Jeff - I want to thank you for reiterating our best
practices.
On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 12:11 PM, James Alexander <
jalexander(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
I am not wed either way ( and I imagine neither
is Joe) however I think
we do it all the time (posting things because we happen to have more
insight into the particular topic to know that it's that anniversary etc)
and think that's unavoidable. A large portion of the birthdays or
anniversaries you propose I have never heard of, for example, and I don't
really see an issue with that. I think it's important not to let it get out
of hand. Most important, in my mind, is to get a mix in there (not have it
just be American which we have a habit of partially because of our own
biases and partially because of the internets) and I see this as a bit
different then our usual fare which is, as far as I'm concerned, "good".
:)
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 14, 2016, at 8:54 AM, Jeff Elder <jelder(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Sorry, guys. You can't spell NPOV without N-O. From our best practices
for employees posting to branded accounts:
Do not post anything on our branded accounts that is personally
motivated, for instance a shout-out to an organization you like.
The 103rd anniversary of a football club that's won one championship in
the past 20 years (sorry, Joe) is just not newsworthy. It would open me up
to posting for everyone else's favorite team from everywhere in the
movement. And why just sports? Why not Ed's favorite battleships, or
someone's favorite band?
Objectively speaking, there's no reason to post this other than it being
a team member's favorite team. And that's a reason not to post it.
I'm open to brief and conclusive counter-argument.
Thanks for enduring my sanctimonious lecture.
Jeff
On Thursday, April 14, 2016, James Alexander <jalexander(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
Haha,
Perhaps biased but LGTM.
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 14, 2016, at 7:23 AM, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
• Founded Apr. 14, 1903, Scottish association football side Aberdeen
F.C.:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdeen_F.C.
Joe
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