In Juliet and I's 1v1, we discussed setting up a page where Wikimedians could propose content and social messages that we could then post on our feeds.
So, for example, if I wrote yet another article on a battleship, I could come up with an unusual fact and propose that we feature it on @Wikipedia, etc.
Thoughts?
--Ed
On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 12:42 PM, Joe Sutherland jsutherland@wikimedia.org wrote:
This seems like something we could (should?) be doing more often I think. Thanks Michael for getting these out.
Joe
On 22 July 2015 at 18:31, Michael Guss mguss@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi Katherine,
We shared the tetris effect, by the looks of the comments, it is resonating (I also thought it would be suitable for Twitter and G+):
Fb: https://www.facebook.com/wikipedia/posts/10153402977008346
@wikipedia: https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/623906601703833600/photo/1
Wikipedia G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100123345029543043288/+Wikipedia/posts/GvT2b3x...
On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 8:45 AM, Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org wrote:
Awesome! I will connect you two directly. :)
On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 8:21 AM, Michael Guss mguss@wikimedia.org wrote:
These are great Katherine! Especially thanks to Tess for curating these ideas. I think this is what our followers would really enjoy and more importantly share with their friends.
On Wednesday, July 22, 2015, Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org wrote:
Some suggested posts from a volunteer. What do you think?
mobile. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Tess Mayall" tess@mayall.com Date: Jul 22, 2015 7:58 AM Subject: Re: Facebook posts To: "Katherine Maher" kmaher@wikimedia.org Cc:
Hi Katherine,
No problem at all. Wikimania looks like it was a huge success,
congrats! Below are a few more posts, the bottom one is more evergreen content rather than news.
Stephen Hawking announced a $100 million hunt for alien life this
week. Did you know that he is the only guest star to play himself in the Star Trek universe? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking_in_popular_culture
How does CRISPR work? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRISPR
Be careful playing too much Candy Crush or Farmville. The Tetris
syndrome causes people to hallucinate or dream about the games they’re playing when they play too much. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetris_effect
Have a great week!
Tess
From: Katherine Maher kmaher@wikimedia.org To: Tess Mayall tess@mayall.com Sent: 7/21/2015 10:28 PM Subject: Re: Facebook posts
> Hi Tess, > > Apologies for the delay in getting back to you, things were a
little crazy with Wikimania! I hope you're doing well!
> > Thanks for the kind words with regards to the latest news posts --
we're experimenting with how well they do on social, and it seems promising. Sort of silly it's never been done before :) And thank you for sending the ideas for social! I apologize that we didn't get the chance to follow up on them, they're quite compelling. I especially like the Pentaquark, which would be very interesting to our global audience.
> > > > Katherine > > On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 2:36 PM, Tess Mayall tess@mayall.com
wrote:
>> >> Hi Katherine, >> >> It was great talking with you a few weeks ago. I’ve been closely
following all of wiki’s social media posts - I love that you've been posting on the latest news!
>> >> Below are a few other topical posts I thought might be good for
Wikipedia’s Facebook page:
>> >> The pentaquark may have been proven yesterday, but it's been
predicted since the 60's. Read the full story behind the world's hottest particle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentaquark
>> >> 1st generation of #ipod: 5 GB for $399, new #ipodtouch: 128 GB for
$400 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod
>> >> Happy Birthday Arianna Huffington! Did you know her birth name was
Ariadnē-Anna Stasinopoúlou? Stasinopoúlou Post doesn't have quite the same ring to it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arianna_Huffington
>> >> Hope this is helpful. If you’re ok with it, I might send you some
ideas every few days.
>> >> Thanks! >> >> Tess > > > > > -- > 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@wikimedia.org > >
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