JoeOr, to @mention the author out of courtesy:Should still fit, but obviously the latter can probably be dropped. Just think the Wikimedia spirit commands us to credit freelancers :)
Meet the Ultimate WikiGnome: the story of one of @Wikipedia's most tireless editors https://medium.com/backchannel/meet-the-ultimate-wikignome-10508842caad by @Andrew_McMillan @backchnnlOn 5 February 2015 at 12:01, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote:I would argue it seems kind of weird to namedrop Steven here (the story isn’t about him, after all!). But other than that it looks good. Perhaps:Meet the Ultimate WikiGnome: the story of one of @Wikipedia's most tireless editors https://medium.com/backchannel/meet-the-ultimate-wikignome-10508842caadJoeOn 5 February 2015 at 3:24:31 am, Fabrice Florin (fflorin@wikimedia.org) wrote:
Hi social media team,I think this would be a great story for social media, and I thought we had posted it already, but don’t see it on our Wikipedia Twitter account.Here’s what I tweeted on my personal account, in case it’s helpful:Meet the Ultimate WikiGnome: the story of one of @Wikipedia's top editors, featuring ex-colleague @StevenWalling https://medium.com/backchannel/meet-the-ultimate-wikignome-10508842caadFeel free to retweet — or develop our own message, as you prefer.Tip of the hat to Andrew Lih for sharing it with us ...Cheers,Fabrice_______________________________________________
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Date: February 4, 2015 at 7:02:44 PM PSTFrom: phoebe ayers <phoebe.wiki@gmail.com>To: Communications Committee <wmfcc-l@lists.wikimedia.org>Subject: Re: [Wmfcc-l] Medium story about User:GiraffedataReply-To: Communications Committee <wmfcc-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
This story has been mentioned lots of places yesterday and today,
including briefly today on the American radio program Marketplace!
http://www.marketplace.org/topics/tech/final-note/one-mans-mission-get-comprised-wikipedia
-- phoebe
On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 10:47 AM, Andrew Lih <andrew.lih@gmail.com> wrote:
Great story, which includes swearing by Steven Walling, and a detailed
profile of User:Giraffedata
One Man’s Quest to Rid Wikipedia of Exactly One Grammatical Mistake
https://medium.com/backchannel/meet-the-ultimate-wikignome-10508842caad
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