Thanks Jeff!!
Joe
On Friday, 30 October 2015, Jeff Elder <jelder(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
OK! Shared from @wikipedia with #wikiTAFI.
On Friday, October 30, 2015, Joe Sutherland <jsutherland(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
> I think TAFI should have been tweeted from @Wikipedia, given it's
> exclusively a Wikipedia thing and not a movement thing.
>
> On 30 October 2015 at 14:37, Jeff Elder <jelder(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>
>> TAFI and MythBusters up!
>>
>>
https://twitter.com/Wikimedia/status/660102792900575232
>>
>>
https://twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/660096768399425536
>>
>>
>>
>> Jeff Elder
>> Digital communications manager
>> Wikimedia Foundation
>> 704-650-4130
>> @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder>
>> @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia>
>> The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 7:26 AM, Katherine Maher <
>> kmaher(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>
>>> LGTM!
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 7:10 AM, Jeff Elder <jelder(a)wikimedia.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'd like to get this up today because of Halloween. Not sure that
>>>> hashtag will mean much to folks. I only see one tweet using it, from
more
>>>> than two years ago. What about?
>>>>
>>>> Wikipedia editors - or those wanting to get started - the comedy
>>>> horror genre needs your help. Get spooky!
http://buff.ly/1WnWeL3
>>>>
>>>> Jeff Elder
>>>> Digital communications manager
>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>> 704-650-4130
>>>> @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder>
>>>> @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia>
>>>> The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 11:33 PM, Coin945 <
>>>> coin945wikipedia(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> That's good news. :)
>>>>>
>>>>> So I guess I'll make the first proposal:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> - T/I: This mash-up of media genres needs your help. Improve
*comedy
>>>>> horror*, today's #wikiTAFI.
>>>>> - F/G: This mash-up of media genres needs your help. Add
>>>>> sources and improve content at *comedy horror*, today's
>>>>> #wikiTAFI.
>>>>>
>>>>> (The "Comedy horror" article -
>>>>>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_horror - would be added
>>>>> as a link afterwards).
>>>>>
>>>>> The TAFI article changes every Monday, so after this status
>>>>> update, the next one will take place in 3 days.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 3:35 AM, Jeff Elder
<jelder(a)wikimedia.org>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I think the upshot was that we love the social posts and mission
>>>>>> of TAFI, and probably need to stick to this thread for proposing
them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jeff Elder
>>>>>> Digital communications manager
>>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>> 704-650-4130
>>>>>> @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder>
>>>>>> @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia>
>>>>>> The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Coin945 <
>>>>>> coin945wikipedia(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Just wondering... what are your opinions on moving forward
with
>>>>>>> this TAFI proposal? It's been 3 days since my last reply.
:)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 12:20 PM, Coin945 <
>>>>>>> coin945wikipedia(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This discussion thread is very confusing to navitage, but
I
>>>>>>>> think I've read it all now (albeit out of order).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> To answer Jeff's question: yes, the links are
supposed to link
>>>>>>>> to the Wikipedia pages, not the Wikimedia pages (which
are understandably
>>>>>>>> redlinks).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> One of the two main purposes of TAFI is to encourage
newbies to
>>>>>>>> become editors through interesting articles on important
topics that still
>>>>>>>> shockingly have underwhelming articles; this challenges
the perceived
>>>>>>>> notion that "all the good topics have already been
written about".
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This social media collaboration was fantastic in
intriguing
>>>>>>>> people throguh witty and engaging statuses that aimed to
encourage
>>>>>>>> passers-by to stop, consider, and then perhaps gfo to the
link and hit
>>>>>>>> "edit".
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We had great success with this in the past, and I would
love to
>>>>>>>> get things rolling again. This is part of a recent push
I've been doing,
>>>>>>>> which includes starting up the discussion of whether TAFI
could ever return
>>>>>>>> to the main page.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 4:44 AM, Tilman Bayer <
>>>>>>>> tbayer(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Jeff (switching topic back to the thread about
TAFI),
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Coin945 (who posted these suggestions) is now
subscribed to
>>>>>>>>> this list
>>>>>>>>> and can thus answer your question directly. But I
think the
>>>>>>>>> matter was
>>>>>>>>> simply that the drafts had been copied over from
Wikipedia to
>>>>>>>>> Meta
>>>>>>>>> without adjusting links, e.g. the first one was
intended to
>>>>>>>>> link to
>>>>>>>>>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedy_horror instead
of
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Comedy_horror&action=edit&…
>>>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Jeff Elder <
>>>>>>>>> jelder(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> > Excellent point, Joe.
>>>>>>>>> > Question: I went to the links posted on the meta
wiki as
>>>>>>>>> suggestions for
>>>>>>>>> > tweets for articles to be improved, but the
links take you
>>>>>>>>> to a page asking
>>>>>>>>> > you to create said article. Would that be
strange, asking
>>>>>>>>> people to improve
>>>>>>>>> > an article that doesn't exist yet? Or am I
seeing this
>>>>>>>>> wrong? I thought
>>>>>>>>> > these tweets were to encourage people who were
just getting
>>>>>>>>> their feet wet
>>>>>>>>> > editing.
