Jeff Elder
Digital communications manager
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On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 7:26 AM, Katherine Maher <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
LGTM!
On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 7:10 AM, Jeff Elder <jelder(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
> I'd like to get this up today because of Halloween. Not sure that
> hashtag will mean much to folks. I only see one tweet using it, from more
> than two years ago. What about?
>
> Wikipedia editors - or those wanting to get started - the comedy
> horror genre needs your help. Get spooky!
http://buff.ly/1WnWeL3
>
> Jeff Elder
> Digital communications manager
> Wikimedia Foundation
> 704-650-4130
> @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder>
> @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia>
> The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/>
>
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 11:33 PM, Coin945 <coin945wikipedia(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> That's good news. :)
>>
>> So I guess I'll make the first proposal:
>>
>>
>> - T/I: This mash-up of media genres needs your help. Improve *comedy
>> horror*, today's #wikiTAFI.
>> - F/G: This mash-up of media genres needs your help. Add sources
>> and improve content at *comedy horror*, today's #wikiTAFI.
>>
>> (The "Comedy horror" article -
>>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_horror - would be added as a
>> link afterwards).
>>
>> The TAFI article changes every Monday, so after this status
>> update, the next one will take place in 3 days.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 3:35 AM, Jeff Elder <jelder(a)wikimedia.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I think the upshot was that we love the social posts and mission of
>>> TAFI, and probably need to stick to this thread for proposing them.
>>>
>>> Jeff Elder
>>> Digital communications manager
>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>> 704-650-4130
>>> @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder>
>>> @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia>
>>> The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Coin945 <
>>> coin945wikipedia(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Just wondering... what are your opinions on moving forward with
>>>> this TAFI proposal? It's been 3 days since my last reply. :)
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 12:20 PM, Coin945 <
>>>> coin945wikipedia(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> This discussion thread is very confusing to navitage, but I think
>>>>> I've read it all now (albeit out of order).
>>>>>
>>>>> To answer Jeff's question: yes, the links are supposed to link
to
>>>>> the Wikipedia pages, not the Wikimedia pages (which are
understandably
>>>>> redlinks).
>>>>>
>>>>> One of the two main purposes of TAFI is to encourage newbies to
>>>>> become editors through interesting articles on important topics that
still
>>>>> shockingly have underwhelming articles; this challenges the
perceived
>>>>> notion that "all the good topics have already been written
about".
>>>>>
>>>>> This social media collaboration was fantastic in intriguing people
>>>>> throguh witty and engaging statuses that aimed to encourage
passers-by to
>>>>> stop, consider, and then perhaps gfo to the link and hit
"edit".
>>>>>
>>>>> We had great success with this in the past, and I would love to
>>>>> get things rolling again. This is part of a recent push I've been
doing,
>>>>> which includes starting up the discussion of whether TAFI could ever
return
>>>>> to the main page.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 4:44 AM, Tilman Bayer <
>>>>> tbayer(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Jeff (switching topic back to the thread about TAFI),
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Coin945 (who posted these suggestions) is now subscribed to this
>>>>>> list
>>>>>> and can thus answer your question directly. But I think the
>>>>>> matter was
>>>>>> simply that the drafts had been copied over from Wikipedia to
Meta
>>>>>> without adjusting links, e.g. the first one was intended to link
>>>>>> to
>>>>>>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_horror instead of
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Comedy_horror&action=edit&…
>>>>>> .
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Jeff Elder <
>>>>>> jelder(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>>> > Excellent point, Joe.
>>>>>> > Question: I went to the links posted on the meta wiki as
>>>>>> suggestions for
>>>>>> > tweets for articles to be improved, but the links take you
to a
>>>>>> page asking
>>>>>> > you to create said article. Would that be strange, asking
>>>>>> people to improve
>>>>>> > an article that doesn't exist yet? Or am I seeing this
wrong? I
>>>>>> thought
>>>>>> > these tweets were to encourage people who were just getting
>>>>>> their feet wet
>>>>>> > editing.
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Jeff Elder
>>>>>> > Digital communications manager
>>>>>> > Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>> > 704-650-4130
>>>>>> > @jeffelder
>>>>>> > @wikipedia
>>>>>> > The Wikimedia blog
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Joe Sutherland <
>>>>>> jsutherland(a)wikimedia.org>
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> I'm not sure it's a great idea to post this to
our socials.
>>>>>> Seems to me
>>>>>> >> like we'd be opening the list (which is public) to a
lot of
>>>>>> spam. But maybe
>>>>>> >> I'm just being too cautious.
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> Joe
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> On 26 October 2015 at 15:48, Jeff Elder
<jelder(a)wikimedia.org>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> Thanks, Tilman for the background! I like the idea
of posting
>>>>>> about
>>>>>> >>> articles that need attention. Let's do it!
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> There does seem to be some overlap between this list
and the
>>>>>> meta wiki,
>>>>>> >>> as Ed noted in the thread Tilman shared:
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> because few people besides Matthew and myself were
checking
>>>>>> >>> their Meta watchlist often enough, this mailing list
proved
>>>>>> to be a
>>>>>> >>> much more reliable venue for people to post SM ideas
for
>>>>>> review and
>>>>>> >>> get a timely response.
