Thanks James. I'll leave this open to more comments but I just saw I've forgotten to add copy for the VW post on Facebook... Perhaps this:
• Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn stood down this week, as eleven million of their cars are revealed to have circumvented emissions tests. #NewsOnWikipedia
Again with "circumvented" or "cheated" or... well, whatever is most engaging and, cruically, most true ;)
Joe
On 30 September 2015 at 03:02, James Alexander jalexander@wikimedia.org wrote:
Thanks as always Joe! Social thoughts in line:
James Alexander Manager Trust & Safety Wikimedia Foundation (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 5:56 PM, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland@wikimedia.org
wrote:
Hey all,
We today published "News on Wikipedia: Japan shocks the rugby world, an earthquake strikes Chile, and more" to the Wikimedia blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/09/29/catalonia-elections-and-supermoon/
We plan to send out five pieces of social for this story, spread through the rest of the week to keep things timely.
Here's the proposed social - comments welcome!
*Twitter:*
• Catalonia's regional elections result in victory for pro-independence parties #NewsOnWikipedia
LGTM
• 11 million Volkswagen diesel cars are carrying software #NewsOnWikipedia
This seems to cut off after software (my laptop is carrying software too what of it :P) which is probably just a fail as you were copying it over I imagine. Perhaps:
- 11 million Volkswagen diesel cars are carrying software designed to
fake emissions tests #NewsOnWikipedia https://twitter.com/search?q=%23NewsOnWikipedia
- 11 million Volkswagen diesel cars are carrying software designed to
manipulate emissions tests #NewsOnWikipedia https://twitter.com/search?q=%23NewsOnWikipedia
Not quite sure the right word to use there where fake/manipulate is but I think both of those work
Could also adjust with a "we learn" prefix which may fit a bit better into "this week" (obviously those cars had the software before etc) like:
- We learn 11 million Volkswagen diesel cars have software designed to
manipulate emissions tests #NewsOnWikipedia https://twitter.com/search?q=%23NewsOnWikipedia
same question about fake/manipulate obviously here.
• Pope Francis (@Pontifex) made a tour of the US last week.
#NewsOnWikipedia • At least 1,100 were killed in a stampede at the Hajj last week. #NewsOnWikipedia • Did you catch the #supermoon ? #NewsOnWikipedia
LGTM, like the supermoon question. I'm a personal fan of #bloodmoon but others may have better ideas :)
[Hashtag suggestions for that last one welcome :) ]
*Facebook/G+:*
• Catalan elections have put pressure onto national parties leading up to Spain's national elections in December. #NewsOnWikipedia • #NewsOnWikipedia • Pope Francis attracted crowds of thousands in New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, DC, last week. #NewsOnWikipedia • A stampede in Mina was the deadliest such incident since the Hajj of 1990. #NewsOnWikipedia • If you missed Monday's "supermoon" total lunar eclipse, the next one's due in 2033... #NewsOnWikipedia
best, Joe
I'm happy with all of the FB/G+ ones
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