Thanks, Victor. It's hard to be the ref and say no. I call them how I see them, and try to be fair. I have to make calls all day, every day. 

James, thanks for bringing up the important topic of cultural bias. Addressing that is a big topic for the social media team, and one we take very, very seriously. I would guess we look at it and discuss it in one way or another every single day. It needs to stay on our radar, and will be even more so now. I'd love to include you in our ongoing work there. 

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On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 9:24 AM, Victor Grigas <vgrigas@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Jeff - I want to thank you for reiterating our best practices.

On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 12:11 PM, James Alexander <jalexander@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". :)

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On Apr 14, 2016, at 8:54 AM, Jeff Elder <jelder@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@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Haha,

Perhaps biased but LGTM.

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On Apr 14, 2016, at 7:23 AM, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland@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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