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(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Yeah I'm getting these posts out now.
On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 3:58 PM, Ed Erhart <eerhart(a)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(a)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(a)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(a)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>gt;.
>>>>
>>>> Is that possible, Michael? Thanks everyone!
>>>>
>>>> --Ed
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 6:05 PM, Andrew Sherman <
>>>> asherman(a)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-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)>
>>>>>
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>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>
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