LGTM and
>>>>>>>> >>> to do a little air-traffic controlling to
prevent conflicts
>>>>>>>> and traffic
>>>>>>>> >>> jams.
>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>> >>> Should we tell people on Twitter and
Facebook that they can
>>>>>>>> subscribe to
>>>>>>>> >>> this list? If so, should we say:
>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>> >>> T:
>>>>>>>> >>> Want to give input on what and how we tweet?
Sign up for
>>>>>>>> our social media
>>>>>>>> >>> email list here:
>>>>>>>>
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>> >>> FB:
>>>>>>>> >>> Want to give input on what and how we post
on Facebook? You
>>>>>>>> can give
>>>>>>>> >>> feedback here, or take part by signing up
for our social
>>>>>>>> media email list
>>>>>>>> >>> here:
>>>>>>>>
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>> >>> Jeff Elder
>>>>>>>> >>> Digital communications manager
>>>>>>>> >>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>>>> >>> 704-650-4130
>>>>>>>> >>> @jeffelder
>>>>>>>> >>> @wikipedia
>>>>>>>> >>> The Wikimedia blog
>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>> >>> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Tilman
Bayer <
>>>>>>>> tbayer(a)wikimedia.org>
>>>>>>>> >>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>> (splitting this off into a new thread,
as it's a separate
>>>>>>>> topic from
>>>>>>>> >>>> TAFI)
>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 6:57 PM, Andrew
Sherman <
>>>>>>>> asherman(a)wikimedia.org>
>>>>>>>> >>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>>> I remember Ed, Joe, Michael, and I
sat down to clean that
>>>>>>>> page up back
>>>>>>>> >>>>> in July (archive old information,
add useful links for
>>>>>>>> content).
>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>>> I have thought about the idea of
utilizing this page
>>>>>>>> more. We could
>>>>>>>> >>>>> asking for social content from the
whole movement like we
>>>>>>>> do for blog posts
>>>>>>>> >>>>> ( maybe even translations ;) ).
>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>> Of course we are already asking for (and
getting) social
>>>>>>>> content from
>>>>>>>> >>>> the whole movement with this list. See
also the list
>>>>>>>> description at
>>>>>>>> >>>>
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
>>>>>>>> . That said, some
>>>>>>>> >>>> community members might prefer posting
on a wiki.
>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>> As a reminder, in August there was
already some discussion
>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>> >>>> reviving the Meta page (in the same
thread); here is my
>>>>>>>> takeaway from that
>>>>>>>> >>>> on why the parallel wiki/mailing list
process didn't quite
>>>>>>>> work out back in
>>>>>>>> >>>> 2013/14 and what might be required to
make it work:
>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/social-media/2015-August/003211.html
>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>>> It could help with organization and
preparation of
>>>>>>>> content.
>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 9:43 PM,
Tilman Bayer <
>>>>>>>> tbayer(a)wikimedia.org>
>>>>>>>> >>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>>>> as I summarized two months ago
on this list in another
>>>>>>>> context, back
>>>>>>>> >>>>>> in 2013/14 we collaborated with
the "Today's Article for
>>>>>>>> Improvement" team
>>>>>>>> >>>>>> on the English Wikipedia,
posting social media
>>>>>>>> invitations to edit improve
>>>>>>>> >>>>>> articles from this
community-curated list.
>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>>>> User:Coin945 has just started an
attempt to revive this
>>>>>>>> (see
>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Today%27s_articles_for_improve…
>>>>>>>> >>>>>> ) and already posted some ideas
at
>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_media/Calendar#October
>>>>>>>> . I'm passing
>>>>>>>> >>>>>> this on to this list as not
everyone might watch the
>>>>>>>> Meta-wiki pages. As
>>>>>>>> >>>>>> mentioned earlier, the
experiment back them left me
>>>>>>>> wondering how to best
>>>>>>>> >>>>>> achieve impact (in form of
actual edits caused by those
>>>>>>>> posts), but perhaps
>>>>>>>> >>>>>> the current SM team has some new
ideas.
>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Tilman Bayer
>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Senior Analyst
>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>>>> >>>>>> IRC (Freenode): HaeB
>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
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>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>>> --
>>>>>>>> >>>>> Andrew Sherman
>>>>>>>> >>>>> Digital Communications | Wikimedia
Foundation
>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>> >>>>> E: asherman(a)wikimedia.org
>>>>>>>> >>>>> WMF: ASherman (WMF)
>>>>>>>> >>>>>
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>>>>>>>> >>>> IRC (Freenode): HaeB
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>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>> >> --
>>>>>>>> >> Joe Sutherland
>>>>>>>> >> Communications Intern [remote]
>>>>>>>> >> m: +44 (0) 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu | w:
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