Re: [Social-media] A dark side of comedy: the impact of John Oliver’s ‘fowl’ jokes to Wikipedia

I'm not sure its really a dark side, so much as a downside. Dark sides conjure up human rights abuses. Downsides are frustrating setbacks. Can we adjust? On May 28, 2015 4:46 AM, "Fabrice Florin" &lt;fflorin(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: > Thank you Joe for your constructive feedback — and thank you Ed for your > flexibility :) > > I updated the blog post as well. > > Cheers, > > > Fabrice > > > On May 27, 2015, at 6:41 PM, Ed Erhart &lt;the.ed17(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > > I'm fine with either construction! Thanks for looking at it, Joe--I'm > appreciate it. > > --Ed > > On May 27, 2015, at 6:39 PM, Joe Sutherland &lt;jsutherland(a)wikimedia.org&gt; > wrote: > > Hi Ed - my reasoning is that something has an impact *on* something, not > *to* something, so it didn’t make a lot of sense. But it’s just a little > nitpick really! > > Joe > > On 28 May 2015 at 2:38:13 am, Ed Erhart (the.ed17(a)gmail.com) wrote: > > Hi all, > > I'm fine with that change. I thought that it might be interpreted as John > Oliver editing Wikipedia himself, that's all. > > I'll send a fuller email tomorrow to introduce myself, but I'm happy to > help anyone who has questions about the Wikimedia community! Please feel > free to email me at any time. > > --Ed > On May 27, 2015 9:27 PM, "Fabrice Florin" &lt;fflorin(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: > >> Yeah, I’m having second thoughts about that too … Ed, would you mind >> if we used the wording which Joe suggests? It just doesn’t seem right as it >> is. >> >> Other than that, I’m really glad that we published this piece, and am >> very grateful to Ed for adapting it for the blog. >> >> This is as good a time as any to welcome Ed as our new content editor >> for the blog and community profiles for the summer. >> >> Welcome aboard, Ed! We look forward to learning from your experience as >> editor emeritus on the Signpost and doing some great work together. :) >> >> >> Fabrice >> >> >> >> On May 27, 2015, at 6:16 PM, Joe Sutherland &lt;jsutherland(a)wikimedia.org&gt; >> wrote: >> >> Surely this should be "...'fowl' jokes *on* Wikipedia" (not "to")? >> >> Otherwise LGTM, except I'd go with this for FB/G+ (or similar): >> >> - When John Oliver called on the Internet to edit the Wikipedia >> biographies of US congressional representatives, the Internet answered -- >> and Wikipedia's volunteer editors started to clean up the vandalism. (link) >> >> best, >> Joe >> >> On 28 May 2015 at 01:49, Andrew Sherman &lt;asherman(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: >> >>> Hello Everyone, >>> >>> We just published "A dark side of comedy: the impact of John Oliver’s >>> ‘fowl’ jokes to Wikipedia" to the blog. URL: >>> >>> https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/05/27/dark-side-of-comedy/ >>> >>> Thanks to Ed for writing and adapting his post from the Signpost to the >>> blog. Thanks as well to Fabrice for editing. >>> >>> Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed. >>> >>> *Twitter (@wikimedia/@wikipedia):* >>> >>> • A dark side of comedy: the #Wikipedia volunteers cleaning up behind >>> @iamJohnOliver/@LastWeekTonight's fowl jokes (link) >>> >>> • Behind the veil: #Wikipedia volunteers clean up vandalism wrought by >>> @LastWeekTonight's fowl jokes (link) >>> >>> *Facebook/Google+* >>> >>> • When John Oliver called on the Internet to edit the Wikipedia >>> biographies of US congressional representatives, the Internet answered. >>> This required Wikipedia's volunteer editors to clean up vandalism on a wide >>> range of articles. (link) >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> -- >>> Andrew Sherman >>> Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation >>> >>> *E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org >>> *WMF:* ASherman (WMF) >>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Social-media mailing list >>> Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *Joe Sutherland* >> Communications Volunteer >> m: +44 (0) 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | w: >> JSutherland <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JSutherland_(WMF)> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> >> _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > -- > *Joe Sutherland* > Communications Volunteer > m: +44 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > >