Yeah, I'd be concerned (at least with this post) about making a very clear "Don't" (as much as I, personally, would agree with the statement :) ).

I like Ed's FB/G+ copy (especially the 2nd/Jimmy quote). I'd go with Joe's copy for Twitter, like both 1 & 2, I'd probably drop "first" (I'd just go with "Read this", feel like it sounds more like a command) but aren't fussed either way :).

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On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 10:31 PM, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote:
The issue is that I don't think the message is "don't", the message is more like "only if you understand the community views on it". That makes a bit trickier to get something engaging but which is also true to the message of the post ;)

Joe

On 19 September 2015 at 04:30, Michael Guss <mguss@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi Joe,

Yeah let's get people to read this :) 

I like the second option. 

Maybe even say something like "Thinking of paying for a Wikipedia article? Don't." 


On Friday, September 18, 2015, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hey,

I'm not convinced that Twitter copy is ideal :) How is:

• Should you pay for a Wikipedia article? [link]
• Thinking of paying for a Wikipedia article? Read this first. [link]

Both are still perhaps a little risqué but not as misleading. Let me know what you think and we can get this scheduled for Monday morning.

Joe

On 18 September 2015 at 22:45, Ed Erhart <eerhart@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi all,

"Should I pay for a Wikipedia article?" is prepped and scheduled to go out at 7:30am PST tomorrow, assuming the blog's time zone is PST. A preview for those with WordPress access is available, or there is a draft Google Doc. The image comes from Commons.

Thanks go to Gamaliel for the post.

Proposed social media messages follow:

Twitter:
  • Considering paying for a Wikipedia article? Check out a reference guide first:
Facebook/Google+:
  • Wikipedia's rules on editing for money are numerous. Here's a summary:
  • As Jimmy Wales says, "If anybody emails you asking for money pretending to be Wikipedia, alarm bells should ring ... Everything about Wikipedia is free."

As always, I'm open to suggestions and improvements, and I'm fairly certain that someone here can come up with better posts!

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Michael Guss
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