On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 10:20 PM, Carlos Monterrey cmonterrey@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi all,
Here is the proposed SM for today's blog post regarding the up-and-coming Maithili Wikipedia. Thanks for reviewing:
Blog post: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/09/08/a-focused-approach-for-maithili-wikiped...
SM calendar: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_media/Calendar#September_8
Maithili Wikipedia
t: Maithili Wikipedia still does not exist despite the language being native to over 40 million people in Nepal, India: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/09/08/a-focused-approach-for-maithili-wikiped...
t: To native Maithili speakers: "If you want Wikipedia in your language come forth, you are the best one to contribute:" http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/09/08/a-focused-approach-for-maithili-wikiped...
t: 40 million native speakers. No Wikipedia. Versatile Wikipedian's challenge to bring an entire language online: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/09/08/a-focused-approach-for-maithili-wikiped...
I like the start of this, but "to bring an entire language online" is overselling it, because there is already other online content in that language (as mentioned in the post). I would suggest to use the following on both Twitter and FB/G+:
40 million native speakers in Nepal and India. No Wikipedia. On the work to launch the encyclopedia in Maithili:
f/g: 40 million native speakers. No Wikipedia. Versatile Wikipedian's challenge to bring an entire language online. http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/09/08/a-focused-approach-for-maithili-wikiped...
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