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> My take is that people can still use the meta wiki
and I'm
>>>>>> happy to swing
>>>>>> >>> by it, but we may need to send stuff around this
list anyway
>>>>>> for a LGTM and
>>>>>> >>> to do a little air-traffic controlling to prevent
conflicts
>>>>>> and traffic
>>>>>> >>> jams.
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> Should we tell people on Twitter and Facebook that
they can
>>>>>> subscribe to
>>>>>> >>> this list? If so, should we say:
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> T:
>>>>>> >>> Want to give input on what and how we tweet? Sign up
for our
>>>>>> social media
>>>>>> >>> email list here:
>>>>>>
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> FB:
>>>>>> >>> Want to give input on what and how we post on
Facebook? You
>>>>>> can give
>>>>>> >>> feedback here, or take part by signing up for our
social
>>>>>> media email list
>>>>>> >>> here:
>>>>>>
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> Jeff Elder
>>>>>> >>> Digital communications manager
>>>>>> >>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>> >>> 704-650-4130
>>>>>> >>> @jeffelder
>>>>>> >>> @wikipedia
>>>>>> >>> The Wikimedia blog
>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>> >>> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Tilman Bayer <
>>>>>> tbayer(a)wikimedia.org>
>>>>>> >>> wrote:
>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>> >>>> (splitting this off into a new thread, as
it's a separate
>>>>>> topic from
>>>>>> >>>> TAFI)
>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>> >>>> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 6:57 PM, Andrew Sherman
<
>>>>>> asherman(a)wikimedia.org>
>>>>>> >>>> wrote:
>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>> >>>>> I remember Ed, Joe, Michael, and I sat down
to clean that
>>>>>> page up back
>>>>>> >>>>> in July (archive old information, add useful
links for
>>>>>> content).
>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>> >>>>> I have thought about the idea of utilizing
this page more.
>>>>>> We could
>>>>>> >>>>> asking for social content from the whole
movement like we
>>>>>> do for blog posts
>>>>>> >>>>> ( maybe even translations ;) ).
>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>> >>>> Of course we are already asking for (and
getting) social
>>>>>> content from
>>>>>> >>>> the whole movement with this list. See also the
list
>>>>>> description at
>>>>>> >>>>
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media .
>>>>>> That said, some
>>>>>> >>>> community members might prefer posting on a
wiki.
>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>> >>>> As a reminder, in August there was already some
discussion
>>>>>> about
>>>>>> >>>> reviving the Meta page (in the same thread);
here is my
>>>>>> takeaway from that
>>>>>> >>>> on why the parallel wiki/mailing list process
didn't quite
>>>>>> work out back in
>>>>>> >>>> 2013/14 and what might be required to make it
work:
>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/social-media/2015-August/003211.html
>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>> >>>>> It could help with organization and
preparation of content.
>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>> >>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 9:43 PM, Tilman
Bayer <
>>>>>> tbayer(a)wikimedia.org>
>>>>>> >>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>> >>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>> >>>>>> as I summarized two months ago on this
list in another
>>>>>> context, back
>>>>>> >>>>>> in 2013/14 we collaborated with the
"Today's Article for
>>>>>> Improvement" team
>>>>>> >>>>>> on the English Wikipedia, posting social
media invitations
>>>>>> to edit improve
>>>>>> >>>>>> articles from this community-curated
list.
>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>> >>>>>> User:Coin945 has just started an attempt
to revive this
>>>>>> (see
>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Today%27s_articles_for_improve…
>>>>>> >>>>>> ) and already posted some ideas at
>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_media/Calendar#October .
>>>>>> I'm passing
>>>>>> >>>>>> this on to this list as not everyone
might watch the
>>>>>> Meta-wiki pages. As
>>>>>> >>>>>> mentioned earlier, the experiment back
them left me
>>>>>> wondering how to best
>>>>>> >>>>>> achieve impact (in form of actual edits
caused by those
>>>>>> posts), but perhaps
>>>>>> >>>>>> the current SM team has some new ideas.
>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>> >>>>>> --
>>>>>> >>>>>> Tilman Bayer
>>>>>> >>>>>> Senior Analyst
>>>>>> >>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>> >>>>>> IRC (Freenode): HaeB
>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>> >>>>>>
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>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>> >>>>> --
>>>>>> >>>>> Andrew Sherman
>>>>>> >>>>> Digital Communications | Wikimedia
Foundation
>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>> >>>>> E: asherman(a)wikimedia.org
>>>>>> >>>>> WMF: ASherman (WMF)
>>>>>> >>>>>
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>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>> >>>> --
>>>>>> >>>> Tilman Bayer
>>>>>> >>>> Senior Analyst
>>>>>> >>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>> >>>> IRC (Freenode): HaeB
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>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >>
>>>>>> >> --
>>>>>> >> Joe Sutherland
>>>>>> >> Communications Intern [remote]
>>>>>> >> m: +44 (0) 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu | w: JSutherland
>>>>>> >>
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>>>>>> Tilman Bayer
>>>>>> Senior Analyst
>>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>> IRC (Freenode): HaeB
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