Re: [Social-media] TAFI revival

TAFI and MythBusters up! https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/660102792900575232 https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/660096768399425536 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 Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 7:26 AM, Katherine Maher &lt;kmaher(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: > LGTM! > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 7:10 AM, Jeff Elder &lt;jelder(a)wikimedia.org&gt; > 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 &lt;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 &lt;jelder(a)wikimedia.org&gt; >>> 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&gt; 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&gt; 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&gt; 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&gt; 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&gt; >>>>>>> > 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 &lt;jelder(a)wikimedia.org&gt; >>>>>>> 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&gt; >>>>>>> >>> 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&gt; >>>>>>> >>>> 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&gt; >>>>>>> >>>>> 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 >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> >>>>>> Social-media mailing list >>>>>>> >>>>>> Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>>>>> >>>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>>>> >>>>> Andrew Sherman >>>>>>> >>>>> Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> E: asherman(a)wikimedia.org >>>>>>> >>>>> WMF: ASherman (WMF) >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> >>>>> Social-media mailing list >>>>>>> >>>>> Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>>>>>> >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>> >>>> -- >>>>>>> >>>> Tilman Bayer >>>>>>> >>>> Senior Analyst >>>>>>> >>>> Wikimedia Foundation >>>>>>> >>>> IRC (Freenode): HaeB >>>>>>> >>>> >>>>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> >>>> 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 Intern [remote] >>>>>>> >> m: +44 (0) 7722 916 433 | t: @jrbsu | w: JSutherland >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> >> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> >> 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 >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Tilman Bayer >>>>>>> Senior Analyst >>>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation >>>>>>> IRC (Freenode): HaeB >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> 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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Social-media mailing list >> Social-media(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >> >> > > > -- > Katherine Maher > Chief Communications Officer > Wikimedia Foundation > 149 New Montgomery Street > San Francisco, CA 94105 > > +1 (415) 839-6885 ext. 6635 > +1 (415) 712 4873 > kmaher(a)wikimedia.org > > _______________________________________________ > 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