It's ok! We do that all the time.
On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 3:59 PM, Ed Erhart <eerhart(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
I wish I had waited about ten more seconds before
sending that last
email. ;-)
Thanks, Michael!
--Ed
On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 6:59 PM, Michael Guss <mguss(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
> Yeah I'm getting these posts out now.
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 3:58 PM, Ed Erhart <eerhart(a)wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Will we be able to get these posts out by tonight?
>>
>> Best,
>> --Ed
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 6:16 PM, Ed Erhart <eerhart(a)wikimedia.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Ah, no worries—perhaps that tweet could go out whenever the US is
>>> most active on Twitter then (I assume now/the evening? I'm not up to
date
>>> with my social media usage research...).
>>>
>>> If possible, I'd also like to have multiple rounds of social media
>>> for this story—in part because I think we can post multiple times about the
>>> same stories to get more traffic, but also because I'd like to see what
>>> kind of language plays best for these posts! I know that you're pretty
busy
>>> with your other work, so if needed I'm willing to help where I can.
>>>
>>> --Ed
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 6:11 PM, Michael Guss <mguss(a)wikimedia.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Ed:
>>>>
>>>> Yes we can hyper target post by location (even city FYI). Twitter I
>>>> don't have the ability to target tweets.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday, June 18, 2015, Ed Erhart <eerhart(a)wikimedia.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> As the veteran angle will play a larger role in the US, I'm
hoping
>>>>> that the first Twitter and first Facebook posts (as listed above)
could be
>>>>> targeted and boosted at the US and Australia, along with links to
the
>>>>> Twitter and Facebook profiles of the Australian Army: <
>>>>>
https://twitter.com/australianarmy> and <
>>>>>
https://www.facebook.com/TheAustralianArmy>gt;.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is that possible, Michael? Thanks everyone!
>>>>>
>>>>> --Ed
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 6:05 PM, Andrew Sherman <
>>>>> asherman(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello Everyone,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We just published "A veteran’s Wikipedia edits help him
>>>>>> understand the brutality behind Yugoslavia’s wars" to the
blog. URL:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/06/18/understanding-yugoslavia-wars-on-wiki…
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks to Ed for writing the story and Fabrice and Joe for
>>>>>> editing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Below are some proposed social media messages. Please tweak as
>>>>>> needed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Twitter:*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> • He deployed with @AustralianArmy to Bosnia. Now, editing
>>>>>> #Wikipedia helps him understand the brutality he witnessed:
<link>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> • This veteran writes for #Wikipedia to help him understand what
>>>>>> he witnessed there: <link>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> • A veteran learning how to edit #Wikipedia in a highly charged
>>>>>> topic area—the wartime history of the Balkans: <link>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Facebook/Google+:*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> • He deployed with the AustralianArmy to Bosnia in 1995. Now,
>>>>>> editing Wikipedia helps him understand the brutality he
witnessed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> • His most potent memory comes from one of his first patrols.
The
>>>>>> platoon was speaking with suspected looters when they came across
a farmer
>>>>>> shot dead, his hayfork still alongside. "We just came across
him ... so we
>>>>>> were unprepared. I still remember it clearly, but because I
photographed it
>>>>>> in black and white, I remember it in black and white."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Andrew Sherman
>>>>>> Digital Communications | Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *E:* asherman(a)wikimedia.org
>>>>>> *WMF:* ASherman (WMF)
>>>>>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:ASherman_(WMF)>
>>>>>>
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>>>>> Editorial Intern
>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>
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>>>>
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