Hey all,

We just published "News on Wikipedia: New exoplanet discovered, Tour de France concludes, and more" to the Wikimedia blog. URL: 

https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/07/29/new-exoplanet-tour-de-france/

We plan to send out five pieces of social for this story, spread through the next three days (or thereabouts) to keep things timely.

Please do comment for tone.

Twitter:

• The Kepler space telescope made yet another exciting discovery this week. #NewsOnWikipedia

• Burundi re-elected their president this week, but not without controversy. #NewsOnWikipedia

• British cyclist Chris Froome won his second Tour de France this week. #NewsOnWikipedia

• Zimbabwe's best-known lion, Cecil, was killed this week. #NewsOnWikipedia

• Windows 10 officially launched to the public this week. #NewsOnWikipedia

Facebook/G+:

• Kepler-452b is now the sixth-most earth-like exoplanet we know about. #NewsOnWikipedia

• Barack Obama was among those less than impressed with Burundi's newly re-elected president. #NewsOnWikipedia

• The Tour de France ended this week—but who came out on top? #NewsOnWikipedia

• Cecil, a famous Zimbabwean lion, was killed this week to massive backlash. #NewsOnWikipedia

• Microsoft's newest operating system, Windows 10, officially launched to the public this week. #NewsOnWikipedia

best,

Joe

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Joe Sutherland
Communications Intern [remote]

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