Hello Everyone,

Michael and I created some social last week for a Harvard article. URL:

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2015/4/2/changing-wikipedia-attitudes-professors/

Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as needed.

Tweet structure:


Account: @wikipedia


Wikipedia - @Harvard approved.


Top hits on @Google, @Harvard is on board, what’s next?


“Rather than complaining about it, why don’t we try to do good things with it.” -- Sean J. Gilsdorf


Its a big world out there. Never stop with only one source.


“The guilty secret of most academics is that they’re using Wikipedia, when they’re telling their students not to.” -- Sean J. Gilsdorf


Faculty members @Harvard pointed out several advantages of Wikipedia’s online format.


“Various Wikis often have more information than academically-sanctioned databases.” -- Sean J. Gilsdorf


“I think the collective encyclopedia is one of the truly thrilling innovations of our time.” -- W. James Simpson


FB | G+ structure:


Account: wikipedia


Professors in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences @Harvard said they see Wikipedia as more acceptable, even as a website that students can peruse for somewhat reliable information.


Harvard faculty believes distrust for Wikipedia has been replaced by a realization that the site can be “a good source for certain areas,” including basic scientific data and formulae.


Thanks,

--
Andrew Sherman
Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation