Hi all,

I'm attempting something new and getting pre-approved social for a post we're putting up on the blog tomorrow morning. Those with WordPress access can view a preview, or read the original Signpost article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2015-03-25/Op-ed.

I'm also wavering between the current title ("My father's railroad photographs now benefit the world, free of charge") and the former title ("How my father’s railroad image collection now benefits the world: the value of digitization"). Comments on this would be delightful.

Twitter:
(those borrow from my tweets when this was first published in the Signpost)

Facebook/Google+:
  • His dad's and grandfather's old photos had been “tucked away with other family artifacts” and only ever brought out of storage “every dozen years or so." Now they can be enjoyed by everyone in the world.
  • Ever wonder how your parent's train-watching hobby could change the world?

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Ed Erhart
Editorial Intern
Wikimedia Foundation