Thanks so much, Joe! Michael posted earlier about this on all of our
channels but I'm sure we'll want to promote more tomorrow (in a "in case
you missed it" fashion).
https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia
https://twitter.com/Wikipedia
On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 6:05 PM, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Hey guys,
Wikipedia was featured on US news show 60 Minutes today -- seems ideal to
get SM out about it. Here's some suggested copy. 60 Minutes themselves
tweeted out this that we might retweet:
https://twitter.com/60Minutes/status/584878699763343361
Twitter:
Wikipedia featured in Sunday’s @60Minutes - watch the video here
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/wikipedia-jimmy-wales-morley-safer-60-minutes/
Meet some of the "persnickety" editing Wikipedia with @60Minutes
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/wikipedia-jimmy-wales-morley-safer-60-minutes/
Facebook/G+:
"In general I would say we're a lot of geeks. A lot of tech geeks. A lot
of people who are really passionate about information." CBS News' 60
Minutes program spoke with some of the hundreds of thousands of people who
make Wikipedia a reality.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/wikipedia-jimmy-wales-morley-safer-60-minutes/
"It's about 100,000 people around the world, every political persuasion,
every religion, no religion. You know, from seven years old to 75 years
old." CBS News' 60 Minutes program investigates the history of Wikipedia.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/wikipedia-jimmy-wales-morley-safer-60-minutes/
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Feel free to make up fresh if these don't cut it - it's pretty late on
this side of the pond! :)
Joe
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