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > Jeff Elder
>>>>>>>>> > Digital communications manager
>>>>>>>>> > Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>>>>> > 704-650-4130
>>>>>>>>> > @jeffelder
>>>>>>>>> > @wikipedia
>>>>>>>>> > The Wikimedia blog
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Joe Sutherland
<
>>>>>>>>> jsutherland(a)wikimedia.org>
>>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> I'm not sure it's a great idea to
post this to our socials.
>>>>>>>>> Seems to me
>>>>>>>>> >> like we'd be opening the list (which is
public) to a lot of
>>>>>>>>> spam. But maybe
>>>>>>>>> >> I'm just being too cautious.
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> Joe
>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>> >> On 26 October 2015 at 15:48, Jeff Elder
<
>>>>>>>>> jelder(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> Thanks, Tilman for the background! I
like the idea of
>>>>>>>>> posting about
>>>>>>>>> >>> articles that need attention. Let's
do it!
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> There does seem to be some overlap
between this list and
>>>>>>>>> the meta wiki,
>>>>>>>>> >>> as Ed noted in the thread Tilman
shared:
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> because few people besides Matthew and
myself were checking
>>>>>>>>> >>> their Meta watchlist often enough, this
mailing list
>>>>>>>>> proved to be a
>>>>>>>>> >>> much more reliable venue for people to
post SM ideas for
>>>>>>>>> review and
>>>>>>>>> >>> get a timely response.
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> My take is that people can still use the
meta wiki and I'm
>>>>>>>>> happy to swing
>>>>>>>>> >>> by it, but we may need to send stuff
around this list
>>>>>>>>> anyway for a LGTM and
>>>>>>>>> >>> to do a little air-traffic controlling
to prevent
>>>>>>>>> conflicts and traffic
>>>>>>>>> >>> jams.
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> Should we tell people on Twitter and
Facebook that they
>>>>>>>>> can subscribe to
>>>>>>>>> >>> this list? If so, should we say:
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> T:
>>>>>>>>> >>> Want to give input on what and how we
tweet? Sign up for
>>>>>>>>> our social media
>>>>>>>>> >>> email list here:
>>>>>>>>>
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> FB:
>>>>>>>>> >>> Want to give input on what and how we
post on Facebook?
>>>>>>>>> You can give
>>>>>>>>> >>> feedback here, or take part by signing
up for our social
>>>>>>>>> media email list
>>>>>>>>> >>> here:
>>>>>>>>>
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> Jeff Elder
>>>>>>>>> >>> Digital communications manager
>>>>>>>>> >>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>>>>> >>> 704-650-4130
>>>>>>>>> >>> @jeffelder
>>>>>>>>> >>> @wikipedia
>>>>>>>>> >>> The Wikimedia blog
>>>>>>>>> >>>
>>>>>>>>> >>> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Tilman
Bayer <
>>>>>>>>> tbayer(a)wikimedia.org>
>>>>>>>>> >>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> (splitting this off into a new
thread, as it's a separate
>>>>>>>>> topic from
>>>>>>>>> >>>> TAFI)
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 6:57 PM,
Andrew Sherman <
>>>>>>>>> asherman(a)wikimedia.org>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> I remember Ed, Joe, Michael, and
I sat down to clean
>>>>>>>>> that page up back
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> in July (archive old
information, add useful links for
>>>>>>>>> content).
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> I have thought about the idea of
utilizing this page
>>>>>>>>> more. We could
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> asking for social content from
the whole movement like
>>>>>>>>> we do for blog posts
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> ( maybe even translations ;) ).
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> Of course we are already asking for
(and getting) social
>>>>>>>>> content from
>>>>>>>>> >>>> the whole movement with this list.
See also the list
>>>>>>>>> description at
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media
>>>>>>>>> . That said, some
>>>>>>>>> >>>> community members might prefer
posting on a wiki.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>> As a reminder, in August there was
already some
>>>>>>>>> discussion about
>>>>>>>>> >>>> reviving the Meta page (in the same
thread); here is my
>>>>>>>>> takeaway from that
>>>>>>>>> >>>> on why the parallel wiki/mailing
list process didn't
>>>>>>>>> quite work out back in
>>>>>>>>> >>>> 2013/14 and what might be required
to make it work:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>>
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/social-media/2015-August/003211.html
>>>>>>>>> >>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> It could help with organization
and preparation of
>>>>>>>>> content.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 9:43 PM,
Tilman Bayer <
>>>>>>>>> tbayer(a)wikimedia.org>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> as I summarized two months
ago on this list in another
>>>>>>>>> context, back
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> in 2013/14 we collaborated
with the "Today's Article
>>>>>>>>> for Improvement" team
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> on the English Wikipedia,
posting social media
>>>>>>>>> invitations to edit improve
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> articles from this
community-curated list.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> User:Coin945 has just
started an attempt to revive this
>>>>>>>>> (see
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Today%27s_articles_for_improve…
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> ) and already posted some
ideas at
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Social_media/Calendar#October
>>>>>>>>> . I'm passing
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> this on to this list as not
everyone might watch the
>>>>>>>>> Meta-wiki pages. As
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> mentioned earlier, the
experiment back them left me
>>>>>>>>> wondering how to best
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> achieve impact (in form of
actual edits caused by those
>>>>>>>>> posts), but perhaps
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> the current SM team has some
new ideas.
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Tilman Bayer
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Senior Analyst
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>> IRC (Freenode): HaeB
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>
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