@Pine, that was my originally suggested edit. ;-) Thank you for the comments!--EdOn Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 5:08 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine@gmail.com> wrote:Perhaps "Unlike in The Hunt for Red October, this ship was sunk." ?PineOn Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 3:06 PM, James Alexander <jalexander@wikimedia.org> wrote:I kinda like using the hunt for Red October since it reflects the title of the blog post (The hunt for Tirpitz).On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 3:04 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine@gmail.com> wrote:Alternative:OK. Even so, I think the best comparison for the ship is Red October rather than the Hunt for Red October.
"Wikipedia and the hunt for a Nazi battleship"PineOn Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 2:44 PM, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote:Alas, you can't italicise on social media.JoeOn 5 August 2015 at 22:43, Pine W <wiki.pine@gmail.com> wrote:Nice blog post.Suggestion: "Unlike Red October, this ship was sunk"PineOn Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 11:27 AM, Ed Erhart <eerhart@wikimedia.org> wrote:(+Nick)--Ed
I know I wrote this one, but I'd change "Unlike The Hunt for Red October, this German battleship was sunk" -> "Unlike The Hunt for Red October, this ship was sunk."On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 12:45 PM, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote:_______________________________________________Hey all,
We just published "The Hunt for Tirpitz" to the blog. URL:
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/08/05/the-hunt-for-tirpitz/
Many thanks to Nick for this post.
Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.
Twitter (@wikipedia/@wikimedia):
• After the British sunk the German battleship Bismarck, they turned their attention to its sister ship. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/08/05/the-hunt-for-tirpitz/• Why did an Australian Wikipedian write about British attacks on a German battleship in Norway? https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/08/05/the-hunt-for-tirpitz/
Facebook/Google+:
• After the British sunk the German battleship Bismarck, they turned their attention to its sister ship. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/08/05/the-hunt-for-tirpitz/• The British Royal Navy targeted this German battleship in three separate operations but could not sink the heavily armored warship. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/08/05/the-hunt-for-tirpitz/• Why did an Australian Wikipedian write about British attacks on a German battleship in Norway? https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/08/05/the-hunt-for-tirpitz/• Unlike The Hunt for Red October, this German battleship was sunk. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/08/05/the-hunt-for-tirpitz/
thanks,
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