Hey all,

We just published "News on Wikipedia: Australian leadership switch, crane collapse at Mecca, and more" to the Wikimedia blog. URL: 

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/09/15/australian-politics-and-crane-collapse/#Crane

We plan to send out five pieces of social for this story, spread through the rest of the week to keep things timely.

Please do comment for tone.

Twitter:

• .@TurnbullMalcolm has replaced @TonyAbbottMHR as Prime Minister of Australia. #NewsOnWikipedia

• A crane collapsed onto the Masjid al-Haram this week, killing 111 people. #NewsOnWikipedia

• Several EU countries have reinstated border controls to cope with migrants. #NewsOnWikipedia

• Left-winger @jeremycorbyn is the new UK Leader of the Opposition. #NewsOnWikipedia

• A new hominid species was discovered in South Africa last week. #NewsOnWikipedia

Facebook/G+:

• Following weeks of speculation, Malcolm Turnbull has completed his replacement of Tony Abbott as Prime Minister of Australia. #NewsOnWikipedia

• A crane collapsed onto the Masjid al-Haram this week, just weeks before the annual Hajj. #NewsOnWikipedia

• The migrant crisis in Europe gets worse this week, with Germany and Austria reinstating border controls and Hungary declaring a state of emergency. #NewsOnWikipedia

• Jeremy Corbyn, once the rank outsider for the position, won an overwhelming victory in the Labour Party's leadership election in the UK. #NewsOnWikipedia

• Paleontologists are conflicted on whether or not a newly-discovered species shares our genus. #NewsOnWikipedia

 

best,

Joe